USF FOOTBALL 8TH BOWL APPEARANCE
THE BAY AREA’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM
SEASONS
GAME 13 • BIRMINGHAM BOWL
USF STATISTICAL LEADERS
RUSHING: Flowers, 1,425 yds, 15 TD, 8.1 ypc, 118.8 ypg PASSING: Flowers: 2,546 yds, 22 TD, 6 INT, 61.5% RECEIVING: Rodney Adams: 60 rec, 755 yds, 5 TD SCORING: Flowers & Mack, 90 points (15 TD) TACKLES: Auggie Sanchez, 111 (9.2 tpg) TFL: Nigel Harris, 9.5 SACKS: Auggie Sanchez, 6.0 INT: Deatrick Nichols, 4 USF CAPTAINS: Quinton Flowers & Auggie Sanchez
USF IN BIRMINGHAM
No. 25/22 USF (10-2; 7-1 American) vs. South Carolina (6-6; 3-5 SEC) Thur., Dec. 29 • 2:00 p.m. (ET) • Birmingham, Ala. • Legion Field (55,948)
Hyatt Regency Wynfrey Hotel, 1000 Riverchase Galleria Hoover High School, 1000 Buccaneer Dr, Hoover, Ala.
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USF BOWL MEDIA SCHEDULE
USF Departs for Birmingham USF Arrival (Hyatt Regency) USF Practice Avail (Hoover HS) MONDAY, DEC. 26 USF Practice Avail (Hoover HS) Bowling & BBQ Event (Vestavia Bowl) TUESDAY, DEC. 27 USF Practice Avail (Hoover HS) Children’s of Alabama Hospital Visit Stardome Comedy Club/Dinner WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28 Team Luncheon - Sheraton Ballroom USF Stadium Walk Through/Team Photo Pre-Game Press Conference Uptown Street Fest/Pep Rally THURSDAY, DEC. 29 Birmingham Bowl
RANKINGS (AP/COACHES): ..................... -/HEAD COACH: .Will Muschamp (Georgia, ‘94) RECORD AT USC: .............................. 6-6 (1st) CAREER RECORD: ........................34-27 (5th)
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USF/IMG RADIO NETWORK
FLAGSHIP: 820 AM WWBA (TAMPA)
Jim Louk, play-by-play Mark Robinson, analyst Thor Jozwiak, sideline PREGAME SHOW (2 HRS PRIOR TO KICK) Jim Lighthall, co-host Justin Pawlowski, co-host USF/IMG RADIO AFFILIATES
820 WWBA AM -- Tampa Bay ** ** Carry Coaches Show 107.9 WMUV FM -- Jacksonville ** 880 WZAB AM -- Miami ** 1080 WHOO AM -- Orlando ** 99.9 WXJB FM -- Brooksville**
USF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
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2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
DATE OPPONENT (ATTENDANCE) KICK/RESULT Sat., Sept. 3 TOWSON (35,976) W, 56-20
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SOUTH CAROLINA
1:30 (ET) 3 p.m. (CT) 5:30 p.m. (CT)
FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
RANKINGS (AP/COACHES): .............. 25/22 INTERIM HEAD COACH: .............. T.J. Weist .........................................................(Alabama, 88) CAREER RECORD: ........................... 3-5 (2nd)
SERIES: USC leads, 1-0 LAST: USC W, 34-3, in Columbia, S.C.
PRACTICE SITE
SUNDAY, DEC. 25
USF
SURFACE: FieldTurf TV: ESPN: Eamon McAnaney (pxp), John Congemi (analyst) & Kevin Weidl (sideline) ESPN RADIO: Doug Bell, Chris Doering & Kris Budden USF RADIO: USF/IMG (820 AM) ON-LINE AUDIO: www.GoUSFBulls.com SIRIUS/XM: 80/80 on-line: 80
TEAM HOTEL
20TH SEASON • 13 WINNING SEASONS • 8 BOWL APPEARANCES • 4 BOWL VICTORIES • 25 NFL DRAFT PICKS • 14 ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS • REACHED NO. 2 RANKING IN 2007
Sat., Sept. 10 N. ILLINOIS (36,557)
W, 48-17
Sat., Sept. 17 at Syracuse (32,388)
W, 45-20
TV NOTABLE ASN Bulls tie FBS opener record with 56pts
Seven Bulls score a TD, 6 scoring drives under 2:00
CBSSN
USF posts 658 yards, 2nd-most ever
ESPN3
Rodney Adams three TD
ABC
Flowers 159 yds rushing, 160 passing
Flowers career high 350 yards passing, 403 total yards
28 pt. 2nd quarter, outscored Orange 45-3 after trailing 17-0
Sat., Sept. 24 #13/14 FLORIDA STATE (61,665) L, 35-55
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Johnson scored 3 TD, Bulls give up 647 yards
Sat., Oct. 1
at Cincinnati* (35,108)
W, 45-20
ESPNU
Bulls scored 28 unanswered points
Sat., Oct. 8
EAST CAROLINA* (30,397)
W, 38-22 ESPNews
USF posts 306 yards rushing
Marlon Mack ran for 118 yards, became USF all-time leader Mack (152) & Flowers (115) both run for 100 yards
Sat., Oct. 15 UCONN* (30,297)
W, 42-27
CBSSN
USF posts 316 yards rushing/529 total
Fri., Oct. 21
at Temple* (25,950)
L, 30-46
ESPN
Temple ran for 319 yards
Fri., Oct. 28
#22/22 NAVY* (31,824)
W, 52-45
ESPN2
Bulls run for school-record 412 yards
Sat., Nov. 12 at Memphis* (37,218)
W, 49-42
ESPNU
Bulls post 679 yds, record 416 rushing
W, 35-27
CBSSN
Flowers (142) & Mack (129) run for 100
W, 48-31
CBSSN
Bulls jump to 24-7 lead
2 PM (ET)
ESPN
Sat., Nov. 19 at SMU* (18,417)
Flowers (157) & Mack (107) both run for 100 yards Bulls led 23-20 with 5:21 to play in the 3rd
USF jumped to 28-0 lead, Flowers posts 395 yards & 4TD
Flowers record 473 yards/1st 200/200 game in AAC history
Sanchez (14 tackles) & Nichols (2 Int) lead Bulls D that forces 3 turnovers
Mack (155) & Flowers (152) both run for 100 yards & 2 TD
Sat., Nov. 26 UCF* (36,056) Thur., Dec. 29 Birmingham Bowl
8th bowl appearance for Bulls * American Athletic Conference game All games can be heard on the USF/IMG Radio Network and GoUSFBulls.com
BOWL MEDIA GUIDE CONTENTS
TEAM NOTES......................................................9-26 PLAYER BIOS...................................................27-58 COACHING STAFF............................................59-64 2016 SEASON REVIEW & STATS..................65-108 USF RECORD CHASE......................................90-92 USF BOWL HISTORY....................................109-120
BIRMINGHAM
ALABAMA
IF DIVERSITY WERE A PLACE, IT WOULD BE BIRMINGHAM. PEOPLE WHO VISIT HERE GET A TASTE OF THAT VARIETY—IN ENTERTAINMENT, CUISINE, THE ARTS, NIGHTLIFE, THE GREAT OUTDOORS—THAT BRINGS THEM BACK TIME AND AGAIN. BIRMINGHAM WAS BORN OUT OF IRON AND STEEL. REMNANTS OF THESE EARLY BEGINNINGS ARE PRESERVED IN PLACES SUCH AS SLOSS FURNACES NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. THE CITY IS ALSO WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS PROMINENT ROLE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S. A VISIT TO THE BIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE GIVES VISITORS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THAT IMPORTANT ERA. SHOULD YOU HAVE US PIGEONHOLED AS SERVING ONLY BARBEQUE AND FRIED PIES, JUST REMEMBER THAT BIRMINGHAM IS HOME TO “THE OSCARS OF DINING” WITH JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINEES. ANYONE VISITING THE CITY SHOULD TAKE IN THE BEAUTY OF DOWN-HOME COOKING AS WELL. AND VISITORS WITH AN APPETITE FOR LIVE MUSIC WILL FIND THAT IT IS THE CITY’S SIGNATURE ENTERTAINMENT.
ALABAMA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
FOUNDED IN 1967, THE ALABAMA SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM HAS OVER 5,000 ARTIFACTS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE 33,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. FIVE OF THE TOP 15 GREATEST ATHLETES EVER ARE IN THE ASHOF: JESSE OWENS, HANK AARON, JOE LOUIS, WILLIE MAYS AND CARL LEWIS.
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
THE BIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS INSITUTE IS A MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTER THAT DEPICTS THE STRUGGLES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 1950S AND 1960S. THE EXHIBITIONS FOCUS ON THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. THE INSTITUTE IS LOCATED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS DISTRICT AND OPENED IN 1992. 2
16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
THE SITE OF A BOMBING THAT KILLED FOUR YOUNG GIRLS IN 1963, THE 16TH STREET CHURCH IS LOCATED IN THE BIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS DISTRICT. SERVING AS ORGANIZATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, MASS MEETINGS AND A RALLYING POINT DURING THE 1960S, IT WAS DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 2006.
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POINTS OF INTEREST VULCAN PARK AND MUSEUM
VULCAN IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST CAST IRON STATUE; MADE OF 100,000 POUNDS OF IRON AND 56 FEET TALL, HE STANDS AT THE TOP OF RED MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKING THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. BUT VULCAN IS MORE THAN JUST A STATUE—VULCAN PARK AND MUSEUM FEATURES SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF BIRMINGHAM, AN INTERACTIVE HISTORY MUSEUM THAT EXAMINES VULCAN AND BIRMINGHAM’S STORY, A PREMIER VENUE FOR PRIVATE EVENTS, AND A BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC PARK FOR VISITORS AND LOCALS TO ENJOY.
DREAMLAND BAR-B-QUE
OPENED IN 1958 IN TUSCALOOSA, DREAMLAND BARB-QUE IS NOW A STAPLE IN BIRMINGHAM, EMINENTLY KNOWN FOR ITS RIBS. FOUNDED BY JOHN ‘BIG DADDY’ BISHOP, THIS ICONIC RESTAURANT STILL SERVES UP SOUTHER HOME COOKING IN A PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE HOME.
ART & CULTURE
THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART, HOUSES A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 26,000 PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, AND DECORATIVE ARTS DATING FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES. BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL GARDENS IS ALABAMA’S LARGEST LIVING MUSEUM WITH MORE THAN 12,000 DIFFERENT PLANTS IN ITS LIVING COLLECTIONS. THE GARDENS’ 67.5 ACRES CONTAINS 25+ UNIQUE GARDENS, 30+ WORKS OF ORIGINAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE AND MILES OF SERENE PATHS.
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BIRMINGHAM BOWL &
LEGION FIELD
FACT: Legion Field is the current home of the UAB Blazers and has been home to many other events, including the Iron Bowl (1948-1988), the 1996 Summer Olympics & the SEC Championship (1992-93).
THE HISTORY
CONSTRUCTED IN 1926 AND OPENED IN 1927, LEGION FIELD WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, A U.S. ORGANIZATION OF MILITARY VETERANS. IT HAS BEEN RENOVATED FOUR TIMES AND EXPANDED SIX TIMES.
BOWL HISTORY
LEGION FIELD HAS BEEN THE HOME OF FOUR DIFFERENT BOWL GAMES: DIXIE BOWL (1947-48), HALL OF FAME (1977-1985), ALLAMERICAN (1986-1990), BIRMINGHAM (2006-PRESENT).
SPORTS AND MORE
HOME TO MORE THAN JUST FOOTBALL, LEGION FIELD HAS ALWAYS PLAYED HOST TO CONCERTS RANGING FROM U2 TO PINK FLOYD TO THE ROLLING STONES. IN 1979 AND 1980, THE VENUE HOSTED THE DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE IRON BOWL
WELL KNOWN FOR HOSTING THE REGULAR SEASON-ENDING RIVALRY GAME BETWEEN ALABAMA AND AUBURN, THE GAME BECAME KNOWN AS THE “IRON BOWL” BECAUSE OF BIRMINGHAM’S MAJORY INDUSTRY OF IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING. THE LAST IRON BOWL GAME PLAYED AT LEGION FIELD WAS IN 1998 AS ALABAMA WON, 31-17.
FACT: The Bulls will be no stranger to Legion Field, having played in the inaugural Birmingham Bowl, in 2006 against East Carolina. 4
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BOWL QUICK FACTS THE TEAMS
SEVENTEEN TEAMS HAVE PLAYED IN THE BIRMINGHAM BOWL WITH PITT LEADING THE WAY, HAVING APPEARED IN THE BOWL THREE TIMES. SOUTH CAROLINA AND USF WILL EACH MAKE A SECOND APPEARANCE THIS SEASON, JOINING ECU WHO PLAYED IN 2006 AND 2015.
THE NAME
THE BIRMINGHAM BOWL HAS HAD THREE DIFFERENT NAMES SINCE 2006: THE PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL (2006-2010), THE BBVA COMPASS BOWL (2011-2014) AND THE BIRMINGHAM BOWL (2015-PRESENT).
2006
2007
TWO IN ONE
2013
2014
2008
IN 2009, THERE WAS NO BOWL AS THE DATE MOVED TO JANUARY, THUS BEING PLAYED IN 2010. HOWEVER, THE DATE MOVED BACK TO DECEMBER AFTER THE 2014 SEASON, MAKING IT SO THAT TWO BOWL GAMES WERE PLAYED IN THE SAME YEAR, BUT FOR DIFFERENT SEASONS.
2010
2015
2015
ALL-TIME RESULTS 2006: USF 24, ECU 7 2007: Cincinnati 31, Southern Miss 21 2008: Rutgers 29, NC State 23 2010: UConn 20, South Carolina 7 2011: Pittsburgh 27. Kentucky 10 2012: SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6 2013: Ole Miss 38, Pittsburgh 17 2014: Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24 2015 (Jan.): Florida 28, ECU 20 2015 (Dec.): Auburn 31, Memphis 10
2011
2012
USF PLAYED IN THE INAUGURAL BIRMINGHAM BOWL, KNOWN THEN AS THE PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL. THE BULLS DISMANTLED EAST CAROLINA, 24-7.
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BOWL EVENTS SUNDAY, DEC. 25
USF CHECKS INTO HOTEL TEAM GIFT SUITES
TBD 6-8 P.M.
MONDAY, DEC. 26
USF MUSEUM TOURS
TBD
TUESDAY, DEC. 27
COA HOSPITAL VISIT (USF & SC) JOINT TEAM DINNER
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28
FAN ZONE KICK-OFF!
ALABAMA SPORTS HOF
1:30-3:30 P.M. 6-8 P.M. STARDOME COMEDY CLUB
QUARTERBACK CLUB LUNCHEON* USF WALKTHROUGH USF PRESS CONFERENCE UPTOWN STREET FAN FEST MARTINI SHAKERS CONCERT USF PEP RALLY SCHMOHAWKS CONCERT
GAMEDAY (THURSDAY, DEC. 29)
HYATT REGENCY HYATT REGENCY
NOON 2-3 P.M. 3-3:30 2-8 P.M. 2-4:30 P.M. 5 P.M. 6-8 P.M.
SHERATON BALLROOM LEGION FIELD LEGION FIELD UPTOWN BIRMINGHAM UPTOWN BIRMINGHAM UPTOWN BIRMINGHAM UPTOWN BIRMINGHAM
9 A.M.-12:40 P.M. 1 P.M CT/2 P.M. ET
LEGION FIELD LEGION FIELD
*MUST HAVE A TICKET TO ATTEND PUBLIC EVENTS TEAM EVENTS ONLY-NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
TEAM HOTEL-HYATT REGENCY
UPTOWN BIRMINGHAM THE UPTOWN STREET FEST
THE DAY BEFORE THE BIG GAME, UPTOWN BIRMINGHAM WILL PLAY HOST TO THE UPTOWN STREET FEST, FULL OF LIVE MUSIC, INTERACTIVE GAMES, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGES FOR ALL AGES. BOTH TEAMS WILL HAVE PEP RALLY’S LOCATED ON THE MAIN STAGE WITH USF’S AT 5 P.M. ON THE 28TH. LIVE MUSIC FROM THE MARTINI SHAKERS AND THE SCHMOHAWKS WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ON THE MILLER LITE STAGE.
UPTOWN
UPTOWN BIRMINGHAM IS THE PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AT THE BJCC, COMPLETE WITH RESTAURANTS, BARS, A HOTEL, & FACILITIES TO HOST THE PERFECT EVENT. WITH TONS OF PLACES TO DINE AND ENJOY THE NIGHTLIFE, UPTOWN IS A FRESH NEW TAKE ON ENTERTAINMENT.
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WILL MUSCHAMP THE MAN IN CHARGE
THE 34TH HEAD COACH IN SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY, WILL MUSCHAMP IS IN HIS FIRST SEASON AT THE HELM OF THE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL PROGRAM. MUSCHAMP HAS BEEN IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKS FOR 21 YEARS, 13 OF WHICH HE HAS SPENT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE.
THE BOWL HISTORY
MUSCHAMP TOOK THREE FLORIDA TEAMS TO BOWL GAMES IN HIS FOUR YEARS AS HEAD COACH OF THE GATORS. HE IS 1-1 IN THOSE GAMES AS HE DID NOT COACH IN THE 2014 BIRMINGHAM BOWL. THE GAMECOCKS BECAME ELIGIBLE IN MUSCHAMP’S FIRST SEASON.
SOUTH CAROLINA
GAMECOCKS
THE GAMECOCKS
Sept. 1 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26
SEASON RESULTS at Vanderbilt at Mississippi State EAST CAROLINA at Kentucky TEXAS A&M GEORGIA MASSACHUSETTS TENNESSEE MISSOURI at Florida WESTERN CAROLINA at Clemson
W, 13-10 L, 27-14 W, 20-15 L, 17-10 L, 24-13 L, 28-14 W, 34-28 W, 24-21 W, 31-21 L, 20-7 W, 44-31 L, 56-7
SEASON RECAP
AFTER STARTING THE SEASON 2-4, THE GAMECOCKS WON FOUR OF THEIR FINAL SIX GAMES EN ROUTE TO BECOMING BOWL ELIGIBLE WITH A 6-6 RECORD. SOUTH CAROLINA WON THREE IN A ROW IN THAT SIX-GAME SPAN, DEFEATING MASSACHUSETTS, TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI ALL AT HOME.
GAMECOCK BOWL HISTORY
THIS IS THE 21ST BOWL GAME IN SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY. CAROLINA IS 8-12 IN BOWL GAMES BUT HAS WON THEIR LAST FOUR, TOPPING NEBRASKA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND MIAMI. THE GAMECOCKS WILL BE MAKING THEIR THIRD TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM, APPEARING IN THE HALL OF FAME BOWL IN 1979 AND THE PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL IN 2010. BOTH TRIPS HAVE RESULTED IN LOSSES FOR CAROLINA. THIS IS THE 12TH TIME IN 13 YEARS THAT THE GAMECOCKS HAVE BEEN BOWL ELIGIBLE. 7
IN 2005. THE BULLS PLAYED IN THEIR FIRST BOWL GAME IN PROGRAM HISTORY. IN THE MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL, THE BULLS DROPPED A 14-0 DECISION TO NC STATE.
FACT: USF appeared in six straight bowl games from 2005-2010. In that six-game span, the Bulls were 4-2 with a three-game win streak from 08-10.
THE BULLS
BOWL HISTORY
GOING BOWLING THE BOWLS
USF HAS PLAYED IN SEVEN DIFFERENT BOWLS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR’S GAME. THE BULLS HAVE APPEARED IN THE MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL (TWICE), THE PAPJOHNS.COM BOWL, THE SUN BOWL, ST. PETERSBURG BOWL, INTERNATIONAL BOWL & THE MIAMI BEACH BOWL.
USF BOWL RESULTS Dec. 31, 2005 Dec. 23, 2006 Dec. 21, 2007 Dec. 20, 2008 Jan. 2, 2010 Dec. 31, 2010 Dec. 21, 2015
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NC State ECU Oregon Memphis Northern Illinois Clemson Western Kentucky
L, 14-0 W, 24-7 L, 56-21 W, 41-14 W, 27-3 W, 31-26 L, 45-35
Meineke Car Care Bowl PapaJohns.com Bowl Sun Bowl St. Petersburg Bowl International Bowl Meineke Car Care Bowl Miami Beach Bowl
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USF FOOTBALL
GAME NOTES
2016
USF FOOTBALL
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Three-time 1st-Team All-AAC
2016 USF FOOTBALL
USF QUICK FACTS
HEAD COACH CHARLIE STRONG Years Coached:________ 7th season (1st at USF)
Alma Mater:_________ Central Arkansas (1982) ______________________ all-conference safety Career Record:_________________ 53-37 (7th) Record at USF:_______ 0-0 (Appointed Dec. 11) American Conf. Record:_________________ 0-0 Career Bowl Record:__________ 6 games (3-3)
USF COACHING STAFF (game location)
T.J. Weist (field) _____________ Interim Head Coach Raymond Woodie (field)____Defensive Coord.inator David Reaves (box)___ Offensive Coord. - Tight Ends Darren Hiller (field)_______________ Offensive Line Shaun King (field)_________________ Quarterbacks John Jancek (box)______________________Safeties Donte Pimpleton (field)___________ Running Backs Eric Mathies (field)_______________ Defensive Line Alonzo Hampton (field)__________Defensive Backs Brock Willis (Box)_________________ Special Teams Analysts: David Gilbertson, Joe Kinnan, Saki Mihalakos, Stephen Nicholas. Graduate Assistants: Clayton McGrath, Jamey McClendon, Blake Treadwell & Lindsey Lamar.
IN THE PRESS BOX OFFENSE: David Reaves DEFENSE: John Jancek
UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS
Location: Tampa, Fla. Enrollment: 48,793 Nickname: Bulls Colors: Green & Gold Conference: American Athletic President: Dr. Judy Genshaft Athletic Director: Mark Harlan Football Office Phone: 813-974-7170 Press Box Phone: 813-350-6225 10
TEAM NOTABLE
Most wins in program history (10-2) Most conference wins (7) ever Offense ranked in top 10 in three categories Averaging 43.6 ppg & 515.1 ypg AAC Offensive Player of the Year Quinton Flowers Return 16 starters, 36 in two-deep and 96% of total offensive yards
USF DRIVE STARTERS
• Charlie Strong named 4th head coach in program history on Dec. 11 • Alabama graduate Weist leads Bulls as interim head coach, avid collector of Alabama memorabilia. • Bulls making 8th bowl game appearance, second straight. • USF looking for first bowl victory since 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl, won 3 of last 4 appearances. • Bulls playing second bowl game, fourth game overall at Legion Field & sixth in state of Alabama. • USF sets season wins (10), conference wins (7) and road wins (4) season marks. • Flowers named AAC Offensive POY, record 10 Bulls earn all-conference honors. • All-time leading rusher Mack becomes first three-time all-conference player at USF. • #MackAttack season high 155 yards in last game, Top 10 all-time rusher in state of Florida history. • Flowers sets program total offense, rushing yards & TD records, second leading QB rusher in FBS. • Mack & Flowers both run for 100+ yards in five of last seven games. • Bulls own No. 10 total, No. 7 scoring & No. 5 rushing offense in nation, 350+ rushing in 3 of last 4. • Offense sets 33 individual and program records, including total yards, total TD, yards per play, rushing yards, rushing TD, individual total offense, individual rushing. • Bulls’ 14 turnovers on year on pace for season record low for program. • USF riding nation-leading 16 straight games scoring 30+ points, set school season scoring mark. • USF with 12 40+ yard TD plays in last 4 games, 20 on the year. • Bulls’ 44 rush TD rank third in FBS, one of 5 teams with 40+ on the year. Flowers & Mack with record 15. • WR Adams needs 2 catches to tie USF season record (62), 1 TD to tie USF career record (17). • Bulls’ defense forces 6 turnovers in last two games, including four interceptions. • Sanchez leads Bulls with 111 tackles, 10 shy of USF record, stands 7th in career tackles (294). • Nichols leads Bulls with 4 interceptions for second year, has 8 interceptions on his career. • Bulls return 16 starters, 36 members of two-deep and 96% of total offense for 2017 season.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
First Year: 1997 First Year in FBS: 2000 Overall Record (years): 135-103 (20) FBS Record (years): 115-90 (17) All-Time Bowl Record: 4-3 (7 appearances) Last Bowl: 2015 Miami Beach Bowl (L, WKU) First Team All-Americans: 6 First Team All-Conference: 24
STADIUM INFORMATION
Name: Raymond James Stadium Capacity: 65,857 Surface: Tifway Bermuda Record At Ray Jay: 119 games: 81-38 (.680)
THE USF PROGRAM
The USF Football program is in its 20th season and 17th at the FBS level. The Bulls are making their eighth bowl appearance, including one every season between 200510, and have four bowl game victories. USF has produced 14 All-America selections, 25 NFL Draft picks and reached the No. 2 ranking in the Associated Press Poll in 2007. Head Coach Charlie Strong was named just the fourth coach in program history on Dec. 11, 2016.
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL OPPONENT PREVIEW: SOUTH CAROLINA
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USF FOOTBALL
South Carolina finished the regular season 6-6 overall and 3-5 in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference under first-year head coach Will Muschamp. The Gamecocks won four of their last six games to become bowl eligible, but lost to No. 3-ranked Clemson, a College Football Playoff participant, 56-7 in their final regular season contest at Clemson. n USC defeated American Athletic Conference opponent ECU, 20-15, in Columbia earlier this year. The Gamecocks have notable wins over Tennessee (24-21), Vanderbilt (13-10) and Missouri (31-21) and went 3-1 on their non-conference slate. n USC defense ranks 10th nationally with 25 turnovers gained and 11th in red zone defense while giving up 24.8 points per game. Junior cornerback D.J. Smith and junior linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams lead the team with 73 tackles. n The Gamecocks rank 119th nationally in scoring offense posting 19.3 points per game and 117th gaining 336.4 yards per game with a young offense. Freshman running back Rico Dowdle has posted 714 yards and six touchdowns.. Three different quarterbacks have completed at least 50 passes. Freshman Jake Bentley leads the way having passed for 1,030 yards and six touchdowns on the year. Bentley and freshman Brandon McIlwain both played at Clemson.
USF FOOTBALL SEASON QUICK NOTES
USF TEAM
n USF has set school records in rushing yards, scoring, touchdowns and total offense and is on pace to produce one of the TOP FIVE all-time offenses in state of Florida FBS collegiate history. n USF set the program’s overall wins record in a season (10) with a 48-31 War-on-I4 victory over UCF (Nov. 26). The Bulls also earned the most road wins in a season with their fourth victory at SMU. n USF brings a nation-leading streak of 16 straight games scoring at least 30 points into Saturday. n The Bulls have the nation’s No. 10 ranked total offense (515.1 ypg), No. 7 ranked scoring offense (43.6) and No. 5 ranked rushing offense (291.8). n USF is averaging 308 yards rushing in its 8 AAC games, eclipsing 300 yards five times, and has 25, 20+ yard scoring plays in its last SIX games. n USF has won 13 of its last 16 conference games, with losses coming to Memphis, Navy & Temple. n USF is 17-4 in its last 21 games overall. n USF’s two-deep features 21 underclassmen and 18 of 22 starters are juniors or younger. n The USF depth chart features 18 Bay Area players and 49 Bay Area players are on the roster.
OFFENSE
n Quinton Flowers ranks 4th IN THE NATION on ESPN’s QBR rankings. His 86.0 rating is above those posted by Heisman winners Tim Tebow (2007) and Robert Griffin III (2011). n USF is converting 45% of third downs on the year, 30TH IN THE NATION, and is 15-of-16 (93.8%) on 4th down, FIRST IN THE NATION. n USF’s 44 rushing TD are already a record, eclipsing the mark of 30 set in 2007, and third most in the country. n USF has 29 plays from scrimmage of 40+ yards on the year and 21 scoring plays of 40+ yards.. n USF is 1st in the AAC and 7th nationally in scoring, averaging 43.6 ppg. n USF ranks 5th nationally & 2nd in the AAC posting 291.8 ypg rushing. The team’s 3,506 rushing yards shattered the program record of 3,205 yards set last year. n USF is 10th nationally with 515.1 ypg in 2016, has set a new season total offense record an is on pace to eclipse the previous record mark set in 2015 (5,741) by 700+ yards. n Marlon Mack (15 TD), Quinton Flowers (15 TD games), D’Ernest Johnson (13 TD) & Rodney Adams (10 TD) rank 4th, 5th, 7th & 10th in the AAC in TD scoring. n Marlon Mack utilized 164 rushing yards against UCF to become just the third player in the state of Florida to rush for 1,000 yards in three straight seasons. n USF has a program record 71 TD scored by 11 different players on the year. (44 rushing, 24 passing, 1 return, 2 defen@USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
sive), breaking the mark of 54 set last year. n QUICK STRIKE: USF posted four touchdown drives of 2 minutes or less versus UCF and now has 41 on the year. n Quinton Flowers has run for 100 yards SEVEN times, including FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES, and is the 2nd leading rushing QB IN THE NATION. He is the first QB in Florida collegiate history to eclipse 1,000 yards rushing in a season (1,425). n After accounting for a then program-record 34 TDs in 2015, Quinton Flowers has accounted for 37 thus far in 2016 (22 passing & 15 rushing). n Marlon Mack (275) and Quinton Flowers (210) own the overal and QB rushing records in The American. They both have run for 100 yards+ in FIVE games in 2016. n USF has posted at least 440 yards in 11 of 12 games. n Quinton Flowers is 10th in the nation/second in AAC in total offense (331.3) and 11th in the nation points responsible for (18.5) per game. n RB Marlon Mack’s has SEVEN 100-yard rushing games in 2016 and a USF record 20 in his career. He had a USF record nine 100-yard games in 2015. n Marlon Mack set a USF record averaging 6.6 ypc (10th/ FBS) last year. He is 10th in the FBS averaging 7.06 ypc in 2016, while Quinton Flowers is THIRD IN THE NATION (8.05) n Marlon Mack has 3,559 career rushing yards, the all-time career rushing record at USF and top 10 in state of Florida FBS history. n WR Rodney Adams set a USF record with 822 receiving yards and 9 TD in 2015. He has 755 yards and 5 TD through 12 games in 2016.
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NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS
Deatrick Nichols
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n LB Auggie Sanchez led USF with 14 tackles at SMU, 13 at Syracuse, 11 vs. UConn & 10 vs. Navy. He ranks in the Top 20 of the AAC in tackles (3rd, 9.2), and sacks (6th, .50). He ranks 7th in program history with 285 career tackles. n USF has had 12 different players claim a takeaway on the year, with 8 different players with an INT and 8 different players with a fumble recovery. n USF has 13 INT on the year. USF ranked 14th in the nation with 17 interceptions in 2015.
SPECIAL TEAMS
n D’Ernest Johnson returned a punt 83 yards for a TD at Syracuse.The Hornung candidate ranks 8th in FBS & 1st in the AAC averaging 12.4 yards per punt return. He also covers on kickoffs (7 tackles) and is USF’s third leading receiver. n Rodney Adams had a 97-yard return for a TD at Navy in 2015 and ranked FIRST in the ACC & 6th in the FBS averaging 29.1 yards per return in 2015. He had a 52-yard return in the 2016 season opener and is averaging 24.3 yards on 22 returns. n K Emilio Nadelman is 7-7 on FG & 52-53 on PAT. He missed the Memphis & SMU games with a leg injury.
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NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
AAC OFFENSIVE Player of the Year D’Ernest Johnson
2016 SEASON NOTEBOOK BIRMINGHAM BOWL GAME SET
After a tumultous December in which the Bulls saw former head coach Willie Taggart leave for Oregon and new head coach Charlie Strong arrive from Texas to much acclaim and an introduction before a standing-room only ballroom of 600-plus people, the Bulls head to the Birmingham Bowl under the direction of Interim Head Coach T.J. Weist. Intact is American Conference Offensive Player of the Year Quinton Flowers and three-time first team all-conference running back Marlon Mack at the center of an offense that ranks among the top 10 in the nation and the best-ever in state of Florida collegiate history. n OFFENSE: USF’s offense ranks No. 5 in the nation in rushing (291.8 ypc), No. 7 in scoring (43.6 ppg) and No. 10 in total offense (515.1 ypg). The Bulls have set 33 individual and program records, including total offense (6,181 yards), scoring (523 points), touchdowns (71), rushing yards (3,501) and rushing touchdowns (44). n WIN: USF will be gunning for win No. 11 to extend the most wins in program history and will be looking for the program’s fifth bowl victory and first since the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. Clemson. n RECORDS: With 33 records in the books on the year, several more are on the horizon including wide receiver Rodney Adams needing just 3 catches, 68 yards and a touchdown to set season records for receptions and recieving yards and tie the USF career record for receiving touchdowns (17). n HONORED: USF led all AAC programs with a USF program record 10 players selected to all-conference teams, including seven members of the Gulf Coast Offense. n AN ALL-TIME SEASON: Quinton Flowers became the first 2,000/1,000-yard player in state of Florida collegiate history and is the second leading QB rusher in the nation with USF season records 1,425 yards and 15 rushing TD. Flowers, who has run for 100 yards in seven games on the year, currently owns the 8th-best rushing season ever by and FBS QB and needs just 69 yards to move into the top five all-time.
CHARLIE STRONG NAMED HEAD COACH
USF Director of Athletics Mark Harlan announced the appointment of Charlie Strong as the fourth head coach in USF football program history on Dec. 11, 2016. Strong will take over the program following USF’s Birmingham Bowl appearance. A two-time Big East Coach of the Year and a vital part of two national championships at the University of Florida, Strong served head coaching stints at the University of Texas (2014-16) and the University of Louisville (2010-13). Overall, in his 34 seasons as a collegiate coach, Strong spent 15 seasons working in the state of Florida. n Strong experienced great success as a defensive coordinator in the SEC for 11 seasons, including helping the University of Florida and head coach Urban Meyer win national championships in 2006 and 2008. n As a head coach, Strong led Louisville to back-to-back Big East Championships in 2011 and 2012, and posted a 37-15 record in four seasons leading the Cardinals. n Strong’s tenure at Texas included wins over No. 10 Oklahoma (2015), No. 12 Baylor (2015) and No. 10 Notre Dame (2016) and two top-10 ranked recruiting classes. n Strong also held positions on the coaching staffs at Florida, Texas A&M (1985), Southern Illinois (1986-87), Mississippi (1990), Notre Dame (1995-98) and South Carolina (1999-2002).
WEIST LEADING BULLS
2nd-Team All-AAC
Stepping in as USF’s interim head coach following the departure of Willie Taggart for the head job at Oregon, T.J. Weist is taking on the interim role for the second time in his career. Weist was serving as UConn’s offensive coordinator/ wide receivers coach when he was elevated to interim head coach with eight games remaining in the 2013 season. He continued to serve as offensive coordinator and the Huskies closed the season with three consecutive wins, scoring 28 or more points in each game, as he posted a 3-5 record. “This time, I had a better handle on it in terms of taking over a team – what to say to them, how to say it to them, and how to get a team ready to win a game.” – T.J. Weist
FORMER SEC WALK-ONS MEET
USF interim head coach T.J. Weist walked on as a wide receiver for the University of Alabama from 1985-87 and participated in three bowl games. South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp walked on and played safety for the University of Georgia from 1991-94 and was a defensive co-captain playing in two bowl games.
STAFF ADJUSTMENTS FOR BOWL GAME
Interim head coach T.J. Weist made some important adjustments to his staff for the bowl game: n David Reaves will serve as offensive coordinator and main play-caller. Reaves served as co-offensive coordinator last season and helped the Gulf Coast Offense set several school records in its first year of existence. n Brock Willis will move to an on-field coaching position with the special teams units after serving as an analyst with the Bulls since 2013. n Lindsay Lamar will coach the wide receivers after serving as a graduate assistant, working with the offense since last fall.
USF BOWL HISTORY
USF will be making its eighth bowl appearance in just its 17th season of play at the FBS level. The Bulls are 4-3 in their previous six bowl trips, including a 31-26 overtime victory over Clemson for their last win in a bowl in the 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. This will be USF’s second trip to Legion Field to play in a bowl game. The Bulls defeated ECU, 24-7, in the 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham for USF’s first-ever bowl victory.
BULLS IN ‘BAMA & AT LEGION FIELD
USF will be playing its fourth game at Legion Field and first since the 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl. USF is 2-1 at Legion Field having downed UAB, 45-20, in 2004 and lost to Alabama, 40-17, in 2003. This will be USF’s sixth game in the state of Alabama. The Bulls are 3-2 all-time in the state, a slate of games which includes a 41-24 loss at Troy State in 1999 and a huge, 26-23 overtime win at No. 13 Auburn in 2007 that helped propel USF to the No. 2 ranking in the nation two weeks later following another big victory over No. 5 West Virginia.
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Elevated to offensive coordinator for the bowl game, David Reaves is no stranger to the South Carolina program after spending seven seasons on the sidelines for the Gamecocks. n Reaves’ collegiate coaching career began as a graduate assistant under Lou Holtz at USC in 2002-03. n Holtz promoted Reaves to defensive backs coach for the 2004 season. n Under head coach Steve Spurrier at USC, Reaves was the assistant quarterbacks coach in 2005. He held the same role while also serving as recruiting coordinator in 2006. n Reaves was South Carolina’s quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator from 2007-08.
RECORD 10 BULLS EARN ALL-CONFERENCE
USF set a program record with 10 Bulls earning all-conference honors, led by American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year Quinton Flowers. Flowers became the fourth Bull to claim a conference player of the year award and the first-ever to win it on the offensive side of the ball. He joined current USF wide receivers coach Lindsey Lamar (2010 Big East Special Teams Player of the Year), George Selvie (2007 Big East Defensive Player of the Year) and Ean Randolph (2006 Big East Special Teams Player of the Year). USF’S ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS Offense LT Kofi Amichia (first team) QB Quinton Flowers (first team RB Marlon Mack (first team) WR Rodney Adams (second team) TE Mitchell Wilcox (second team) RG Dominique Threatt (second team) Defense DT Deadrin Senat (second team) LB Auggie Sanchez (second team) CB Deatrick Nichols (second team) Special Teams RS D’Ernest Johnson (second team)
TEAM AWARDS HANDED OUT
USF celebrated a record-breaking season at the annual USF Football Banquet held at the Marshall Student Center earlier this month. Here is a look at who took home major team awards: - Quinton Flowers (John & Cynthia Ruzic MVP Award) - Marlon Mack (Offensive MVP Award) - Deadrin Senat (Defensive MVP Award) - D’Ernest Johnson (Special Teams MVP Award) - Cameron Ruff (Offensive Lineman Award) - Bruce Hector (Defensive Lineman Award) - A.J. Legree (Lee Roy Selmon Award)
BULLS EQUAL BEST START, SET WINS RECORD AND ROAD WINS MARK
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has posted nine wins in a season for just the third time in n The victory at SMU (35-27) tied the previous record of nine but set the earliest ever nine win season in program history. n USF’s victory at SMU marked the Bulls’ fourth road win of the season, setting a new USF record that bettered the mark of three set in 2015. BEST SEASON STARTS 10-2................................2016 (9th win on Nov. 19 at SMU) 9-2...............................................2002 (9th win on Nov. 23)
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Defensive end LaDarrius Jackson hails from Birmingham and attended Parker High School before moving on to play at Hinds CC. Three starting offensive linemen Kofi Amichia (Riverdale, Ga.), Dominique Threatt (Atlanta) and Jeremi Hall (Atlanta), and walk-on wide receiver Tyler Pippens (Riverdale) hail from the Atlanta area, a short two hour drive down I-20 from Birmingham and expect to have several family members in attendance.
BEST REGULAR SEASON RECORDS 10 wins: 1 time 9 wins: 3 times 8+ wins: 7 times 10-2..........................................................2016 (12 games) 9-2......................................................2002 (no Bowl game) 9-3............................. 2007 (finished 9-4, loss in Sun Bowl)
USF VS. SOUTH CAROLINA & SEC
The Bulls and Gamecocks have met once before with USC claiming a 34-3 victory in Columbia, S.C., on Sept. 18, 2004. USF was a member of Conference USA at the time and the game was the second of the 2004 season. USF is 1-5 all-time vs. SEC opponents, having downed No. 13-ranked Auburn, 26-23 (OT), in Auburn on Sept. 8, 2007 on the way to the Bulls reaching a No. 2 national ranking. This will be the first meeting vs. an SEC team in a bowl game and first overall since falling 38-14 at No. 8 Florida on Sept. 12, 2010. USF has previously faced Alabama (0-1), Arkansas (0-1), Auburn (1-0), Florida (0-1), Kentucky (0-1), and South Carolina (0-1) from the SEC
BACK-TO-BACK RECORD RUSHING GAMES; AAC QB RECORD RUSHING GAME; 3 100-YARD RUSHERS IN SAME GAME; 200+ YARDS IN 18 OF LAST 20 GAMES
The USF rushing game has exploded as the Bulls set a program game record running the ball in back-to-back games. The Bulls ran for 412 yards and added five rushing TD on just 44 carries (9.4 ypc) vs. No. 22 Navy (Oct. 28) and then followed that with a 416-yard, 5-TD rushing effort at Memphis (Nov. 12). n USF has run for 300+ yards in FIVE of its last SEVEN games and is averaging 320.5 yards per game on the ground over that stretch. n Quinton Flowers broke his own American Conference quarterback rushing record, posting 210 yards and three TD on 20 carries (10.5 ypc) at Memphis. Rodney Adams also had a career-best 86 rushing yards in the game, including the longest run from scrimmage in USF history - a 92-yard TD burst in the first quarter. n For the first time in program history, USF had three players run for 100+ yards in the same game in their victory over No. 22 Navy: Quinton Flowers (176), Marlon Mack (125) and D’Ernest Johnson with a career-best 107. n USF had surpassed the 200-yard rushing mark in 13 straight games, a nation-leading streak, prior to being held to 165 yards in a 46-30 loss at Temple on Oct. 21. n 200+: USF has run for 200+ in 19 of its last 21 games, and 11 of 12 games in 2016. n 250+: USF has run for 250+ in 17 of its last 21 games, and EIGHT times in 2016. n 300+: USF has run for 300+ in 7 of its last 19 games, and FIVE times in 2016. n When USF rushes for 200 yards or more in the last four seasons, the Bulls are 19-4. n When USF has been held under 200 yards rushing in the last for seasons, the Bulls are 5-21.
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2nd-Team All-AAC NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS
Auggie Sanchez
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“For the first time in four years in their program (USF) has wide receivers that can run right by a five-star corner.” –Brock Huard, ESPN on ABC
BULLS RECOGNITION
RODNEY ADAMS- Senior WR Belitnikoff Award Watch List Preseason All-AAC First Team - Lindy’s, SN Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Athlon American Conf. Honor Roll (9.12) KOFI AMICHIA- Senior T Preseason All-AAC First Team - Athlon Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Lindy’s ELKANAH DILLON - Sophomore TE John Mackey Award Watch List Preseason All-AAC First Team TAJEE FULLWOOD - Junior S/PR Preseason All-AAC First Team (PR) - Athlon NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
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Davey O’Brien Award Watch List Johnny Unitas Award Watch List Manning Award Watch List Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Athlon, Lindy’s 3X - American Conf. Off. POW (9.10; 10.17; 11.14) 2X - American Conf. Honor Roll (10.10), (10.31) 3X - O’Brien Award “Great 8” (9.10; 10.31; 11.14) 4X - Manning Award Stars of the Week (9.10; 10.17; 10.31; 11.14) 2X - CFPA Performer of the Week (10.31; 11.14) College Sports Madness AAC POW (9.10) NATE GODWIN- Senior S Preseason All-AAC First Team - Lindy’s Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Athlon BRUCE HECTOR - Junior DT Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Lindy’s JONATHAN HERNANDEZ - Sophomore P Ray Guy Award Watch List D’ERNEST JOHNSON - Junior RB Paul Hornung Award Watch List MARLON MACK - Junior RB Maxwell Award Watch List Doak Walker Award Watch List Walter Camp Award Watch List Preseason All-AAC First Team - Athlon, Lindy’s, SN American Conf. Honor Roll (10.3) DEATRICK NICHOLS - Junior CB Bednarik Award Watch List Jim Thorpe Award Watch List Preseason All-AAC First Team - Lindy’s, SN Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Athlon AUGGIE SANCHEZ - Junior LB Butkus Award Watch List Preseason All-AAC First Team - Athlon Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Lindy’s 2X - American Conf. Honor Roll (9.12), (10.17) DEADRIN SENAT- Junior DT Preseason All-AAC Second Team - Athlon
The Associated Press put out its early 2017 Heisman top five contenders earlier this month. Here’s how they stack up against each other and vs. 2016 Heisman finalist quarterbacks. TOTAL OFFENSE (NCAA Ranks) Per/Game 2016 Heisman Finalists Lamar Jackson, LOUIS 410.7 (2nd) Deshaun Watson, CLEM 341.8 (7th) Baker Mayfield, OU 317.7 (13th) 2017 Heisman Contenders
Total Yds Total TD Pts Resp. for VS. Top 100 DEF 4,928 yards 4,443 yards 3,381 yards
51 TD 43 TD 41 TD
2nd 6th 3rd
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Quinton Flowers, USF 331.3 (10th) 3,976 yards
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Jalen Hurts, ALA 264.1 (43rd) Sam Darnold, USC 238.8 (61st) Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State 100.2 (152) Shane Buechele, Texas 259.1 (46th)
3,433 yards 2,863 yards 1,302 3,109
FLOWERS IS FIRST 2,000/1,000 MAN; SHATTERS USF SEASON RECORDS
Quinton Flowers became USF’s and Florida FBS collegiate football’s first-ever 2,000-yard passer and 1,000yard rusher in a season, a feat achieved by just two FBS players in 2015 (Deshaun Watson & Greg Ward) and just three – Flowers, Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson (Louisville) and Nick Fitzgerald (Mississippis State) – in 2016. n TOTAL: Flowers is producing 331.3 total yards per game (10th in FBS) and has broken the USF season total offense record set by QB Matt Grothe in 2007 by more than 400 yards. Flowers currently has 3,976 yards on the year. n RUSHING: Flowers’ 1,425 rushing yards are a new USF season record and the 13th most in the FBS this season, just 113 shy of Lamar Jackson for most among QBs. Flowers is the first 1,000-yard rushing QB in the state of Florida collegiate history. He is on pace for the FOURTH BEST rushing season EVER for an FBS quarterback nationally. n PASSING: Flowers is passing for 212 yards per game, which will closely challenge the season passing record of 2,911 yards set by Matt Grothe in 2008. Flowers’ 2,546 yards currently rank 7th all-time at USF, 365 shy of the record. n TOUCHDOWNS: Flowers’ 22 passing TD have tied his own USF record of 22 set in 2015. Flowers’ 15 rushing TD have set the school record, surpassing Andre Hall’s 13 in 2005. Flowers’ 37 total TD have broken his own USF record of 34 set in 2015, which ranks him 12th in FBS in football in points responsible for with 222.
#MACKATTACK OWNS CAREER TD MARKS; A TOP 10 ALL-TIME FLORIDA FBS RUSHER
Marlon Mack posted a career-best rushing touchdown total after just eight games in 2016. He currently has 15, tied with teammate Quinton Flowers for the USF season record. n Mack posted his 7th 100-yard game of the year with a season-high 155 yards and a 56-yard TD gallop against UCF. n With 1,137 rushing yards, Mack has secured 1,000 rushing yards for the third straight season, the first player in program history to accomplish the feat. n Mack ranks 16th in the FBS in rushing TD and 4th in the AAC. n Mack continues to extend his USF career rushing TD record (32) and is USF’s career leader in total TD scored with 33 (1 receiving), passing Andre Hall (27). n Mack’s 198 career points scored rank 3rd all-time at
34 TD 28 TD 19 TD 24 TD
17th 33rd 83rd 52nd
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USF and are the most ever by a non-kicker. n Mack ranks 9th all-time among state of Florida FBS rushers. With 3,559 yards as a junior, Mack is on pace to eclipse the all-time Florida FBS record of 4,679 yards rushing set by Kevin Smith of UCF in 2007.
NATION-LEADING RUN OF POINTS
USF is on a run of 16 straight games scoring at least 30 points, a mark that LEADS THE NATION. The Bulls last failed to score 30 points on Nov. 7, 2015 during a 22-17 win at ECU. USF is 12-3 during the stretch n USF’s NATION’S-LEADING and program-record streak of scoring at least 35 points ended at 11 GAMES with a 46-30 loss at Temple on Oct. 21. USF went 9-2 in that stretch. 30+ POINT GAMES STREAKS USF……………........................... 16 Western Kentucky….................... 11 Tulsa............................................ 10
TOUCHDOWN!
USF’s 71 total touchdowns on the year rank as the most in a season for USF and are on pace to rank among the top four most ever in state of Florida collegiate football. n USF’s 44 rushing TD are a PROGRAM RECORD, breaking the record of 30 set in 2007, and are third most in the country. n USF’s 24 passing TD rank 2nd all-time in a season and are closing fast on the record of 26 set in 2015. n Quinton Flowers is third in the AAC in passing TD (22) and third in rushing TD (15). His combined 37 TD responsible for lead the conference, as do his 18.5 points responsible for per game, which rank 11th IN THE NATION. n USF has FOUR players that rank in the top 9 of the AAC in touchdown scoring: Marlon Mack (4th, 8.2), Quinton Flowers (5th, 7.5), D’Ernest Johnson (7th, 6.5) & Rodney Adams (9th, 5.0). The next closest programs are Temple and Tulsa with two players each.
VICTORY FORMATION
Average margin of victory in going 10-2 is 15.5 ppg. n USF has won 17 of its last 21 games with an average margin of victory of 20.30 ppg in its 17 wins. n USF has had just five victories of less than two touchdowns during its 17-of-21 stretch, at UConn (28-20) and a at ECU (22-17) in 2015, and vs. No. 22 Navy (52-45), at Memphis (49-42) and at SMU (35-27) in 2016.
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FLOWERS AAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QUINTON FLOWERS - 2017 Early Heisman Top 5 (Associated Press)
Quarterback Quinton Flowers welcomed his first child on Monday, Sept. 26. His daughter, Amayah, was born in Miami and Flowers was there for the birth, missing team practice and functions on Monday and Tuesday.
FLOWERS AMONG TOPS IN NATION IN ESPN QBR RANKING
Flowers ranks FOURTH IN THE NATION in ESPN"S College Football Total QBR ranking with a score of 87.0. n Flowers 473 total yards and 5 TD in a win at Memphis on Nov. 12 ranked No. 1 for Week 11 on the ESPN QBR rankings with a score of 98.6. n Flowers’ 395 total yards and 4 TD in a victory over No. 22 Navy ranked as the No. 3 QBR game for Week 9. n Flowers has two of the Top 10 games on the year on ESPN QBR. His Memphis outing ranks No. 9 for the year, while his outing vs. No. 22 Navy ranks No. 10. HE IS THE ONLY QB WITH TWO TOP 10 QBR GAMES ON THE YEAR. n Flowers’ current season QBR of 86.0 narrowly trails Tim Tebow’s 2007 Heisman season (86.5) but is ahead of Robert Griffin III’s 2011 Heisman season (83.5). His current QBR would rank among the TOP 15 ALL-TIME BEST SEASONS since ESPN began tracking in 2004. SEASON QBR LEADERS (AFTER WEEK 13) 1. Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma 91.6 2. Sam Darnold, USF 87.0 3. Lamar Jackson, Louisville 86.6 4. QUINTON FLOWERS, USF 86.0 5. Mitch Trubisky, UNC 84.6
FIRST 1,000-YARD QB IN FLORIDA
With 210 yards rushing at Memphis (11/12), Quinton Flowers became the first quarterback in FBS collegiate football in the state of Florida to run for 1,000 yards in a season. As a junior, he is quickly closing on Tim Tebow as the all-time rushing QB in state of Florida history. He currently is 610 yards shy of Tebow’s career mark of 2,947.
2ND LEADING QB RUSHER
Quinton Flowers is 2ND among FBS quarterbacks in rushing on the year and has the TOP TWO QB rushing seasons in STATE OF FLORIDA HISTORY. 2016 Season National QB Rushing Player Yds Avg. TD 1. Lamar Jackson;Louisville 1,538 6.6 21 2. Quinton Flowers;USF 1,425 8.1 15 3. Nick Fitzgerald, Miss. St. 1,243 7.0 14 4. Will Worth, Navy 1,198 4.5 25 All-Time State of Florida Season QB Rushing Player Yds. Avg. TD 1. Quinton Flowers;2016 1,425 8.1 15 2. Quinton Flowers;USF;2015 991 5.2 12 3. Tim Tebow;Florida;2009 910 4.2 14 4. Tim Tebow;Florida;2007 895 4.3 23 All-Time State of Florida Career QB Rushing Player Yds. Avg. TD 1. Tim Tebow;Florida;2006-09 2,947 4.3 57 2. Quinton Flowers;USF; 2,489 6.2 27 3. Matt Grothe;USF;2006-09 2,206 4.0 23 4. B.J. Daniels;USF;2009-12 2,068 3.9 25
FLOWERS ON PACE FOR TOP 5 RUSHING SEASON FOR FBS QB Quinton Flowers already has the 25th-best rushing season by an FBS quarterback. At 8.1 yards per carry, he has the highest per-carry average of any of the top 25. His current per-game average (115.2) would put him fourth all-time. Player
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1. Jordan Lynch;NIU;2013
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5. Beau Morgan;Air Force;1996 1,494
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6. Cam Newton;Auburn;2010
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7. Stacey Robinson, NIU; 1989 1,443
6.5
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8. QUINTON FLOWERS;2016 1,425
8.1 15
9. Joe Webb, UAB; 2009
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“The pace of USF made them look silly.” – Bob Wischusen, ESPN on ABC, following USF’s 2nd TD vs. No. 13 FSU “That’s the best offense we’ve played.”
- Tommy Tuberville, Former Cincinnati Head Coach “Overall, the most talented team in our conference,” when it comes to athletes. “The talent and athletes they have with speed, they give you a lot of problems,”
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Quarterback Quinton Flowers (Miami) is in his second year as USF’s starting QB and has staked his claim as one of the most explosive players in the nation at the head of the Gulf Coast Offense. n 33 TD passes vs. 8 interceptions in his last 16 games. NATIONAL RANKINGS: Top 20 in NCAA in NINE Categories: 10th in total offense (331.3), 18th pass efficiency (153.5), 11th in points responsible per game (18.5) and rushing yards (1,425), 12th in points responsible for (222), 15th in rushing touchdowns (15), rushing yards per game (118.8) and yards per pass attempt (8.53) EXPLOSIVE: THIRD in yards per carry (8.05), 20th in yards per completion (13.9) 2016 SEASON: 8 300+ Total Yardage Games: 3rd in the AAC in Rushing (118 ypg) n USF SEASON RECORD Total Yardage (3,971 yards) n USF SEASON RECORD Rushing Yards (1,425), Rushing TD (15), Yards Per Carry (8.1) n USF SEASON RECORD with 37 total TD, tied own USF season record with 22 passing TD n AMERICAN CONFERENCE RECORD game record 210 yards rushing by a QB (at Memphis) n USF SINGLE GAME RECORD 473 total yards (210 rushing/263 passing) and 5 TD in win at Memphis n 403 total yards (350 yards passing & 4 passing TD) vs. NIU n 395 total yards (176 rushing/219 passing) and 4 TD in win over No. 22 Navy n 370 total yards (213 passing/157 rushing) and 5 TD (3 run, 2 pass) in win vs. UConn n 365 total yards (250 passing/115 rushing) and 3 passing TD in win vs. ECU n 337 total yards (142 rushing/195 passing & 3 TD) at SMU n 319 total yards (159 yards rushing) vs. No. 13 Florida State CAREER: n 3rd all-time in career rushing at USF (2,489 yards), 1st among quarterbacks n 4th all-time in TD passes (44) in 26 games n 9 career 100-yard rushing games (7 in 2016). n 4th all-time in career total offense at USF (7,442 yards) n 4th all-time in career passing yards (4,953) n Currently 19-7 (.730) as a starting QB, the 4th most wins, THE BEST winning percentage in USF history
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
- Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati Head Coach “I have seen no speed like the speed we saw when we played USF last year.’’
- Matt Rhule, Temple Head Coach
FLOWERS THE 14TH 200/200 MAN IN FBS HISTORY/FIRST IN AAC
In his 473 total yard and 5 TD performance in a win at Memphis (Nov. 12), Quinton Flowers ran for an AAC QUARTERBACK RECORD 210 yards and passed for 263 yards with a USF GAME RECORD completion percentage of 82.7% (24-29), becoming just the 14th FBS player to run and pass for 200 yards in the same game. n Flowers’ became the first to achieve the feat since Louisville Heisman candidate Lamar Jackson did in on Dec. 30, 2015. n Among the notable players to achieve the feat: Denard Robinson, Michigan (3 times) Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (2013) Vince Young, Texas (2005) Brad Smith, Missouri (2005) Patrick White, West Virginia (2006) Marques Tuiasosopo, Washington (1999) 15
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AMERICAN CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS
School (rank)
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USF FOOTBALL
EAST #24/24 Temple #22/25 USF UCF Cincinnati UConn ECU WEST Navy Tulsa Houston Memphis SMU Tulane
CONF
Overall
Streak
7-1 10-3 7-1 10-2 4-4 6-6 1-7 4-8 1-7 3-9 1-7 3-9
W7 W4 L2 L5 L6 L4
7-1 9-4 6-2 9-3 5-3 9-3 5-3 8-4 3-5 5-7 1-7 4-8
L2 W2 L1 W2 L2 W1
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
TEMPLE 34, NAVY 10 DEC. 3, ANNAPOLIS, MD.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE BOWL GAMES
AutoNation Cure Bowl
UCF (6-6) vs. Arkansas State (7-5) Saturday, Dec. 17, 5:30 p.m. ET Orlando, Fla. • CBS SPorts Network
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Las Vegas Bowl
PLAYERS
Houston (9-3) vs. San Dieg0 St. (10-3) Saturday, Dec. 17, 3:30 p.m. ET Miami, Fla. • ESPN
COACHES RECAPS
Miami Beach Bowl
RECORDS
Tulsa (9-3) vs. C. Michigan (6-6) Monday, Dec. 19, 2:30 p.m. ET Miami, Fla. • ESPN
STATS BOWLS
Marmot Boca Raton Bowl CMYK C M Y K
20 20 20 75
0 0 0 40
100 60 0 6
0 100 66 13
0 0 0 100
Memphis (8-4) vs. W. Kentucky (10-3) Tuesday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m. Boca Raton, Fla. • ESPN
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Navy (10-3) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5) Friday, Dec. 23, 4:30 p.m. ET Fort Worth, Texas • ESPN
Military Bowl presented by Northrup Grumman Temple (10-3) vs. Wake Forest (6-6) Tuesday, Dec. 27, 3:30 p.m. ET Annapolis, Md. • ESPN
Birmingham Bowl
USF (10-2) vs. South Carolina (6-6) Thursday, Dec. 29, 2 p.m. ET Birmingham, Ala. • ESPN
INJURIES
USF has 5 players that were in the two-deep during fall camp that are lost for the season to injury. n OUT FOR SEASON: WR A.J. Legree (knee), RB Darius Tice (ankle), OT William Atterbury (leg), DB Lamar Robbins (shoulder), DB Malik Dixon (shoulder). 16
ELITE SPEED SHOWING 24 20+ YARD TD PLAYS IN LAST 6 GAMES
“JUNKYARD DOG” HAS BITE; ROARS VS. RANKED FOES
n In its last four games, USF scored on plays of 62, 56, 43 and 24 yards vs. UCF – 77, 60, 28 & 65 yards at SMU – 92, 49, 48, 40 and 22 yards at Memphis – and against No. 22 Navy had TDs of 85, 63, 41 and 23 yards to take a 28-0 lead in the first quarter. The explosive scoring continues a trend of 24 TOUCHDOWN PLAYS OF 20+ YARDS in USF’s last SIX games, and AVERAGE OF 4.0 PER GAME. n USF has (37) scoring plays of 20+ yards in 2016, including (21) of 40+ yards & TEN OF 60+ yards: 92, 85, 84, 77, 73, 65, 63, 62, 62, and 60. n USF has 36 TOUCHDOWN PLAYS OF 40+ YARDS over the last two seasons (25 games), an average of 1.44 per game. n The 20+ yard scoring plays OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS involve 10 players on the 2016 roster with Quinton Flowers (31), Rodney Adams (13) and Marlon Mack (13) leading the way. n USF has (84) 20+-yard EXPLOSIVE PLAYS on 2016, 7.0 per game. The Bulls posted 74 such plays in 2015 (5.7 pg) up from 46 in 12 games in 2014 (3.8 pg). n Quinton Flowers is responsible for (55) EXPLOSIVE PLAYS so far in 2016 (20 for touchdowns) including a SEASON BEST 9 at Memphis. He had 47 in 2015 (37 passing and 10 running).
Affectionately called our “junkyard dog” and “the best football player on our team” by then head coach Willie Taggart, second team all-conference selection and Paul Hornung Award candidate D’Ernest Johnson does it all for USF. n Ran for a career-best 107 yards and added two touchdowns in USF’s victory over No. 22 Navy. n Johnson scored a career-best three rushing TD vs. No. 13 Florida State as he took over in the second half to run for 82 yards on just eight carries (10.2 ypc) n Has scored in 9 of 12 games on the year, and ranks 7th in the AAC in TD scored (6.5 ppg). n Johnson returned a punt 83 yards for a TD at Syracuse, the longest punt return in the AAC this season. n Johnson leads the AAC and ranks 8th in FBS averaging 13.2 yards per punt return. n Johnson ranks 3rd for USF with 22 receptions and sixth with 198 yards. He was the Bulls second leading receiver in 2015. n Johnson has logged 7 tackles on the year on kickoff and punt coverage teams. n Johnson completed two passes, both for TD, last year and has attempted one pass so far in 2016.
SUCCESSFUL SIGNS OF THE TIMES
n USF has won 11 of its last 13 home games, with 10 wins coming by two touchdowns or more. n USF went 6-1 at home in 2016.. The Bulls went 5-1 at home in 2015. USF’s 11-2 home record over two seasons is the Bulls’ best home stretch since going 19-0 at home across three seasons, 2000-2002. n USF has outscored opponents 579-331 during that 13game span, for an average margin of 44.5-25.4. n USF is averaging 44.5 points and 515.7 yards per game over its last 13 home games. n The 6-1 home mark equals the Bulls’ best home record in the last 13 seasons, dating to a 6-0 mark in 2002. n USF posted its first winning record at home in five seasons in 2015, dating to a 5-3 mark in 2010.
Along with scoring and yards, USF has three other indicators for the success of the Gulf Coast Offense in 2016. n 3RD DOWN: USF is converting 45% on the year, 30TH IN THE NATION, and is 15-of-16 (94%) on 4th down, 1ST IN THE NATION. A jump over last year’s 37% on 3rd down. n FIRST DOWNS: The Bulls rank 41st IN THE NATION in first downs with 276, 23.0 per game, on pace to break the school record of 292 set in 2011. USF had 34 first downs vs. NIU, the most since 2011, and 30 at Memphis. n RED ZONE: USF is 39-of-46 in the redzone (85%) with 32 TDs on the year, 70% TD conversion.
ADAMS HAS A RECORD DAY!
ROLLING AT RAY JAY; BULLS EQUAL BEST RUN SINCE 2007
DEPTH CHART: BUILT FOR A LONG RUN
Rodney Adams exhibited the speed that makes him a feared threat by every team the Bulls play as he posted a CAREER-BEST 270 all-purpose yards in USF’s 49-42 win at Memphis (Nov. 12). n A second-team all-conference pick for the second year, Adams needs just three catches and 68 yards to set USF season records in both categories. n Adams blazed to the LONGEST RUN in USF HISTORY when he took a jet sweep 92 yards for a touchdown to give the Bulls a 14-0 lead at Memphis. He ended the day with a career-best 86 yards rushing. n Adams caught 8 passes for 115 yards and a 49-yard TD at Memphis. n He has 10 TD on the year (5 rushing and 5 receiving). n Adams has become a dangerous weapon on the jet sweep. He has 20 carries on the year for 210 yards and 5 TD, an average of 10.5 yards per carry. n Adams has 5 career 100-yard receiving games. n Adams has 60 catches on the year, just 2 shy of the USF season record of 62 set by Hugh Smith in 2002. n Adams has 16 career receiving TD, just one shy of Andre Davis’ record 17 set in 2014. He is 236 yards shy of Davis’ career receiving yards record of 2,136.
n The Bulls brought a relatively young roster to the opening weekend with just 10 seniors among the 44 positions on the offensive and defensive two-deep. n The two-deep features 21 underclassmen and seven redshirt freshmen, including starting right tackle Marcus Norman (Sebastian) and starting defensive end Kirk Livingstone (Fort Lauderdale). n Eight of 11 offensive starters and 10 of 11 defensive starters (18 of 22) are juniors or younger, with just four seniors listed as starters entering the opening week. n The depth chart features 19 Bay Area players, including record-breaking running back Marlon Mack (Sarasota), record-breaking wide receiver Rodney Adams (St. Petersburg), all-conference middle linebacker Auggie Sanchez (St. Petersburg), three-year starting linebacker Nigel Harris (Tampa), two-year starting safety Devin Abraham (Tarpon Springs), first-year starting center Cameron Ruff (Tampa) and standout transfer wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling (St. Petersburg). n Seven of the eight Bulls currently occupying national award watch lists return in 2017. Those include the Bulls’ starting quarterback, leading rusher, tight end, kick returner and running back and leading tackler.
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SITUATIONAL RECORDS
2013-15 2016
DYNAMIC DUO: FLOWERS & MACK BOTH HOLD AAC CONFERENCE RUSHING MARKS
With the explosion of Quinton Flowers in the run game, he has combined with Marlon Mack to give USF one of the most dynamic rushing duos in The American. n Mack & Flowers have both run for 100 yards in the same game SIX TIMES (FIVE in 2016), most recenty combining for 307 of USF’s 351 rushing yards in a 4831 victory against UCF. n Mack and Flowers BOTH rank in the Top 15 nationally in yards per carry. Flowers stands third (8.05) while Mack is 10th (7.06). n Mack and Flowers BOTH own American Conference rushing records. Mack set the overall conference game rushing record in his career debut with 275 yards and 4TD vs. Western Carolina in 2014, and his 230 yards vs. Temple are the second highest mark in conference history. Flowers set the conference rushing record for a QB with 210 yards vs. Memphis in 2016.
SANCHEZ POSTING CAREER YEAR; TWO-TIME ALL-AAC PICK
Junior LB Auggie Sanchez is the mental, physical and statistical leader of the Bulls defense. In his third season as the Bulls starting middle linebacker, Sanchez in well on his way to a career year that ranks among the best in The American. n His 111 tackles on the year are 10 shy of the USF record of 121. n Ranked In the Top 20 in The American in Tackles (3rd, 9.2), Sacks (6th, 0.5). n 294 career tackles rank tied 7th all-time at USF. n Posted team high 14 tackles at SMU (11.19) and team high 11 tackles and 3 sacks in a victory over UConn (10.15). n Has led USF in tackles in (6) games in 2016 and (15) games on his career. n Leads USF in tackles for loss (8) and sacks (6).
n Has (12) career double-digit tackle games. n Voted team captain in 2016. n Posted 117 tackles in 2015, second-most all-time at USF. Just 10th Bull to post 100 tackles in a season. n Second Team All-AAC Pick in 2015. n Led USF with 13 tackles vs. NIU in 2016. n Serves as the quarterback of the USF defense calling the defensive alignments and adjustments. n A Capital One Academic All-America nominee with a 3.5 GPA in communications, the highest among current Bulls undergrads. n Began his career at USF as a fullback. n An avid fisherman who who has caught six varieties of game fish in Tampa Bay and would like to be a charter boat captain in the Bay Area one day.
BUILT BY THE BAY
USF has focused recruiting on the Bay Area since 2013, with the seven counties that sourround Tampa Bay the Bulls’ in-state recruiting area with all members of the coaching staff assigned to canvas the area. That focus has paid off in a transformation of the Bulls’ roster since Taggart’s arrival in 2013. n The 2016 Bulls’ roster features 49 players from the Bay Area. n The Bulls’ offensive and defensive two-deeps entering the season featured 19 of 44 players from the Bay Area. Of those, nine of the 22 players listed as starters are from the Bay Area. n Among the Bay Area standouts on the Bulls’ roster are the team’s leading rusher (Marlon Mack), leading receiver (Rodney Adams), leading tackler (Auggie Sanchez), active career tackle leader (Nate Godwin) and top punt returner (Tajee Fullwood).
TOP 100 IN AP RANKINGS HISTORY
Despite having played just 16 seasons of football at the FBS level, USF ranked among the top 100 programs in the Associated Press’ rankings of poll appearances since 1936. USF has appeared in the AP rankings in 26 weeks, four of those in the top 10, to rank 94th on the AP list. USF was eligible for ranking in only 20 percent of the 80 seasons the AP Top 25 has existed and first appeared in 2007. Nearly every other program on the list was eligible for ranking during the entire 80-year span. USF’s ranking history extrapolated out over 80 years would give USF 130 poll appearances, which would rank among the top 60. @USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
2-8 1-1 0-1 0-0 14-11 6-1 10-14 4-1 17-4 9-0 5-15 1-2 20-4 10-0 1-2 0-0 3-19 0-2 20-3 10-0 3-22 0-2 1-0 0-0
USF OFFENSE SCORING: 17 points or less SCORING: 20 or more points SCORING: 30 or more points SCORING: 40 or more points TOTAL OFFENSE: 400 or more yards TOTAL OFFENSE: 500 or more yards TOTAL OFFENSE: 300 yards or less RUSHING: 200 or more yards RUSHING: 300 or more yards RUSHING ATT: 40 or more PASSING: 200 or more yards PASSING: 300 or more yards PASSING ATT: 25 or more 1st DOWNS: at least 20 3rd DOWNS: convert 40% or more TURNOVERS: two or less
2-15 0-0 19-7 9-2 16-3 9-2 13-0 8-0 19-2 10-1 10-1 6-0 3-17 0-0 19-4 10-1 7-0 5-0 19-6 9-1 14-6 8-0 0-2 0-0 13-16 9-0 16-3 9-0 12-6 7-1 23-18 9-1
USF DEFENSE SCORING: allow 15 points or less SCORING: allow 20 points or less SCORING: allow 21 points or more TOTAL OFFENSE: 300 yards or less RUSHING: allow 150 yards or less RUSHING: allow 100 yards or less PASSING: allow 150 yards or less PASSING: allow 100 yards or less 1st DOWNS: allow 15 or less 3rd DOWNS: convert 33% or less TURNOVERS: two or more
6-0 12-3 10-22 6-6 14-10 9-3 3-5 1-5 5-1 10-6 11-13
0-0 4-0 5-2 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 4-0
22-6 9-8 17-2 12-7 14-9 12-3 10-8 3-2
10-0 2-0 8-0 6-0 4-0 5-0 3-0 2-0
20-7 9-6 8-5 8-2
9-1 5-0 4-0 5-0
USF FOOTBALL
The tandem of quarterback Quinton Flowers (#9) and running back Marlon Mack (#5) have aquired the nicknamed “9 To 5” and have readily embraced it and its deeper meaning. n The roommates spend most of every day (9 to 5) together. n Flowers & Mack say they “go to work all day, every day, 9 to 5” and have embraced that work ethic while long having led by example on and off the field. n Flowers & Mack are at the crux of the Gulf Coast Offense’s zone-read and the pair run the attack to great affect. n Flowers & Mack rank 4th and 5th in TD scoring in The American, combining for 30 rushing TD on the year. n Flowers & Mack have combined for 50 rushing TD and 4,926 rushing yards over the last two seasons (25 games). n They have both run for 100-yards in the same game SIX times, including FIVE games in 2016. n Produced 2,562 of USF's 3,506 rushing yards (73%) & 30 TD, averaging 7.5 ypc between them. n They rank 3rd (Flowers) and 4th (Mack) in the AAC in rushing per game, combining for 203 yards per game. n Flowers & Mack own USF SEASON RECORDS in rushing. Flowers setting the QB mark with 1,425 yards this season and Mack the overall mark with 1,381 yards in 2015. n Flowers 6-year old nephew, Marquise, wears Mack’s No. 5 in youth football in Miami.
vs. Top-25 opponents (AP/Coaches) vs. Top-10 opponents (AP/Coaches) USF Scores First Opponent Scores first USF leads after 1st quarter Opponent leads after 1st quarter USF leads at half Tied at half Opponent leads at half USF leads after 3rd quarter Opponent leads after 3rd quarter TIed after 3rd
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FLOWERS & MACK ONE OF THE NATION’S MOST POTENT DUOS
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
TEAM COMPARISON RUSHING YARDS: USF has more PASSING YARDS: USF has more TOTAL YARDS: USF has more TURNOVERS: USF has fewer TIME OF POSSESSION: advantage 1ST DOWNS: USF has more PENALTIES: USF has fewer SPECIAL TEAMS SCORE: USF scores TD
USF INDIVIDUALS RUSHING: 100-yard rusher PASSING: 200-yard passer RECEIVING: 100-yard receiver RUSH/PASS: 100-yard rusher/200-yard passer
USF LARGEST CROWDS
1. 99,235 2. 90,612 3. 83,524 4. 82,617 5. 80,795 6. 78,900 7. 78,111 8. 76,780 9. 74,432 10. 72,811 11. 70,401 12. 69,383 13. 67,012 14. 66,469 15. 65,948
at Penn State at Florida at Florida State at Auburn at Notre Dame at South Carolina at Wisconsin at Alabama at Oklahoma at Florida State at Michigan St. vs. Florida State vs. West Virginia vs. Miami vs. UCF
Sept. 3, 2005 L, 23-13 Sept. 12, 2010 L, 38-14 Sept. 26, 2009 W, 17-7 Sept. 8, 2007 W, 26-23 OT Sept. 3, 2011 W, 23-20 Sept. 18, 2004 L, 34-3 Sept. 27, 2014 L, 27-10 Aug. 30, 2003 L, 40-17 Sept. 28, 2002 L, 31-14 Sept. 12, 2015 L, 14-34 Sept. 7, 2013 L, 21-6 Sept. 29, 2012 L, 30-17 Sept. 28, 2007 W, 21-13 Nov. 28, 2009 L, 31-10 Oct. 13, 2007 W, 64-12
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THE #MACKATTACK
MARLON MACK - USF CAREER LEADER • 2-TIME 1ST TEAM ALL-AAC
USF FOOTBALL
Running back Marlon Mack, from nearby Sarasota, Fla., has staked his claim as the best running back in The American since starting every game as a true freshman in 2014 and earning AAC Rookie of the Year honors.
2016 SEASON:
n Has 14 career TD runs of 40 yards, 6 on the year including career-best 85-yard TD run vs. Navy, 60-yarder at SMU, and two against UCF. n Averaging 7.06 yards per carry (10th in FBS/2nd in AAC to Quinton Flowers). n 4th in AAC in rushing (103.4 ypg), Tied for 2nd in AAC with seven, 100-yard rushing games on the year. n Fourth in AAC in TD scoring (8.2 ppg), 15 rushing TD rank 15th in FBS and are tied for USF season record (Flowers).
2015 SEASON:
2016
n LED The American/16th in FBS averaging 115 yards rushing per game. n Set USF SEASON RECORD with 6.6 yards per carry (10th in FBS), 1,381 rushing yards, NINE 100-yard games, finished season with USF RECORD five straight. TOP CAREER GAMES: n 275 yards & 4 TD in collegiate debut (2014), tied USF SCHOOL RECORD/ set AMERICAN CONFERENCE RECORD. n 230 yards on 21 carries (11.0 ypc) & 2 TD vs. No. 21 Temple (2015), 4th-best total in USF history. n 184 yards and 2 TD on 20 carries in win vs. Syracuse (2015). n 152 yards and 2 TD on 18 carries (8.4 ypc) in win vs. ECU (2016). CAREER: n All-time USF CAREER RUSHING LEADER (3,404 yards) & CAREER RUSHING (30) & TOTAL TD (31) LEADER n USF CAREER RECORD 19 100-yard games n Owns 15 USF Records n Twice led The American in rushing (2014 & 2015)
LEADING THE NATION IN HOMEGROWN TALENT
According to a study of FBS rosters by Rukkus, USF leads the nation in homegrown talent. According to the Rukkus study of 13,738 FBS players, “far and away, USF recruits the most local talent” with on average USF players traveling just 128 miles from home to play for the Bulls. The average for all FBS schools is 446 miles players travel to attend school. n Rukkus also determined 1/3 of all FBS players hail from Texas, Florida or California, with the next closest state being nearby Georgia, from which USF has five players. 13.44% - Texas 11.22% - Florida 10.33% - California 7.6% - Georgia
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
TOP RUSHERS IN FLORIDA COLLEGIATE HISTORY
Player 1. Kevin Smith 2. Dalvin Cook 3. Errict Rhett 4. Warrick Dunn 5. Emmitt Smith 6. Greg Allen 7. Alfred Morris 8. Duke Johnson 9. Marlon Mack 10. Alex Haynes
TRAJECTORY OF IMPROVEMENT
n USF is one of just five programs nationally that improved its scoring offense and scoring defense every season between 2013 to 2015. SCORING OFFENSE: 2013: 13.8 2014: 17.2 2015: 33.6 2016: 43.6 (7th) n USF was the most improved rushing team in the nation in 2015 and 2nd-most improved in yards per carry. RUSHING YARDS PER GAME/PER CARRY: 2014: 107.9 ypg 3.44 ypc 2015: 247.0 ypg 5.41 ypc 2016: 292.2 ypg 6.72 ypc
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School UCF FSU Florida FSU Florida FSU Florida Atlantic Miami USF UCF
Years 2005-07 2014-present 1990-93 1993-96 1987-89 1981-84 2008-11 2012-14 2014-present 2001-04
Att. 905 574 873 575 700 624 733 526 538 742
Yds. 4,679 4.319 4,163 3,959 3,928 3,769 3,529 3,519 3,404 3,359
Avg. TD 5.2 45 6.6 45 4.8 34 6.9 37 5.6 36 6.0 44 4.8 27 6.7 26 6.1 30 4.5 27
n USF led the nation in redzone improvement in 2015 REDZONE OFFENSE: 2014: 33.3% TD Percentage 2015: 68.1% TD Percentage 2016: 85% (32-46) TD Percentage n USF has improved its total offensive output by 49 percent since 2013. TOTAL OFFENSE: FBS 2013: 255.5 ypg 3,066 Total yards 121st 2014: 304.7 ypg 3,656 Total yards 118th 2015: 441.6 ypg 5,741 Total yards 35th 2016: 515.1 ypg 6,181 Total yards (12 gms) 10th
DID YOU KNOW? • JR QB Quinton Flowers’ nickname is “Winky.” Flowers attended the same Miami High School as ESPN College Game Day’s Lee Corso, who also played quarterback at Miami Jackson HS. • JR RB D’Ernest Johnson is second cousins with Edgerrin James, who also came out of Immokalee before starring in the NFL for 11 seasons. • JR DB Deatrick Nichols maintains beautiful and highly intricate cursive handwriting he learned from his father. • JR LB Auggie Sanchez is a third generation USF attendee. His older brother, Armando, played linebacker for the Bulls from 2009-11. Sanchez’s first-ever airplane flight was as a true-freshman when USF traveled to play at Michigan State. • JR S Devin Abraham is the son of former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Donnie Abraham. • SR WR Rodney Adams and JR WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling are former high school teammates at Lakewood HS in St. Petersburg. Both were track stars and helped Lakewood win the 2013 Class 2A State Track & Field Championship and were part of the 2012 state champion 4X400 relay team. • OC Coach David Reaves is the son of John Reaves, an All-American QB at Florida and longtime NFL QB. @USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
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ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC OFFENSES IN STATE OF FLORIDA HISTORY
QUINTON FLOWERS VS.
TOTAL POINTS
TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS
AVERAGE POINTS PER GAME 1. NC-Florida 2. Florida State 3. Florida 4. NC-Florida USF 6. Florida 7. Miami 8. Florida 9. Miami 10. Florida
1996 1995 2001 2008 2016 1995 2001 2007 2000 1994
13 12 12 14 13 13 12 13 12 13
47.0 46.9 44.8 43.6 43.6* 42.9 42.7 42.5 42.2 41.4
2013 2008 2016 1995 2007 1995 1996 1993 2002 2012
14 14 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 14
94 82 77* 76 75 73 72 71 70 68
2013 1993 2000 2016 1995 2012 1996 1995 2001 2009
14 13 13 13 13 14 13 12 12 14
7,267 QB Jameis Winston (Heisman), RB Devonta Freeman, WR Rashad Greene 6,909 QB Charlie Ward (Heisman), RB William Floyd, WR Kez McCorvey 6,889 QB Chris Weinke (Heisman), RB Travis Minor, WR Marvin Minnis 6,696* QB Quinton Flowers, RB Marlon Mack, WR Rodney Adams 6,628 QB Danny Wuerffel, RB Fred Taylor, WR Chris Doering 6,591 QB E.J. Manuel, RB Devonta Freeman, WR Rashad Greene 6,556 QB Danny Wuerffel (Heisman), RB Elijah Williams, WR Reidel Anthony 6,545 QB Danny Kanell, RB Warrick Dunn, WR Andre Cooper 6,462 QB Rex Grossman, RB Earnest Graham, WR Jabar Gaffney 6,410; QB Tim Tebow, RB Jeff Demps, WR Riley Cooper
TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS 1. NC-Florida State 2. NC-Florida 3. USF 4. Florida State 5. Florida 6. Florida 7. NC-Florida 8. NC-Florida State 9. Miami 10. Florida State
TOTAL YARDS
1. NC-Florida State 2. NC-Florida State 3. Florida State 4. USF 5. Florida 6. Florida State 7. NC-Florida 8. Florida State 9. Florida 10. Florida
AVERAGE YARDS PER GAME 1. Florida State 2. Florida 3. NC-Florida State 4. Florida State 5. NC-Florida State 6. USF 7. Florida 8. NC-Florida
Big Three QB Danny Wuerffel (Heisman), RB Elijah Williams, WR Reidel Anthony QB Tim Tebow, RB Chris Rainey, WR Percy Harvin QB Quinton Flowers, RB Marlon Mack, WR Rodney Adams QB Danny Kanell, RB Warrick Dunn, WR Andre Cooper QB Danny Wuerffel, RB Fred Taylor, WR Chris Doering QB Tim Tebow (Heisman), WB Percy Harvin, WR Andre Caldwell QB E.J. Manuel, RB Devonta Freeman, WR Rashad Greene QB Rex Grossman, RB Earnest Graham, WR Jabar Gaffney QB Danny Wuerffel, RB Fred Taylor, WR Jack Jackson QB Charlie Ward (Heisman), RB William Floyd, WR Kez McCorvey
1995 2001 1993 2000 2013 2016 1995 1996
12 12 13 13 14 13 13 13
QB Danny Wuerffel (Heisman), RB Elijah Williams, WR Reidel Anthony QB Danny Kanell, RB Warrick Dunn, WR Andre Cooper QB Rex Grossman, RB Earnest Graham, WR Jabar Gaffney QB Tim Tebow, RB Chris Rainey, WR Percy Harvin QB Quinton Flowers, RB Marlon Mack, WR Rodney Adams QB Danny Wuerffel, RB Fred Taylor, WR Chris Doering QB Ken Dorsey, RB Clinton Portis, WR Andre Johnson QB Tim Tebow (Heisman), WR Percy Harvin, WR Andre Caldwell QB Ken Dorsey, RB James Jackson, WR Reggie Wayne QB Danny Wuerffel, RB Fred Taylor, WR Jack Jackson QB Jameis Winston (Heisman), RB Devonta Freeman, WR Rashad Greene QB Tim Tebow, RB Chris Rainey, WR Percy Harvin QB Quinton Flowers, RB Marlon Mack, WR Rodney Adams QB Danny Kanell, RB Warrick Dunn, WR Andre Cooper QB Tim Tebow (Heisman), WB Percy Harvin, WR Andre Caldwell QB Danny Wuerffel, RB Fred Taylor, WR Chris Doering QB Danny Wuerffel (Heisman), RB Elijah Williams, WR Reidel Anthony QB Charlie Ward (Heisman), RB William Floyd, WR Kez McCorvey QB Ken Dorsey, RB Willis McGahee, TE Kellen Winslow II QB E.J. Manuel, RB Devonta Freeman, WR Rashad Greene
545.4 QB Danny Kanell, RB Warrick Dunn, WR Andre Cooper 538.5 QB Rex Grossman, RB Earnest Graham, WR Jabar Gaffney 531.5 QB Charlie Ward (Heisman), RB William Floyd, WR Kez McCorvey 529.9 QB Chris Weinke (Heisman), RB Travis Minor, WR Marvin Minnis 519.1 QB Jameis Winston (Heisman), RB Devonta Freeman, WR Rashad Greene 515.1* QB Quinton Flowers, RB Marlon Mack, WR Rodney Adams 514.0 QB Danny Wuerffel, RB Fred Taylor, WR Chris Doering 504.3 QB Danny Wuerffel (Heisman), RB Elijah Williams, WR Reidel Anthony
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Player *Johnny Manziel;Texas A&M *Robert Griffin III;Baylor Johnny Manziel;Texas A&M Colt Brennan;Hawaii Rex Grossman;Florida *Marcus Mariota;Oregon Deshaun Watson;Clemson Jordan Lynch;NIU *Sam Bradford;Oklahoma Colt McCoy;Texas 11. Quinton Flowers;USF Chase Daniel;Missouri *Tim Tebow;Florida Vince Young;Texas *Cam Newton;Auburn *Jameis Winston;FSU Alex Smith;Utah Matt Leinart;USC *Carson Palmer;USC Kellen Moore;Boise State Andrew Luck; Stanford Andrew Luck;Stanford *Jason White;Oklahoma; *Matt Leinart;USC; *Eric Crouch;Nebraska; *Troy Smith;Ohio State
YR TOT 2012 398.2 2011 384.0 2013 374.8 2007 364.1 2001 354.9 2014 348.3 2015 347.6 2013 343.7 2008 340.5 2008 340.0 2016 330.1* 2007 325.6 2007 321.6 2005 314.3 2010 309.0 2013 305.4 2004 298.6 2005 296.2 2002 293.8 2010 293.3 2010 291.6 2011 282.0 2003 264.0 2004 252.1 2001 218.8 2006 211.2
TOTAL TOUCHDOWN LEADERS
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Team Season Games Yards 1. NC-Florida 1996 13 611 NC-Florida 2008 14 611 3. USF 2016 13 566* 4. Florida State 1995 12 563 5. Florida 1995 13 558 6. Florida 2007 13 552 7. Florida State 2012 14 550 8. Florida 2001 12 538 (tie) Florida 1994 13 538 10. NC-Florida State 1993 13 536
Quinton Flowers is in the midst of a historic season for a quarterback not only at USF or in the STATE OF FLORIDA, but also compared to 38 HEISMAN TROPHY winners or HEISMAN TROPHY FINALISTS from past 15 seasons. ** Flowers numbers projected through 13 games * Heisman Trophy Winner
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USF’s offense is on pace to rank among the top six all-time for FBS teams in the state of Florida for total yards, average yards per game, total touchdowns, total points and average points per game. The Bulls would rank among some of the state’s most iconic teams, including five that won the national championship and four that featured a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback. Notes: All season statistics include bowl-game performances. *—USF projected statistics if it maintains current pace in a 12-game regular season with a bowl game. NC=National Champion
HEISMAN WINNERS & FINALISTS
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Player YR TOT *Marcus Mariota;Oregon 2014 57 *Sam Bradford;Oklahoma 2008 55 *Tim Tebow;Florida 2007 55 *Cam Newton;Auburn 2010 50 *Robert Griffin III;Baylor 2011 47 Jordan Lynch;NIU; 2013 47 *Johnny Manziel;Texas A&M 2012 47 Kellen Moore;Boise State 2010 47 Deshaun Watson;Clemson 2015 47 Colt Brennan;Hawaii 2007 46 Johnny Manziel;Texas A&M 2013 46 Colt McCoy;Texas 2008 45 *Jameis Winston;FSU 2013 44 Alex Smith;Utah 2004 42 Tim Tebow;Florida 2008 42 16. Quinton Flowers;USF 2016 41* *Jason White;Oklahoma 2003 41 Rex Grossman;Florida 2001 39 Collin Klein;Kansas State; 2012 39 Brady Quinn;Notre Dame; 2006 39 Andrew Luck;Stanford; 2011 39 Vince Young;Texas; 2005 38 Chase Daniel;Missouri 2007 37 *Carson Palmer;USC 2002 37 *Matt Leinart;USC 2004 36 Tim Tebow;Florid ;2009 35 *Troy Smith;Ohio State 2006 31 *Eric Crouch;Nebraska 2001 25 19
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OFFENSIVE NOTES
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PLAYERS TO WATCH: OFFENSE QB 9 CAPTAIN
HB 5
BAY AREA NATIVE
#MACKATTACK
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NOTES PLAYERS
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COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
WR 8 WR (X) 81 WR 11
BAY AREA NATIVE
TE (Y) 89
BAY AREA NATIVE
TE (Y) 85 T 75 G 61 20
QUINTON FLOWERS • 6-0 • 209 • JR
RUSH YARDS IN CHUNKS
AAC OFFENSIVE POY • 2015 & 16 TEAM MVP • 2,489 Career Rushing Yards (3rd all-time at USF) • 11th in FBS in Points Responsible For (18.5)/10th in Total Offense (330.9) • SET USF season total offense (3,971) & rushing (1,425) records • The 1ST 2,000/1,000 player in USF history, 1ST 1,000-yard QB rusher in FLA • School-Record 473 total yards & 5 TD in win at Memphis/210 rushing • 395 Total yards & 4TD in win over No. 22 Navy • Ran for 159 yards, 319 total yards vs. No. 13 FSU
USF’s leading rushers Quinton Flowers and Marlon Mack both rank in the Top 10 in the FBS in yards per carry, with Flowers standing third (8.05) and Mack 10th (7.06). Mack set a USF record at 6.6 yards per carry in 2015. n USF’s is posting 6.7 ypc as a team with a rushing attack that ranks 5th in the nation producing 291.8 ypg. n Flowers and Mack both achieved 150+ rushing yards plus two rushing touchdowns each in the win over UCF. n Flowers averaged 10.5 yards per carry on 20 runs as USF posted an 8.3 ypc average while posting a school record 416 rushing yards at Memphis. n Flowers (13.5 ypc) and Mack (11.4 ypc) were explosive in combining for 301 of USF’s 412 yards vs. No. 22 Navy, as they combined for just 24 carries. n BIG GAINS: Flowers has 18 carries of 20+ yards on the year while Mack has 12. Flowers and Mack both have SEVEN runs of 40+ yards.
MARLON MACK • 6-0 • 210 • JR
MAXWELL, WALTER CAMP & DOAK WALKER CANDIDATE THREE-TIME 1st TEAM ALL-AAC • USF all-time leading rusher & run TDs: 3,559 career yards & 32 TD • 9th all-time rusher in state of Florida collegiate history • Set USF season record with 1,381 yards & 6.6 ypc in 2015 • USF record 20 Career 100-Yard games/ Record 9 in 2015 • School & AAC record w/ 275 yards rushing in debut vs. WCU (2014) • 13 career touchdown runs of 45+ yards, 85-yarder vs. Navy (2016)
RODNEY ADAMS • 6-1 • 190 • SR
QUICK STRIKE
BILETNIKOFF AWARD CANDIDATE • 2015 2nd TEAM ALL-AAC • 84-yard TD catch on first play of the game vs. FSU • Set USF season record with 822 receiving yards & 9 TD in 2015 • 128 career receptions (3rd) for 1,900 yards (2nd) & 16 TD (2nd) • Needs 68 yards & 3 catches to set USF season receiving records • Fastest player on the team, has 210 yards rushing and 5 rushing TD in 2016 • Led AAC & 6th in NCAA in kickoff returns (29.1 ypr) in 2015, 97-yd TD at Navy
D’ERNEST JOHNSON • 5-10 • 208 • JR
PAUL HORNUNG AWARD CANDIDATE • 2015 CO-OFFENSIVE MVP • 1st career 100-yard rushing game (107) vs. No. 22 Navy • Has scored in 9 of 12 games & 13 TD on the year • Scored 3 rushing TD & ran for 82 yards vs. No. 13 FSU • 83-yard punt return for a TD at Syracuse
TYRE MCCANTS • 5-11 • 219 • SO.
• 21 receptions for 359 yards and 4 TD on the year, 65-yd TD at SMU • Had a catch in 7 straight games, TD’s in three of last five games • Three catches for 115 yards & 2 TD at SMU • 3 catches for 88 yards and a TD in 2015 Miami Beach Bowl
RYESHENE BRONSON • 6-3 • 200 • JR
• Career high 113 yards on 3 catches, 73-yard TD vs. NIU • 10 catches for 188 yards and 1 TD in 2016 • 3 catches for 81 yards & 1 TD vs. Syracuse in 2015 • A Semper Fidelis All-American game selection; ESPN 4-star recruit
MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTILING • 6-5 • 205 • JR
• Caught 77-yard TD pass on first play at SMU • 2nd on team with 401 yards & 5 TD on 21 catches • Led USF with 3 catches for 79 yards & 51-yard TD catch in USF debut • Transfer from N.C. State, sat out the 2015 season 44 rec./558 yards at N.C. State
MITCHELL WILCOX • 6-4 • 248 • FR
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE • 11 catches for 265 yards and 2 TD on the year/strong blocker on the edge • 52-yard reception vs. No. 13 FSU • Has a catch in six of last seven games • 29-yard TD catch vs. UConn
ELKANAH DILLON • 6-5 • 256 • SO
• 41-yard TD catch vs. No. 22 Navy • 9 receptions for 208 yards (20.8 ypr) & 2 TD in 2015 • Set USF RECORD for TE w/ 126 yards on 4 catches & 62-yard TD vs. FAMU
KOFI AMICHIA • 6-4 • 297 • SR
The Gulf Coast Offense has made a habit of scoring very quickly since its introduction in 2015. n USF has 10 1-play TD drives in 2016 and 18 in the last two years. n USF has 41 scoring drives of 2 minutes or less in 2016, ALL for touchdowns. The Bulls had 35 scoring drives of 2 minutes or less in 2015, including 31 for touchdowns. n Dating to the start of the 2015 season, USF has 76 out of 123 touchdown drives (62 percent) that were achieved in under two minutes. Meanwhile, 81 of of those 123 touchdown drives (66 percent) required six plays or less. 2016 NOTABLES: n All five of USF’s offensive touchdowns against UCF were drives of six plays or less. n USF had three 1-play TD drives at SMU n Of USF’s first four TD drives at Memphis, the longest lasted 2:25. n Scored a TD on the first four possessions vs. No. 22 Navy to take a 28-0 lead. The drives took a combined total of 4:51, with three drives taking 1:11 or less. n Posted 4 TD drives of 1:27 or less vs UConn, including three that were 38 seconds or shorter. n With ECU trailing 24-22 with 6:58 to play, USF scored 14 points on two drives that combined to take just 5 plays and 1:16 to cruise to a 38-22 victory. n All five USF touchdown drives at Cincinnati took six plays or less. n Three times vs. No. 13 FSU, USF went 75 yards or more to score a TD using less than two minutes and with less than six plays. n Trailing 17-0 at Syracuse, USF scored 4 straight TD in the second quarter, all in 1:37 or less, to take a 28-17 lead. The Bulls reguired a total of just 5:08 on the four TD drives combined. n Logged six scoring drives (all TDs) under 2 minutes in the season-opener, including four of 30 seconds of less. n USF required just 2:22 seconds and 10 total plays, COMBINED in its first four touchdown drives of 2016.
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE • Started last 25 games at left tackle, every game in 2016 & 2015 • 27 career starts, 29 career games at USF
DOMINIQUE THREATT • 6-1 • 330 • SR
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE • Started last 25 games at right guard, every game in 2016 & 2015 • 32 career starts, 38 career games at USF • Tied USF RECORD squating 700 pounds @USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
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BAY AREA
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SS (rover) 36 BAY AREA
CB 3
CB 19
S 18 S 13
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BUTKUS CANDIDATE • 2015 2nd TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE • TEAM DEFENSIVE MVP • Top 20 in AAC in: Tackles (3rd, 9.2), Sacks (6th, 0.50) • 14 tackles at SMU. Led USF in tackles in 6 games in 2016 • Led team with 117 tackles in 2015, 2nd-best total in USF history • Has led team in tackles in 14 career games, 12 in double-digits • Started all 37 games the last three seasons • Career: 294 tackles (7th all-time), 19.0 TFL, 6.5 Sacks, 3 FR
NIGEL HARRIS • 6-0 • 225 • SR
• 10 tackles and 1.0 TFL at Syracuse • 34-yard interception return to 17 vs. ECU set up game sealing TD • 49-yard interception return, sack, 1.5 TFL & 6 tackles in 2016 season opener • LED THE NATION with SIX forced fumbles in 2014, a USF season record • Career: 228 tackles, 27.0 TFL, 5.5 sacks, 8 FF, 3 FR, 3 INT
DEVIN ABRAHAM • 5-9 • 188 • JR
• Missed FIVE games with a broken thumb, returned at SMU • Career-best 10 tackles vs. Florida State to lead the Bulls • 25 career starts, including all 13 games in 2015 • Quarterback of secondary with a great football mind
NATE GODWIN • 5-10 • 210 • SR
• Led USF w/ 10 tackles vs. ECU, 9 vs. No. 22 Navy & 10 at Memphis • 3rd in tackles in 2016 (62), 3rd in 2015 (63) & 2014 (72); 4th in 2013 (49); • Appeared in all 49 games last 4 seasons, 40 starts 2nd among returners • One of the fastest Bulls; 243 career tackles
DEATRICK NICHOLS • 5-10 • 189 • JR
THORPE AWARD CANDIDATE • 2015 & 16 1st TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE • 2 interceptions at SMU, the 2nd ending SMU drive at USF 14 in final minutes • Interception at Memphis, defender on final 3 pass plays stopping Tigers at 3 • 7 tackles, 1.5 TFL and 1 pass break-up in terrific game vs. ECU • 26 careers starts, every game in 2016 & 2015
RONNIE HOGGINS • 5-8 • 175 • SO
• Interception vs. No. 22 Navy • 8 tackles and an interception at Cincinnati • Career high 12 tackles at Syracuse • 28 career interceptions in HS, 15 in senior season (4 returned for TDs)
JAYMON THOMAS • 6-3 • 195 • SO
• 5th on team with 50 tackles; had 7 tackles, 1 sack & 2.0 TFL vs. UConn • Forced a fumble at Cincinnati. Fumble recovery and forced fumble on year • One of three prominent Bulls from Immokalee, Fla. • Played in six games as a true freshman
TAJEE FULLWOOD • 6-2 • 210 • JR.
• 4th on team in tackles (59), career-best 12 at SMU • Posted 7+ tackles in FIVE games (Towson, FSU, Cincy, Memphis & SMU) • Interception at Syracuse returned 22 yards • Also returns punts
DEADRIN SENAT • 6-1 • 305 • JR
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE • Leading tackler among defensive linemen/ 7th on team with 46 tackles • Career high 10 tackles at Syracuse • Led D-Line with 46 tackles (6th on team) in 2015, 5.5 TFL, 1 FR, 1 FF • One of the strongest Bulls (675lb squat) and dominant force in the middle
DT 99
KEVIN BRONSON • 6-4 • 275 • SO
DT 60
BRUCE HECTOR • 6-2 • 296 • JR
BAY AREA
• 5.0 TFL, 1.0 Sacks on year • 4 tackles, 2.0 TFL & a sack vs. NIU • Started 3 of final 4 games in 2015 • Added 10 pounds of muscle in off-season
DEFENSE RISES AT MEMPHIS & SMU
USF’s defense rose to the occasion in a big way in Bulls wins at Memphis and SMU, keeping both the Tigers and Mustangs out of the endzone after deep drives into the redzone at the end of 7-point and 8-point victories, respectively. n In SMU’s final five drives, two of which began in USF territory due to turnovers, the Bulls D forced two field goals a punt, grabbed an interception and turned the ball over on downs after stopping a 4th & 1 attempt on their own 14 on SMU’s final possession. Deatrick Nichols’ interception at USF’s 14 on the previous possession ended an SMU drive that began at the USF 47 after Quinton Flowers was picked off. SMU also started a drive at the USF 27 after a fumble on a kickoff, they were halted at the 7 and settled for a field goal. n USF’s offense was on the field for more than 4 plays just once in their last 12 drives at SMU. n Deatrick Nichols denied three straight pass attempts from the Bulls 3 to deny Memphis a chance to tie the game.
USF FOOTBALL
CAPTAIN
AUGGIE SANCHEZ • 6-2 • 245 • JR
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FORCING TURNOVERS - A TEAM EFFORT
Coming of a 2015 campaign in which USF forced 25 turnovers and ranked 13th in the nation with 17 interceptions, the Bulls defense is back on the takeaway train. n USF has gained 21 turnovers on the year. n USF has had 12 different players involved in creating takeaways on the year, with eight different players with an interception, and eight different with a fumble recovery. n USF posted 3 takeaways in a 48-31 win over UCF to close the regular season. n USF posted 3 takeaways in a 35-27 win at SMU, Deatrick Nichols grabbing two big interceptions. n USF posted 4 takeaways in a 45-20 win at Cincinnati, scoring 14 points off turnovers, including a third quarter pick-6 by Johnny Ward. n Deatrick Nichols leads USF in interceptions for the second straight season. He has 4 on the year after posting 4 in 2015 and now has 8 career INT. Nichols has grabbed three INT in his last two games, getting two in an 8-point win at SMU (11/19). n Nigel Harris, who led the nation forcing six fumbles in 2014, has two interceptiosn (1 vs. Towson which he returned 49 yards & 1 vs. ECU, which he returned 34 yards).
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
GODWIN CLOSING CAREER ON A ROLL
Senior safety Nate Godwin is second among active Bulls with 39 career starts and has played in every game the last four seasons. n He led the Bulls with 10 tackles at Memphis, his third game on the year leading USF in tackles. n He has led USF in tackles in four of the last seven games, posting nine or more tackles in three games. n He is third on team in tackles with 62 on the year as he closes in on his career-best 72 tackles posted in 2014. n Godwin has never finished lower than fourth on the team in tackles as he has played in EVERY GAME (48) the last four seasons. He was third in 2014 & 2015 and fourth in 2013.
• 4.0 sacks, 5.0 TFL on the year, fighting ankle injury in three games. • 19 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks, 1 FF in 12 games in 2015 • Tied for team lead with 5.0 sacks in 2015 • Has seen action in 29 games last three seasons @USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
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BULLS IN THE NFL
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL WHERE THE BULLS ARE FROM
Bulls on active NFL rosters Player (Yrs at USF)____ Team (Yrs with Team) Nate Allen (2006-10)____________ Oakland Raiders (2015-16) Sam Barrington (2009-12)_______ New Orleans Saints (2016)
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Mike Jenkins (2004-07)____________Arizona Cardinals (2016) Aaron Lynch (2013)_________ San Francisco 49ers (2014-16)
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Terrell McClain (2007-10)________ Dallas Cowboys (2014-16) Jason Pierre-Paul (2009)______________N.Y. Giants (2010-16) Austin Reiter (2011-14)____________Cleveland Browns (2016
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Kayvon Webster (2009-12)_______ Denver Broncos (2013-16) Darrell Williams (2011-14)_____ Los Angeles Rams (2015-16)
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NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
USF STUDENTS BRING THE NOISE TO RAY JAY
n USF boasts one of the largest student sections in the country and the largest in the American Athletic Conference with 12,501 seats permanently allocated to students and the ability to place as many at 16,000+ in the stadium. n USF saw 7,252 students fill the student section for the Bulls victory vs. NIU on Sept. 10, 2016, the largest student turnout since Florida State came to town in 2012. n USF students occupy the north endzone at Raymond James Stadium just below the iconic Buccaneers pirate ship. n The Beef Studs are the most passionate student supporters who regularly occupy the first row and paint their bodies green and gold while donning bull horns.
FLORIDA: 96 GEORGIA: 5 ALABAMA: 1 MICHIGAN: 1 MISSISSIPPI: 1 NORTH CAROLINA: 1 OHIO: 1 BAHAMAS: 1
BAY AREA: 48 MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE: 13 FT. MYERS: 8 JACKSONVILLE/PANHANDLE: 6 IMMOKALEE: 4 ORLANDO/KISSIMMEE: 3
BULLS BY ELIGIBILITY TRUE FRESHMEN: 18 REDSHIRT FRESHMEN: 18 SOPHOMORES: 30 JUNIORS: 23 SENIORS: 18 TRUE & REDSHIRT FRESHMEN: 36
PLAYERS TO WATCH: SPECIAL TEAMS JONATHAN HERNANDEZ • 6-4 • 241 • S0
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• 7th in AAC in punting average (40.6 ypp) • 23 punts downed inside the 20 • 11 50+ yard punts • Transfer from Florida State, a preferred walk-on who punted in one game for the ‘Noles. Walked-on at USF in summer of 2016. • Added to Ray Guy Award Watch List on Oct. 3
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• Injured kicking leg vs. No. 22 Navy (10.28), missed Memphis game. • 52-53 on PAT (1 blocked), 7-7 on FG in 2016 • Has made 8 FG of 40+ yards on his career. • Made 9 straight FG’s to end 2015 regular season • 15-of-23 on field goals & 53-of- 54 on PAT in 2015 • Led team with 98 points in 2105, the 3rd highest in program history
THE HERD
In 2015, the USF Student Government passed a resolution to officially rename the USF student section The Herd. USF’s student section numbers more than 12,000 students, making it the largest in the American Athletic Conference and among the largest in the nation. Front row fans that arrive early and paint their bodies green and gold are known as The Beef Studs.
FLORIDA BULLS
EMILIO NADELMAN • 5-6 • 175 • JR
USF FOOTBALL RADIO SHOW
USF’s weekly radio show airs on 820 AM on Mondays of game weeks during the fall. The show airs 7-8 p.m. live from Beef O’Brady’s restaurant in the Marshall Student Center on the USF campus. Jim Louk and Mark Robinson host the hourlong program. 22
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Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15
3V 8V 24V (31st) #24 #25
28V (30th) 43V (27th) 46V (30th) #23 #22
FOR THE RECORD:
HOME; ROAD; CONFERENCE; NON-CONFERENCE MARKS HOME RECORD
n OVERALL: 87-41 (.679) record in home games since the program started in 1997 RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM: 81-38 (.680) * USF played the 1997 home schedule and the first two games of the ’98 season in Tampa Stadium, going 6-3, moving to Raymond James for the Citadel game in ‘98. nWinning Home Record: 15 of its 20 seasons. Undefeated Home Record: 3 seasons: 2002, ’01 & ’00 One loss Home Record: 7 seasons: 2016, ‘15, ‘07, ’06, ’05, 1999 & ’98. Best Home Record: 7-0 in 2001. n Losing home records: 5 seasons: 2014 (2-5); 2013 (1-5); 2012 (2-4), 2011 (3-4) and 2004 (2-4).
ROAD GAME RECORD
n OVERALL: 45-57 record in true road games n Road winning road records: 5 seasons: 2016, ‘10, ‘07, ’03 & ’02 Road .500 records: 4 seasons: 2009, ’08, ’06 & 1998 n First 5 Seasons: 6-15 (.286) in road games, Last 15 Seasons: 36-44 (.460) in road games. n CONFERENCE ROAD GAMES: 23-29 Most Wins in a season: 4 (2016)
CONFERENCE RECORD
After spending the first six seasons of program history as an independent, USF joined Conference USA in 2003 and moved to the BIG EAST in 2005. Realignment morphed the BIG EAST into the American Athletic Conference in 2013. n USF is 48-56 in 14 years as a conference member. AMERICAN: 18-14 ; 4 seasons; BIG EAST: 22-34 (.392) eight seasons; C-USA 8-8 (.500) two seasons. n AAC East Division: 9-1 (.900), two seasons. n Most wins in a season: 7, 2016. n Conference Openers: 8-6, 3-1 in The American.
NON-CONFERENCE RECORD
OVERALL: 38-21 in regular-season, non-conference games during their 14 seasons as a conference member. n AMERICAN: 6-10 , 4 seasons. n BIG WINS Since 2007: at Notre Dame (2011), vs. Miami (2010), at Florida State (2009), at N.C. State (2008), vs. No. 10 Kansas (2008), at Auburn (2007) & vs. North Carolina (2007). n BIG EAST (2005-2012): 30-9 (.769) in regular-season, non-conference matchups in eight seasons. n C-USA: 3-3 (.500) record in non-conference games in two seasons.
n Most wins in a season is 6, posted in 2015. n USF is 7-6 in conference openers, 2-1 in The American.
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WEEK AP COACHES Preseason 2V 2V Week 2 - 4V Week 3 - 12V Week 4 7V 32V Week 5 - 1V Week 6 6V 24V Week 7 20V (34th) 53V (29th) Week 8 31V (31st) 108Vd (27th) Week 9 - 3V Week 10 10V 34V
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RK TEAM________ RECORD_TREND 1 Alabama(61)______ 13-0_ 1525_____— 2 Ohio State________ 11-1_ 1444_____— 3 Clemson__________ 12-1_ 1396_____— 4 Washington_______ 12-1_ 1329_____— 5 Penn State________ 11-2_ 1252_____ 3 6 Michigan_________ 10-2_ 1249_____ 1 7 Oklahoma________ 10-2_ 1173_____— 8 Wisconsin_________ 10-3_ 1054_____ 2 9 USC______________ 9-3_ 1040_____ 1 10 Florida State________ 9-3__ 889_____ 2 11 Colorado_________ 10-3__ 886_____ 2 12 Western Michigan__ 13-0__ 871_____ 1 13 Oklahoma State_____ 9-3__ 800_____ 2 14 West Virginia______ 10-2__ 788_____— 15 Louisville__________ 9-3__ 542_____ 1 16 Stanford___________ 9-3__ 508_____ 1 17 Auburn____________ 8-4__ 493_____ 1 18 Virginia Tech_______ 9-4__ 372_____ 1 19 LSU_______________ 7-4__ 351_____ 2 20 Florida____________ 8-4__ 331_____ 5 21 Iowa______________ 8-4__ 272_____ 1 22 Pittsburgh_________ 8-4__ 237_____ 2 23 Temple___________ 10-3__ 229____ NR 24 Nebraska__________ 9-3__ 196_____ 1 25 South Florida_____10-2__173_____ 1
USA TODAY COACHES POLL
RK TEAM_______RECORD___PTS_ TREND 1 Alabama(58)____ 13-0 1450_____ — 2 Ohio State______ 11-1 1354_____ — 3 Clemson________ 12-1 1347_____ — 4 Washington_____ 12-1 1283_____ — 5 Penn State______ 11-2 1186_____ 3 6 Michigan_______ 10-2 1181_____ — 7 Oklahoma______ 10-2 1128_____ — 8 Wisconsin_______ 10-3 992_____ 3 9 USC____________ 9-3 981_____ 2 10 Florida State______ 9-3 898_____ 2 11 Colorado_______ 10-3 828_____ 2 12 West Virginia____ 10-2 806_____ 1 13 Oklahoma State___ 9-3 754_____ 3 14 Western Michigan_13-0 635_____ — 15 Louisville________ 9-3 631_____ — 16 Stanford_________ 9-3 542_____ 1 17 Auburn__________ 8-4 504_____ 2 18 Florida__________ 8-4 421_____ 2 19 Virginia Tech_____ 9-4 374_____ 1 20 LSU_____________ 7-4 359_____ 1 21 Nebraska________ 9-3 241_____ 1 22 South Florida___ 10-2 197_____ 1 23 Utah____________ 8-4 170_____ 1 24 Temple_________ 10-3 126____ NR 25 Iowa____________ 8-4 97_____ —
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
VS. RANKED TEAMS
n UNDER TAGGART: 2-8: 2016: 1-1; fell to No. 13 FSU (55-35), beat No. 22 Navy (52-45); 2015: 1-2; USF fell at No. 8 FSU (34-14), beat No. 21 Temple (44-23) and lost to No. 25 W. Kentucky (45-35); n OVERALL RECORD: 11-22 all-time vs. FBS ranked teams since joining the FBS in 2000. 15-27 overall vs. ranked foes, including a 4-5 record vs. I-AA (FCS) teams from 1997-2000. n LAST WIN: W, 52-45 vs. No. 22 Navy on Oct. 28, 2016 in Raymond James Stadium. n AT HOME: USF is 7-11 at home vs. FBS ranked teams, last posting a win with a 52-45 win vs. No. 22 Navy, Oct. 28, 2016. n ON THE ROAD: 4-10 on the road vs. FBS ranked teams, last posting a win with a 23-20 victory at No. 16/18 Notre Dame on Sept. 3, 2011.44-23 victory over No. 21 Temple on
Nov. 14, 2015.
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NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Name No. Devin Abraham 20 Rodney Adams 87 Spencer Adkinson 48 Austin Aikens 88 Reggie Allen 32 Kofi Amichia 75 Deangelo Antoine 14 William Atterbury 78 Daniel Awoleke 93 Chris Barr 1 Jimmy Bayes 4 Brandon Behr 45 Glen Bethel 70 Josh Black 55 Kevin Bronson 99 Ryeshene Bronson 81 Juwuan Brown 56 Garry Cadet 96 Hassan Childs 22 Stanley Clerveaux 86 Nick Cuccia 38 Elkanah Dillon 85 Malik Dixon 34 DeVontres Dukes 18 Javarus Edwards 47 Nate Ferguson 37 Quinton Flowers 9 Tajee Fullwood 13 Christion Gainer 50 Michael Galati 68 Cameron Gergley 25 Donovan Geter 16 Nate Godwin 36 Marlon Gonzalez 95 Brent Gordon 41 Zaybreion Gunter 38 Jeremi Hall 73 Mike Hampton 14 Nigel Harris 57 Bruce Hector 60 Jonathan Hernandez 44 Derek Hintze 90 Ryan Hintze 80 Ronnie Hoggins 19 Austin Hudson 27 LaDarrius Jackson 92 Vincent Jackson 15 D’Ernest Johnson 2 Frank Johnson 91 Devon Jones-Stewart 50 Brett Kean 7 Brooks Larkin 72 A.J. Legree 6 Kirk Livingstone 94 Mike Love 98 Logan MacDonald 76 Elijah Mack 31 Marlon Mack 5 Armunz Mathews 2
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2016 USF FOOTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER o. Name N 1 Chris Barr 2 D’Ernest Johnson 2 Armunz Mathews 3 Deatrick Nichols 3 Darnell Salomon 4 Jimmy Bayes 5 Marlon Mack 6 A.J. Legree 6 Lamar Robbins 7 Brett Kean 8 Tyre McCants 9 Quinton Flowers 10 Chris Oladokun 10 Deadrin Senat 11 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 12 Andre Polk, Jr. 13 Tajee Fullwood 13 Darius Tice 14 Deangelo Antoine 14 Mike Hampton 15 Vincent Jackson 16 Donovan Geter 17 Tyler Pippens 18 DeVontres Dukes 18 Jaymon Thomas 19 Ronnie Hoggins 20 Devin Abraham 21 Khalid McGee 22 Hassan Childs 23 Mazzi Wilkins 24 Johnny Ward 25 Cameron Gergley 25 Marcus Wingate 26 Craig Watts 27 Austin Hudson 28 Trevon Sands 29 Devon Jones-Stewart 30 Jalen Spencer 31 Elijah Mack 32 Reggie Allen 34 Malik Dixon 35 Emilio Nadelman 36 Nate Godwin 37 Nate Ferguson 38 Nick Cuccia 38 Zaybreion Gunter 39 Trent Shaw 40 Riley Sheehan 41 Brent Gordon 41 Greg Reaves 42 Adrian Palmore 43 Auggie Sanchez 44 Jonathan Hernandez 45 Brandon Behr 46 Shannon Smith 47 Javarus Edwards 48 Spencer Adkinson 49 KJ Miles 50 Christion Gainer
Pos. WR RB CB CB WR DE RB WR DB QB WR QB QB DT WR LB S RB WR DB DE WR WR WR S CB S S S CB CB CB WR S S RB S CB RB DB S PK S S CB RB LB FB P DE TE LB P K DB DL TE TE OL
Ht. 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-5 6-4 6-2 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-6 5-10 6-4 6-3 5-8 5-9 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-8 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-3 5-6 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-6 6-6
Wt. 175 208 197 189 215 228 210 198 200 209 219 210 184 305 207 227 210 210 185 170 256 200 161 204 195 175 189 198 185 176 183 180 185 185 208 201 194 187 205 200 210 175 210 180 185 216 220 237 198 236 240 245 241 187 193 233 245 250 300
Class/Elig. Hometown (Previous Schools) So./So. Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian Acad.) Jr./Jr. Immokalee, Fla. (Immokalee HS) Fr./Fr. Tallahassee, Fla. (North Florida Christian) Jr./Jr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Central HS) Fr./Fr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Central) Jr./So. Immokalee, Fla. (Immokalee HS) Jr./Jr. Sarasota, Fla. (Booker HS) Sr./Sr. Fort White, Fla. (Fort White HS/Kentucky) Sr./Sr. Miami, Fla. (Southridge HS) So./RFr. Lakewood, Ohio (St. Edward HS) Jr./So. Niceville, Fla. (Niceville HS) Jr./Jr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) Fr./Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Sickles HS) Sr./Jr. Immokalee, Fla. (Immokalee HS) Sr./Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Lakewood HS/N.C. State) Fr./Fr. Fort Myers, Fla. (South Fort Myers HS) Jr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Bay Tech HS) Sr./Sr. Miami, Fla. (Northwestern HS) So./RFr. Orlando, Fla. (Oak Ridge HS) Fr./Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Hillsborough HS) Jr./So. Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit HS) So./RFr. Tampa, Fla. (Newsome HS) So./RFr. Riverdale, Ga. (Ola HS) Fr./Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Wharton HS) So./So. Immokalee, Fla. (Immokalee HS) So./So. Coconut Creek, Fla. (Monarch HS) Jr./Jr. Tarpon Springs, Fla. (East Lake HS) So./So. Miami, Fla. (Miami Northwestern HS) Sr./Jr. Kissimmee, Fla. (Osceola HS) Jr./So. Tampa, Fla. (Plant HS) Sr./Sr. Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County HS) Jr./So. Orlando, Fla. (Winter Park HS) Jr./Jr. Boyne City, Mich. (East Jordan HS) Fr./Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Admiral Farragut Acad.) Jr./So. Tampa, Fla. (Plant HS/Wisconsin) Fr./Fr. Miami, Fla. (Southwest Miami HS) Sr./Sr. Lake Mary, Fla. (Lake Mary HS/Stetson) Gr./Sr. Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola HS) Fr./Fr. Punta Gorda, Fla. (Charlotte HS) Jr./Jr. Frostproof, Fla. (Frostproof HS/Stony Brook) So./RFr. Port Charlotte, Fla. (Port Charlotte HS) Sr./Jr. Miami, Fla. (Central HS) Sr./Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Freedom HS) So./So. Tampa, Fla. (Sickles HS) So./So. Indian Trail, N.C. (Jireh Prep HS) Sr./Sr. Baldwin Fla. (Baldwin HS/Ellsworth JC) So./RFr. Lutz, Fla. (Steinbrenner HS) So./RFr. Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview HS) So./So. Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS) So./RFr. Bradenton, Fla. (Manatee HS/Air Force Prep Acad.) Jr./Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Lakewood HS/Morgan St./Arizona Western CC) Sr./Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Northeast HS) Jr./So. Bradenton, Fla. (Manatee HS/Florida State) Gr./Sr. Fleming Island, Fla. (Fleming Island HS/Jacksonville Univ.) Sr./Sr. Brandon, Fla. (Armwood HS/Concordia Univ.) So./So. St. Augustine, Fla. (St. Augustine HS) Gr./Jr. Seminole, Fla. (Indian Rocks Christian) Sr./Sr. Seffner, Fla. (Armwood HS/Assumption College Fr./Fr. Panama City, Fla. (Bay Senior HS)
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL Ht. 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-6 6-4 6-6 6-6 5-11 6-3 5-10 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-4
Wt. 248 300 215 245 252 287 255 225 232 200 296 330 307 286 295 298 296 315 315 332 320 297 270 305 302 295 237 187 200 170 195 256 207 190 180 248 225 220 243 295 266 280 275 247 266 275
Class/Elig. Hometown (Previous Schools) Fr./Fr. Cape Coral, Fla. (North Fort Myers HS) Fr./Fr. Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson HS) So./So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Amos P. Godby HS) So./RFr. Jensen Beach, Fla. (Jensen Beach HS) Jr./So. Tampa, Fla. (Sickles HS) Jr./So. Sarasota, Fla. (Booker HS/Milford Acad.) Jr./So. Tampa, Fla. (Jefferson HS) Sr./Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Hillsborough HS) Sr./Sr. New Port Richey, Fla. (River Ridge HS/Stetson) Sr./Sr. Lakeland, Fla. (Victory Christian Academy) Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Robinson HS) Sr./Sr. Atlanta, Ga. (Tri-Cities HS) Jr./So. Miami, Fla. (Miami Central HS) Fr./Fr. Ocala, Fla. (Trinity Catholic HS) Fr./Fr. Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview HS) Jr./So. Bradenton, Fla. (Manatee HS) Fr./Fr. Orlando, Fla. (The First Academy) Jr./Jr. Nassau, Bahamas (Champagnat Catholic HS/Arizona Western C.C.) So./RFr. Bradenton, Fla. (Manatee HS/Air Force Prep Acad.) Sr./Jr. Atlanta, Ga. (Tri-Cities HS) Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit HS) Sr./Sr. Riverdale, Ga. (McEachern HS) Fr./Fr. Davenport, Fla. (Ridge Community HS) So./RFr. Sebastian, Fla. (Sebastian River HS) So./RFr. Clearwater, Fla. (Clearwater Central Catholic HS) So./RFr. Punta Gorda, Fla. (Charlotte HS/Virginia) Sr./Jr. Bradenton, Fla. (Braden River HS/SCF Manatee-Sarasota) So./RFr. Lutz, Fla. (Hillsborough HS) Jr./Jr. Fort Myers, Fla. (Dunbar HS) So./So. Tampa, Fla. (Plant HS) Sr./Sr. Port Charlotte, Fla. (Charlotte HS) Jr./So. Ocala, Fla. (Vanguard HS) Jr./So. North Miami, Fla. (North Miami HS) Sr./Sr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Lakewood HS/Toledo) Sr./Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Plant HS/Western Kentucky) So./RFr. Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Tarpon Springs HS) Fr./Fr. Bradenton, Fla. (Braden River HS) Jr./So. Woodville, Miss. (Wilkinson City HS/Hinds C.C.) Jr./So. Birmingham, Ala. (Parker HS/Hinds C.C.) Gr./Sr. Lakeland, Fla. (George Jenkins HS So./RFr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Stranahan HS) So./RFr. Cape Coral, Fla. (North Ft. Myers HS) So./So. Boynton Beach Fla. (Boynton Beach HS) Jr./So. Tampa, Fla. (King HS) Sr./Jr. Clearwater, Fla. (Countryside HS) Jr./So. Delray Beach, Fla. (Village Academy HS)
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Name No. Eric Mayes 55 Tyre McCants 8 Khalid McGee 21 KJ Miles 49 Nicholas Munera 97 Alex Mut 84 Emilio Nadelman 35 Matt Nelson 66 Deatrick Nichols 3 Marcus Norman 77 Chris Oladokun 10 Adrian Palmore 42 Tyler Pippens 17 Andre Polk, Jr. 12 Grant Polk 79 Greg Reaves 41 Jordan Reed 82 Lamar Robbins 6 Hal Roberson 67 Cameron Ruff 74 Dylan Rutledge 58 Darnell Salomon 3 Alex Salvato 59 Auggie Sanchez 43 Trevon Sands 28 Nico Sawtelle 54 Deadrin Senat 10 Trent Shaw 39 Riley Sheehan 40 Michael Smith 63 Shannon Smith 46 Jalen Spencer 30 Mi’Cario Stanley 51 Trevor Steinke 80 Danny Thomas 53 Jaymon Thomas 18 Dominique Threatt 61 Darius Tice 13 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 11 Johnny Ward 24 Craig Watts 26 Trey West 69 Michael Wiggs 52 Mitchell Wilcox 89 Mazzi Wilkins 23 Marcus Wingate 25
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Pos. LB OL LB LB DE OL DE LB LS LS DT OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL TE WR WR WR WR TE WR WR WR TE TE DE DE DT DE DT DL DE DE DT
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o. Name N 51 Mi’Cario Stanley 52 Michael Wiggs 53 Danny Thomas 54 Nico Sawtelle 55 Josh Black 55 Eric Mayes 56 Juwuan Brown 57 Nigel Harris 58 Dylan Rutledge 59 Alex Salvato 60 Bruce Hector 61 Dominique Threatt 63 Michael Smith 66 Matt Nelson 67 Hal Roberson 68 Michael Galati 69 Trey West 70 Glen Bethel 72 Brooks Larkin 73 Jeremi Hall 74 Cameron Ruff 75 Kofi Amichia 76 Logan MacDonald 77 Marcus Norman 78 William Atterbury 79 Grant Polk 80 Ryan Hintze 80 Trevor Steinke 81 Ryeshene Bronson 82 Jordan Reed 84 Alex Mut 85 Elkanah Dillon 86 Stanley Clerveaux 87 Rodney Adams 88 Austin Aikens 89 Mitchell Wilcox 90 Derek Hintze 91 Frank Johnson 92 LaDarrius Jackson 93 Daniel Awoleke 94 Kirk Livingstone 95 Marlon Gonzalez 96 Garry Cadet 97 Nicholas Munera 98 Mike Love 99 Kevin Bronson
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Z Y (TE) RT RG C LG LT QB HB SLOT X
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# Name
8 81 89 85 77 55 61 72 74 68 73 63 75 77 9 7 5 2 87 1 11 3 84
Ht.
Tyre McCants 5-11 Ryeshene Bronson 6-3 Mitchell Wilcox (BA) 6-4 Elkanah Dillon 6-5 Marcus Norman 6-6 Eric Mayes (BA) 6-4 Dominique Threatt 6-1 Brooks Larkin 6-3 Cameron Ruff (BA) 6-3 Michael Galati (BA) 6-3 Jeremi Hall 6-5 Michael Smith 6-3 Kofi Amichia 6-4 Marcus Norman 6-6 Quinton Flowers 6-0 Brett Kean 6-1 Marlon Mack (BA) 6-0 D’Ernest Johnson 5-10 Rodney Adams (BA) 6-1 Chris Barr 5-10 Marquez Valdes-Scantling (BA) 6-5 Darnell Salomon 6-3 Alex Mut 6-3
Wt. Cl.
219 200 248 256 305 287 330 315 320 298 332 307 297 305 209 209 210 208 190 175 207 215 195
So. Jr. RFr. So. RFr. So. Sr. RFr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. RFr. Jr. RFr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr.
POS DE DT DT DE
#
94 56 10 93 60 99 98 (BULL) 15 MLB 43 (MIKE) 53 WLB 57 (WILL) 54 CB 3 30 STRIKER 21 37 SS 36 (ROVER) 20 22 FS 13 18 CB 24 19
USF DEFENSE (4-2-5)
Name
Kirk Livingstone Juwuan Brown (BA) Deadrin Senat Daniel Awoleke (BA) Bruce Hector (BA) Kevin Bronson Mike Love (BA) Vincent Jackson (BA) Auggie Sanchez (BA) Danny Thomas Nigel Harris (BA) Nico Sawtelle Deatrick Nichols Jalen Spencer Khalid McGee Nate Ferguson (BA) Nate Godwin (BA) Devin Abraham Hassan Childs Tajee Fullwood (BA) Jaymon Thomas Johnny Ward Ronnie Hoggins
Ht.
6-4 6-2 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-9 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-8
Wt. Cl.
266 255 305 295 296 275 266 256 245 215 225 245 189 187 198 180 210 189 185 210 185 183 175
RFr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. RFr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So.
(BA) = NATIVE OF SEVEN-COUNTY TAMPA BAY AREA
# 44 41 35 45 41 7 59 58 35 45 87 2 8 2 13
USF SPECIALISTS
Name Jonathan Hernandez (BA) Brent Gordon Emilio Nadelman Brandon Behr Brent Gordon Brett Kean Alex Salvato (BA) Dylan Rutledge Emilio Nadelman Brandon Behr Rodney Adams (BA) D’Ernest Johnson Tyre McCants D’Ernest Johnson Tajee Fullwood (BA)
Ht. 6-4 6-3 5-6 5-11 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-3 5-6 5-11 6-1 5-10 5-11 5-10 6-2
Wt. 241 198 173 187 198 209 200 232 173 187 190 208 219 208 210
Cl. So. So. Jr. Gr. So. RFr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr.
PRONUNCIATION CHART
75__ Kofi AMICHIA_____________________________ Ah-MEE-chee-ugh 93__ Daniel AWOLEKE_________________________ ugh-WALL-ugh-KAY 81__ RYESHENE Bronson_____________________________ rye-SHEEN 22 _ HASSAN Childs___________________________________ HAH-san 86__ Stanley CLERVEAUX_____________________________ CLAIR-voe 85 _ ELKANAH Dillon_______________________________ EL-CANE-ugh 34__ MALIK Dixon_____________________________________ MA-Leek 18 _ DeVONTRES Dukes___________________________ duh-VON-treys 13 _ TAJEE Fullwood__________________________________ Tah-JHAY 2___ D’ERNEST Johnson______________________________ DEE-ernest 8___ TYRE McCants_____________________________________ TIE-ree 21__ KHALID McGee____________________________________ KAW-lid 35__ Emilio NADELMAN_____________________________ NAY-dell-man 3__ DEATRICK Nichols_________________________________DEE-trick 10 _ Chris OLADOKUN_________________________ Oh-LAH-Doe-KUN 78__ Cameron RUFF___________________________________ ROUGH 28 _ TREVON Sands__________________________________ TREY-von 54__ NICO SAWTELLE________________________ KNEE-coe SAW-tell 10__ DEADRIN SENAT________________________deed-RIN sen-KNOT 61__ Dominique THREATT_______________________________ THREE-t 11__ MARQUEZ Valdes-Scantling_______________________ mar-KWEZ @USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
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ABRAHAM S x JR. x 5-9, 188 x Tarpon Springs, Fla. x East Lake HS x
2016: Started the first five games of the season and has played in seven…missed five games from Oct. 8 through Nov. 12 with a broken thumb suffered in a win at Cincinnati (10/1)…returned for the SMU game (11/19)…tied for 11th on the team with 31 total tackles in the regular season…set a career high with 10 tackles against No. 13 Florida State (9/24)... has made 24 starts in his career after starting all 13 games of the 2015 season. 2015: Abraham started all 13 games at free safety and has started 19 games on his career…ranked fifth on the team with a career-best 51 tackles and second with a career-best three interceptions…also had a sack, two tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and a fumble recovery on the year…recorded a career-best nine tackles (5 solo) in the Miami Beach Bowl...had interceptions in the final two games of the regular season, grabbing one in the first quarter of a 65-27 rout of Cincinnati (11/20) and one in the second quarter of a 44-3 rout of UCF (11/27)…also had five tackles and an interception that he returned 42 yards to the 5-yard line, setting up the game’s first score at Maryland (9/19)…had a season-high six tackles and a sack in the Bulls’ win at UConn (10/17)…also had six tackles in a loss at Navy (10/31). 2014: Played in 12 games and made six starts... totaled 34 tackles (23 solo)... started the first three games of the season... posted a career-high six tackles (four solo) against Cincinnati. EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Bob Hudson at East Lake HS…2013 Class 7A first-team all-state selection …2013 Tampa Bay Times All-Suncoast Defensive Player of the Year…registered 90 tackles, six interceptions, eight blocked kicks in his senior season… scored 10 total touchdowns, five defensive …led defense that posted five shutouts and allowed just 114 points in 14 games…team went 13-1 and advanced to the Class 7A state semifinals…had 95 tackles and six interceptions to help the Eagles advance to the Class 8A region final as a junior and 146 tackles and four interceptions as a sophomore…totaled 19 interceptions on his career…three-time team captain…listed as a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com…ranked No. 18 on the Tampa Bay Times Home Team Top 25…three-time All-Pinellas County…honored on three All-Suncoast teams…also lettered three years in football, two in basketball and one in track…four-time member of honor roll. PERSONAL: Born in Stone Mountain, Ga…the son of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Donnie Abraham (1996-2001) and Tunisia Abraham…has a younger brother, Micah, and sister, Alivia…lived in New York for three years as his father played for the Jets (2002-04)…his father was a Pro Bowl selection who recorded 38 interceptions and 442 tackles in a nine-year NFL career…an honor roll student…cousin of Tim Jennings, a twotime Pro Bowl cornerback for the Chicago Bears and Super Bowl champion with the Colts who played collegiately at Georgia… also received scholarship offers from NC State, Middle Tennessee State, Ohio and South Alabama...a communications major. ABRAHAM - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 12-6 23 11 34 2015 13-13 41 10 51 2016 7-5 22 9 31 Career 32-24 86 30 116
TFL 3.0 2.0 - 5.0
SACKS 0-0 1.0-8 - 1.0-8
INT 0 3 - 3
PBU 1 3 - 4
FF 1 0 - 1
FR 0 1 1
ABRAHAM’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles..................................................................................10, vs. Florida State (9/24/16) TFL................................................................2.0, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) INT.......................................................................................... 1, 2X last at UCF (11/26/15) PBU............................................................................1, 2X, last vs Florida State (9/24/16) FF.................................................................................................. 1, vs. Maryland (9/6/14) FR..............................................................................................1, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15)
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WR x Sr. x 6-1, 190 x St. Petersburg, Fla. x Lakewood HS x Toledo
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE RECEIVER BILETNIKOFF AWARD CANDIDATE 2015 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE RETURNER/RECEIVER SET USF SEASON RECEIVING RECORDS: YARDS (822) & TD (9) 2ND ALL-TIME IN CAREER RECEIVING TD (16) 2ND ALL-TIME IN CAREER RECEIVING YARDS (1,900) 3RD ALL-TIME IN CAREER RECEPTIONS (128) 4TH ALL-TIME IN CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (3,366) 2016: American Athletic Conference Second-Team selection…ranks second on USF’s season catches list with 60 on the year, a career best and three away from breaking the record of 62 set by Hugh Smith in 2002…his 16 career receiving TD are one shy of the record of 17….755 receiving yards on the year rank second on the Bulls’ season records list behind his program-record 822 posted last season…leads USF and ranks fifth in the AAC with 1,494 all-purpose yards…tied for the team lead with five TD catches…fourth on USF’s career all-purpose yards chart with 3,366 yards…has scored four touchdowns of 49 yards or longer on the year, including a 92-yard TD run at Memphis (11/12) that ranks as the longest in USF history…has rushed for 210 yards (10.5 ypc) and five touchdowns…10 total TD scored rank 10th in the AAC…helped the Gulf Coast Offense set school records with 71 touchdowns, 44 rushing touchdowns (third in the FBS), 3,501 rushing yards and 6,181 yards of total offense…posted a career-best nine receptions in a win over UCF (11/26)… generated a career-best 270 all-purpose yards and had a career-long 92-yard touchdown run in a win at Memphis (11/12)…set a career high with an 84-yard touchdown reception against Florida State (9/24) on the first play from scrimmage…passed the 100-yard receiving mark against ECU (113) and at Memphis (115)…has made 28 starts since his first season with the program in 2014… Leads the team with 22 kick returns for 534 yards (24.3 ypr)…named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List prior to the season. 2015: Adams started all 13 games at wide receiver and has now started 16 games in his career…named to The American all-conference second team…named USF’s “Most Improved” player...set USF season records with 822 receiving yards and nine touchdown catches…his 45 receptions rank eighth on the USF season chart...ranked second on the team with 1,369 all-purpose yards, including 466 yards on kickoff returns…led The American and ranked sixth in the NCAA averaging 29.1 yards per return, the third-best season mark in USF history...posted three 100-yard receiving games...scored a touchdown in seven of the last nine games on the year...caught six passes for 130 yards and a touchdowns, including a 53-yard scoring strike, in the Miami Beach Bowl...posted a career-high seven catches for 147 yards against Temple (11/14) and scored a touchdownd…recorded a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in a loss at Navy (10/31), the third-longest in USF history, to go with three catches for 86 yards…tied a USF game record with three receiving touchdowns (44, 29 & 44) at UConn (10/17) as he caught five passes for 118 yards…scored the game-winning touchdown at ECU (11/7) on 67-yard pass from Quinton Flowers with 4:40 to play, part of four catches for 95 yards…named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll after his 100-yard receiving performance at UConn…had a 67-yard touchdown catch on the first play of the game vs. Cincinnati (11/20), part of four catches for 91 yards. 2014: Played in 10 games and started three in his first season at USF…finished third on the team with 23 catches and second with 323 yards receiving and two touchdowns, including a 67-yard long…added five carries for 53 yards and a touchdown, including a 26-yard long… returned six kickoffs for 123 yards with a 37-yard long…had 498 all-purpose yards…made six plays of 20+ yards on the year…missed two games late in the season with an ankle injury…had three catches for 67 yards in his debut vs. Western Carolina (8/30)…had five games with three or more catches…made three catches for 49 yards vs. Maryland (9/6)… had a season-high four catches for 68 yards and a touchdown in a driving rain in a win over UConn (9/19)…made two catches for 68 yards and a touchdown at Cincinnati (10/24)… caught a 67-yard touchdown pass from Steven Bench in that game…ran twice for 33 yards and a touchdown at Wisconsin (9/27), scoring on a 26-yard end-around…lettered.
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AMICHIA OT x Sr. x 6-4, 291 x Riverdale, Ga. x McEachern HS x
2016 FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE TACKLE
2013 • TOLEDO: Played in eight games in his true freshman season…tallied two catches for 15 yards and ran once for 5 yards on the season…made one catch at Ball State and had one catch and ran once for 5 yards vs. Eastern Michigan…left the program in early November after his mother passed away following a car accident. LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Corey Moore at Lakewood HS…earned firstteam all-county and second-team all-state honors in both his junior and senior seasons... Gained over 1,200 all-purpose yards as a senior...Caught 25 passes for 841 yards as a junior...rated a four-star recruit by 247Sports.com...ranked as the No. 22 wide receiver in the country, according to 247Sports.com, and the No. 28 prospect in the state of Florida… Member of Team USA in the USA International Bowl Game in Austin, TX ... received offers from Florida, West Virginia, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), Oklahoma, South Florida... helped lead track team to 2013 Class 2A State Championship with USF teammate Marquez Valdes-Scantling...part of 2012 Class 2A 4X400 state championship relay team. PERSONAL: Full name is Rodney Alan Adams, Jr., born on Sept. 15, 1994 ... father is Rodney Adams, Sr …. mother, Michelle Scott, passed away in November of 2013...has one brother, Antonio Blount ... schedule to graduate in December with a degree in Public Health. ADAMS - CAREER STATISTICS RECEIVING Year GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG 2013 8-0 2 15 7.5 0 - 2014 10-3 23 323 14.0 2 67 2015 13-13 45 822 18.3 9 68 2016 12-12 60 755 12.6 5 84 Career 43-28 128 1,900 14.8 16 84 RUSHING GP ATT. YDS AVG TD LONG 35 35 343 9.8 7 92 KICK RETURNS GP NO. YDS AVG TD LONG 35 44 1,123 25.5 1 97 ALL-PURPOSE RUSH REC PR KR TOTAL AVG 343 1,900 - 1,123 3,366 96.2
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ADAMS’ CAREER HIGHS Receptions...........................................................................................9 vs. UCF (11/26/16) Receiving Yards..........................................................................147, vs. Temple (11/14/15) Receiving TDs................................................................................3, vs. UConn (10/17/15) Long Reception............................................................. 84 (TD) vs. Florida State (9/24/16) Rushes..............................................................................................5, vs. WKU (12/21/15) Rushing Yards............................................................................ 86, at Memphis (11/12/16) Rushing TD.....................................................................................2, at Syracuse (9/17/16) Long Rush.......................................................................... 92 (TD), at Memphis (11/12/16) Kick Return Yards........................................................................... 139, at Navy (10/31/15) Kick Return Long...................................................................... 97 (TD), at Navy (10/31/15) Kickoff Return Average.................................................................. 65.5, at Navy (10/31/15) All-Purpose Yards..................................................................... 270, at Memphis (11/12/16) @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
2016: American Athletic Conference First-Team selection… started all 12 games at left tackle… has started 25 consecutive games…helped the Gulf Coast Offense set school records with 71 touchdowns, 44 rushing touchdowns (third in the FBS), 3,501 rushing yards and 6,181 yards of total offense, while ranking in the top 20 in the nation in sacks allowed (1.25)…helped the Bulls extend their nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 16… paved the way for USF to finish the regular season ranked fifth nationally in rushing offense (291.8 ypg), eighth in scoring offense (43.6 ppg) and ninth in total offense (515.1 ypg)… has started the past 27 games, dating back to 2014. 2015: Amichia started all 13 games at left tackle and has now started 15 games in his career…was part of an offensive line that plowed the way for a school record 3,205 rushing yards and led The American in fewest sacks allowed in conference games (1.12 per game)…helped the Bulls produce a record 5,741 yards of offense on the year...blocked for first-team all-conference back Marlon Mack, who led The American in rushing and set a new USF season record with 1,381 yards. 2014: Started the final two games of the season at right tackle and saw action in four on the year…was number two on the depth chart at left tackle behind two-year starter Darrell Williams…lettered.
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2013: Did not see playing time. MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Kyle Hockman at McEachern ... a three-year letterman and all-state performer ... led McEachern to a 30-5 record and two region titles during his three seasons ... earned a spot in the all-state all-star game as a senior playing at right tackle ... a first-team all-county selection ... posted 46 pancake blocks ... also spent time on defense and recorded a sack ... helped McEachern to a 10-2 record and the second round of the state playoffs ... tabbed a preseason all-state selection ... named one of the top players in Georgia by ESPN High School ... posted 42 pancake blocks as a junior ... allowed only one sack, while starting all 12 games ... helped the Indians to a 10-2 record, the second round of the state playoffs and the region 4AAAAA championship ... invited to Nike’s The Opening ... also lettered in track and field and basketball.
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PERSONAL: Born in East Point, Ga. ... son of Joe and Esther Amichia ... the Amichias are both natives of Ghana ... has one brother, Joseph ... an honor roll student ...on pace to earn his degree in information technology this December.
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AWOLEKE
DT x Gr. x 6-5, 292 x Lakeland, Fla. x George Jenkins HS x
2016: Made his first-career start at defensive tackle at SMU (11/19) and posted a career-high eight tackles… tied his career high with one sack in the win over UCF (11/26)… forced the first fumble of his career in the win at Cincinnati (10/1)… Ranked 10th on the team with 35 total tackles in the regular season in addition to 3.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a pass breakup…saw action in every game. 2015: Earned a scholarship at the conclusion of fall camp...earned a position of second on the depth chart at defensive tackle.... appeared in all 13 games…recorded a total of 21 tackles (16 unassisted), 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks…posted a season-high three tackles in a win over Syracuse (10/10)…had 1.5 TFL at Florida State and 1.0 vs. Temple… recorded sacks vs. FAMU and at Florida State...earned a scholarship in fall camp...earned team’s Special Teams MVP Award and Outstanding Walk-on Award... earned his degree in mass communications in the spring...was granted another year of eligibility by the NCAA. 2014: Did not see playing time.
OUTLOOK
2013: Joined the team as a walk-on...did not see playing time.
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GEORGE JENKINS HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Pat Dooley at George Jenkins ... tallied 38 tackles, an INT and three fumble recoveries, while playing on the defensive line as a senior ... also was a state-ranked wrestler.
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PERSONAL: Born in Queens, N.Y. ... moved to Lakeland at age 17 ... son of Samuel Awoleke ... has one brother, David, and one sister, Samina ... earned an associate’s degree at Polk State with a 3.5 grade-point average in his last semeser before enrolling at USF ... grew up in the Boys and Girls Club in Lakeland and actively volunteers with the organization...earned his degree from USF in communications last spring. AWOLEKE - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 12-0 16 5 21 2016 12-1 23 12 35 CAREER 24-1 39 17 56
TFL 4.0 3.0 7.0
SACKS 2.0-12 2.0-13 4.0-25
INT 0 - -
PBU 0 1 1
FF 0 1 1
FR 0 -
AWOLEKE’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles................................................................................................8, at SMU (11/19/16) Sacks...............................................................................1, 3X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) TFL....................................................................................... 1.5, at Florida State (9/12/15) FF.................................................................................................1, at Cincinnati (10/1/16)
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K x Gr. x 5-11, 187 x Fleming Island, Fla. x Fleming Island HS x Jacksonville Univ.
2016: Walked onto the USF program during fall camp...earned position in the two deep behind Emilio Nadelman at placekicker...saw his first action at USF with a 48-yard field goal attempt late in the game vs. No. 22 Navy that was blocked...entered the game after Nadelman was hurt earlier in the action...kicked off once for 65 yards vs. Navy… made his first two career field goals as a Bull from 33 and 30 yards out against UCF (11/26)… played in three seasons for Jacksonville University, setting a school record with 27 career field goals made while scoring 168 career points..at Jacksonville, he went 27-of-41 in field goals and 87-of-90 on PAT and twice set a school record, kicking four field goals in a game during the 2014 season…was eligible to play immediately as a graduate transfer walkon…Jacksonville does not award scholarships in football. 2015 (Jacksonville Univ.): Played in all 11 games … made 14 of 23 field goals, and a perfect 41-of-41 on extra points … longest field goal was 48 yards against Morehead State … led team in scoring with 83 points … set Jacksonville record for field goals made with 27...completed his bachelor’s degree in finance and transferred to USF to get a master’s degree. 2014 (Jacksonville Univ.): Named second team All-Pioneer Football League team... played in 11 games...connected on 13 of 18 field goals...longest field goal was 50 yards against Drake...twice tied school record with four field goals in a game...connected on 46 of 49 extra points attempts...led team with 85 points...had 71 kickoffs for 4,400 yards and 31 touchbacks 2013 (Jacksonville Univ.): Played in four games...named to Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll 2012 (Jacksonville Univ.): Redshirted the season CLAY HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at Clay under coach Jeff Webb...team was 21-4 his last two seasons and won two district titles...hit on nine of 11 field goals his senior season, including a 41 yarder...hit 44-yard game winner against First Coast as a junior, one of two 44-yarders that season...twice reached the state football playoffs and also won a state soccer title with the Golden Eagles. PERSONAL: Born April 5, 1993, in Orange Park, Fla....son of Kevin and Jackie...has one brother, Jason, and one sister, Lauren...earned bachelor’s degree in finance at Jacksonville University....pursuing a graduate degree in entrepreneurship in applied technology at USF.
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BRONSON
DE x So. x 6-4, 280 x Delray Beach, Fla. x Village Academy HS x
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BRONSON WR x Jr. x 6-3, 200 x Fort Myers, Fla. x Dunbar HS x
2016: Played in all 12 regular season games and started twice…finished the regular season with 28 total tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, a sack and a pass breakup…tied his career high with five tackles at Cincinnati (10/1)…set a new career high with 2.0 tackles for loss in the win over NIU (9/10) and also had a sack in the game.
2016: Started four of the 11 games he played in during the regular season…caught 10 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown… set a career high with 113 receiving yards, including a 73-yard touchdown, in the win over NIU (9/10)…caught passes in six different games.
2015: Appeared in 10 games, starting three of the last four at defensive tackle…recorded 13 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, an interception, one forced fumble and three pass break-ups on the season....had two tackles, a tackle for loss and a pass break-up in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21)…recorded a career-best three tackles at ECU (11/7) and added 1.5 sacks...had three tackles against Temple (11/14)...had a tackle and intercepted a pass to set up a USF touchdown at UConn (10/17).
2015: Appeared in all 12 games, starting 11…caught 17 passes for 258 yards and one touchdown...averaged 15.2 yards per catch…made a 42-yard touchdown catch in a 4524 win over Syracuse (10/10)… had a season-best 81 yards receiving on three catches against Syracuse...caught three passes for 32 yards at Navy (10/31)...had two catches for 30 yards in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21)...a strong blocker on the outside, helped the Bulls log 3,205 rushing yards.
2014: Redshirt season.
2014: Saw action in 10 games and started one in his first season…caught three passes for 85 yards and one touchdown, and ran the ball once for 6 yards…saw his first collegiate action in the opener vs. Western Carolina (8/30)…made his first career catch on a 5-yard grab vs. N.C. State (9/13)…added a season-long 75-yard touchdown catch from Mike White in the first quarter of that game to finish with two catches for 80 yards and a touchdown…made one catch for 5 yards at Memphis (11/22)…lettered.
VILLAGE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Donald Hanna at Village Academy HS…named to first-team Class 2A all-state team in 2013…posted 58 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, nine sacks and six forced fumbles as a senior… a defensive team captain, he was named The Palm Beach Post’s 2013 Small School Defensive Player of the Year and to the Palm Beach Super 11... rated a three-star recruit by 247sports.com and ESPN.com…rated the Sun Sentinel’s No. 12 player in Palm Beach County…also received offers from Florida, South Carolina, Miami (Fla.), Arkansas, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, Nebraska and Rutgers. PERSONAL: Born Oct. 23, 1995 ... Son of Fiel Bronson and Thelma Bronson...a communications major. BRONSON - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 10-3 10 3 13 2016 12-2 15 13 28 CAREER 22-5 25 16 41
TFL 3.5 5.0 8.5
SACKS 2.5-26 1.0-8 3.5-34
INT 1 - 1
PBU 1 1 2
FF 1 - 1
FR -
BRONSON’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles.............................................................................5, 2X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Sacks................................................................................................. 1.5, at ECU (11/7/15) TFL....................................................................................................2.0, vs. NIU (9/10/16) FF............................................................................................ 1, at Florida State (9/12/15) Interception.......................................................................................1, at UConn (10/17/15
DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Phil Vogt at Dunbar HS…posted 19 receptions for 272 yards and four touchdowns as a senior…recorded 45 receptions for 740 yards and eight touchdowns on his career…had a 50-yard catch in the Semper Fidelis All-American game…ranked No. 46 in the Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100…ranked as the 44th top prospect in Florida and 34th best at his position nationally by ESPN.com…rated a four-star recruit and in the ESPN300 by ESPN.com…two-sport athlete who also played basketball…clocked at 10.9 in the 100-meter dash…cousin of standout Clemson and NFL receiver Sammy Watkins…also had offers from Auburn, Florida, Arkansas, Florida State, South Carolina, Nebraska, Virginia Tech and Miami (Fla.) among others. PERSONAL: The son of Patricia and Reginald Bronson… Hobbies include movies, basketball, video games, watching his nephew play football and attending church... an interdisciplinary social sciences major. BRONSON - CAREER STATISTICS Year GP-GS REC YDS AVG 2014 10-1 3 85 28.3 2015 13-11 17 258 15.2 2016 11-4 10 188 18.8 Career 34-16 30 531 17.7
TD 1 1 1 3
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LONG 75 42 73 75
BRONSON’S CAREER HIGHS Receptions.......................................................................3, 4X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Receiving Yards................................................................................113, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Receiving TDs.........................................................................1, 3X, last vs. NIU (9/10/16) Long Reception......................................................................... 75, vs. NC State (9/13/14)
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BROWN
LB x So. x 6-2, 250 x Tampa, Fla. x Jefferson HS x
2016: Played in all 12 regular season games, totaling 15 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery…returned a fumble 22 yards for a touchdown and posted a half sack in the win over UCF (11/26)…set a career high with one sack at Temple (10/21)…set a career high with three tackles in the win over Navy (10/28). 2015: Did not see playing time. 2014: Redshirt season.
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JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Jeremy Earle at Jefferson HS…named a second-team Class 6A all-state selection…first-team All-Hillsborough County…second-team Tampa Bay Times All-Suncoast…posted 77 tackles (30 solo), 31 tackles for loss, 12 sacks (for minus 100 yards), and returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown as an outside linebacker in his senior season…helped lead Jefferson to a 10-2 record… recorded 107 tackles, 20 sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery on his career… rated a three-star recruit by ESPN.com…also had offers from Louisville, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. PERSONAL: The son of Monique Brown… has an older sister, Thomasina, an older brother, Paul, and a younger brother, Roland… member of the honor roll in 2013...a public health major. YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT TFL SACKS INT PBU FF FR 2015 0-0 2016 12-0 7 8 15 3.5 2.5 - 1 - 1 BROWN’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles..............................................................................................3, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Sacks...........................................................................................1.0, at Temple (10/21/16) TFL..............................................................................................1.0, at Temple (10/21/16) FR...................................................................... 1 (22-yard TD return), vs. UCF (11/26/16)
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CHILDS
DB x Jr. x 6-0, 180 x Kissimmee, Fla. x Osceola HS x
2016: Totaled 16 tackles in eight games… posted career highs with five tackles against ECU and Navy…returned two punts for 3 yards…has played in 26 games in his career. 2015: Redshirt season...injured his knee during fall camp and missed the entire season. 2014: Childs saw action in all 12 games…posted two tackles…lettered. 2013: Childs appeared in six games and started the final two games of the season at safety...led the team with three interceptions and added 10 tackles…posted four tackles at No. 17 UCF (11/29)… intercepted a pass and had a tackle vs. No. 15 Miami (9/28)… grabbed two interceptions and had a tackle vs. SMU (11/23)…posted four tackles in the season finale at Rutgers (12/7)… lettered. 32
OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Doug Nichols ... selected to play in the Central Florida All-Star game ... ranked 41st in the Orlando Sentinel’s Super 60 ... a second-team 7A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... tabbed first-team all-Central Florida ... a first-team all-conference pick ... tabbed Defensive Player of the Year by the Osceola News-Gazette ... posted 30 tackles, eight INTs, five PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... returned two INTs for TDs ... also returned 12 punts for 254 yards (21.2 ypr) and two TDs with a long of 62 yards ... helped Osceola to a 13-1 record, a district tile and a berth in the state semifinals...an interdisciplinary social sciences major. CHILDS - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2013 6-2 8 2 10 2014 12-0 1 1 2 2015 8-0 15 1 16 Career 26-2 24 4 28
TFL 0 0 0 0
SACKS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
INT 3 0 0 3
PBU 0 0 0 0
FF 0 0 0 0
FR 0 0 0 0
CHILDS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles.................................................................................5, 2X, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) Sacks..................................................................................................................................TFL.....................................................................................................................................INT.................................................................................................... 2, vs. SMU (11/23/13)
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TE x So. x 6-5, 255 x Ocala, Fla. x Vanguard HS x
HOLDS USF GAME RECEIVING RECORD FOR A TIGHT END (126 YARDS) 2016: Started the first five games of the season and played in 10 games …totaled six catches for 142 yards and a touchdown… hauled in a 41-yard touchdown catch in the win over Navy (10/28)… caught passes in four games...began season as a Mackey Award Candidate. 2015: Appeared in 10 games on the season…caught nine passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns on the year…averaged 23.1 yards per catch...had a career-long 62-yard TD reception in the season-opener against FAMU (9/5)… in his collegiate debut, set the USF record for receiving yards by a tight end with 126 yards on four catches...recorded a 23-yard TD reception vs. Memphis (10/2) that earned ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 Play recognition…caught two passes for 48 yards in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21). 2014: Redshirt season. VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Alex Castaneda at Vanguard…posted 45 receptions for 596 yards and six touchdowns while adding a rushing touchdown as a senior…recorded 64 receptions for 847 yards and eight receiving touchdowns (nine overall) on his career…didn’t start playing football until his sophomore year …also had an offer from Wisconsin among others. PERSONAL: The son of Yvonne Thompson… goes by the nickname, Kano... an interdisciplinary social sciences major. DILLON - CAREER STATISTICS Year GP-GS REC YDS AVG 2015 10-0 9 208 23.1 2016 10-4 6 137 22.8 CAREER 20-4 15 345 23.0
TD 2 1 3
LONG 62 41 62
DILLON’S CAREER HIGHS Receptions..........................................................................................4, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) Receiving Yards..............................................................................126, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) Receiving TDs.....................................................................1, 3X, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) Long Reception........................................................................62 (TD), vs. FAMU (9/5/15) @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
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QUINTON
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FLOWERS QB x Jr. x 6-0, 209 x Miami, Fla. x Miami Jackson HS x
AMERICAN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF THE YEAR SEMIFINALIST ORANGE BOWL-FWAA COURAGE AWARD FINALIST DAVEY O’BRIEN, MANNING & UNITAS AWARD CANDIDATE TWO-TIME TEAM MVP (2015 & 2016) SET USF TOTAL OFFENSE RECORD (3,971 IN 2016) SET USF SEASON RUSHING RECORD (1,425 IN 2016) SET USF SEASON TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS RECORD (37 IN 2016) SET USF SEASON TOUCHDOWN PASS RECORD (22/2015 & 2016) SET USF SEASON RUSHING TOUCHDOWN RECORD (15 IN 2016) SET AMERICAN CONFERENCE QB GAME RUSHING RECORD (210) FIRST-EVER 2,000/1,000 PLAYER IN USF HISTORY FIRST 1,000-YARD RUSHING QB IN STATE OF FLORIDA USF GAME TOTAL OFFENSE RECORD (473 AT MEMPHIS) 2016: American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference selection… the first 2,000-yard passer and 1,000-yard rusher in USF and state of Florida collegiate history… broke the USF season rushing record with 1,425 yards, the eighth-best total ever produced by an FBS quarterback…set the USF season record for total offense with 3,976 yards (2,551 passing yards)… set USF season rushing touchdown record, matching teammate Marlon Mack with 15… accounted for a program record of 37 total touchdowns on the season…ranked third in the FBS at the end of the regular season with 8.05 yards per carry… ranked 10th in the FBS at the end of the regular season in total offense with 331.3 yards per game…posted a USF record of eight games with at least 300 yards of total offense…matched his own program season record with 22 passing touchdowns… led the Gulf Coast Offense to school records in touchdowns (71), rushing touchdowns (44), rushing yards (3,501) and total yards (6,181)… helped the Bulls extend their nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 16… rushed for 100 yards in seven games…accounted for three touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 passing) in 56-20 opening win over Towson (9/3)...set a career high with 350 yards passing and 403 total yards while tying a career-best with four passing touchdowns in a 48-17 victory over Northern Illinois (9/10)... threw TD passes of 73, 26, 13 and 6 yards vs. NIU...passed for 183 yards and one touchdown and ran for 51 yards in a 45-20 victory at Syracuse...led USF from 17-0 down to a 28-point second quarter and easy win...ran for 159 yards and passed for 160 yards and a touchdown to account for 319 total yards in a loss to No. 13 Florida State (9/24)... completed an 84-yard TD pass to Rodney Adams on the first play of the game...passed for 196 yards and ran for 74 yards and two touchdowns in a 45-20 win at Cincinnati (10/1)... accounted for 365 total yards, running for 115 and passing for 250 and three TD, in a victory over ECU (10/8)...led USF running for 157 yards and three TD and passed for 213 yards and two TD to account for 370 total yards and 5 TD in a victory over UConn (10/15)... scored USF’s first points with a 54-yard TD run...led USF running for 176 yards and two TD on just 13 carries (13.5 ypc) and passed for 219 yards and two TD for a total of 395 yards in a 52-45 upset of No. 22 Navy (10/28)...opened the scoring with a 63-yard TD run...led USF to 629 total yards and a then school-record 412 yards rushing...was unstoppable in a 49-42 victory at Memphis (11/12) as he accounted for a school-record 473 total yards and five TD, becoming the first-ever AAC player and 14th in FBS history to run and pass for 200-plus yards in the same game...scored the game-winning TD on a 22-yard run with 1:46 to play...ran for an AAC quarterback record 210 yards and three TD on 20 carries (10.5 ypc)...passed for 263 yards and two TD, including TD passes of 49 and 40 yards...set a new USF game record completing 82.7 percent of his passes (24-of-29)...rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns, including 62- and 24-yard scores, in the regular season finale against UCF (11/26)… became a father for the first time on Sept. 26, when he attended the birth of his baby daughter, Amayah, in Miami. 2015: Named the Team MVP...Flowers started all 13 games at quarterback after earning the starting job in fall camp…posted one of the top seasons ever by a USF quarterback while leading the team to a school-record 5,741 yards of total offense...set a USF record with 22 passing touchdowns on the season and led the team with 12 rushing TDs, the second-most in USF history…set a USF season record for total touchdowns accounted for @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
OUTLOOK PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW
with 34...posted 3,287 yards of total offense, the third-best mark in USF history...passed for 2,296 yards, the eigth-best mark in USF history and just the fourth player to reach 2,000 yards..ran for a QB record 991 yards, with a 67-yard long…ranked six in the conference in total rushing yards and fifth in total offense…completed 59.1 percent of his passes (163-276), the fourth-best mark in USF history, and had a TD to INT ratio of 22-8 (2.75), the third-best in USF history...posted a pass efficiency rating of 149.44, the second-best mark in USF history and ranked fourth in the conference and 25th nationally...completed 60% or better of his passes in eight games...averaged 14.09 yards per completion, second in the AAC and 13th nationally...set a conference and USF record for QB rushing yards with 201 in a 38-14 win over SMU (10/24), running for three TD…logged 381 total yards and three TDs in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21) passing for a career-best 273 yards and a 53-yard TD and running for 108 yards and two TDs...posted 320 total yards, passing for 230 and running for 90 with three total TDs (two passing, one rushing) in the Bulls’ 44-23 win over Temple (11/14)…accounted for 314 yards and three TDs in a win over Syracuse (10/10), completing 15-of-22 (68.2%) passes for 259 yards and two TD, and running for 55 yards and a TD...set a season-high with 17 completions on 26 attempts (65.4%) in a loss to Memphis (10/2) throwing for 199 yards …threw for a season-best four TDs going 10-of-16 for 171 yards in a 65-27 win over Cincinnati (11/20)…accounted for five TDs in a 44-3 win at UCF (11/26), rushing for 87 yards and two TDs and passing for 176 yards ant three TDs...ran for 85 yards and a TD at Maryland (9/19)...ran for 98 yards and a TD at UConn (10/17) while passing for 157 yards and two TD...ran for 79 yards and passed for 200 yards and two TD, including a game-winning 67-yard pass to Rodney Adams with four minutes to play in a big win at ECU (11/7)...threw for two TD at Florida State (9/12), including a season-long 71-yard TD pass to D’Ernest Johnson.
RECORDS HISTORY USF MEDIA
2014: Played in five games and made one start in his first season at USF…passed for 111 yards, with a 34-yard long, and ran for 73, with a 22-yard long on the year…made his first collegiate appearance vs. N.C. State (9/13), entering late in the game and completing 1-of-4 passes for 7 yards and two interceptions and running six times for 32 yards… attempted passes in three games on the year…made his first career start at SMU (11/15) just days after his stepbrother, Bradley Holt, was shot and killed in Miami…completed 6-of15 passes for 105 yards, including a 34-yard completion to Kennard Swanson, and ran four times for 33 yards…also saw action vs. ECU (10/11), Houston (11/1) and Memphis (11/22) …lettered. 33
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2016 USF BULLS MIAMI JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Antonio Brown at Miami Jackson HS, where he was a four-year letterman and three-time team MVP…widely considered one of the best athletes in Florida…the versatile dual-threat quarterback accounted for 1,349 yards passing and ran for 641 yards and 10 touchdowns in his senior season…scored five touchdowns vs. Edison HS…totaled 6,042 yards passing and 2,002 yards rushing with 32 touchdowns on his career...rated a four-star recruit by Scout.com and No. 82 in the final Scout 300 national ranking…ranked as the No. 9 dual-threat quarterback in the nation and the No. 43 player in Florida by 247sports.com…ranked No. 9 in the 2014 Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100… No. 7 on the 2014 Miami-Dade Top 50 list named to 2012 first team AllDade Football Team by the Miami Herald…completed 115-of-243 passes for 1,712 yards and 17 touchdowns while running for 631 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior…threw for 2,151 yards and ran for 562 as a sophomore…clocked a 4.4 in the 40-yard dash…also had offers from Alabama, Nebraska, Florida, Miami (Fla.), Texas, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, UCF and Cincinnati among others. PERSONAL: The son of Nancy Flowers, Flowers lived in with his uncle’s family after both of his parents passed..Flowers was 7 years old when his father was killed in a drive-by shooting in the family’s front yard...his mother, Nancy, died of cancer in January 2012 prior to his senior year of high school...brother, Bradley Holt, was shot and killed in a drive-by in November of 2014, the week of Flowers’ first career start at USF...has a sister, Shanay... nickname is Winky...born Dec. 2, 1994...became a father for the first time on Sept. 26 when he attended the birth of his baby daughter, Amayah, in Miami...an interdisciplinary social sciences major.
OUTLOOK PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY USF MEDIA
FLOWERS - CAREER STATISTICS PASSING YEAR GP-GS COMP ATT PCT YDS TD INT YDS/G 2014 5-1 8 20 40.0 111 0 2 22.2 2015 13-13 163 276 59.1 2,296 22 8 176.6 2016 12-12 184 299 61.5 2,546 22 6 212.2 Career 30-26 355 595 59.7 4,953 44 16 165.1 RUSHING YEAR ATT YDS AVG. TD L0NG 2014 13 73 5.6 0 2015 191 991 5.2 12 67 2016 177 1,425 8.1 15 63 Career 381 2,489 6.5 27 67 TOTAL OFFENSE YEAR PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG. 2014 2015 467 991 2,296 3,287 252.8 2016 476 1,425 2,546 3,971 330.9 CAREER 976 2,489 4,953 7,442 248.1
EFF 149.44 153.33 148.61
FLOWERS’ CAREER HIGHS Completions................................................................................24, at Memphis (11/12/16) Attempts............................................................................................. 33, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Completion Percentage (min. 15 att.)......................... 82.7 (24-29), at Memphis (11/12/16) Passing Yards................................................................................... 350, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Long Pass.....................................................................84 (TD), vs. Florida State (9/24/16) Passing TDs............................................................................ 4, 2X, last vs. NIU (9/10/16) Rushes........................................................................................ 24, at Maryland (9/19/15) Rushing Yards..........................................................................210, at Memphis (11/12/16) Long Rush...................................................................................... 67, vs. SMU (10/24.15) Rushing TDs....................................................................3, 3X, last at Memphis (11/12/16) Total Yards................................................................................473, at Memphis (11/12/16)
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FULLWOOD S/PR x Jr. x 6-2, 199 x Tampa, Fla. x Tampa Tech HS x
2016: Started six games and played in all 12 games…ranks fourth on the team with 59 total tackles… totaled 2.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups, an interception, a QB hurry and a forced fumble…set a career high with 12 tackles in the win at SMU (11/19)…intercepted a pass in the win over Syracuse (9/17)…led the team in tackles with seven against Towson (9/3)… returned four punts for 22 yards with a long of 14. 2015: Played in all 13 games, starting two…the primary punt returner for USF, averaged 10.4 yards per return, second in the conference and 26th nationally …posted 198 yards on 19 returns…recorded a career-long return 46 yard return at Florida State (9/12)…recorded a career-best 82 yards on just three punt returns against SMU (10/24)…totaled 38 tackles on the season, including 30 solo stops…recorded a season-high six tackles in a loss at Maryland (9/19)…recorded five tackles against Syracuse (10/10) and Cincinnati (11/20)… responsible for two pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and a tackle for loss on the year. 2014: Saw action in eight games and started the last three in his first season on the field… posted five tackles and one tackle for loss on the year…saw his first collegiate action at Wisconsin (9/27) and made his first start at SMU (11/15), posting a season-high two tackles in that game…also made starts at Memphis and vs. UCF…recorded a tackle in four games…lettered. TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Jayson Roberts at Tampa Tech… named a Class 7A all-state honorable mention selection…first-team All-Hillsborough County…versatile athlete that played several positions…made 21 receptions for 356 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 109 yards on 13 carries as a senior…posted 23 tackles, three interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries on defense… also excelled as a special teams return man, returning one kickoff for a touchdown…rated a three-star recruit by ESPN.com…ranked No. 12 on the Tampa Bay Times Home Team Top 25…caught two touchdown passes and earned MVP honors for the South Team in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game, helping lead the South team to victory…represented the United States in the International Bowl in Austin, Texas… for his career, he ran for 222 yards on 29 carries, made 35 receptions for 568 yards and three touchdowns on offense and posted 46 tackles, five interceptions and 11 pass deflections on defense while scoring eight total touchdowns…a two-sport athlete who also played basketball…also had offers from Arizona, Florida State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, UCF, Louisville and Cincinnati among many others. PERSONAL: The son of Takeela and Timothy Fullwood…has an older sister, Timesha, and older brothers, Dexter, and Timothy… also has younger sisters, Takiya and Tyra, and a younger brother, Trey…. family member, Brent Fullwood, played for the Green Bay Packers… family members with football backgrounds also include Derrick Fullwood (Georgia Southern), Phillip Fullwood (Morris Brown), Robert Gillespie (Tennessee), Aaron Randolph (Ft. Valley St.) and Elmer Wilson (Mississippi St.)… hobbies include piano, basketball, drama, singing and directing youth at church...a communications major. FULLWOOD - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 8-3 5 0 5 2015 13-2 30 8 38 2016 12-6 43 16 62 Career 32-11 78 24 102 PUNT RETURNS No. YDS AVG 2015 19 198 10.4 2016 4 22 5.5 CAREER 23 220 9.6
TFL 1.0 1.0 2.5 4.5 TD 0 0 0
SACKS 0-0 0-0 1.0 1.0 LG 46 14 46
INT 0 0 1 1
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PBU 0 2 2 4
FF 0 2 1 3
FR 0 0 0 0
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GALATI
C x So. x 6-3, 290 x Bradenton, Fla. x Manatee HS x
2016: Back-up to Cameron Ruff at center...saw action in two games. 2015: Appeared in three games on the season, serving as the back-up at the center position to senior Brynjar Gudmundsson. 2014: Redshirt season. MANATEE HIGH SCHOOL: Played for legendary coach Joe Kinnan at Manatee HS…attended the same high school and played for the same coach as USF head coach Willie Taggart…a 2013 second-team Class 8A all-state selection…leader of the Manatee offensive line, helping pave the way for an offense that averaged 322 yards rushing per game… the Hurricanes tallied 3,874 yards and 47 touchdowns rushing in 2013 and posted an 11-1 record…first-team all-county…rated a three-star recruit by ESPN.com and Scout.com… was part of Manatee’s 2011 7A state championship team as the Hurricanes went 13-2. PERSONAL: The son of Mike and Mary Galati…has two sisters, Emma and Julie Ann… his cousin, Carmine Galati, played football at Fordham, and his cousin, Nick Galati, played football at Jacksonville University… made the honor roll all four years of high school… hobbies include going to the beach, boating and working out...a pre-management major.
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GODWIN
S x Sr. x 5-10, 205 x Tampa, Fla. x Freedom HS x
2016: Bounced back from a fall camp injury to start the final 10 games of the regular season… ranks third on the team with 62 tackles in 12 games… tied for second on the team with 46 solo tackles…second on the team with four pass breakups…led the team in tackles in four games: East Carolina (10), Temple (7), Navy (9) and Memphis (10)… recovered a fumble and made two tackles in the season-opening win over Towson (9/3)… posted an interception and broke up two passes on senior day in a win over UCF (11/26)… appeared in every game for the Bulls the past four seasons (39 starts second among active players)…ranks 12th on USF’s career chart with 246 tackles.
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NATE
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FULLWOOD’S CAREER HIGHS Long Punt Return.................................................................. 45, at Florida State (9/12/15) Punt Return Yards..........................................................................82, vs. SMU (10/24/15) Yards per return (minimun 2)......................................................27.3 , vs. SMU (10/24/15) Tackles..............................................................................................12, at SMU (11/19/16) INT....................................................................................1, 3X, last at Syracuse (9/17/16) TFL...................................................................................1, 4X, last vs. UConn (10/15/16) PBU.........................................................................................1, 4X, last vs. NIU (9/10/16) FF........................................................................................1, 2X, last vs. SMU (10/24/15)
2015: Appeared in 13 games, starting the last 10…third on the team with 63 tackles on the season, 46 solo…recorded one tackle for loss and three pass break-ups…recorded 10 tackles (7 solo) in a loss to Navy (10/31)…recorded nine tackles in a loss to Florida State (9/12)...had eight tackles in a win at UConn (10/17)...recorded at least two tackles in every game on the season...have five stops in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21). 2014: Godwin started nine games and played in all 12 on the season at safety…finished third on the team with 72 tackles (53 solo) and added 1.0 tackle for loss, two pass breakups and one recovered fumble…had a season-high 14 tackles and recovered a fumble to lead USF at No. 19 Wisconsin (9/27)…posted nine tackles at Cincinnati (10/24)…had eight stops vs. No. 19 ECU (10/11)…had eight tackles vs. N.C. State (9/13)…posted four or more tackles in 10 games…had six tackles in the Bulls’ win at Tulsa (10/18)…lettered. 2013: Godwin appeared in 12 games and started the final nine of the season at safety in his true freshman campaign…ranked fourth on the team with 49 tackles and added one tackle for loss, one interception, and three pass break-ups...had at least two tackles in every game…posted four tackles in his college debut vs. McNeese State (8/31)…returned a blocked field goal 75 yards for a TD in a win vs. Cincinnati (10/5)…made his first career-start vs. No. 15 Miami (9/28) and posted four tackles…led the team with six tackles and added an interception at No. 17 UCF (11/29)…had five tackles and two pass breakups in a win at UConn (10/12)…had five tackles vs. No. 18 Louisville (10/26)…posted a career high nine in tackles in the season finale at Rutgers (12/7)…earned the Freshman of the Year Award at the annual USF banquet…lettered.
OUTLOOK PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY USF MEDIA
FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Todd Donohoe at Freedom ... a four-year letterman who was an all-state and two-time all-Hillsborough selection ... recorded 90 tackles, six TFL, three INTs and 10 PBU over his final two prep seasons ... a third-team 7A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... an honorable mention all-Hillsborough pick ... tallied 47 tackles, four TFL, two INTs and five PBU ... also rushed for 250 yards and returned a punt 80 yards for a TD ... voted most valuable defensive back ... ranked 41st in the Tampa Bay Times’ Top 100 entering his senior year ... an honorable mention all-Hillsborough selection as a junior ... posted 43 tackles, two TFL, an INT, five PBU and a fumble recovery ... voted team MVP ... also lettered in track and field. PERSONAL: Born in Tampa ... son of Teresa Godwin and Ken Capers... on pace to earn his degree in communications in December. GODWIN - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2013 12-9 19 30 49 2014 12-9 53 19 72 2015 13-10 46 17 63 2016 12-10 46 16 62 Career 49-38 175 71 246
TFL 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.0
SACKS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
INT 1 0 0 1 2
PBU 3 2 2 4 12
FF 0 0 0 0 0
FR 0 1 0 1 2
GODWIN’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles........................................................................................14, at Wisconsin (9/27/14) TFL...........................................................................1, 3X, last vs. East Carolina (10/8/16) INT........................................................................................ 1, 2X, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) Touchdown................................................................................1, vs. Cincinnati (10/05/13) FR........................................................................................ 1, 2X, last vs. Towson (9/3/16) @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
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HALL
G x Jr. x 6-5, 340 x Atlanta, Ga. x Tri-Cities HS x
2016: Started all 12 games at left guard in the regular season…one of four linemen to start every game in 2016…helped the Gulf Coast Offense set school records with 71 touchdowns, 44 rushing touchdowns, 3,501 rushing yards and 6,181 yards of total offense…helped the Bulls extend their nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 16… paved the way for USF to finish the regular season ranked fifth nationally in rushing offense (291.8 ypg), eighth in scoring offense (43.6 ppg) and ninth in total offense (515.1 ypg). 2015: Appeared in eight games as a back-up at left guard behind senior all-conference selection Thor Jozwiak… was part of an offensive line that plowed the way for a school record 3,205 rushing yards and led The American in fewest sacks allowed in conference games (1.12 per game)…helped the Bulls produce a record 5,741 yards of offense. 2014: Hall saw action in seven games in his first season on the field for the Bulls…was number two on the depth chart at left guard…lettered. 2013: A redshirt season.
OUTLOOK PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS
TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Kenneth Miller at Tri-Cities ... a three-year starter ... played in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl ... a member of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super 75 ... ranked as the nation’s eighth-best guard or center by Tom Lemming entering senior season ... first-team all-state selection by The Associated Press as a junior ...all-metro honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... helped Tri-Cities to a 10-3 record and a trip to the state playoffs quarterfinals... the 10 wins were a school record. PERSONAL: Born in Atlanta, Ga. ... son of James Hall ... an interdisciplinary social science s major
HISTORY USF MEDIA
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HARRIS
LB x Sr. x 6-2, 225 x Tampa, Fla. x Hillsborough HS x
2016: Started all 12 games at the “WILL” linebacker position … ranks second on the team with 74 total tackles and 46 solo tackles…leads the team with 9.5 tackles for loss and has posted 2.0 sacks, a career-high two interceptions, a fumble recovery, a bass breakup and a QB hurry…led the team in tackles against UCF (11), Cincinnati (10) and Temple (7)… returned an interception 49 yards in the season-opening win over Towson (9/3) to go along with six tackles, a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss…returned an interception 34 yards in a win over ECU (10/8) to set up the game-sealing touchdown…has posted at least one tackle for loss in seven games this season… has registered 228 career tackles…leads all current USF players with 40 career starts...his eight career forced fumbles rank second all-time at USF. 2015: Played in 11 games, starting 10 at the “Stinger” linebacker position…recorded 42 tackles on the year, including 29 solo tackles…also recorded 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble…recorded nine tackles in a win over ECU (11/7)…also recorded five tackles against Syracuse (10/10) and UConn (10/17). 2014: Harris had a break-out year, as he started all 11 games he played at inside linebacker…named and NCAA FBS statistical champion (just the second in USF history) after leading the nation with .55 forced fumbles per game on the season…his six forced fumbles on the year set a new USF season record…finished second on the team (17th in the AAC) with 77 tackles (52 solo) and led the Bulls and finished sixth in the AAC with 10.5 tackles for loss…tied the for the team lead and ranked seventh in the AAC with two fumble recoveries and added two sacks on the year…led the team in tackles in three games, twice posting a season-high 11 stops…posted at least four tackles in every game he played…missed one game due to injury…was named AAC Defensive POW after posting a team-high nine tackles, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a sack vs. Maryland (9/6)…led the team with 11 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery vs. UCF (11/28)… led the team with 11 tackles, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble at Cincinnati (10/24)… forced a fumble and recorded nine tackles in a win at Tulsa (10/18)…had nine tackles and a forced fumble vs. Western Carolina (8/30)…logged two tackles for loss and five tackles in a win over UConn (9/19)…had two tackles for loss and six solo tackles at Wisconsin (9/27)...lettered. 2013: Harris appeared in all 12 games and started seven as a true freshman…was on the field for 340 defensive plays…totaled 35 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss, one pass break-up and one forced fumble…made his first-career start vs. FAU (9/14) and had a team-leading 12 tackles to go with a forced fumble and a TFL...12 tackles were the third-highest total by a USF player on the year…posted a career-high two tackles for loss vs. Cincinnati (10/5)... had four tackles in wins over Cincinnati (10/5) and at UConn (10/12)…posted two tackles in his first-career game in the season-opener vs. McNeese State (8/31)…posted at least one tackle in nine games… lettered. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Earl Garcia at Hillsborough ... a three-year starter who was an all-state and three-time all-county selection ... led the Terriers to a 30-6 record during his three seasons ... tallied 301 tackles, three sacks, seven pressures, an INT, four PBU and three fumble recoveries ... a first-team 6A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... a first-team all-Hillsborough and honorable mention all-Suncoast pick ... recorded 117 tackles, two sacks, three pressures and three PBU ... also rushed for 726 yards and 15 TDs and punted 28 times for a 36 yards per punt average ... helped Hillsborough to a 9-2 record and a berth in the regional semifinals ... ranked 19th in the Tampa Bay Times’ Top 100 and 20th in the Orlando Sentinel’s MidWest Super 60 list entering his senior year ... a second-team all-Hillsborough selection as a junior ... posted 89 tackles, a sack, three pressures, a PBU and two fumble recoveries ... also punted 34 times for a 37.2 average ... led Hillsborough to an 11-1 record, a perfect 6-0 league record and a trip to the regional semifinals ... a second-team all-Hillsborough selection as a sophomore ... tallied 95 tackles, a pressure, an INT and a fumble recovery ... helped the Terriers to a 10-3 record and a berth in the regional semifinals.
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2016 USF BULLS PERSONAL: Born in Gainesville, Fla. ... son of Lindsey and Connie Harris ... brother, Brandon, joined the USF football program as a walk-on in 2012 ... cousin, Lindsey Lamar, was a standout performer at USF from 2009-12... on pace to earn his degree in communications in this spring. SACKS 0-0 2.0-8 1.5-11 2.0-15 5.5-34
INT 0 0 1 2 3
PBU 1 1 0 1 3
FF 1 6 1 0 8
FR 0 2 0 1 3
HARRIS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles............................................................................................. 12, vs. FAU (09/14/13) Sacks................................................................................ 1, 4X, last vs. UConn (10/15/16) TFL.................................................................................................... 3, vs. UCF (11/28/14) PBU................................................................................. 1, 2X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) FF...................................................................................................2, vs. Maryland (9/6/14) FR.................................................................................... 1, 3X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) INT............................................................................1, 3X, last vs. East Carolina (10/8/16)
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HECTOR
DT x Jr. x 6-2, 296 x Tampa, Fla. x Robinson HS x
2016: Started in 11 of 12 games at defensive tackle…set a career high with 28 total tackles… ranks second on the team with 4.0 sacks to go along with 5.0 tackles for loss and a pass breakup…tied his career high with 6.0 tackles in the win over Navy (10/28)… posted a sack and 2.0 tackles for loss against FSU (9/24)…had 1.5 sacks against ECU (10/8) and SMU (11/19). 2015: Appeared in 12 games on the season…recorded 19 tackles, including 14 solo tackles…sixth on the team with seven tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with five sacks on the year…also recorded one pass break up and one forced fumble……recorded a season-best six tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks in a win over FAMU (9/5)... had three tackles, two tackles for loss and two sacks in a win over Cincinnati (11/20). 2014: Hector saw action in six games…lettered. 2013: A redshirt season. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Mike Depue at Robinson ... a versatile two-way lineman who was an all-state and two-time all-county selection ... posted 86 tackles and 6.5 sacks during his final two seasons ... a first-team 5A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... a first-team all-Suncoast and all-Hillsborough pick ... tallied 55 tackles, 3.5 sacks, nine TFL and a PBU ... led a defense that allowed less than 12 points per game ... helped the Knights to a 12-2 record and a berth in the state semifinals ... ranked 40th in the Tampa Bay Times’ Top 100 entering his senior year ... an honorable mention All-Hillsborough selection as a junior ... posted 31 tackles and three sacks ... led Robinson to a 9-3 record and a trip to the regional semifinals ... played his first two varsity seasons at Gulf High School in New Port Richey, Fla. ... also lettered in basketball.
JONATHAN
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HERNANDEZ
P x So. x 6-4, 241 x Brandenton, Fla. x Manatee HS x Florida State
2016: Transferred to USF from Florida State in the summer of 2016...was a walk-on at Florida State and joined USF as a walk-on, so he was immediately eligible to compete for the Bulls...earned the starting job at punter prior to the start of the season. After a strong showing in his first five games, Hernandez was added to the Ray Guy Award candidate watch list in October...punted in all 12 games…his 25 punts inside the 20 and 12 punts of 50-plus yards both rank second in The American…ranks eighth on USF’s season chart with 2,431 punting yards… posted a 41.2 yard average on 59 punts…set career highs with 361 yards and a long of 66 yards while tying his career high with eight punts against UCF (11/26)…also punted eight times for 313 yards, including a 57-yarder, with five punts inside the 20 in the win over SMU (11/19)…his five punts inside the 20 against SMU tied a USF sing-game record reached by three other players…posted a career-best average of 47.5 yards against FSU (9/24).
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TFL 2.5 10.5 4.5 9.5 27.0
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HARRIS - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2013 12-7 18 17 35 2014 11-11 52 25 77 2015 11-10 29 13 42 2016 12-12 48 28 74 Career 46-40 145 83 228
HECTOR’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles................................................................................. 6, 2X, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) Sacks............................................................................. 2.0, 2X. last vs. Temple (11/14/15) TFL.................................................................................................. 3.0, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) FF..............................................................................................1, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
OUTLOOK PLAYERS
2013-15 (FLORIDA STATE): A preferred walk-on punter for the Seminoles in 2013...spent three seasons with the team, redshirting his first year...punted in one game while at FSU, punting once for 37 yards during the 2015 season.
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MANATEE HIGH SCHOOL: Hernandez played one season at Manatee HS...was a kicker and punter or the Hurricanes...averaged 41.4 yards per punt in his one varsity year... kicked off 42 times with 31 touchbacks, and made all seven extra points he attempted... selected to particpate in the Sarasota vs. Manatee All-Star game...had multiple offers from Division II schools....also did kickoffs and was the holder on field goal attempts... also played soccer.
RECORDS
PERSONAL: Majoring in Art History. HERNANDEZ - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS NO YDS AVG LG 2016 12-12 59 2,431 41.2 66
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FC I20 50+ BLK 23 25 12 1
HERNANDEZ’S CAREER HIGHS Punts.................................................................................... 8, 2X, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) Yards............................................................................................. 361, vs. UCF (11/26/16) Average............................................................................. 47.5, vs. Florida State (9/24/16) Long................................................................................................ 66, vs. UCF (11/26/16) Inside 20................................................................................. 5, 2X last at SMU (11/19/16)
PERSONAL: Born in Tampa, Fla. ... son of Monica Lockett ... a health sciences major. HECTOR - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 6-0 0 0 0 2015 12-0 14 5 19 2016 12-11 16 12 28 Career 30-11 20 17 47
TFL 0 7.0 5.0 12.0
SACKS 0-0 5.0-35 4.0-21 9.0-56
INT 0 0 0 0
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PBU 0 1 1 2
FF 0 1 0 1
FR 0 0 0 0 37
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HOGGINS
CB x So. x 5-8, 170 x Coconut Creek, Fla. x Monarch HS x
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DE x RFr. x 6-2, 246 x Tampa, Fla. x Jesuit HS x
2016: Made seven starts and played in 10 games, missing two due to injury…ranks sixth on the team with a career-high 48 tackles…set career highs with 34 solo tackles and 14 assisted tackles, and matched his career high with two interceptions…has three pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…posted a career-high 12 tackles, a forced fumble and a pass breakup at Syracuse (9/17)…intercepted a pass and made eight tackles at Cincinnati (10/1)…intercepted a pass and made nine tackles in the win over Navy (10/28)… registered 10 tackles at Memphis (11/12).
2016: Played in all 12 games and started the first four games at the “Bull” pass-rushing position along the defensive line…posted a career-high 23 tackles (12 solo)…set a career high with five tackles at Syracuse (9/17).
2015: Named Freshman of the Year at the team’s annual awards banquet…appeared in all 13 games at cornerback, including starts in each of the last 10 games…totaled 26 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions and a team-best six pass break-ups…15th in the AAC in passes defended per game (0.67)...11th in conference play with six passes defended… one of four Bulls with multiple interceptions on the season…recorded his first collegiate interception in 51-3 rout of FAMU (9/5), his first collegiate game…set career-highs with five tackles, and 1.5 tackles for loss against Memphis (10/2)…earned his first-career start in the 45-24 homecoming weekend win vs. Syracuse (10/10)…notched his second-career interception in the 44-3 Thanksgiving night road win at UCF (11/26)...posted three tackles in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21).
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year starter for coach James Harrell at Jesuit HS…Class 5A all-state first team in 2014 and second team in 2013...named first-team All-Hillsborough County Defense in 2012 & 2013, and was a MaxPreps first-team sophomore All-American in 2011...Butkus Award semifinalist in 2013...posted 87 tackles and eight quarterback hurries in 2013…helped lead team to 8-4 record in 2013…helped Team Tampa to back-toback 7-on-7 National Championships…recorded 149 tackles, 32 tackles for loss, 22 sacks and two fumble recoveries for his career…rated a four-star recruit by ESPN.com… ranked No. 16 on the Tampa Bay Times Home Team Top 25…named to WFLA’s Elite Eight… ranked as the 31st best defensive end prospect nationally by ESPN.com…also had offers from over 35 schools including Alabama, Auburn, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, USC and Stanford among others...four-year letterman in football and three-year in track and field...two-time state finalist in shot put and discuss.
MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit, Hoggins Jr. was named Broward’s 8A-7A6A Defensive Player of the Year by the Sun Sentinel after intercepting 15 passes in 12 games as a senior and returning four for touchdowns… intercepted 12 passes in his first five games as a senior… intercepted a total of 13 passes in his previous two seasons as a starter…Also received offers from Akron, Bowling Green, Charlotte, Cincinnati, FIU, FAU, Louisville, Marshall, Massachusetts, Ohio, TCU, Temple, Texas, Tulane, Wisconsin… Coached by Calvin Davis. PERSONAL: Born Jan. 22, 1997 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ... son of Ronnie Hoggins ... majoring in communications. HOGGINS - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 13-10 22 4 26 2016 10-7 34 14 48 CAREER 23-17 56 18 74
TFL 1.5 1.0 2.5
SACKS 0-0 0-0 0-0
INT 2 2 4
PBU 6 3 9
FF 0 1 1
FR 0 1 1
HOGGINS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles..........................................................................................12, at Syracuse (9/17/16) TFL............................................................................................ 1.5, vs. Memphis (10/2/15) INT........................................................................................1, 4X, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) FF..................................................................................................... 1, at Syracuse 9/17/16 FR........................................................................................................................................ ,
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2015: Saw action in nine games...posted a tackle in the Cincinnati game. 2014: Redshirt season.
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 24, 1995...the son of Diane and Vincent Jackson… has an older sister, Dariah, and a younger brother, Levi… the cousin of Justin Gatlin, a gold medalist Olympic sprinter and former Tennessee Volunteer… cousin of former NFL quarterback Daunte Culpepper.. cousin of Matt Jones, a former UF running back who now plays for the NFL’s Redskins, and OJ Murdock, a former South Carolina Gamecock, who played for the Tennessee Titans...two-time Honor Roll...a marketing major. JACKSON - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 9-0 0 1 1 2016 12-4 12 11 23 CAREER 21-4 12 12 24
TFL 0 0-0 0-0
SACKS 0 0 0
INT 0 0 0
PBU 0 0 0
FF 0 0 0
FR 0 0 0
JACKSONS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles............................................................................................5, at Syracuse (9/17/16) Sacks...................................................................................................................................TFL......................................................................................................................................FF........................................................................................................................................-
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D’ ERNEST
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JOHNSON RB x Jr. x 5-10, 208 x Immokalee, Fla. x Immokalee HS x
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE (RETURN SPECIALIST) PAUL HORNUNG AWARD CANDIDATE 2015 TEAM CO-OFFENSIVE MVP SET USF GAME RECORD FOR ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (281) USF CAREER RECEIVING YARDS LEADER FOR A RUNNING BACK (661) 2016: American Athletic Conference Second-Team selection at return specialist…the Hornung Award candidate ranks eighth in the FBS with a punt return average of 12.4 yards… appeared in all 12 games and scored at least one TD in nine games…owns the USF career receiving yards record for a running back with 661 yards...tied for second on USF’s career receptions chart for a running back with 56, 12 away from the record…ranks third on the team in scoring with 78 points (8 rushing TD, 4 receiving TD)…rushed for a career high of 516 yards and eight touchdowns…caught 22 passes for 198 yards with four TD catches, matching his previous season high…ranks fourth on the team with 1,060 all-purpose yards… posted his first career 100-yard rushing game with 107 yards against Navy (10/28)…set a career high with an 83-yard punt return for a touchdown at Syracuse (9/17)…matched his career high with three rushing touchdowns and posted 83 rushing yards against No. 13 Florida State (9/24). 2015: Named offensive co-MVP and received a Leadership Award at the team’s annual awards banquet… appeared in all 13 of the team’s games, including one start…third on the team with 1,251 all-purpose yards, second in receiving yards (356), fourth in rushing (307) and first in kickoff returns (563)...set a record for a running back with four TD catches on the year...accounted for seven touchdowns, including passing for two...ran for 307 yards and a touchdown on 71 carries…second on the team with 26 receptions and 356 yards receiving...his four receiving touchdowns ranked third on the team…returned 21 kickoffs for 563 yards…third in the AAC and 16th nationally in kick return average (26.8)…first in conference play in kick return average (30.1)…went 2-for-2 for 63 yards and two touchdowns passing, completing passes of 34 and 29 yards on halfback pass plays...posted a school-record 281 all purpose yards in a 65-27 win over Cincinnati (11/20), carried the ball a career-high 11 times for a career-best 71 yards, catching two passes for 29 yards, and returning four kickoffs for 181 yards (including a 54-yard long)...set career highs with five receptions, 89 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns at No.11/8 Florida St. (9/12), including a 71-yard TD catch…threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Adams and ran nine times for 50 yards in a 28-20 win at UConn (10/17)…made his lone start of the season in the 38-14 win over SMU (10/24), running nine times for 28 yards and scoring his only rushing touchdown of the year on a 1-yard attempt...caught three passes for 77 yards and two touchdowns in the season-opener vs. FAMU (9/4)...caught four passes for 68 yards and ran five times for 34 yards in a win at UCF (11/26)...completed a 34-yard TD pass to Tyre McCants in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21). 2014: Saw action in all 12 games on the year and finished as the Bulls’ second-leading rusher with 46 carries for 150 yards (3.3 ypc)…also caught eight passes for 107 yards and a touchdown, and returned eight kickoffs for 157 yards (19.6 ypr), with a 24-yard long… had 414 all-purpose yards…earned the nicknamed “Clutch” from Coach Taggart for his play late in games…had a season-best 41 yards on 10 carries in a rain-soaked win vs. UConn (9/19)…had a season-best three catches for 39 yards to go with 13 yards rushing in a 14-13 win at SMU (11/15)…had six carries for 33 yards and one, big 10-yard catch for a first down late in the game in a comeback win at Tulsa (10/18)…gained 34 yards on Bulls’ drive to ice the game…had two catches for 31 yards and ran six times for 14 yards vs. Houston (11/1)… had at least one carry in 11 games…lettered. IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Richard Dombroski at Immokalee HS… ranked as a four-star recruit and among the top 200 of the Rivals250 by Rivals.com…twotime Naples Daily News All-Area first team (2012-13) and FACA honorable mention…ranked No. 28 in the 2014 Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100…ran for 744 yards and five touchdowns and made 28 catches for 413 yards and three touchdowns as a senior…logged 1,332 all-purpose yards with 175 on returns, including a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown… punted 27 times for 983 yards and a 60 yard punt…helped lead team to 9-3 record…posted @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
1,855 yards and 19 touchdowns rushing and 28 total touchdowns on his career…ranked No. 18 among running backs nationally and the 29th best prospect in Florida by Rivals. com…ran for 1,111 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior while making 16 catches for 282 yards and four touchdowns…also recorded 47 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack on defense….2012 honorable mention all-state and first team all-conference pick…helped lead team to Class 5A state championship game…2011 honorable mention all-area…also received offers from Florida, Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Louisville, Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia and Mississippi. PERSONAL: The son of Undreas Harrison… has a brother, Tshumbi, and older sister, LaTonya… his brother, Tshumbi Johnson, plays football for the University of Cincinnati... hobbies include sports and fishing...a communications major. JOHNSON - CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG 2014 12-0 46 150 3.3 2015 13-1 71 307 4.3 2016 12-0 100 516 5.2 Career 37-1 217 973 4.5 RECEIVING YEAR REC YDS AVG TD 2014 8 107 8.5 1 2015 26 356 13.7 4 2016 22 198 9.0 4 Career 56 661 11.8 9 ALL-PURPOSE/TOTAL YARDS YEAR RUSH REC PR KR 2014 150 107 0 157 2015 307 356 25 563 2016 516 198 211 135 Career 973 661 236 855
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LONG 16 23 24 24
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LONG 24 71 33 71 ALL-PURPOSE PASSING 414 0 1,251 (2-3) 63 1,060 (0-1) 0 2,725 (2-4) 63
JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS Rushes.......................................................................................... 19, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing Yards............................................................................. 107, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Long Rush...........................................................................24, vs. Florida State (9/24/16) Receptions.............................................................................5, 2X, last vs. ECU (10/8/16) Receiving Yards.....................................................................89, at Florida State (9/12/15) Receiving TDs............................................................2, 2X, last at Florida State (9/12/15) Long Reception............................................................ 71 (TD), at Florida State (9/12/15) TD Pass............................................1, 2X, last vs. WKU in Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) All-Purpose Yards................................................................... 281 vs. Cincinnati (11/26/15 Long Kickoff Return................................................................54, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Kickoff Return Yards.............................................................181, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Kickoff Return Average................................................ 45.25 (4), vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Long Punt Return...............................................................84 (TD), at Syracuse (9/17/16)
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QB x Fr. x 6-1, 209 x Lakewood, Ohio x St. Edwards HS x
2016: Won the competition for USF’s backup quarterback spot in fall camp…appeared in seven games, completing 18 of 26 passes for 129 yards, two touchdowns and one interception…set career highs with two touchdown passes, 52 passing yards and a long of 23 yards in the season-opening win over Towson (9/3)…on his first collegiate play he hit D’Ernest Johnson for a 23-yard touchdown….on the next possession hit Mitchell Wilcox for a 21-yard touchdown…set career highs with six completions and seven pass attempts at Cincinnati (10/1). 2015: Redshirt season...moved to number two on the depth chart during 2016 spring practice.
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ST. EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit…a dual-threat quarterback, Kean guided St. Edward, one of the top ranked programs in the nation, to a state championship and a 13-2 record as a senior… Completed 180-of-300 passes as a junior for 2,810 yards and 32 touchdowns…also ran for 11 touchdowns…threw for two second-half touchdowns in St. Edward’s 31-21 win against Huber Heights Wayne in the Division I state championship game in Ohio Stadium…started his prep career at University High School in Fort Lauderdale…also received offers from FIU, Western Kentucky, Ball State, Georgia State, Miami (Ohio), Ohio, Toledo, Akron, Western Michigan… Coached by Rick Finotti.
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OL x RFr. x 6-3, 312 x Bradenton, Fla. x Manatee HS x Air Force Prep Acad.
2016: Saw action in two games as the team’s backup right guard. 2015: Redshirt season. AIR FORCE PREP ACADEMY: Played one season for the academy in Colorado Springs before transfering to USF. MANATEE HIGH SCHOOL: Helped team go 11-1 in 2014 while playing center... featured on two Hurricanes teams that went deep in the state playoffs...in 2012 they reached the Class 7A state semifinals, then made it to the regional semifinals in Class 8A in 2013...a teammate of Bulls center Michael Galati at Manatee. PERSONAL: A health sciences major.
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PERSONAL: A mass communications major. KEAN - CAREER STATISTICS PASSING YEAR GP-GS COMP ATT PCT YDS TD INT YDS/G EFF 2016 7-0 18 26 69.2 129 2 1 18.4 128.60 RUSHING YEAR ATT YDS AVG. TD L0NG 2016 4 -9 -2.2 0 4 KEAN’S CAREER HIGHS Completions.................................................................................. 6, at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Attempts.......................................................................... 7, 2X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Completion Percentage (min. 15 att.)................................................................................. Passing Yards................................................................................. 52, vs. Towson (9/3/16) Long Pass............................................................................... 23 (TD), vs. Towson (9/3/16) Passing TDs..................................................................................... 2, vs. Towson (9/3/16) Rushes................................................................................ 1, 2X, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing Yards.................................................................................. 4, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Long Rush........................................................................................ 4, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing TDs....................................................................................................................... -
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DE x RFr. x 6-4, 256x Fort Lauderdale, Fla. x Stranahan HS x
2016: Started all 12 games at defensive end in his debut season …posted 28 tackles (16 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a pass breakup…had a career-high five tackles against Syracuse (9/17) and Cincinnati (10/1)…registered sacks against Cincinnati and UCF (11/26)… set a career high with 2.0 tackles for loss against Cincinnati and UCF… posted at least one tackle for loss in four games. 2015: Redshirt season. FORT LAUDERDALE HS: A three-star recruit, Livingstone posted a team-leading 14 sacks as a senior on the way to all-state third-team honors…recorded nine sacks and 42 tackles as a junior… also received offers from UConn, Cincinnati, East Carolina, FIU, Minnesota, Louisville, Indiana, Vanderbilt, Utah, Western Michigan, Liberty... coached by Tally Adams. PERSONAL: Born Oct. 10, 1996 ... son of Marion and Dave Livingstone ... pre-med major. in biomedical sciences. LIVINGSTONE - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT TFL SACKS INT PBU FF FR 2016 12-12 15 13 28 5.5 2.0-22 - 1 - - LIVINGSTONE’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles............................................................................. 5, 2X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Sacks.................................................................................... 1, 2X, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) TFL............................................................................................ 2.0, at Cincinnati (10/1/16)
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DE x Jr. x 6-4, 260 x Clearwater, Fla. x Countryside HS x
2016: Appeared in 11 games and started the last eight at the “Bull’ pass-rushing position …set career highs with 6.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, 26 total tackles, 12 solo tackles and two pass breakups…set a career high with five tackles against ECU (10/8) and SMU (11/19)…finished with a career high 2.5 tackles for loss against SMU (11/19)…set a career high with a sack to go along with four tackles against No. 13 Florida State (9/24)…broke up one pass and deflected another into an interception vs. UCF (11/26). 2015: Appeared in 12 games…totaled 10 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one pass break-up… recorded a season-high and career-high tying two tackles at No.11/8 Florida State (9/12) and at Navy (10/31)…also tallied his lone sack of the season at Florida Stat …deflected one pass in a 44-3, Thanksgiving night road win at UCF (11/26). 2014: Saw action in three games. 2013: Love appeared in the season opener against McNeese State…underwent surgery to repair a knee and did not play the rest of the season...a criminology major. LOVE - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 3-0 0 0 0 2015 11-0 4 6 10 2016 11-8 19 7 26 CAREER 25-8 23 13 36
TFL 0 1.5 6.0 7.5
SACKS 0-0 1.0-12 2.0-10 3.0-22
INT 0 0 0 0
PBU 0 1 2 3
FF 0 0 0 0
FR 0 0 0 0
LOVE’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles............................................................................................... 5, at SMU (11/19/16) Sacks.........................................................................1, 2X, last vs.Florida State (9/24/26) TFL................................................................................................. 2.5, at SMU (11/19/16)
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RB x Jr. x 6-0, 210 x Sarasota, Fla. x Booker HS x
THREE-TIME FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE (2016, 2015, 2014) 2016 MAXWELL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE 2016 WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE 2016 DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE LED AMERICAN CONFERENCE IN RUSHING (2014 & 2015) USF CAREER RUSHING RECORD (3,559 YARDS) USF RECORD 20 CAREER 100-YARD GAMES USF RECORD FOR CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE (4,045 YARDS) USF CAREER TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS RECORD (33) USF CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWS RECORD (32) SET USF SEASON RUSHING RECORD IN 2015 (1,381 YARDS) USF SEASON RECORD AVERAGE YARDS PER CARRY (6.6, 2016) USF & AMERICAN CONFERENCE GAME RECORD FOR RUSHING (275 YARDS) 2016: American Athletic Conference first-team selection…first three-time first team selection in program history… became USF’s all-time leading rusher with 3,559 career yards, which rank seventh among FBS rushers in state of Florida history…became the first Bull and only the third FBS player in state of Florida history to rush for 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons… set USF’s career all-purpose yards record with 4,045 yards… owns USF records with 20 career 100-yard rushing games and 32 career rushing touchdowns… averaging 7.06 yards per carry (10th in the nation)…posted 1,137 rushing yards, the fifthbest total in USF history…tied with Quinton Flowers for a USF season record with15 rushing touchdowns… rushed for 100 yards in seven games…caught a career-best 26 passes (second on team) for 215 yards…posted six touchdown runs of 40-plus yards, giving him 14 on his career…rushed for a season-high 155 yards and two touchdowns, including 43- and 56-yard TDs, against UCF (11/26)…rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries at SMU (11/19)…rushed for 125 yards on 11 carries and set a career high with an 85-yard touchdown run against Navy (10/28)…rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries and set a career high with 75 receiving yards against UConn (10/15)…rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries against ECU (10/8)…set a career high with nine receptions at Memphis (11/12)… posted 115 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries (12.6 ypc) in a 45-20 win at Syracuse (9/17)...had a 52-yard TD run in the game... ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries in a 45-20 win at Cincinnati (10/1)...became all-time career rushing leader with a spectacular 49-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.
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MIKE
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2015: First-team all-conference selection and named the team’s co-offensive MVP at the annual banquet…started and appeared in 12 games on the season, missing the SMU game with an injury…led the American Conference and set a school record with 1,381 yards rushing on 210 attempts....set a school record with nine 100-yard games, including five straight to end the season...his 6.6 yards per carry average tied the USF season record, led all AAC rushers and ranked 12th in the FBS...ran for eight touchdowns...ranked 19th in the nation in rushing yards, and 16th in yards per game (115.1) leading the conference in every category...caught 16 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown...led the team with 1,492 all-purpose yards (124.3 ypg), which ranked second in the conference...his 230 yards vs. Syracuse were the most in the conference on the year and the fourth-best mark in program history…had six runs of 30+ yards, including a 59-yard run at UConn and a 57-yard TD run vs. Temple...began the season with 23 carries for 131 yards in a 51-3 rout of FAMU (9/5)…followed that with an 83-yard rushing performance at No.11/8 Florida St. (9/12)…posted a 107-yard rushing game against Memphis (10/2)…registered 184 rushing yards, including two TDs, in a 45-24 homecoming win vs. Syracuse (10/10)…needed just 13 carries to post 113 yards in a 28-20 win at UConn (10/17)…logged 117 yards in a 2217 win at East Carolina (11/7)…fueled USF’s upset of No.21/21 Temple with 230 rushing yards, including two TDs, and three receptions for 42 yards and a TD (11/14)...his 272 all-purpose yards vs. Temple are the fourth-best mark in USF history…tallied 106 yards and two TD in a 65-27 thumping of Cincinnati (11/20)…completed the regular season with 102 yards in a 44-3 win at UCF (11/26)...ran for 108 yards on 17 carries in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21)...moved into second all-time on the USF career rushing chart with 2,422 yards, the fifth player to eclipse 2,000 yards in program history...his 2,693 all-purpose yards (2,422 rushing/271 receiving) rank seventh all-time at USF. 41
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2014: Mack started all 12 games at running back in his first season and recorded one of the best rushing seasons in USF history…named AAC Rookie of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection, Mack led the AAC, running for 86.8 yards per game and was one of three freshmen nationally to lead a conference in rushing…earned the Offensive MVP award for the program…recorded just the fourth 1,000-yard rushing season in program history, setting a new freshman record with 1,041 yards, the third-best total in program history…posted four 100-yard games, the most for a Bull since 2009…third in the AAC with nine rushing touchdowns and fifth averaging 5.15 yards per carry…added 21 receptions for 160 yards for 1,201 all-purpose yards…had five touchdowns runs of 54 yards or longer, including a season-long 75 yard TD run at Memphis (11/22)…exploded on the scene with an AAC record and USF record-tying 275 yards and four touchdowns vs. Western Carolina (8/30) with TD runs of 62, 60 and 54 yards…averaged 11.4 ypc on 24 carries, a USF record, in that game and added a reception for 5 yards for a USF record 280 all-purpose yards…followed with 73 yards on 23 carries vs. Maryland (9/6)…had 31 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown in a pouring rain in USF’s victory over UConn (9/19)…carried the ball 19 times for 130 yards and two touchdowns, including a 54-yard dash, in a win at Tulsa (10/18)…had 17 carries for 79 yards and one reception for 19 yards in a win at SMU (11/15)…posted 159 all-purpose yards at Memphis (11/22), running 16 times for 102 yards and a touchdown and catching a career-best eight passes for 57 yards. BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Johnnie Jones, a former USF defensive back (2001-05), at Booker HS…selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl… rated a four-star recruit by ESPN.com…first-team Associated Press Class 5A all-state selection…played on both sides of the ball, running for 1,527 yards and 19 touchdowns and catching eight passes for 139 yards and three touchdowns…also posted 110 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and four interceptions as a safety…named HTpreps.com Defensive Player of the Year…ran for 326 yards and three touchdowns vs. Bayshore, scoring on runs of 78, 60 and 53 yards…scored on a 51-yard touchdown run in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Game…ranked No. 15 on Bright House Networks Top 20 football players prior to his senior season…also received offers from Nebraska, Purdue and Indiana among others. PERSONAL: The son of Demetris Woods and Marlo Mack… has two older brothers, Deon and Marlo… hobbies include playing basketball and hanging out with friends...a communications major. MACK - CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG 2014 12-12 202 1,041 5.2 2015 12-12 210 1,381 6.6 2016 111-11 161 1,137 7.1 CAREER 35-35 573 3,559 6.2 RECEIVING YEAR REC YDS AVG TD 2014 21 160 7.6 0 2015 16 111 6.9 1 2016 26 215 8.3 0 CAREER 63 486 7.7 1 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS YEAR RUSH REC PR KR 2014 1,041 160 0 0 2015 1,381 111 0 0 2016 1,137 215 0 0 CAREER 3,559 486 0 0
TD 9 8 15 32
LONG 75 59 85 85
LONG 19 20 37 37 TOTAL 1,201 1,492 1,352 4,045
MACK’S CAREER HIGHS Rushes.......................................................................................... 31, vs. UConn (9/19/14) Rushing Yards...........................................................275, vs. Western Carolina (08/30/14) Long Rush.............................................................................. 85 (TD), vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing TDs..................................................................4, vs. Western Carolina (08/30/14) Receptions....................................................................................9, at Memphis (11/12/16) Receiving Yards........................................................................... 75, vs. UConn (10/15/16) All-Purpose Yards........................................................280, vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14)
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OL x So. x 6-4, 284 x Sarasota, Fla. x Booker HS x
2016: Converted from a defensive lineman to an offensive lineman...earned the No. 2-spot on the depth chart at right tackle...saw action in three games. BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Johnnie Jones at Booker ... a member of ESPN’s Top 300 prospects ... a second-team 4A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... tabbed first-team all-area by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune ... voted team captain ... finished the year with 14 sacks ... named Booker’s Most Improved Player as a junior ... posted 10 sacks. PERSONAL: Born March 11, 1994 ... Son of Michele Butler...a criminology major.
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WR x So. x 5-11, 215 x Niceville, Fla. x Niceville HS x
2016: Started eight of the 12 games he’s played in, emerging as a deep threat in the Gulf Coast Offense…set career highs with 21 catches for 359 yards (17.1 ypc) and four touchdowns on the year…third on the team in receiving yardage and fourth in receptions… set career highs with three catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns at SMU (11/19)… had a career long 65-yard touchdown catch at SMU…caught passes in nine games and at least three passes in four games…made two catches for 53 yards and a touchdown at Temple (10/21)… posted three catches for 46 yards and a touchdown at Memphis (11/12). 2015: Appeared in all 13 games…totaled seven receptions for 164 yards and two touchdowns…scored on catches of 57 and 34 yards..had receptions in five games...caught a 56-yard TD pass in a 45-24 homecoming weekend win over Syracuse (10/10)...had a career-best three catches for 88 yards and a touchdown in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21) vs. Western Kentucky...caught a 34-yard TD pass from D’Ernest Johnson in that game and also had a 41-yard reception. 2014: Redshirt season…injured his knee in practice and underwent corrective surgery. NICEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach John Hicks at Niceville HS…named a second-team Class 7A all-state selection and Daily News Large School Player of the Year in 2013…posted 818 receiving yards, 560 rushing yards, 540 return yards and 18 total touchdowns as a senior…helped lead Niceville to a 13-2 record and an appearance in the Class 7A state championship game in 2013…recorded 116 receptions, 1,730 receiving yards, 18 receiving touchdowns, 667 rushing yards, nine rushing touchdowns, 810 return yards and over 3,200 total yards with 30 total touchdowns in his varsity career…rated a three-star recruit by ESPN…rated No. 58 in the 2014 Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100… also had offers from Florida State, Georgia, Auburn, Louisville, Georgia Tech, N.C. State, California and Minnesota among others. PERSONAL: The son of Tonja McCants… completed a community outreach project with New Life Christian Ministries...a communications major. MCCANTS - CAREER STATISTICS Year G-GS REC YARDS TD 2015 13-0 7 164 2 2016 12-8 21 359 4 CAREER 25-8 28 523 6
LONG 56 65 65
REC/G 23.4 29.9 20.9
AVG/C 12.6 17.1 18.7
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McGEE
S x So. x 5-10, 197 x Miami, Fla. x Miami Northwestern HS x
2016: Appeared in 12 games, making seven starts at the “Striker” safety position and one at cornerback…Set career highs with 43 tackles (28 solo stops), 3.5 tackles for loss, an interception and a forced fumble…made his first-career interception at Cincinnati (10/1)… set career highs with nine tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and a forced fumble at SMU (11/19).
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2015: Appeared in 12 of the team’s 13 games…totaled 17 tackles (14 solo), including three tackles for loss and one recovered fumble…made his collegiate debut and recorded his first-career tackle in a 51-3 rout of FAMU (9/5)…posted a tackle for loss and recovered a fumble in the 38-14 win against SMU (10/24)...had a career-best five tackles and two tackles for loss in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21) vs. Western Kentucky. MIAMI NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit, McGee earned Florida AllState Class 6A honorable mention honors…selected for the Miami-Dade North vs. South All-Star Game… listed at No. 15 in the Miami Herald’s Miami-Dade Class of 2015 Top 25 Recruits this past fall…also received offers from Wisconsin, Rutgers, Akron, Marshall, Purdue, Mississippi State, Kentucky, West Virginia, Western Kentucky, Utah, FSU, FIU, Texas, Louisville, FAU… coached by Eddie Brown and Stephen Field at Miami Northwestern. PERSONAL: Born Sept. 12, 1997 in Broward County, Fla. ... Son of Angela Glass...a communications major. MCGEE - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 12-0 14 3 17 2016 12-9 28 14 42 CAREER 24-9 42 17 59
TFL 3.0 3.0 6.0
SACKS 0-0 0-0 0-0
INT 0 1 1
PBU 0 0 0
FF 0 1 1
FR 1 0 1
McGEE’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles.........................................................................5, vs. Western Kentucky (12/21/15) TFL...........................................................................2.0, vs. Western Kentucky (12/21/15) INT................................................................................................1, at Cincinnati (10/1/16) FF.....................................................................................................1, at SMU, (11/19/16)FR.....................................................................................................1, vs. SMU (10/24/15)
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MCCANTS’ CAREER HIGHS Receptions.............................................................................3, 3X, last at SMU (11/19/16) Receiving Yards..............................................................................105, at SMU (11/19/16) Long.........................................................................................65 (TD), at SMU (11/19/16) Receiving TD......................................................................................2, at SMU (11/19/16)
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WR x Sr. x 6-3, 188 x Port Charlotte, Fla. x Charlotte HS x
2016: Appeared in 11 games... made his first-career reception in the season opener against Towson (9/3). 2015: Appeared in 10 games, mostly on special teams. 2014: Saw action in 11 games and made one start on the year…made his first career start vs. N.C. State (9/13)…saw the bulk of action on special teams…earned the Academic Excellence Award…an American Athletic Conference All-Academic team selection…lettered. 2013: Mut appeared in five games, all in the final five games of the season, after an early season shoulder injury limited his action…saw action on special teams…earned American Athletic All-Academic honors.
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2012: Redshirted ... enrolled full time in January 2012 after greyshirting during fall 2011, while recovering from a knee injury ... participated in spring drills...earned BIG EAST All-Academic honors. CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Binky Waldrop at Charlotte ... a four-year starter, who was an all-state and three-time all-area selection ... posted 154 receptions for 2,610 yards (16.9 ypc) and 27 TDs as a wide receiver during his career ... also played defensive back and notched 103 tackles, 19 INTs, 29 PBU and two TDs ... named the area offensive player of the year as a senior ... tabbed first-team all-area and all-district ... voted team captain and MVP ... tallied 39 receptions for 686 yards (17.6 ypc) and nine TDs ... added 34 tackles, four INTs and 10 PBU ... earned second-team all-state and all-area honors as a junior ... posted 58 receptions for 1,014 yards (17.5 ypc) and 15 TDs ... added 12 tackles, two INTs, nine PBU and a TD on defense ... earned all-area honors as a defensive back as a sophomore ... made 37 receptions for 568 yards (15.4 ypc) and three TDs ... tallied 23 tackles, six INTs, seven PBU and a TD ... added 20 receptions for 342 yards and two TDs and 34 tackles, seven INTs and three PBU as a freshman ... also earned three letters in basketball and track and field ... a two-time captain for the basketball team ... a member of the 4A state track and field championship team ... finished seventh in the state long jump as a junior ... won region and district championships in the long jump ... helped the 4x400-meter relay to a third-place finish at the state meet and region and district championships. PERSONAL: Born in Ponta Gorda, Fla. ... son of Tom and Karen ... one sister, Taylor, who is a USF student ... a member of the 2012 BIG EAST All-Academic team ... a member of the honor roll and three-time scholastic award recipient ... tabbed the principal’s Student of the Year as a sophomore ... father, Tom, played wide receiver at Rhode Island ... is a conference all-academic honoree who is on pace to earn degrees in both cell and molecular biology as well as public health this December.
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2016: Kicked in all 10 games he played in before suffering an injury to his kicking leg vs. Navy (10/128/16)…missed the final three games of the season…is 7-for-7 in field goal attempts, including 2-for-2 from at least 40 yards out… made a season long 42-yard field goal at Syracuse (9/17) and Temple (10/21)…set a career high by going 8-for-8 on extra-point attempts against Towson (9/3)…ranks fourth on the team in scoring with 73 points, making 52 of 53 total kicks. 2015: Appeared in all 13 games, handling placekicking duties…totaled 15 made field goals in 23 attempts for a 65.2-percent success rate and 53-of-54 PAT…ranked sixth in the AAC in field goals (15), fifth in scoring (kick) (7.5 ppg), and fourth in PAT kicking percentage (98.1)...his 98 points scored on the year rank third all-time in a season at USF…third in conference play in field goals (12) and scoring (kick) (8.5)…converted on his first three field goals of the year and four of the first five…set a career-high with three made field goals (in three attempts) and 14 total points during a 44-23 upset win over No. 21/21 Temple (11/14)…14 points tied for sixth-best mark in a game at USF...recorded a career-long 49 yard field goal during a 65-27 thumping of Cincinnati (11/20)…made two tackles, including one at Maryland (9/19) and vs. Syracuse (10/10)….finished the regular season having made his last nine field goals, the third-longest streak In program history. 2014: In his first season on the field, Nadelman saw action in one game, kicking off three times for a 65.3 yard average vs. Western Carolina (8/30). 2013: A redshirt season. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Telly Lockette at Miami Central ... a three-year letterman, two-time all-state and three-time all-Dade honoree ... made 32-of-52 FGs and 211-of-215 PATs during his three seasons to score 307 points ... named 6A first-team all-state by The Associated Press as a senior ... tabbed all-Dade by the Miami Herald ... made 11-of-17 FGs, 69-of-70 PATs, scoring 102 points, and produced over 80 touchbacks ... also punted as a senior, averaging almost 40 yards per attempt, landing 13 inside the 20 ... helped Central to a 12-2 record and the 6A state title ... a first-team 6A all-state selection by The AP as a junior ... tabbed second-team all-Florida by the Orlando Sentinel ... named all-Dade by the Miami Herald ... made 16-of-23 FGs and 60-of-61 PATs to score 108 points ... a second-team all-Dade selection as a sophomore ... hit 5-of-12 FGs and 82-of-84 PATs for 97 points. PERSONAL: Born in Miami, Fla. ... son of Emilio Sr. and Soraya Nadelman ... has one brother, Jordan...a communications major. NADELMAN - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS FG PCT. LONG BLK PAT PTS 2015 13-13 15-23 65.2 49 1 53-54 98 2016 10-10 7-7 100.0 42 0 52-53 73 CAREER 23-23 22-30 73.3 49 1 105-107 171 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ 2015 0-0 4-5 5-6 6-11 0-1 2016 0-0 3-3 2-2 2-2 0-0 CAREER 0-0 7-8 7-8 8-13 0-1 NADLEMAN’S CAREER HIGHS Field Goals...........................................................................3-3, 2X last at UCF (11/26/15) Consecutive Field Goals........................................................................................ 9, (2015) Most Field Goals In A Season.............................................................................. 15 (2015) Long Field Goal.......................................................................49, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Consecutive PAT.................................................................................................. 35 (2015) Points In A Game.................................................................14 , 2X, last at UCF (11/26/15) Points In A Season.............................................................................................. 98, (2015) PAT................................................................................................ 8-8, vs. Towson (9/3/16)
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CB x So. x 5-10, 189 x Miami, Fla. x Miami Central HS x
MARCUS
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE BEDNARIK AWARD CANDIDATE JIM THORPE AWARD CANDIDATE 2015 FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE 2016: A second team all-conference selection…started all 12 games at cornerback and led the team with four interceptions and seven pass breakups…set a career high with four interceptions in consecutive seasons… made 47 total tackles (35 solo) and two tackles for loss…matched his career high with two interceptions at SMU (11/19)… intercepted a pass at Memphis and turned away three consecutive pass attempts inside the USF 10 in the closing seconds to secure the victory (11/12)…intercepted a pass at Syracuse (9/17)… made a season-high seven tackles against ECU (10/8) and UCF (11/26). 2015: First-team all-conference selection and received the team’s most improved player award at the annual banquet…started all 13 games at the cornerback position…fourth on the team with 62 tackles and tied for third with 8.5 tackles for loss...had a team-high four interceptions and added five pass break-ups, a team-best two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and a sack…ranked fifth in the AAC in interceptions (four) and 14th in passes defended (eight)…fourth in conference play in interceptions (three), 11th in passes defended (6)…recorded a sack, a season-high 2.5 tackles for loss, and forced a fumble in a 45-24 homecoming win vs. Syracuse (10/10)…set career high with nine tackles in a 38-14 victory over SMU (10/24)…forced a fumble at Navy (10/31)…logged eight tackles, two interceptions (returning one 29 yards for a touchdown) and a tackle for loss in a 65-27 thumping of Cincinnati (11/20). 2014: Nichols saw action in all 12 games as a true freshman and made his first career start at nickel back in a win at SMU (11/15)…logged eight tackles on the year…posted a season-high two tackles in his first game vs. Western Carolina (8/30)…had a tackle in six games. MIAMI CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Roland Smith at Miami Central HS…posted 20 tackles and intercepted three passes and blocked a field goal in 2013 at Miami Central HS before missing much of the season with an injury…logged 105 tackles, 12 interceptions and two forced fumbles on his career…played for one of the most successful programs in Florida as Miami Central won its second straight state championship in 2013 and third in the past four years while advancing to four consecutive state finals…Central was ranked No. 3 in the nation by USA Today…rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals…ranked No. 14 on the Miami Herald’s Class of 2014 Top 25 Miami-Dade recruits List…rated No. 69 on the Florida High School Football Class of 2014 Top 150 list…posted 40 tackles, six interceptions, two touchdowns and a fumble recovery as a junior, helping Central to the 6A state title…also ran track posting a 10.63 in the 100 meters and 22.07 in the 200…also had offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Clemson, Georgia, Rutgers, UCLA, LSU, Miami, Pittsburgh and Tennessee according to 247Sports.com and Rivals.com.
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Tackles.........................................................................8, 2X, last vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) TFL........................................................................................ 2.5, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15) Sacks........................................................................................ 1, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15) INT........................................................................................ 2, 2X, last at SMU (11/19/16) INT return for TD......................................................................1, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) FF......................................................................................... 1, 2x, last at Navy (10/31/15)
OL x RFr. x 6-6, 300 x Sebastian, Fla. x Sebastian River HS x
2016: Started eight games, including the past seven, at right tackle…helped the Gulf Coast Offense set school records with 71 touchdowns, 44 rushing touchdowns (third in the FBS), 3,501 rushing yards and 6,181 yards of total offense… helped the Bulls extend their nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 16…paved the way for USF to finish the regular season ranked fifth nationally in rushing offense (291.8 ypg), eighth in scoring offense (43.6 ppg) and ninth in total offense (515.1 ypg). 2015: A redshirt season.
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SEBASTIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit, Norman was named to the Florida All-State Class 7A Second Team…named an all-area honorable mention by Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers during his junior year…also received offers from FAU, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Michigan State, Middle Tennessee State, Temple… Coached by Kevin Pettis.
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PERSONAL: Majoring in engineering.
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PERSONAL: Born in Miami, Fla. …the son of La’wanda Nichols and Deatrick Nichols… has a sister, La’ Deatiea...a skilled caligraphy writer, a talent he learned from his father...a criminology major. NICHOLS - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 12-0 7 1 8 2015 13-13 48 14 62 2016 12-12 35 12 47 Career 37-25 90 27 117
TFL 0 8.5 2.0 10.5
SACKS 0-0 1.0-8 0 1.0-8
INT 0 4 4 8
PBU 0 5 7 12
FF 0 2 0 2
FR 0 1 0 1
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OL x Jr. x 6-3, 318 x Tampa, Fla. x Jesuit HS x
2016: Started all 12 games at center after winning the job in fall camp… 13 career starts… earned the team’s Offensive Lineman of the Year award…helped the Gulf Coast Offense set school records with 71 touchdowns, 44 rushing touchdowns (third in the FBS), 3,501 rushing yards and 6,181 yards of total offense… helped the Bulls extend their nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 16… paved the way for USF to finish the regular season ranked fifth nationally in rushing offense (291.8 ypg), eighth in scoring offense (43.6 ppg) and ninth in total offense (515.1 ypg). 2015: Appeared in six games as a backup to Dominique Threatt at the right guard position. 2014: Ruff started one game and saw action in two on the year…was number two on the depth chart at center behind three-year starter Austin Reiter, who missed just a handful of snaps over that span…started at left guard vs. Maryland (9/6)…lettered.
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2013: Redshirt season. JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by James Harrell at Jesuit ... a versatile, two-way player who was a three-year starter, all-state and two-time all-county selection ... played in the FACA North-South All-Star game ... a first-team 5A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... a first-team all-Suncoast and all-Hillsborough pick ... earned the team’s MVP award ... led the way for Jesuit to rush for 1,843 yards ... also posted 36 tackles, five sacks, 11 TFL and a fumble recovery ... ranked 46th in the Tampa Bay Times’ Top 100 and 34th in the Orlando Sentinel’s MidWest Super 60 entering his senior year ... a second-team All-Hillsborough selection as a junior ... posted 14 pancakes, 19 tackles, a sack and an INT ... helped the Tigers average 153 rushing yards per game ... led Jesuit to an 11-2 record and a berth in the regional finals ... earned the teams’ Iron Man award ... added 24 tackles, three sacks and seven TFL as a sophomore ... also lettered in track and field. PERSONAL: Born in Birmingham, Ala. ... moved to Tampa when he was 6 months old ... son of Calvin and Kim Ruff...a management major.
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SALOMON WRx Fr. x 6-3, 210 x Miami, Fla. x Miami Central x
2016: Saw action in eight games...made his first career catch vs. UConn (10/15)...had two catches for 14 yards on the year.r HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as a four-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals, Scout … rated as the 11th-best receiver in the state of Florida by Scout... rated as the No. 15 overall receiver recruit by ESPN… also received offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, FSU, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Miami, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, UCF, USC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington State, Temple…played for Roland Smith at Miami Central, which went 10-2 and won the Class 6A championship in 2015 … team MVP…named to the Florida All-State Class 6A Third Team as a senior… caught 32 passes for 527 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior... rated as the top recruit from Miami-Dade County by the Miami Herald...invited to the Rivals Five-Star Challenge… first-team All-Dade as a junior and senior… a four-year starter who was a part of two state championship teams… totaled 136 receptions for 2,565 yards and 31 touchdowns in his prep career…played his sophomore and junior seasons at Champagnat in Hialeah… played as a freshman at Hollywood Hills. PERSONAL: Born on July 3, 1997 in Miami…the son of Stephanie Salomon...a pre-business major.
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SALVATO
LS x Sr. x 5-11, 200 x Lakeland, Fla. x River Ridge HS x
2016: In his third season as the team’s primary long snapper… earned team’s Academic Excellence award after posting a 3.9 GPA in graduate classes… dependable long snapping enabled Jonathan Hernandez to rank eighth on USF’s season chart with 2,431 punting yards… made a tackle on punt coverage in the win over UCF (11/26). 2015: Earned a scholarship at the end of fall camp after walking onto the team... appeared in all 13 of the team’s games…his successful long snapping enabled punter Mattias Ciabatti to set the USF career punting yardage mark and assisted placekicker Emilio Nadelman to make 15 field goals, including his last nine in a row, and 53 of 54 PAT for 98 points.. completed his second-straight season without an error on a snap...recorded one tackle. 2014: In his first season as the Bulls’ primary long snapper, Salvato saw action in all 12 games and did not have an error on a snap…snapped for field goals, extra points and punts…Bulls had just one punt blocked when defenders pushed USF blockers back into the ball…recorded one tackle…lettered. VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: Played for coach Jeff Schaum...2012 team captain... first team all-county on defense as a senior...second team all-county as a specialist (snapper)....recorded 55 tackles, 9.0 sacks and four caused fumbles as a defensive lineman... second team all-county on defense as a junior...posted 102 career tackles, 15 sacks, two interceptions and two defensive touchdowns...earned four letters in football. PERSONAL: Born on March 15, 1994 in Plant City, Fla...the son of Joe and Sue Salvato... earned his USF undergraduate degree in business management last year and is on pace to earn a master’s degree in entrepreneurship in applied technology this spring. 46
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LB x Jr. x 6-2, 242 x St. Petersburg, Fla. x Northeast HS x
TWO-TIME SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTION (2015 & 2016) BUTKUS AWARD CANDIDATE 117 TACKLES IN 2015 ARE SECOND MOST EVER AT USF 7TH ON USF CAREER TACKLES CHART (294) 2016: Second-team all-conference selection… started all 12 games at “MIKE” linebacker, the quarterback of USF’s 4-2-5 defensive scheme… posted 100 tackles in consecutive sea-sons… leads the team with 111 tackles (61 solo) and 6.0 sacks, a career high… his 111 tackles rank seventh on USF’s single-season list… ranks second on the team with 8.0 tackles for loss to go along with an interception, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and three pass breakups… ranks seventh on USF’s all-time tackles list with 294 career stops… led the team in tackles against Towson (7), NIU (13), Syracuse (13), UConn (11) and SMU (14)…tied a career high with 14 tackles at SMU (11/19)… set a career high with 3.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss against UConn (10/15)… posted his second-career interception against UCF (11/26). 2015: A second-team all-conference selection… named the team’s Defensive MVP at the annual awards banquet…started all 13 games at middle linebacker…led the team in tackles in eight games...totaled a team-best 117 tackles, tied for second-most in a season in USF history...added 8.5 tackles for loss (tied for third-most), 0.5 sacks, one pass break-up and one fumble recovery…ranked fourth in the AAC in tackles (9.0 tpg)…ranked second in the AAC in conference play in tackles (81)...registered double-digit tackles in five contests…posted a team-best 10 tackles in season-opening witn over FAMU (9/4)...led the team with 12 tackles at Memphis (10/2)...assisted on his first career sack and notched nine tackles in a 45-24 Homecoming win over Syracuse (10/10)…posted nine tackles and recovered a fumble in a 38-14 victory over SMU (10/24)…set a new career-high with 14 tackles at Navy (10/31)...logged 11 tackles, including a career-best 3.0 tackles for a loss in a 22-17 road win at East Carolina (11/7)...led the team in tackles in the final three games, including posting nine vs. Cincinnati (11/20), eight at UCF (11/26) and 11 (10 solo) in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21). 2014: In his first season on the field, Sanchez started all 12 games at middle linebacker… earned Frank Morsani Leadership Award…finished fourth on the team with 65 tackles (36 solo) and added 2.0 tackles for loss, one interception, two pass break-ups and a recovered fumble…returned a fumble 21 yards for a touchdown and also had an interception to go with three tackles vs. Maryland (9/6)…posted three or more tackles in every game… logged a season-high 11 tackles to lead USF in a win at Tulsa (10/18)…had eight tackles at Cincinnati (10/24)…posted seven tackles vs. Houston (11/1) and vs. UCF (11/28)… had six tackles at Memphis (11/22)…averaged seven tackles per game over the final six games…lettered.
SACKS 0-0 0.5-2 6.0- 6.5-2
INT 1 0 1 2
PBU 2 1 3 6
FF 0 0 1 1
FR 1 1 1 3
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SANCHEZ
TFL 2.0 8.5 8.5 19.0
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AUGGIE
SANCHEZ - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 12-12 36 30 66 2015 13-12 73 44 117 2016 12-12 61 50 111 Career 37-36 170 124 294
SANCHEZ’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles................................................................................ 14, 2X, last at SMU (11/19/16) Sacks......................................................................................... 3.0, vs. UConn (10/15/16) TFL............................................................................................ 3.0, vs. UConn (10/15/16) FR.............................................................................1, 3X, last vs. Florida State (9/24/16) TD..................................................................................................1, vs. Maryland (9/6/14) INT....................................................................................... 1, 2X, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) PBU.........................................................................1, 4X, last vs. East Carolina (10/8/16)
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RB x Fr. x 5-11, 180 x Miami, Fla. x Southwest Miami HS x
OUTLOOK
2016: Appeared in eight games, carrying the ball and playing special teams...posted eight carries for 26 yards...made six tackles covering kickoffs. SOUTHWEST MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL: Rated a three-star recruit, Sands originally signed with USF in 2014… also received offers from West Virginia, Appalachian State, Akron and FIU…played for coach Timothy Neal at Southwest Miami HS…saw action as a quarterback …rushed 69 times for 447 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior…also posted a team-leading 27 catches for 413 yards and five touchdowns…rushed 93 times for 635 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2013…also had 21 catches for 572 yards and 65 total tackles… selected for the Miami-Dade North Vs. South All-Star Game… listed at No. 14 in the Miami-Herald’s Miami-Dade County Top 25 Recruits. PERSONAL: A criminology major.
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2013: A redshirt season. NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Mike Jalazo at Northeast ... a three-year starter who was a two-time all-state and three-time all-county selection ... tallied 298 tackles and 39 sacks during his three prep seasons ... an honorable mention 7A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... an all-Pinellas selection and an honorable mention all-Suncoast pick ... voted team captain ... posted 160 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 16 TFL, eight pressures, two INTs and a forced fumble ... ranked 34th in the Tampa Bay Times’ Top 100 entering his senior year ... a third-team 7A all-state selection by The AP as a junior ... a second-team all-Suncoast pick ... tallied 78 tackles, 18.5 sacks, 27 TFL, 13 pressures, an INT and two forced fumbles ... earned all-Pinellas and all-Tampa Bay honors as a sophomore ... recorded 60 tackles and 17 sacks ... also lettered in basketball. PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 21, 1994 in St. Petersburg, Fla. ... lived in Miami from ages 5-7 ... son of Suzanne Sanchez ... full name is Augustin Alberto Sanchez...brother, Armando, played football at USF from 2008-11 ... was a member of the National Honor Society...an avid fisherman who has caught six varieties of game fish in Tampa Bay and hopes to own his own charter boat one day...3.5 grade-point average in communications at USF. @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
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SAWTELLE LB x RFr. x 6-2, 220 x Jenson Beach, Fla. x Jensen Beach HS x
2016: Emerged as the backup at the “WILL” linebacker position… posted 16 tackles in 10 games, including a career-best four stops against Towson (9/3)…registered at least one tackle in seven games this season…recovered his first fumble in the season opener against Towson. JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit, Sawtelle posted 132 total tackles and 12 sacks as a senior on the way to Florida All-State Class 6A Third-Team honors… racked up 154 total tackles, 16 tackles for loss and 11 sacks as a junior… posted 359 career tackles, 25 sacks, four fumble recoveries and three interceptions...team captain... Scripps Super 11...team MVP...first team all-area...defensive MVP as a junior...third team all-state as a junior...three-time all-area pick...four-year letterman...three-year letterman in track...also received offers from Central Connecticut State, Colgate, FIU, FAU, Southern Illinois.
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DT x Jr. x 6-1, 315 x Immokalee, Fla. x Immokalee HS x
2016: Second-team all-conference selection… earned team’s Defensive MVP award… started 11 games at defensive tackle… led USF defensive linemen and tied his career high with 46 tackles… his 32 solo tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and a sack are also career highs… made a career-high 10 tackles at Syracuse (9/17)… posted his first-career sack at Temple (10/21)… registered tackles in 11 games this season. 2015: Appeared in 12 of 13 games, including 10 starts at the DT position…46 tackles, led defensive linemen and ranked fifth-most on the team...added 5.5 tackles for loss, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble…recorded eight tackles at No.11/8 Florida St. (9/12)… set a career high with nine tackles at Maryland (9/19)…career-best 1.5 tackles for loss in a 45-24 homecoming win over Syracuse (10/10)…logged four tackles and recovered a fumble in a 38-14 win against SMU (10/24)…tied his season-high mark of 1.5 tackles for loss and added a forced fumble in a 22-17 road win at East Carolina (11/7).
PERSONAL: Born June 13, 1996 in Stuart, Fla....the son of Lisa and Mike Sawtelle...a fouryear honor roll student...involved in community service – Meals On Wheels, Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Relay For Life and fostered dogs...has a younger brother, Makai, and two younger sisters, Kiana and Naiya...father, Mike, wrestled at West Virginia...mother, Lisa, played volleyball and ran track at Hillsdale College...a public health major.
2014: In his first season on the field, Senat started two games and saw action in all 12… posted 18 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss on the year…made his first career start at Wisconsin (9/27) and also started in the Bulls’ win at Tulsa (10/18), making a season-high six tackles in that game…posted tackles in seven games…had three tackles vs. N.C. State (9/13)…lettered.
SAWTELLE - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT TFL SACKS INT PBU FF FR 2016 10-0 11 5 16 0 0 0 0 0 1
2013: Redshirt season.
SAWTELLE’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles............................................................................................. 4, vs. Towson (9/3/16) TFL.................................................................................................................................... Sacks................................................................................................................................. FR.................................................................................................. 1, vs. Townson (9/3/16)
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IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Jerrod Ackley at Immokalee ... a two-way standout that started on both sides of the ball ... tallied 156 tackles, four sacks, 12.5 TFL, 11 pressures, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries over his final two prep seasons ... tabbed Medium Schools All-American by Max Preps ... a first-team 5A all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior ... a first-team all-area honoree ... posted 89 tackles, three sacks, 6.5 TFL, six pressures, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries ... also had five pancake blocks on offense ... led the Indians to an 11-4 record and a trip to the state championship game ... ranked eighth on the Orlando Sentinel’s MidWest Super 60 list entering his final season ... a second-team 5A all-state selection by The AP as a junior ... named Naples Daily News Defensive Player of the Year ... tabbed first-team all-area and all-county ... tallied 67 tackles, a sack, six TFL, five pressures, two PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... also had 18 pancake blocks on offense ... helped Immokalee to an 11-2 record and a berth in the regional final ... added 21 tackles, three TFL, a pressure and a forced fumble as a sophomore. PERSONAL: Born in Naples, Fla. ... the son of Guy Senat...interdisciplinary social sciences major. SENAT - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 12-2 8 10 18 2015 12-10 27 19 46 2016 11-11 32 14 46 Career 35-23 67 43 110
TFL 0.5 5.5 6.0 12.0
SACKS 0-0 0-0 1.0 1.0
INT 0 0 0 0
PBU 0 0 0 0
FF 0 1 0 1
FR 0 1 0 1
SENAT’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles........................................................................................10, at Syracuse (9/17/16) Sacks.......................................................................................... 1.0, at Temple (10/21/16) TFL........................................................................................ 1.5, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15) FR............................................................................................. 1, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15)
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the area offensive MVP ... earned the team’s courage award ... led Pensacola to the 2009 3A state championship ... posted 1,065 passing yards and 10 TDs ... rushed for 956 yards and eight TDs ... also lettered in basketball, baseball and track and field.
OL x So. x 6-3, 303x Miami, Fla. x Miami Central HS x
2016: Saw action in one game as the team’s backup left guard. 2015: Did not see action. 2014: Redshirt season. MIAMI CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Roland Smith at Miami Central HS...previously coached by former USF running backs coach Telly Lockette at Central…named a second-team Class 6A all-state selection…No. 34 on the 2014 Miami-Dade Top 50 list… helped lead Miami Central to a 13-1 record and second consecutive state championship as well as a No. 3 national ranking by USA Today in 2013…rated a three-star recruit by Rivals. com…rated the 47th-best guard nationally by ESPN.com…played for one of the most successful programs in Florida as Miami Central won its second-straight state championship in 2013 and third in the past four years while advancing to four consecutive state finals… also had an offer from Arkansas among others. PERSONAL: The son of Michael and Davrye Smith ... Born Nov. 6, 1995 in Fort Pierce, Fla... .interdisciplinary social sciences major.
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SPENCER DB x Sr. x 6-0, 183 x Pensacola, Fla. x Pensacola HS x
2016: Appeared in all 12 games, posting five tackles… registered a tackle against Towson, Florida State, East Carolina, SMU and UCF. 2015: Appeared in 10 games…totaled five tackles and one interception...set season high with three tackles and an interception in a 51-3 rout of FAMU (9/5) in the season-opener… recorded two tackles in a 44-23 upset win over No. 21/21 Temple (11/14). 2014: Spencer saw action in the final four games of the season, mostly on special teams, after battling injuries during the first part of the year…lettered. 2013: Medical redshirt...appeared in the season opener against McNeese State (8/31) recording two tackles before separating his shoulder and missing the remainder of the season. 2012: Redshirted. PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Mike Bennett at Pensacola ... ranked 90th on Florida Varsity’s list of top players in the state ... invited to play in the Florida vs. Georgia all-star game and the Florida all-star game ... a three-time all-state performer ... also a three-year captain ... was 30-1 as a starter ... passed for 3,541 yards and 30 TDs, while rushing for 3,261 yards and 37 TDs during his three-year career ... an all-state selection as a senior ... the Northwest Florida MVP ... tabbed a Super Senior by the Pensacola News Journal ... threw for 1,365 yards and 11 TDs ... rushed for 1,063 yards and 13 TDs ... also posted four INTs, returning two for TDs ... an all-state selection as a junior ... Pensacola all-area MVP ... a Pensacola News Journal Super Junior ... tallied 1,111 passing yards and nine TDs ... rushed for 1,242 yards and 16 TDs ... an all-state selection as a sophomore ... @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
SPENCER - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2014 5-0 1 1 2 2015 10-0 4 1 5 2016 12-0 3 2 5 Career 27-0 8 4 12
TFL 0 0 0 0
SACKS 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
INT 0 1 0 1
PBU 0 0 0 0
FF 0 0 0 0
FR 0 0 0 0
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PERSONAL: Born in Pensacola, Fla. ... son of Tawanna Spencer and Maurice Standfield ... has three brothers, KD, Jair and Quan, and three sisters, Majesty, Countey and Kahin ... earned his degree in communications last summer and is pursuing a master’s degree in criminology.
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SPENCER’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles................................................................................................3, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) TFL.....................................................................................................................................INT......................................................................................................1, vs. FAMU (9/5/15)
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LB x So. x 6-1, 215 x Fort Lauderdale, Fla. x Amos P. Godby HS x
OUTLOOK PLAYERS COACHES
2016: The backup at “MIKE” linebacker and a strong special teams player … played in 11 games…set career highs with 23 tackles (18 solo) and a tackle for loss…posted a season-high five tackles against Syracuse (9/17/16) and SMU (11/19/16)…registered his first-career tackle for loss against NIU (9/10). 2015: Appeared in 12 of 13 games, playing special teams and linebacker…totaled 10 tackles…made his collegiate debut with one tackle in a 51-3 rout of FAMU (9/12)…set a career high with six tackles at No.11/8 Florida St. (9/12)...tallied tackles in contests at Maryland (9/19), at UConn (10/17) and in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21).
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AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL: Rated a three-star recruit and No. 34 outslde linebacker in the nation by Rivals…ranked among the Florida Final Top 100 recruits…third-team Florida Class 5A All-State selection…posted 65 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss and six sacks while recovering two fumbles, one for a touchdown, in his senior season…also caught two passes for 49 yards and a touchdown…a Sun Sentinel All-County First Team selection as a junior after registering 114 tackles and 14 sacks at Cypress Bay HS (Fort Lauderdale)… was a three-year starter for the Cypress Bay before transferring to Godby HS (Tallahassee) for his senior season. PERSONAL: A communications major. THOMAS - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 12-0 6 4 10 2016 11-0 18 5 23 Career 23-0 24 9 33
TFL 0 1.0 1.0
SACKS 0-0 0 0-0
INT 0 0 0
PBU 0 0 0
FF 0 0 0
FR 0 0 0
THOMAS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles..................................................................................... 6, at Florida State (9/12/15) Sacks................................................................................................................................. TFL....................................................................................................1.0, vs. NIU (9/10/16)
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THOMAS S x So. x 6-3, 196 x Immokalee, Fla. x Immokalee HS x
2016: Appeared in all 12 games with four starts at the “Rover” safety position…set a career high with 50 total tackles (38 solo), good for fifth on the team…set career highs with 3.0 tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup…aet a career high with seven tackles against Towson and UConn… finished with a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack against UConn (10/15)… posted seven tackles and his first-career fumble recovery against Towson (9/3)… forced his first fumble and made five tackles at Cincinnati (10/1). 2015: Appeared in six games…totaled seven tackles….made his collegiate debut with a career-best two tackles in a 51-3 rout of FAMU (9/12)…finished the regular season setting a new career-high with five tackles in a 44-3 Thanksgiving road win at UCF (11/26).
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IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOL: A two-star recruit, Thomas was named to the Florida Class 5A All-State Third Team…named to News-Press All-Area Defense First Team after leading the Indians with 124 total tackles along with six pass breakups, two blocked field goals, two forced fumbles and an interception as a senior… reunited with former Immokalee teammates D’Ernest Johnson and Jimmy Bayes…coached by Rich Dombroski…also received offers from Illinois, Navy. PERSONAL: Born June 7, 1997 in Tyler, Texas ... Son of John and Tameja Thomas...a health sciences major. THOMAS- CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 6-0 2 5 7 2016 12-4 38 12 50 Career 18-4 40 17 57
TFL 0 3.0 3.0
SACKS 0-0 1.0 1.0
INT 0 0 0
PBU 0 1 1
FF 0 1 1
FR 0 1 1
THOMAS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles..............................................................................7, 2X, last vs. UConn (10/15/16) Sacks...........................................................................................1.0 vs. UConn (10/15/16) TFL.............................................................................................2.0, vs. UConn (10/15/16) FR.....................................................................................................1, vs. Towson (9/3/16) FF.................................................................................................1, at Cincinnati (10/1/16)
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THREATT OL x Sr. x 6-1, 323 x Atlanta, Ga. x Tri-Cities HS x
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTION TIED USF RECORD SQUATING 700 POUNDS DURING THE SUMMER 2016: Second-team all-conference selection…started all 12 games at right guard…one of four linemen to start all 12 games this season…started all 25 games the past two seasons…helped the Gulf Coast Offense set school records with 71 touchdowns, 44 rushing touchdowns (third in the FBS), 3,501 rushing yards and 6,181 yards of total offense… helped the Bulls extend their nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 16…paved the way for USF to finish the regular season ranked fifth nationally in rushing offense (291.8 ypg), eighth in scoring offense (43.6 ppg) and ninth in total offense (515.1 ypg). 2015: Started all 13 games at the right guard position…guided running back Marlon Mack to back-to-back 1,000 yard rushing seasons, only the fifth time a Bull has reached 1,000 yards in a season in program history…helped Mack achieve 100+ rushing yards in a record nine games on the year…blocked for a school-record 3,205 rushing yeards and season-record 1,381 rushing yard for Mack...created openings for quarterback Quinton Flowers to achieve a quarterback rushing record of 201 yards vs. SMU (10/24). 2014: Started one game and played in six at the guard position…was number two on the depth chart at right guard behind junior Brynjar Gudmundsson…lettered. 2013: Threatt appeared in seven games and started six at right guard as a true freshman…was on the field for a total of 346 plays…first start came vs. No. 15 Miami (9/28) helping senior running back Marcus Shaw to run for 127 yards and one TD...started sixstraight games with starts in wins vs. Cincinnati (10/5) and at UConn (10/12) as well as vs. Louisville (10/26), at Houston (10/31) and vs. Memphis (11/16)… lettered. TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Kenneth Miller at Tri-Cities ... a versatile twoway player who earned all-state, all-region and all-metro honors ... was a two-time team captain ... a first-team all-region selection along the offensive line as a senior ... earned first-team all-area honors on the defensive line from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... a first-team all-state selection by the AJC and a second-team choice by The Associated Press as a junior ... tabbed all-metro on the offensive line by the AJC ... helped Tri-Cities to a 10-3 record and a trip to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs ... the 10 wins were a school record. PERSONAL: Born in Birmingham, Ala. ... raised by Angela and Tyrone Strozler ... has one brother, Walter...a sociology major on pace to graduate this spring.
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WR x Jr. x 6-5, 205 x St. Petersburg, Fla. x Lakewood HS x NC State x
2016: Started all 12 games in his breakout, debut season with the Bulls…ranks fourth on the team with 21 catches for 401 yards and is tied for the team lead with five TD receptions… hauled in a career-long 77-yard TD catch on the first play from scrimmage and finished with two catches for a career-best 84 yards at SMU (11/19)…caught two passes for 26 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown against Navy (11/28)…caught a 26yard touchdown pass against UConn (11/15)…caught three passes for 79 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown, in the season opener against Towson (9/3)…caught touchdown passes in five different games. 2015: Redshirt season...won Scout Team Award on offense. 2013-2014 (NC STATE): He went on to log 44 receptions for 538 yards in his two seasons with the Wolfpack ... caught 22 passes for 257 yards and one touchdown for the N.C. State in 2014 while starting the first eight games of the season ... one of six N.C. State receivers to post 20 or more receptions on the year ... posted three catches for 33 yards in N.C. State’s victory over USF in Raymond James Stadium and followed that game with a season-best four catches for 55 yards and a touchdown in a win over Presbyterian, one of two games in which he led the team in receiving ... posted at least one reception in nine games for the Wolfpack, and two or more in seven games ... had one catch for 13 yards in N.C. State’s 34-27 victory over UCF in the Bitcoin-St. Petersburg Bowl ... in 2013, was one of four true freshmen to start a game for the Wolfpack and at one point led the team in receiving early in the year before missing a pair of games with injury ... started three games on the year, logged 22 receptions for 281 yards and posted a reception in seven games ... led the team with a season-best, eight receptions for 87 yards in the Wolfpack’s victory over Richmond and had four catches for 87 yards in his collegiate debut vs. Louisiana Tech. LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: Posted 50 receptions for 800 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior...28 receptions for 600 yards and six touchdowns as a junior...earned all-state and all-county honors in football and track...team captain...helped lead track team to 2013 Class 2A state championship with USF teammate Rodney Adams...part of 2012 Class 2A 4X400 state championship relay team. PERSONAL: Born Oct. 10, 1994 in St. Petersburg, Fla. ... Son of Marcellus and Tahisia Scantling...majoring in communications and sports management. VALDES-SCANTLING - CAREER STATISTICS Year GP-GS REC YDS AVG 2013 (NCST) 10-3 22 281 12.8 2014 (NCST) 13-8 22 257 11.7 2015 REDSHIRT-TRANSFER 2016 12-12 21 401 19.1 TOTALS 35-23 65 939 14.4
TD LONG AVG/G 0 28 28.1 1 42 19.8 5 6
77 77
33.4 26.8
VALDES-SCANTLING’S CAREER HIGHS Receptions............................................................................................5, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Receiving Yards..............................................................................105, at SMU (11/19/16) Long.........................................................................................65 (TD), at SMU (11/19/16) Receiving TD.........................................................................1, 6X, last at SMU (11/19/16)
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DB x Sr. x 6-0, 178 x Moultrie, Ga. x Colquitt County HS x
2016: Appeared in all 12 games with five starts…heads into the bowl game with 31 tackles, five off his career high set in 2014…posted a tackle for loss, an interception and two pass breakups… returned an interception 11 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter against Cincinnati (10/1)… made a season-high five tackles against No. 13 FSU (9/24).
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MARQUEZ
2015: Appeared in 12 of 13 games, including two starts…totaled 31 tackles, a sack and one pass break-up…made his first start of the season, making two tackles in a 51-3 rout of FAMU (9/5)…also started and tallied a season-high four tackles and a career-high tying one pass break-up in the contest at No.11/8 Florida St. (9/12)...slowed by injuries much of the middle of the season...posted four tackles and his first career sack in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/21). 2014: Ward started seven games and played in 10….slowed by an ankle injury late in the year…posted 36 tackles (27 solo), 1.0 tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and a recovered fumble…tied for the team lead with two interceptions…had a season high seven tackles and an interception vs. No. 19 ECU (10/11)…picked off a pass and recovered a fumble to go with three tackles vs. Maryland (9/6)…had six tackles vs. Western Carolina (8/30) and at Wisconsin (9/27)…posted five tackles vs. UCF (11/28)…recorded a tackle in every game he played.… lettered. 2013: Ward appeared in all 12 games and started three in his true freshman season... posted 32 tackles with two tackles for loss and one interception…led the team with five pass break-ups and added a forced fumble and one fumble recovery…made his first-career start in the dime package at Houston and logged a season high seven tackles with one tackle for loss and a fumble recovery…also had starts vs. SMU (11/23) and at Rutgers (12/7)…had six tackles vs. No. 15 Miami (9/28)…had four tackles at Michigan State (9/7) and four tackles and a forced fumble at No. 17 UCF (11/29)…grabbed USF’s first interception of the season in the opener vs. McNeese State (8/31)…posted a tackle in 10 of 12 games… lettered. COLQUITT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Rush Propst at Colquitt County ... an allstate and all-region selection ... tallied 145 tackles, seven sacks, two INTs and nine PBU over his final two prep seasons ... an honorable mention 6A all-state selection as a senior ... named first-team all-region ... posted 81 tackles, six sacks, five TFL, an INT, four PBU, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... helped Colquitt County to a 10-4 record and a trip to the state semifinals ... tallied 64 tackles, a sack, an INT, five PBU, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries as a junior ... helped the Packers to an 11-3 record and a berth in the state semifinals.
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PERSONAL: Born in Moultrie, Ga. ... raised by Brandy Roberts... a criminology major on pace to graduate in this spring. WARD - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2013 12-3 17 15 32 2014 10-7 27 9 36 2015 12-2 22 9 27 2016 12-5 19 12 31 Career 36-17 85 45 130
TFL 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 5.0
SACKS 0-0 0-0 1-0 0 1-0
INT 1 2 0 1 4
PBU 5 3 1 2 11
FF 1 0 0 0 1
FR 1 1 0 0 2
WARD’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles.................................................................................7, vs. East Carolina (10/11/14) Sacks................................................................1, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) TFL..................................................................................1, 4X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) FR................................................................................. 1, twice, last vs. Maryland (9/6/14) FF....................................................................................................... 1, at UCF (11/29/13) INT..................................................................................1, 4X, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16)) @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
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TE x RFr. x 6-4, 243 x Tarpon Springs, Fla. x Tarpon Springs HS x
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE 2016: Second-team all-conference selection…emerged as the team’s top tight end, starting the last seven games of the regular season…proved to be a devastating blocker on the edge springing numerous big plays for the Bulls…caught 11 passes for 265 yards (24.1 ypc) and two touchdowns…started his career with a 21-yard touchdown catch against Towson (9/3)… made a career long 52-yard reception against No. 13 FSU (9/24)…caught two passes for 38 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown, against UConn (10/15). 2015: Redshirt season.
OUTLOOK PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY USF
MAZZI
MITCHELL
TARPON SPRING HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit, Wilcox was a two-way prep player in the Bay Area that earned all-state honorable mention honors…made the All-Big County Preps First-Team Offense as a tight end by catching 21 passes for 347 yards and three touchdowns…posted 61 total tackles and 17.5 tackles for loss as a senior… also received offers from Ball State, James Madison, Miami (Ohio)… coached by Ron Hawn. PERSONAL: A pre-general business major. WILCOX - CAREER STATISTICS Year GP-GS REC YDS 2016 12-7 11 265
AVG TD LONG AVG/G 24.1 2 52 22.1
WILCOX’S CAREER HIGHS Receptions...................................................................... 2, 2X, last at Memphis (11/12/16) Receiving Yards....................................................................52, vs. Florida State (9/24/16) Receiving TD....................................................................1, 2X, last vs. UConn (10/15/16) Long.....................................................................................52, vs. Florida State (9/24/16)
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DB x Fr. x 6-0, 170 x Tampa, Fla. x Plant HS x
2016: Saw action in 11 games playing special teams and defensive back...posted 9 tackles...has a season high three tackles vs. Florida State (9/24) and UConn (10/15). 2015: Appeared in 11 of 13 games playing special teams and cornerback…totaled 20 tackles and one pass break-up…recorded multiple tackles in five contests…set a season high with five tackles in a road game at Maryland (9/19)...had three tackles in each of the first two games of the season vs. FAMU (9/5) and at Florida State (9/12). 2014: Redshirt season. PLANT HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Robert Weiner at Plant HS…named second team All-Hillsborough County in 2013…posted 67 tackles, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery as a senior…helped lead Plant to an 11-2-1 record and Class 8A state semifinals in 2013…recorded 121 tackles, 41 pass deflections, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception for his career…rated a three-star recruit by ESPN.com…also had offers from UCF, Rutgers, Syracuse, UConn and Bowling Green. PERSONAL: The son of Geneala Broome… family member, Billy Jackson, played football at Mississippi State… hobbies include fishing. WILKINS - CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS SOLO AST TOT 2015 11-0 12 8 20 2016 11-0 6 3 9 CAREER 22-0 18 11 29
TFL 0.0 0.0 0.0
SACKS 0-0 0 0
INT 0 0 0
PBU 1 0 1
FF 0 0 0
FR 0 0 0
WILKINS’ CAREER HIGHS Tackles...........................................................................................5, at Maryland (9/19/15) TFL.....................................................................................................................................INT......................................................................................................................................PBU...............................................................................................1, at Maryland (9/19/15)
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TE x Gr. x 6-3, 237 x Seminole, Fla. x Indian Rocks Christian HS x
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WR x Sr. x 6-0, 185 x Tampa, Fla. x Plant HS x Western Kentucky x
BAYES
LB x So. x 6-3, 225 x Immokalee, Fla. x Immokalee HS x
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JOSH
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LB x So. x 6-2, 247 x Tampa, Fla. x Sickles HS x OUTLOOK PLAYERS
DEANGELO
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ANTOINE
WR x RFr. x 5-10, 180 x Orlando, Fla. x Oak Ridge HS x
STANLEY
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BILLY
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ATTERBURY
OL x RFr. x 6-4, 295 x Clearwater, Fla. x Clearwater Central Catholic HS x
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WR x So. x 5-10, 175 x Jacksonville, Fla. x Trinity Christian Academy x @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
WR x So. x 6-3, 200 x North Miami, Fla. x North Miami HS x
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CHRIS
BARR
CLERVEAUX
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DIXON
S x RFr. x 6-3, 207 x Port Charlotte, Fla. x Port Charlotte HS x
DeVONTRES
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DUKES
WR x Fr. x 6-4, 203 x Tampa, Fla. x Wharton HS x 53
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FERGUSON S x So. x 5-9, 183 x Tampa, Fla. x Sickles HS x
BRENT
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CHRISTION
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GAINER
OL x Fr. x 6-6, 310 x Panama City, Fla. x Bay Senior HS x
GORDON
P x So. x 6-3, 198 x Jacksonville, Fla. x Mandarin HS x
ZAYBREION
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GUNTER
RB x Sr. x 5-10, 210 x Baldwin, Fla. x Baldwin HS x Ellsworth JC
OUTLOOK PLAYERS
CAMERON
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GERGLEY DB x So. x 6-0, 175 x Orlando, Fla. x Winter Park HS x
MICHAEL
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HAMPTON DB x Fr. x 6-1, 180 x Tampa, Fla. x Hillsborough HS x
MEDIA
DONOVAN
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WR x RFr. x 6-6, 197 x Tampa, Fla. x Newsome HS x
RYAN
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MARLON
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GONZALEZ DT x RFr. x 6-4, 280 x Cape Coral, Fla. x North Fort Myers HS x
HINTZE
TE x Jr. x 6-6, 235 x Bradenton, Fla. x Braden River HS x SCF Manatee-Sarasota
AUSTIN
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HUDSON
S x So. x 6-2, 209 x Tampa, Fla. x Plant HS x Wisconsin x
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2016 USF BULLS
DE x So. x 6-4, 243 x Birmingham, Ala. x Parker HS x Hinds CC x
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JOHNSON
DE x So. x 6-5, 235 x Woodville, Miss. x Wilkinson City HS x Hinds CC
MACK
RB x Fr. x 6-0, 215 x Punta Gorda, Fla. x Charlotte HS x
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ELIJAH
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LaDARRIUS
ARMUNZ
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MATHEWS
DB x Fr. x 6-0, 190 x Tallahassee, Fla. x North Florida Christian HS x OUTLOOK
DEVON
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JONES-STEWART S x Sr. x 6-1, 193 x Lake Mary, Fla. x Lake Mary HS x Stetson
NICHOLAS
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A.J.
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LEGREE
WR x Sr. x 6-1, 198 x Fort White, Fla. x Fort White HS x Kentucky x
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OL x Fr. x 6-4, 270 x Davenport, Fla. x Ridge Community HS x @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
DE x So. x 6-5, 236 x Tampa, Fla. x King HS x
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MATT
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LOGAN
MacDONALD
MUNERA
PLAYERS
NELSON
OL x Fr. x 6-2, 286 x Ocala, Fla. x Trinity Catholic HS x
CHRIS
10
OLADOKUN QB x Fr. x 6-2, 184 x Tampa, Fla. x Sickles HS x
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TYLER
DYLAN
WR x RFr. x 5-10, 168 x Riverdale, Ga. x Ola HS x
LS x Jr. x 6-3, 242 x New Port Richey, Fla. x River Ridge HS x Stetson
RUTLEDGE
PIPPENS
ANDRE
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POLK, Jr.
LB x Fr. x 6-4, 215 x Fort Myers, Fla. x South Fort Myers HS x
TRENT
39
SHAW
LB x RFr. x 6-2, 200 x Lutz, Fla. x Steinbrenner HS x
OUTLOOK PLAYERS
GREG
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41 82
REAVES
LB x RFr. x 6-2, 225 x Bradenton, Fla. x Manatee HS x Air Force Prep Acad.
RILEY
40
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FB x RFr. x 6-3, 231 x Sarasota, Fla. x Riverview HS x
JORDAN
SHANNON
WR x So. x 5-10, 170 x Tampa, Fla. x Plant HS x
DB x Sr. x 6-1, 180x Brandon, Fla. x Armwood HS x Concordia Univ.
REED
SMITH
LAMAR
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SHEEHAN
ROBBINS DB x Sr. x 6-2, 200 x Miami, Fla. x South Ridge HS x
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STANLEY
LB x Fr. x 6-2, 225 x Cape Coral, Fla. x North Fort Myers HS x @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
2016 USF BULLS
WR x RFr. x 5-11, 184 x Lutz, Fla. x Hillsborough HS x Weber International
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DARIUS
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TICE
RB x Sr. x 5-10, 211 x Miami, Fla. x Miami Northwestern HS x
WEST
OL x Fr. x 6-2, 296 x Orlando, Fla. x The First Academy HS x
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TREY
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TREVOR
MICHAEL
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WIGGS
OL x Fr. x 6-3, 290 x Lakeland, Fla. x Lake Gibson HS x OUTLOOK PLAYERS
CRAIG
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WATTS
DB x Fr. x 6-0, 190 x St. Petersburg, Fla. x Admiral Farragut HS x
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MARCUS
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WINGATE WR x Jr. x 5-8, 185 x Boyne City, Mich. x East Jordan HS x
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HEAD COACH
USF FOOTBALL
CHARLIE STRONG Appointed at USF on Dec. 11, 2016 7th Season Overall (53-37) Central Arkansas, 1982
2016
1 OF 13
Strong is one of 13 African-American FBS head coaches in college football and is one of two such coaches in The American. Joining Strong on the list are Dino Babers (Syracuse), James Franklin (Penn State), Paul Haynes (Kent State), Mike Jinks (Bowling Green), Derek Mason (Vanderbilt), Scottie Montgomery (East Carolina), David Shaw (Stanford); Lovie Smith (Illinois), Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M), Willie Taggart (Oregon), Frank Wilson (UTSA) and Everett Withers (Texas State).
STRONG TAKES OVER BULLS
A strong recruiter and one of the best defensive minds in college football, Charlie Strong was named the fourth head coach in USF football program history by USF Director of Athletics Mark Harlan on Dec. 11, 2016. The announcement was met with tremendous excitement from the Bulls faithful and nearly universal acclaim from national and local media outlets. More than 600 packed a standing room only ballroom for his introduction. A two-time Big East Coach of the Year while at Louisville, Strong was also a vital part of two national championships as defensive coordinator at the University of Florida. He also had head coaching stints at the University of Texas (2014-16) and the University of Louisville (2010-13). Strong’s appointment at USF returned him to the state of Florida, where he previously spent 15 of his 34 seasons as a collegiate coach.
STRONG AT A GLANCE
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
STRONG RECORD AS HEAD COACH SEASON W L PCT. NOTES 2010 (LOUIS) 7 2011 (LOUIS) 7 2012 (LOUIS) 11 2013 (LOUIS) 12 2014 (TEX) 6 2015 (TEX) 5 2016 (TEX) 5 TOTALS 53
6 6 2 1 7 7 7 37
.538 .538 .846 .923 .461 .416 .416 .588
Beef O’Brady’s Bowl (W) Belk Bowl (L) Sugar Bowl (W) Russell Athletic Bowl (W) Texas Bowl (L) top 10 recruit class top 10 recruit class 5 Bowl games
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STRONG FILE EDUCATION
• B.S. in education, Central Arkansas (1982)
FOOTBALL COACHING EXPERIENCE
• 2016-present: Head Coach, USF • 2014-16: Head Coach, Texas • 2010-13: Head Coach, Louisville • 2008-09: Assoc. Head Coach/Def. Coord., Florida • 2005-07: Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord., Florida • 2004: Interim Head Coach/Def. Coord., Florida • 2003: Def. Coordinator/Def. Ends, Florida • 1999-2002: Def. Coordinator, South Carolina • 1995-98: Defensive Line, Notre Dame • 1994: Assoc. Head Coach/Def. Tackles, Florida • 1991-93: Defensive Ends, Florida • 1990: Wide Receivers, Mississippi • 1988-89: Outside Linebackers, Florida • 1986-87: Wide Receivers, Southern Illinois • 1985: Graduate Assistant, Texas A&M • 1984-85: Graduate Assistant, Florida
FOOTBALL PLAYING EXPERIENCE
• 1979-81: three-time all-conference safety, Central Arkansas
PERSONAL
• Born: Aug. 2, 1960 (56) • Wife, Vicki • Son: Tory; daughters: Hailee & Hope
CAREER 4Hired Dec. 11, 2016, 4th head coach in USF history. 4Led Louisville to four straight bowl games and Big East Championships in 2011 & 2012. 4Went 37-15 in four seasons leading Louisville. 4Big East Coach of the Year (2010 & 2012). 4Led Louisville to a 33-23 victory over No. 4 Florida in the 2013 Sugar Bowl. 4Two Louisville teams finished in the top 15 of the final rankings. 4Posted two top 10 ranked recruiting classes at Texas. 4Defensive coordinator on two national championship teams at Florida (2006 & 2008) under Urban Meyer. 4Since 1995, has coached 15 first round NFL Draft picks and 37 players taken in the first four rounds. 4At Florida, coached a National Defensive Player of the Year, a Jack Tatum Award winner, two SEC Defensive Freshmen of the Year, two Thorpe Award finalists, two Nagurski Trophy finalists and the 2008 Chevrolet Defensive Player of the Year. 4His 2006 Florida defense set a BCS record for fewest yards allowed in the national title game, holding Ohio State to only 82 total yards. 4Defensive coordinator in the SEC for 11 seasons. 4Served on coaching staffs under Lou Holtz at Notre Dame and South Carolina. 4Very good friends with former USF coach Willie Taggart. PERSONAL 4Wanted to be a college professor growing up. 4His mother, Delois Ramey, was a sharecropper’s daughter with eight children. 4He was raised with 12 other children in a four-bedroom house in Batesville, Ark. 4He didn’t have his own bed all to himself until he arrived at Central Arkansas. 4He walked on at Central Arkansas (NAIA program) and earned a scholarship in his second year. 4Became a two-time first-team All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference selection
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USF posted another program record in the classroom when the NCAA announced Graduation Success Rates (GSR) for all Division I institutions. USF posted a department record 83 percent Graduation Success Rate for scholarship student athletes over a six-year period starting with freshmen that entered college in 2007. The 83 percent GSR represented a six percent increase over last year’s announced rate. n USF has seen its overall program GSR rise in each of the last five years and now exceed the national average for Football Bowl Subdivision schools, which stands at 75 percent. n Seven USF Athletics programs exceeded or matched a program record high in GSR during the latest period. n USF’s Graduation Success Rates for African-American student-athletes of 75 percent and Hispanic student-athletes of 86 percent were well above the national averages of 68 percent and 79 percent, respectively. n The football program saw its GSR rise to a program-high 69 percent, an increase of 12 percent over the previous year and the fifth straight year with improvement. n The football team posted an APR score of 970 in 2015 to rank third in The American and third among 11 collegiate football programs in the state of Florida. n In 2014, Taggart’s Bulls recorded the program’s best APR score since reporting began and marked an improvement of 64 points since the 2007-08 season.
THE USF FOOTBALL PROGRAM
The USF program is in its 20th season and began in 1997, playing on the FCS level until joining the FBS in 2000. n The Bulls have had four head coaches in 20 years of existence. n USF’s winning percentage of .630 (76-43) from 2000-09 ranked 26th nationally over that time span. n The Bulls reached as high as the No. 2 ranking in 2007. n USF has played in seven bowl games and won four. n Claimed victories in Tampa over Louisville, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Kansas and North Carolina among others. n USF has claimed road or nuetral site wins over Florida State, Auburn, Clemson, Notre Dame, Miami, Louisville, N.C. State, West Virginia and TCU among others. n USF had 16 first-team All-Conference selections including 1 Defensive Player of the Year, 2 Special Teams Players of the Year and 1 Rookie of the Year in the Big East.
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RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM: HOME OF BULLS & BUCS TOP USF SEASON AVERAGE ATTENDANCE
RANK AVERAGE YEAR_________________ GAMES__ATTENDANCE 1. 53,170 2007_____________________6_________ 319,019 2. 52,553 2009_____________________6_________ 315,319
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TOP USF GAME CROWDS
RANK ATTENDANCE OPPONENT_____________DATE_______ WINNER____________ SCORE 1. 69,383 Florida St._____________ 9/29/2012__________FSU____________ L, 30-17 2. 67,012 West Virginia__________ 9/28/2007__________USF___________ W, 21-13 3. 66,469 Miami_______________ 11/28/2009_________ UM____________ L, 31-10 4. 65,948 UCF________________ 10/13/2007_________USF___________ W, 64-12 5. 63,976 Cincinnati___________ 10/15/2009_________ UC____________ L, 34-17 n The USF program is one of a few in college football that plays in an NFL Stadium,
opened on Sept. 20, 1998.
n Raymond James Stadium is home to the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and has hosted
n USF Football logged a record number of 38 academic all-conference honorees in 2015. That followed record performances of 23 selections in 2013 and 2014, marking the eight straight seasons in which the Bulls increased their number of honorees, and three straight years under head coach Willie Taggart in which the Bulls set a program record.
two Super Bowls: Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 between the Ravens and Giants and Super Bowl XLIII in 2009 between the Steelers and Cardinals.
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n The city of Tampa has a population of around 400,000. The greater Tampa Bay area has a population of more than 4 million and is growing by nearly 100,000 residents per year. It is the 11th largest TV market in the United States. n Tampa ranks as fifth-most popular American city (where people want to live) according to a Pew Research Center study. @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
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T.J. WEIST
Interim Head Coach/Pass Game Alabama, 88 • First Season with USF Weist joined the USF staff in January 2016 after previously coaching with Willie Taggart at Western Kentucky, where the pair helped guide the Hilltoppers to the 2002 I-AA NCAA National Championship. Weist has coached wide receivers at eight different Division I programs and prior to coming to USF served as a senior offensive analyst for Jim Harbaugh at Michigan (2015). Weist also served as offensive coordinator at UConn in 2013 and was elevated to interim head coach for the final eight games, guiding the Huskies to and 3-5 mark and three straight wins to close the season. Weist led the Huskies to score at least 28 points in each of the final four games and a season-best 45 in a victory over Memphis. A former Alabama wide receiver, Weist began his coaching career at Alabama before moving to Michigan (1990-93) where he helped guide Desmond Howard to the 1991 Heisman Trophy. Weist has also coached at Cincinnati, Indiana, Tulsa and Southern Illinois. He and Taggart served as co-offensive coordinators under Jack Harbaugh for WKU’s 2002 title team. Taggart and Weist worked together for six years at WKU. A native of Bay City, Mich., Weist graduated from Alabama in 1988. He and his wife, Karen, have a son, James, and twin daughters, Karrington and Samantha.
DAVID REAVES
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Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Appalachian St., ‘01 • Fourth Season with USF Reaves is in his fourth season at USF and first as associate head coach with duties coaching the tight ends. Reaves served as co-offensive coordinator 2014 and helped guide then-sophomore quarterback Quinton Flowers to a program record 22 touchdown passes and quarterback rushing record of 991 yards while throwing just eight interceptions in his first year as a starter. Reaves served as quarterbacks coach in 2014 and coached the wide receivers in his debut season with the Bulls in 2013. Reaves got his coaching start at Tampa Catholic High School in 2001 before making stops on coaching staffs at South Carolina, Tennessee and New Mexico. He spent nearly a decade at South Carolina under coaching legends Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier. The Tampa native and his wife, Brooke, have two children, Maddox and Ryder. His father, John, was an All-America quarterback at Florida and later played in the NFL.
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Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Bethune-Cookman, ‘96 • Fourth Season with USF Woodie joined the USF staff as linebackers coach in December 2012, was promoted to assistant head coach in 2015, and took over defensive coordinator duties in 2016. A noted recruiter, Woodie was named the top recruiter in The American by Rivals in 2014. He helped USF compile classes at the top of the conference in 2014 and 2015. Prior to USF, Woodie spent three seasons as a defensive assistant at Western Kentucky under head coach Willie Taggart. Woodie helped the USF defense rank 22nd in scoring defense (21.1 ppg), 25th in sacks (2.67 spg), 25th in pass efficiency defense (113.28) and 27th in turnovers gained (23) in 2015. He guided linebacker Auggie Sanchez to back-to-back all-conference honors in 2015 and 2016 and saw linebacker DeDe Lattimore earn all-conference honors in 2013. Prior to his coaching start at Bayshore High School in 1996, Woodie lettered as an outside linebacker and strong safety at Bethune-Cookman from 1992-95. The Palmetto, Fla., native and his wife, Stephanie, have three children, Raymond, Alanah and Kaden.
DARREN HILLER
Offensive Line/Run Game West Texas A&M, ‘94 • First Season with USF Hiller brought 21 years of collegiate coaching experience to USF when he joined the staff in February of 2016. He served as offensive line coach at Cincinnati from 2013-15, helping the Bearcats offense to the No. 6 national ranking in total offense (537.8 ypg) in 2015, three-straight bowl appearances and the 2014 American Conference Championship. Hiller has coached in six bowl games, mentored five NFL Draft picks and helped guide teams that won three conference championships. Hiller also has served stints at Nevada (2012), Arkansas State (2002-2011), Nortwestern State (2001), and Arkansas-Monticello (1999-2000). He was a two-year starter at offensive guard at West Texas A&M, and began his coaching career there from 1994-98. Born in Fremont, Calif., Hiller and wife, Tracie, have two daughters, Hailey and Aubrey, and a son, Colton.
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JOHN JANCEK
Safeties Grand Valley St., ‘91 • First Season with USF Jancek joined the USF staff in February of 2016. A veteran of 25 years in collegiate coaching, he has served as defensive coordinator at seven programs, most recently at Tennessee from 2013-15. Jancek has had the defensive coordinator title at Cincinnati (2010-13), Central Michigan (2003-05), Grand Valley State (1999-03), Hillsdale College (1996-99) and Wayne State (1992-95) and served as co-defensive coordinator at Georgia (2009). A graduate and former all-conference defensive lineman at NCAA Division II power Grand Valley State, Jancek has coached in nine bowl games and helped teams to three top 10 finishes in the national rankings, five conference championships and a Division II National Championship. Jancek spent five seasons at Georgia (2005-09) coaching linebackers. A Muskegon, Mich., native, Jancek and his wife, Kelly, have four boys: Zack, Brock, Jack and Brady.
SHAUN KING
Quarterbacks Tulane, ‘98 • First Season with USF King joined the USF staff in February 2016. A Bay Area native who played six seasons in the NFL, including five with the Buccaneers, King was among the first true dual-threat quarterbacks in NCAA football. King most recently worked as an NFL and college football analyst for NBC and Yahoo Sports. A second-round NFL Draft pick by the Bucs in 1999, King passed for 4,566 yards and 27 touchdowns in the NFL playing for Tampa Bay (1999-2003) and Arizona (2004). During his rookie season he led Tampa Bay to the 1999 NFC Championship game. He started 16 games for the Bucs in 2000 and was part of the Super Bowl XXXVII championship team. A four-year starter at Tulane, King threw for 8,695 yards and 72 touchdowns during his career. He finished in 10th in Heisman Trophy voting in the 1998 season as he led the Green Wave to a perfect 12-0 record.
ERIC MATHIES
Defensive Line Murray State ‘98 • Third Season with USF Mathies joined the USF staff as defensive line coach in January 2013. Under Mathies’ guidance, USF’s defensive line helped the team rank 12th in the FBS with 7.6 tackles for loss per game in 2014. The Bulls tied for 15th nationally in 2015 with 7.5 tackles for loss per game and 25th with 2.67 sacks per game. Prior to USF, Mathies coached the defensive line and was the recruiting coordinator under head coach Willie Taggart at Western Kentucky from 2010-12. Mathies also coached the defensive line at WKU from 2005-09. The Chicago native also coached at the collegiate level at Midwestern State (Texas) from 1999-02 and Tennessee State from 2003-04. Mathies was a four-year letterwinner in football at Kansas and Murray State.
DONTE PIMPLETON
Running Backs Western Kentucky, ‘02 • Second Season with USF Pimpleton joined the USF staff as running backs coach in April 2015, reuniting with college teammate and head coach Willie Taggart. Pimpleton has helped guide USF to program rushing records in each of the last two seasons and Marlon Mack to a then program record 1,381 yards in 2015. USF finished the regular season ranked 5th nationally with 291.8 rushing yards per game. Pimpleton was on Taggart’s staff at Western Kentucky as the offensive quality control assistant and wide receivers coach from 2010-12. Pimpleton coached the wide receivers at Kentucky Wesleyan in 2013 and served as the program’s offensive coordinator a year later. The Louisville, Ky., native came to USF from Delaware State, where he was named running backs and tight ends coach in February 2015.
ASST. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
4th Season At USF • Campbellsville, ‘04
4th Season At USF • Western Kentucky, ‘99
TRAE HACKETT
VIDEO COORDINATOR
DIR. OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
9th Season At USF • USF, ‘13
3rd Season At USF • Western Kentucky, ‘03
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BROCK WILLIS
Special Teams Western Kentucky • Fourth Season with USF Brock Willis joined the USF Football program in 2013 as Football Analyst for the offense. He was moved on the field coaching special teams for the bowl game. He came to USF after spending a season at New Mexico State as a graduate assistant working with the defensive backs. Willis spent two seasons at Bethel University (Tenn.) as the safeties coach. He began his coaching career at Western Kentucky under David Elson working as a student assistant and quality control coach working primarily with the special teams from 2007 to 2009. A native of Smyrna, Tenn., Willis played collegiately at Kentucky Wesleyan College in 2006, and transferred to WKU after a career-ending injury. Willis received a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing education from Western Kentucky and a master’s degree in education from Bethel University (Tenn.).
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
SHARROD EVERETT
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Defensive Backs Louisiana Monroe, ‘96 • Second Season with USF Hampton joined the USF staff as the defensive backs coach in January 2015. Under Hampton’s guidance, USF ranked 17th nationally with 15 interceptions in 2015. Hampton previously served as defensive backs coach under head coach Willie Taggart during his final two seasons at Western Kentucky (201112). Hampton has been coaching for 15 years and spent time at Arkansas Pine-Bluff as a volunteer coach, cornerbacks coach and defensive coordinator from 2006-10. The Warren, Ark., native played for Louisiana-Monroe and the team captain was chosen to the All-Louisiana Defensive Back Team in 1996. Hampton played professionally for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Jacksonville Jaguars as well as NFL Europe’s Frankfurt Galaxy. Hampton and his wife, Yolanda, have two children, Ashton and Alonzo Jr.
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ALONZO HAMPTON
IRELE ODERINDE
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DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL
DAVID KELLY 1st Season At USF • Furman
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
JULIE REED
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FOOTBALL ANALYST, WIDE RECEIVERS
FOOTBALL ANALYST, DEFENSE
FOOTBALL ANALYST, DEFENSE
JOE KINNAN
STEPHEN NICHOLAS
LINDSEY LAMAR
SAKI MIHALAKOS
FOOTBALL ANALYST, OFFENSE
DAVID GILBERTSON
GRADUATE ASSISTANT
BLAKE TREADWELL
GRADUATE ASSISTANT
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TOWSON (8)
DRIVE
1st.......... 13:21.......TD........Tice 43 yard pass from Flowers.................................6 plays, 75 yards, 1:39 1st.......... 5:55.........TD........Mack 7 yard run..............................................................2 plays, 35 yards, 0:29 2nd........ 6:56.........TD........Scantling 51 yard pass from Flowers.........................1 play, 51 yards, 0:06 2nd........ 1:49.........TD........Flowers 5 yard run.............................................................1 play, 5 yards, 0:08 3rd......... 10:04.......TD........Adams 4 yard run........................................................11 plays, 79 yards, 3:22 3rd......... 5:32.........TD........Flowers 7 yard run.........................................................4 plays, 66 yards, 1:49 3rd......... 1:40.........TD........Johnson 23 yard pass from Kean................................1 play, 36 yards, 0:05 4th......... 5:28.........TD........Wilcox 21 yard pass from Kean..................................8 plays, 66 yards, 2:36
NORTHERN ILLINOIS (8) 1st.......... 6:39.........TD........Adams 11 yard run......................................................10 plays, 80 yards, 3:16 1st.......... 3:25.........TD........Bronson 73 yard pass from Flowers.........................3 plays, 84 yards, 1:15 2nd........ 14:05.......FG........Nadelman 31 yard field goal......................................8 plays, 59 yards, 2:28 2nd........ 11:07.......TD........Adams 26 yard pass from Flowers...........................5 plays, 74 yards, 2:06 2nd........ 5:17.........TD........Nadelman 34 yard field goal......................................8 plays, 39 yards, 3:02 3rd......... 8:05.........TD........Johnson 13 yard pass from Flowers........................7 plays, 75 yards, 3:41 3rd......... 4:27.........TD........Barr 6 yard pass from Flowers....................................8 plays, 41 yards, 2:31 4th......... 13:31.......TD........Tice 11 yard run...........................................................11 plays, 92 yards, 3:56
SYRACUSE (7) 2nd........ 14:26.......TD........Adams 27 yard pass from Flowers...........................4 plays, 75 yards, 1:04 2nd........ 9:24.........TD........Mack 2 yard run..............................................................5 plays, 47 yards, 1:37 2nd........ 4:45.........TD........Adams 9 yard run...........................................................4 plays, 41 yards, 0:55 2nd........ :43............TD........Adams 19 yard run.........................................................7 plays, 88 yards, 1:32 3rd......... :55............TD........Mack 52 yard run............................................................7 plays, 75 yards, 3:03 4th......... 14:42.......TD........Johnson 83 yard punt return..............................................................................4th......... 8:55.........FG........Nadelman 42 yard field goal......................................8 plays, 50 yards, 3:38 NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
FLORIDA STATE (5) 1st.......... 14:43.......TD........Adams 84 yard pass from Flowers.............................1 play, 84 yards, 0:17 1st.......... 11:49.......TD........Mack 1 yard run..............................................................9 plays, 72 yards, 2:42 3rd......... 3:22.........TD........Johnson 24 yard run.....................................................5 plays, 90 yards, 1:38 4th......... 10:21.......TD........Johnson 4 yard run........................................................8 plays, 75 yards, 3:12 4th......... 7:39.........TD........Johnson 2 yard run........................................................5 plays, 75 yards, 1:07
CINCINNATI (7) 1st.......... 9:19.........FG........Nadelman 25 yard field goal...................................15 plays, 66 yards, 5:41 1st.......... 1:54.........TD........Johnson 4 yard run........................................................4 plays, 61 yards, 1:23 2nd........ 11:07.......TD........Flowers 8 yard run.........................................................6 plays, 59 yards, 2:09 2nd........ 1:40.........TD........Mack 4 yard run..............................................................6 plays, 72 yards, 1:19 3rd......... 4:29.........TD........Flowers 19 yard run.......................................................5 plays, 37 yards, 2:13 3rd......... 1:32.........TD........Ward 11 yard interception...................................................................................4th......... 1:41.........TD........Mack 49 yard run............................................................4 plays, 69 yards, 1:41
EAST CAROLINA (6) 1st.......... 9:31.........TD........Johnson 6 yard pass from Flowers........................11 plays, 45 yards, 5:09 2nd........ 9:26.........FG........Nadelman 26 yard field goal......................................9 plays, 51 yards, 2:51 2nd........ :34............TD........Johnson 11 yard pass from Flowers........................6 plays, 75 yards, 1:20 3rd......... 7:44.........TD........Mack 1 yard run...........................................................10 plays, 53 yards, 4:10 4th......... 6:06.........TD........Adams 62 yard pass from Flowers...........................3 plays, 75 yards, 0:52 4th......... 3:04.........TD........Mack 9 yard run..............................................................2 plays, 17 yards, 0:24
UCONN (6)
Marlon Mack
1st.......... 7:35.........TD........Flowers 54 yard run..................................................2 plays, 75 yards, 0:29 2nd........ 2:22.........TD........Flowers 8 yard run....................................................4 plays, 49 yards, 0:38 3rd......... 5:30.........TD........Flowers 8 yard run................................................. 12 plays, 65 yards, 3:53 4th......... 12:38.......TD........Valdez-Scantling 26 yard pass from Flowers...5 plays, 55 yards, 1:27 4th......... 4:21.........TD........Wilcox 29 yard pass from Flowers.................... 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:51 4th......... 2:57.........TD........Mack 34 yard run............................................................1 play 34 yards, :10
TEMPLE (5) 1st.......... 0:19.........TD........Valdez-Scantling 27 yard pass from Flowers...6 plays, 68 yards, 1:18 2nd........ 5:04.........TD........McCants 31 yard pass from Flowers...................8 plays, 75 yards, 2:03 3rd......... 9:52.........FG........Nadelman 42 yard field goal.............................. 14 plays, 50 yards, 5:08 3rd......... 5:21.........TD........Flowers 3 yard run...................................................... 3 plays, 84 yards, :49 4th......... 8:42.........TD........Mack 30 yard run.......................................................4 plays, 75 yards, 1:27
NAVY (8) 1st.......... 13:49.......TD........Flowers 63 yard run..................................................4 plays, 75 yards, 1:11 1st.......... 7:25.........TD........Johnson 23 yard run................................................7 plays, 47 yards, 2:52 1st.......... 4:43.........TD........Mack 85 yard run........................................................... 1 play, 85 yards, :13 1st.......... 3:10.........TD........Dillon 41 yard pass from Flowers.......................... 2 plays, 46 yards, :35 2nd........ 10:52.......TD........Flowers 1 yard run................................................. 12 plays, 68 yards, 4:13 2nd........ 1:52.........TD........Scantling 16 yard pass from Flowers............... 13 plays, 75 yards, 4:42 3rd......... 8:03.........FG........Nadelman 27 yard field goal.............................. 15 plays, 74 yards, 5:24 4th......... 9:22.........TD........Johnson 16 yard run................................................3 plays, 46 yards, 1:12
MEMPHIS (7) 1st.................12:51..........TD...........Adams 49 yard pass from Flowers............ 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:09 1st.................7:21............TD...........Adams 92 yard run............................................2 plays, 96 yards, :32 2nd...............9:41............TD...........Flowers 48 yard run....................................... 7 plays, 82 yards, 2:25 3rd................10:00..........TD...........Flowers 12 yard run....................................... 5 plays, 81 yards, 1:81 3rd................2:40............TD...........McCants 40 yard pass from Flowers........ 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:44 4th................7:05............TD...........Mack 4 yard run............................................... 7 plays, 67 yards, 3:00 4th................1:46............TD...........Flowers 22 yard run.....................................10 plays, 78 yards, 4:56
UCF (8) 1st.................6:46............TD...........Mack 43 yard run............................................ 5 plays, 67 yards, 1:57 1st.................4:15............TD...........Brown 22 yard fumble recovery..........................................................2nd...............10:08..........FG...........Behr 33 yard field goal.................................. 7 plays, 45 yards, 2:09 2nd...............5:36............TD...........Mack 56 yard run............................................ 6 plays, 78 yards, 2:08 3rd................14:04..........TD...........Flowers 62 yard run....................................... 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:56 4th................8:38............TD...........Flowers 24 yard run......................................... 1 play, 24 yards, 0:07 4th................4:20............TD...........Behr 30 yard field goal.................................. 9 plays, 44 yards, 4:00 4th................0:11............TD...........Johnson 1 yard run...........................................4 plays, 8 yards, 1:33
SCORING DRIVES UNDER 2:00: 37 (37 TD) SCORING DRIVES UNDER 1:00: 20 (20 TD) LONG DRIVES:
Longest by PLAYS: 15 plays (66 yards, 5:41, FG vs. Cincinnati), (74 yards, 5:24, FG vs. Navy) Longest by YARDS: 96 yards (2 plays, :32, TD at Memphis) Longest by TIME: 5:41 (15 plays, 66 yards, FG vs. Cincinnati)
DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS TOUCHDOWNS: 3 DEFENSIVE SCORING PLAYS Johnny Ward 11-yard interception vs. Cincinnati Juwuan Brown 22-yard fumble return vs. UCF
SPECIAL TEAMS SCORING PLAYS D’Ernest Johnson 83 yard punt return vs. Syracuse
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GAME
Field Goals fg NADELMAN, Emilio 7-7 BEHR, Brandon 2-4
FIELD GOALS
pct. 01-19 20-29 100 3-3 .500
30-39 2-2 2-2
40-49 50-99 lg 2-2 42 yards (2x) 0-2 33 yards
blk 48 yards
FG Sequence USF Opponents TOWSON - (29), (33) N. ILLINOIS (31), (34) (22) SYRACUSE (42) (40), (48) FLORIDA STATE - (25), (35) CINCINNATI (26) 48 EAST CAROLINA (26) (40), (49), 42, (31) UCONN - (26), (26) TEMPLE (42) (22), (35), (42) NAVY (27), 48 MEMPHIS 34 (47), (29), 50 SMU - (24), (21) UCF (33), 41, (30) (37)
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TOWSON N. ILLINOIS SYRACUSE FLORIDA STATE CINCINNATI EAST CAROLINA UCONN NAVY MEMPHIS SMU UCF * Started in 5-3
Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Senat Livingstone Awoleke Livingstone Senat
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STATS BOWLS
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RT
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Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt Threatt
Norman Atterbury Atterbury Atterbury Atterbury Norman Norman Norman Norman Norman Norman Norman
Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers
Mack Tice Mack Mack Mack Mack Mack Mack Mack Mack Mack Mack
Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams Adams
Scantling Dillon Scantling Dillon Scantling Dillon Scantling Dillon Scantling Dillon Scantling Wilcox Scantling Wilcox Scantling Wilcox Scantling Wilcox Scantling Wilcox Scantling Wilcox Scantling Wilcox
DT
BULL
MIKE
WILL
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STRIKER ROVER FS
Hector Hector Bronson Hector Hector Hector Hector Hector Hector Hector Hector
Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Love Love Love Love Love Love Love
Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez Sanchez
Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris Harris
Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols Nichols
McGee McGee Godwin Godwin Godwin McGee McGee McGee McGee McGee McGee
TOWSON Amichia Hall Ruff N. ILLINOIS Amichia Hall Ruff SYRACUSE Amichia Hall Ruff FLORIDA STATE Amichia Hall Ruff CINCINNATI Amichia Hall Ruff EAST CAROLINA Amichia Hall Ruff UCONN Amichia Hall Ruff TEMPLE Amichia Hall Ruff NAVY Amichia Hall Ruff MEMPHIS Amichia Hall Ruff SMU Amichia Hall Ruff UCF Amichia Hall Ruff * Started two tight ends **Started four wide receivers
DEFENSE
REC YARDS TACKLES Scantling (79) Fullwood, Sanchez (7) Scantling (72) Sanchez (13) Adams (67) Sanchez (13) Adams (84) Abraham (10) Adams (66) Harris (10) Adams (113) Godwin (9) Mack (75) Sanchez (11) McCants (53) Godwin, Harris (7) Adams (54) Godwin (9) Adams (115) Godwin (10) McCants (105) Sanchez (14) Adams (78) Harris (11)
USF FOOTBALL
OFFENSE
2015 2014 2013 CAREER 10 11 7 40 10 9 9 39 12 12 - 36 12 12 - 34 13 1 6 32 13 3 - 28 13 2 - 27 13 1 - 26 13 1 - 26 10 2 - 25 13 6 - 24 11 2 - 18 10 - - 17 2 7 3 17 12 - - 12 - - - 12 2 3 - 12 - - - 12 - - - 12 - - - 11 - - - 11 - - - 10 - - - 8 - - - 8 - - - 8 - - - 8 - - - 5 - 5 - 5 3 - - 4 - - - 4 - - - 4 - - - 3 - 1 1 3 - - 2 2 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - 1
GAME-BY-GAME LEADERS
RUSHING PASSING (C-A-YD-INT-TD) CATCHES Mack (58) Flowers (8-18-178-1-2) Scantling (3) Tice (120) Flowers (21-33-350-0-4) Scantling/Adams (5) Mack (115) Flowers (12-24-0-1) Adams (4) Flowers (159) Flowers (5-14-160-2-1) Johnson (2) Mack (118) Flowers (16-26-196-0-0) Adams (6) Mack (152) Flowers (21-29-250-0-3) Adams (7) Flowers (157) Flowers (23-37-213-2-2) Adams (7) Flowers (90) Flowers (11-19-187-0-2) Mack (3) Flowers (176) Flowers (19-29-219-0-2) Adams (7) Flowers (210) Flowers (24-29-263-0-2) Mack (9) Flowers (142) Flowers (7-15-195-1-3) McCants (3) Mack (155) Flowers (17-26-152-0-0) Adams (9)
2016
2016 Nigel Harris (LB) 12 Nate Godwin (S) 12 Auggie Sanchez (LB) 12 Marlon Mack (RB) 10 Dominique Threatt (OL) 12 Rodney Adams (WR) 12 Kofi Amichia (OL) 12 Deatrick Nichols (DB) 12 Quinton Flowers (QB) 12 Deadrin Senat (DT) 11 Devin Abraham (S) 5 Ryeshene Bronson (WR) 5 Ronnie Hoggins (CB) 7 Johnny Ward (DB) 5 Chris Barr (WR) Cameron Ruff (OL) 12 Tajee Fullwood (S) 7 Marquez Scantling (WR) 12 Kirk Livingstone (DE) 12 Jeremi Hall (OL) 11 Bruce Hector (DT) 11 Khalid McGee (S) 10 Marcus Norman (OL) 8 Tyre McCants (WR) 8 Mike Love (DE) 8 Mitchell Wilcox (TE) 8 Elkanah Dillon (TE) 5 Lamar Robbins (DB) Kevin Bronson (DT) 1 Vincent Jackson (DE) 4 William Atterbury (OL) 4 Jaymon Thomas (S) 3 Darius Tice (RB) 1 Hassan Childs (DB) Mazzie Wilkins (DB D’Ernest Johnson (RB) A.J. Legree (WR) Josh Black (LB) Alex Mut (WR) Daniel Awoleke (DT) 1
GAME TOWSON N. ILLINOIS SYRACUSE FLORIDA ST. CINCINNATI ECU UCONN TEMPLE NAVY MEMPHIS SMU UCF
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Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Fullwood Godwin Godwin Godwin Godwin Godwin Godwin
Y (TE)
Z Bronson Bronson Bronson Bronson McCants McCants McCants McCants McCants McCants McCants McCants
CB
Abraham Hoggins Abraham Hoggins Abraham Hoggins Abraham Hoggins Abraham Hoggins Fullwood Hoggins Fullwood Ward Bronson* Ward Fullwood Hoggins Fullwood Ward Fullwood Ward
67
2016
USF FOOTBALL
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
TURNOVERS FORCED
TEAM................... INT FUMBLE.......DEF TD........TOTAL USF............................13 8........................ 1................................ 21 Opponents............7 8........................ 0................................ 15 USF CAUSED: 21 USF POINTS OFF TOS: 83 USF DEFENSIVE TD’s: 2 USF RETURN TD’s: 1
QT
OPP CAUSED: 15 OPP POINTS OFF TOS: 38 OPP DEFENSIVE TD’s: OPP RETURN TD’s: -
USF TURNOVERS FORCED
Play....................................................... Ball On
TOWSON (4)
Turnover
2nd........FF: TEAM, REC: Jaymon Thomas............... USF 49.................. TD 4th.........INT: Ronnie Hoggins..................................... OPP 33.................. TD 3rd.........FF: Malik Dixon, REC: Nate Godwin......... OPP 36.................. TD 4th.........FF: Eric Mayes, REC: Nico Sawtelle........... USF 40.......................-
TOWSON (2) INT .............. of Flowers Fumble............ by Mack
NORTHERN ILLINOIS (-)
Fumble............ by Childs
None
@ SYRACUSE (3) 2nd........INT: Fullwood..................................................USF 21...............Punt 2nd........FF: Hoggins, REC: Ferguson....................... USF29....End of half 4th.........INT: Nichols......................................................USF25....................FG NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS
OPPONENT TURNOVERS FORCED
Result
FLORIDA STATE (1) 3rd.........FF: Sanchez......................................................USF 48................. INT
@ CINCINNATI (4) 2nd........INT: McGee.......................................................CIN 28................Punt 2nd........FF: Thomas, REC: Harris............................... CIN 43................Punt 3rd.........INT: Hoggins....................................................CIN 37................... TD 3rd.........INT: Ward..........................................................CIN 0..................... TD
EAST CAROLINA (1) 4th.........INT: Harris.........................................................ECU 17.................. TD
Player
INT INT
.............. of Flowers .............. of Flowers
Fumble............ by Mack
USF 5..................................................... TD FSU 47................................................Punt
ECU 7...................................... Missed FG
UCONN (4) INT .............. of Flowers INT .............. of Flowers Fumble............ by Adams Fumble............ by Mack
@ TEMPLE (1) INT
TEMPLE (-)
NAVY (1)
BOWLS
None
Fumble............ by Wilcox
68
USF 25....................................................FG
@ CINCINNATI (0) EAST CAROLINA (1)
UCONN (-)
@ MEMPHIS (1) 3rd.......INT: Nichols............................................ USF 19.............. TD @ SMU (3) 2nd......FF: McGee, REC: Hoggins.................. SMU 29............ TD 3rd.......INT: Nichols............................................ USF 35.............. TD 4th.......INT: Nichols............................................ USF 8............ Punt UCF (3) 1st........F-REC: Brown......................................... UCF 32............. TD 1st........INT: Brown.............................................. UCF 22............. TD 4th.......INT: Godwin........................................... USF 43.............. FG
USF 41....................................................FG TOW 26........................................Fumble
@ SYRACUSE (0) FLORIDA STATE (2)
None
2nd........INT: Hoggins....................................................NAVY 49............FUM
Result
NORTHERN ILLINOIS (1)
STATS
NAVY (1)
Ball On
.............. of Kean
UCONN 1..........................................Punt UCONN 30........................................... TD USF 26................................................... TD UCONN 10........................................Punt USF 3..................................................... TD NAVY 1.................................. End of Half
@ MEMPHIS (0) SMU (2) Fumble............ by Adams INT .............. of Flowers
USF 28....................................................FG SMU 49................................................ INT
UCF (1) Fumble............ by Adams
USF 46...........................................Downs
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USF EXPLOSIVE PLAYS (20+ YARDS)
USF Long Pass: 84 (TD), Flowers to Adams vs. FSU Long Run: 92 (TD), Adams at Memphis Long Def: 49, INT by Nigel Harris vs. Towson OPPONENTS Long Pass: 70, Shirreffs to Newsome (UConn) Long Run: 76, Armstead (Temple) Long Defense: -TOWSON (7) 1Q 43 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Tice............. TOW 1Q 28............. PASS.... Flowers to Scantling.. TOW 2Q 51 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Scantling.. TOW 2Q 49............. INT....... Nigel Harris................... TOW 3Q 27............. PASS.... Flowers to Dillon......... TOW 3Q 23 (TD).... PASS.... Kean to Johnson......... TOW 4Q 21 (TD).... PASS.... Kean to Wilcox............. TOW NORTHERN ILLINOIS (8) 1Q 45............. PASS.... Flowers to Scantling.... NIU 1Q 73 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Bronson...... NIU 1Q 33............. PASS.... Flowers to McCants...... NIU 2Q 21............. RUN..... Tice..................................... NIU 2Q 26 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Adams......... NIU 3Q 29............. PASS.... Flowers to Bronson...... NIU 3Q 30............. PASS.... Flowers to Barr............... NIU 4Q 20............. RUN..... Tice..................................... NIU SYRACUSE (7) 2Q 27 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Adams........... SU 2Q 22............. INT....... Fullwood............................ SU 2Q 31............. PASS.... Flowers to Adams........... SU 2Q 20............. PASS.... Flowers to Scantling...... SU 3Q 52 (TD).... RUN..... Mack.................................... SU 4Q 33............. PASS.... Flowers to Johnson........ SU 4Q 28............. PASS.... Kean to McCants............. SU FLORIDA STATE (7) 1Q 87 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Adams.........FSU 1Q 28............. RUN..... Flowers.............................FSU 3Q 48............. RUN..... Flowers.............................FSU 3Q 24 (TD).... RUN..... Johnson............................FSU 4Q 27............. RUN..... Flowers.............................FSU 4Q 29............. RUN..... Flowers.............................FSU 4Q 52............. PASS.... Flowers to Wilcox..........FSU
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Rodney Adams USF FOOTBALL
USF TOTAL (R&P): 85 OPP TOTAL: 33 USF GAME HIGH: 11, at Memphis OPPONENT GAME HIGH: 4, Florida State, East Carolina, SMU
CINCINNATI (5) 1Q 29............. RUN..... Mack...................................CIN 1Q 21............. PASS.... Flowers to McCants.......CIN 2Q 25............. PASS.... Flowers to Dillon............CIN 2Q 28............. PASS.... Flowers to Adams..........CIN 4Q 49 (TD).... RUN..... Mack...................................CIN EAST CAROLINA (4) 2Q 65............. RUN..... Mack................................. ECU 2Q 41............. PASS.... Flowers to Wilcox......... ECU 4Q 62 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Adams........ ECU 4Q 28............. PASS.... Flowers to Johnson..... ECU UCONN (7) 1Q 21............. RUN..... Mack.......................... UCONN 1Q 54 (TD).... RUN..... Flowers..................... UCONN 2Q 31............. PASS.... Flowers to Adams.UCONN 3Q 39............. PASS.... Flowers to Mack.... UCONN 4Q 26 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Scantling. UCONN 4Q 29 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Wilcox.. UCONN 4Q 34 (TD).... RUN..... Mack.......................... UCONN TEMPLE (7) 1Q 27 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Scantling... TEM 2Q 31 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to McCants..... TEM 2Q 22............. PASS.... Flowers to McCants..... TEM 3Q 50............. RUN..... Flowers............................ TEM 4Q 30............. PASS.... Flowers to Adams........ TEM 4Q 30 (TD).... RUN..... Mack................................. TEM 4Q 20............. PASS.... Flowers to McCants..... TEM NAVY (7) 1Q 63 (TD).... RUN..... Flowers..........................NAVY 1Q 23 (TD).... RUN..... Johnson.........................NAVY 1Q 85 (TD).... RUN..... Mack...............................NAVY 1Q 41 (TD).... PASS.... Flowers to Dillon........NAVY 2Q 23............. PASS.... Flowers to Wilcox.......NAVY 3Q 26............. RUN..... Flowers..........................NAVY 4Q 26.............RUN.... Flowers.......................... NAVY MEMPHIS (11) 1Q 20.............RUN.... Flowers........................... MEM 1Q 49 (TD)....PASS... Flowes to Adams......... MEM 1Q 92 (TD)....RUN.... Adams............................. MEM 2Q 24.............RUN ... Mack................................ MEM 2Q 20.............RUN.... Flowers........................... MEM 2Q 48.............RUN.... Flowers........................... MEM 3Q 30.............PASS... Flowers to Wilcox........ MEM 3Q 27.............PASS... Flowers to Adams....... MEM 3Q 40 (TD)....PASS... Flowers to McCants.... MEM 4Q 35.............RUN.... Flowers........................... MEM 4Q 22 (TD)....RUN.... Flowers........................... MEM SMU (6) 1Q 77 (TD)....PASS... Flowers to Scantling...SMU 1Q 60 (TD)....RUSH.. Mack.................................SMU 2Q 28 (TD)....PASS... Flowers to McCants.....SMU 3Q 65 (TD)....PASS... Flowers to McCants.....SMU 4Q 35.............RUSH.. Flowers............................SMU 4Q 41.............RUSH.. Flowers............................SMU UCF (9) 1Q 43 (TD)....RUSH.. Mack.................................. UCF 1Q 22 (TD)....FUM.... Brown................................ UCF 2Q 22.............RUSH.. Flowers............................. UCF 2Q 56 (TD)....RUSH.. Mack.................................. UCF 3Q 62 (TD)....RUSH.. Flowers............................. UCF 3Q 23.............RUSH.. Mack.................................. UCF 4Q 32.............PASS... Flowers to Wilcox.......... UCF 4Q 24 (TD)....RUSH.. Flowers............................. UCF 4Q 25.............PASS... Flowers to Adams......... UCF
2016
Player________ Run__ Pass __ Rec____ Def__ Tot Flowers_______ 18____ 38_____ -__________ 56 Adams________ 1______ -_____ 10_________ 11 Mack_________ 13_____ -_____ 1__________ 14 McCants______ -_______ -_____ 8___________ 8 Scantling______ -_______ -_____ 7___________ 7 Wilcox________ -_______ -_____ 5___________ 5 Johnson______ 2______ -_____ 2___________ 4 Tice__________ 2______ -_____ 1___________ 3 Kean_________ -_______ 3_____ -___________ 3 Dillon_________ -_______ -_____ 3___________ 3 Bronson_______ -_______ -_____ 2___________ 2 Harris_________ -_______ -_____ -______ 1____ 1 Barr__________ -_______ -_____ 1___________ 1 Fullwood______ -_______ -_____ -______ 1____ 1 Brown________ -_______ -_____ -______ 1____ 1
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
69
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2016
USF FOOTBALL
Quinton Flowers
USF EXPLOSIVE PLAYS BY LENGTH
QT LENGTH....TYPE.. PLAYER OPP 1Q 92 (TD)..... RUN... Adams.................................. MEM 1Q 85 (TD)..... RUN... Mack....................................NAVY 1Q 84 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Adams.............. FSU 1Q 77 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling........SMU 1Q 73 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Bronson............NIU 2Q 65.............. RUN... Mack.......................................ECU 1Q 63 (TD)..... RUN... Flowers...............................NAVY 3Q 62 (TD)..... RUSH.Flowers..................................UCF 4Q 62 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Adams..............ECU 1Q 60 (TD)..... RUSH.Mack......................................SMU 2Q 56 (TD)..... RUSH.Mack.......................................UCF 1Q 54.............. RUN... Flowers...........................UCONN 4Q 52.............. PASS.. Wilcox..................................... FSU 3Q 52 (TD)..... RUN... Mack..........................................SU 2Q 51 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling........TOW 3Q 50.............. RUN... Flowers..................................TEM s
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
70
50 + YARD PLAYS
s
1Q 49 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowes to Adams.............. MEM 4Q 49 (TD)..... RUN... Mack........................................ CIN 2Q 49.............. INT..... Nigel Harris.........................TOW 2Q 48.............. RUN... Flowers................................ MEM 3Q 48.............. RUN... Flowers.................................. FSU 1Q 45.............. PASS.. Flowers to Scantling..........NIU 1Q 43 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Tice...................TOW 1Q 43 (TD)..... RUSH.Mack.......................................UCF 1Q 41 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Dillon.............NAVY 4Q 41.............. RUSH.Flowers.................................SMU 2Q 41.............. PASS.. Flowers to Wilcox...............ECU 3Q 40 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to McCants......... MEM 3Q 39.............. PASS.. Flowers to Mack..........UCONN 4Q 34 (TD)..... RUN... Mack................................UCONN 4Q 35.............. RUSH.Flowers.................................SMU 4Q 35.............. RUN... Flowers................................ MEM 1Q 33.............. PASS.. Flowers to McCants............NIU 4Q 33.............. PASS.. Flowers to Johnson..............SU 4Q 32.............. PASS.. Flowers to Wilcox...............UCF 2Q 31.............. PASS.. Flowers to McCants...........TEM 2Q 31.............. PASS.. Flowers to Adams.................SU 2Q 31.............. PASS.. Flowers to Adams.......UCONN 3Q 30.............. PASS.. Flowers to Wilcox............. MEM 4Q 30.............. PASS.. Flowers to Adams..............TEM 3Q 30 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Barr.....................NIU 1Q 29.............. RUN... Mack........................................ CIN 3Q 29.............. PASS.. Flowers to Bronson............NIU 4Q 29.............. RUN... Flowers.................................. FSU 4Q 29 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Wilcox........UCONN 2Q 28 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to McCants..........SMU 2Q 28.............. PASS.. Flowers to Adams............... CIN 4Q 28.............. PASS.. Kean to McCants...................SU 1Q 28.............. PASS.. Flowers to Scantling........TOW 4Q 28.............. PASS.. Flowers to Johnson...........ECU 1Q 28.............. RUN... Flowers.................................. FSU 1Q 27 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling.........TEM 2Q 27 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Adams.................SU 4Q 27.............. RUN... Flowers.................................. FSU 3Q 27.............. PASS.. Flowers to Dillon...............TOW 3Q 27.............. PASS.. Flowers to Adams............ MEM 3Q 26.............. RUN... Flowers...............................NAVY 4Q 26.............. RUN... Flowers...............................NAVY 4Q 26 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling..UCONN 2Q 26 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Adams...............NIU 4Q 25.............. PASS.. Flowers to Adams..............UCF 2Q 25.............. PASS.. Flowers to Dillon................. CIN 4Q 24 (TD)..... RUSH.Flowers..................................UCF 2Q 24.............. RUN... Mack..................................... MEM
1Q 23 (TD)..... RUN... Johnson..............................NAVY 2Q 23.............. PASS.. Flowers to Wilcox............NAVY 3Q 23.............. RUSH.Mack.......................................UCF 3Q 23 (TD)..... PASS.. Kean to Johnson...............TOW 4Q 22 (TD)..... RUN... Flowers................................ MEM 2Q 22.............. PASS.. Flowers to McCants...........TEM 2Q 22.............. INT..... Fullwood..................................SU 2Q 22.............. RUSH.Flowers..................................UCF 1Q 22 (TD)..... FUM... Brown.....................................UCF 4Q 21 (TD)..... PASS.. Kean to Wilcox...................TOW 1Q 21.............. PASS.. Flowers to McCants............ CIN 2Q 21.............. RUN... Tice...........................................NIU 1Q 21.............. RUN... Mack................................UCONN 2Q 20.............. RUN... Flowers................................ MEM 4Q 20.............. PASS.. Flowers to McCants...........TEM 2Q 20.............. PASS.. Flowers to Scantling............SU 4Q 20.............. RUN... Tice...........................................NIU 1Q 20.............. RUN... Flowers................................ MEM
GAME HIGH: 11 at Memphis SEASON TOTAL: 85 t 1Q 1Q 1Q 1Q 1Q 1Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 1Q 3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 2Q 1Q 1Q 1Q 3Q 4Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 4Q 2Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 4Q 3Q 3Q 1Q 1Q 4Q 4Q
LONG PLAYS FOR TOUCHDOWNS
t 92 (TD)..... RUN... Adams.................................. MEM 85 (TD)..... RUN... Mack....................................NAVY 84 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Adams.............. FSU 77 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling........SMU 73 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Bronson............NIU 63 (TD)..... RUN... Flowers...............................NAVY 62 (TD)..... RUSH.Flowers..................................UCF 62 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Adams..............ECU 60 (TD)..... RUSH.Mack......................................SMU 56 (TD)..... RUSH.Mack.......................................UCF 54 (TD)..... RUN... Flowers...........................UCONN 52 (TD)..... RUN... Mack..........................................SU 51 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling........TOW 49 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowes to Adams.............. MEM 49 (TD)..... RUN... Mack........................................ CIN 48 (TD)..... RUN... Flowers................................ MEM 43 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Tice...................TOW 43 (TD)..... RUSH.Mack.......................................UCF 41 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Dillon.............NAVY 40 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to McCants......... MEM 34 (TD)..... RUN... Mack................................UCONN 31 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to McCants...........TEM 30 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Barr.....................NIU 30 (TD)..... RUN... Mack.......................................TEM 29 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Wilcox........UCONN 28 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to McCants..........SMU 27 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Adams.................SU 27 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling.........TEM 26 (TD)..... PASS.. Flowers to Scantling..UCONN 24 (TD)..... RUSH.Flowers..................................UCF 24 (TD)..... RUN... Johnson................................. FSU 23 (TD)..... PASS.. Kean to Johnson...............TOW 23 (TD)..... RUN... Johnson..............................NAVY 22 (TD)..... FUM... Brown.....................................UCF 22 (TD)..... RUN... Flowers................................ MEM 21 (TD)..... PASS.. Kean to Wilcox...................TOW
TOTAL: 36 GAME HIGH: 5 (Memphis, UCF)
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
GAME
FINAL
SCORE
1 2
1st DOWNS RUSHING
3 4 OT R-P-PE TOT NO-YDS-TD
56 14 14 21 7 10-9-3 22
PASSING TOT OFF
C-A-I YDS TD YDS
PUNTS
PENALTY
NO.-AVG F-FL NO-YDS
41-214-4 13-25-1 230 4 444
4-154
2-1
3RD 4TH RED SACKS FIELD DNS DNS ZONE NO-YDS GOALS
4-42
6-12 0-0
4-4
3-23
POSSESSION TIME 1
2
3
4 TOT
0-0 5:24 5:25 5:16 6:15 22:20
2016
USF
2016 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS
QUARTERS
20
3 7 7 3 13-6-1 20
49-127-2 16-41-1 165 0 292
7-346
3-3
5-62
6-22 5-6
4-4
2-17
2-2 9:36 9:35 9:44 8:45 37:40
USF
48 14 13 14 7 - 15-15-4 34
50-293-2 25-39-0 365 4 658
5-44.2
1-1
8-77 11-19 0-0
6-6
2-12
2-2 7:22 7:15 8:14 8:17 31:08
vs N. ILLINOIS
17
0
41-157-1
1-0
4-50
5-18
3-3
0-0
1-1 7:38 7:45 6:46 6:43 28:52
USF
45
0 28
7 10 - 10-9-1 20
35-239-4 14-29-0 215 1 454
6-42.8
3-0
4-50
4-13 1-1
3-3
1-8
1-1 4:12 5:20 5:19 6:31 21:22
@ SYRACUSE
20 17 0
3 0 - 11-16-3 30
55-199-0 32-50-2 350 2 549
5-41.8
1-1
10-69 12-24 2-5
1-1
1-6
2-2 10:48 9:40 9:41 7:39 37:48
USF
35 14 0
7 14 - 12-3-2 17
41-290-4
6-47.5
0-0
8-68
4-11 1-1
3-4
3-17
0-0 6:38 5:48 2:56 4:19 19:41
vs FLORIDA ST.
55
7 10
63-478-6
3-34.7
1-1
4-50
6-11
7-8
3-25
2-2
USF
45 10 14 14 7 - 13-12-0 25 48-226-5 22-33-0 228 0 454
6-39.7 0-0
2-21 8-18 3-3 5-6 2-15
1-1 9:11 5:29 6:49 11:10 32:39
@ CINCINNATI
20
6-42.0
4-40
0-3 5:49 9:31 8:11 3:50 27:21
USF
38 7 10 7 14 - 14-8-1 23 42-306-2 21-29-0 250 3 556 4-34.2 2-1 9-101 6-13 2-2 5-7 3-4 1-1 7:26 4:49 11:17 4:29 28:01
vs ECU
22 3 3 7 9 - 8-15-1 24 36-168-1 33-56-1 308 1 476 3-47.0 0-0 2-19 7-20 3-6 3-3 0-0 3-4 7:34 10:11 3:43 10:31 31:59
USF
42
7 7
vs. UConn
27
USF
30
@ TEMPLE
46
USF
52 28 14 3 7 - 14-11-0 25 44-412-5 20-30-0 217 2 629 2-38.5 1-1 8-50 12-16 0-0 4-4 0-0 1-2 4:51 9:38 7:07 5:23 26:59
NAVY
45 0 14 7 24 - 19-10-0 29 54-317-6 15-27-1 299 1 616
3-48.0 0-0 2-10 8-13 1-2 7-7 0-0 0-0 10:09 5:22 7:53 9:37 33:01
USF
49
@MEMPHIS
42
USF
35 14 7 7 7 - 12-4-0 16 43-278-2 7-15-1 195 3 473
8-39.1 1-1
@SMU
27 7 7 10 3 - 10-17-1 28 47-155-0 26-42-2 423 3 578
6-39.8 2-1 4-24 8-17 0-1 3-5 0-0 2-2 8:16 10:00 10:59 6:56 36:11
USF
48 14 10 7 17 - 14-6-0 20 48-351-5 17-26-0 152 0 503 8-45.1 1-1 6-50 4-16 1-1 3-4 3-22 2-3 8:16 7:37 6:10 10:14 32:17
UCF
31 7 7 10 7 - 7-14-1 22 35-64-2 28-47-2 338 2 402
7
28 10
6 14
0 10
-
9-8-2
- 20-8-3
19
31
0 0 - 8-11-2 21
1
318
5-14-2 160 1 450 11-19-0
169
1
647
35-130-2 23-41-3 263 1 393
11-38.8
2-1
47-316-4 23-27-2 213 2 529
4-40.5
4-2
3 0 14 10 - 7-11-2 20
36-72-1 22-39-0 306 2 378
9-40.1
7 6 10 7 - 8-9-1 18
33-165-2 11-20-1 187 2 352
4-28.5
3 17 14 12
51-319-4 14-21-0 209
3-34.7
14
7 21 - 15-11-0 26
22-35-0 161
- 16-8-2 26
7 14 14 - 17-11-2 30
3 14 14 11
- 12-15-2 29
1 528
1-1
0-0
6-16 0-0
3-3
4-36
7-17 3-4
2-3
0-0
3-20
4-18 2-3
1-0
11-88
6-12 1-1
0-0
8-75
10-16 0-1
1-11
USF FOOTBALL
vs TOWSON
8:22 9:12 12:04 10:41 40:19
5-29
0-0 4:33 7:51 8:55 6:25 27:44
4-4
1-3
2-2 10:27 7:09 6:05 8:35 32:16
1-1
2-14
1-1 2:53 5:23 9:08 3:29 20:53
5-6
4-20
3-3 12:07 9:37 5:52 11:31 39:07 NOTES
40-416-5
24-29-0
263
2 679
3-37.3
1-0
7-75
7-13 2-2
2-3
0-0
0-1 7:50 9:20 5:19 10:20 32:49
PLAYERS
35-277-2
29-46-1
331
3 608
3-46.7
2-0
6-60
4-12 1-2
4-5
0-0
2-3 7:10 5:40 9:41 4:40 27:11
COACHES
7-55 2-12 1-1 1-1 2-16
0-0 6:44 5:00 4:01 8:04 23:49
REVIEW RECORDS
7-41.1 1-1 5-30 5-17 1-3 3-3 2-11 1-1 6:44 7:23 8:50 4:46 27:43 STATS BOWLS
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2016
USF FOOTBALL
2016 STATISTICS
GAME-BY-GAME PASSING FLOWERS TOWSON NIU @Syracuse FSU @Cincinnati ECU UConn @Temple NAVY @Memphis @SMU UCF
2015 SEASON
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES
FAMU @FSU @Maryland Memphis Syracuse @UConn SMU @Navy @ECU Temple Cincinnati @UCF BEACH BOWL
#9 QUINTON FLOWERS
COMP ATT INT PCT YDS TD LG SACK EFF 8 18 1 44.4 178 2 51 1 153.06 21 33 0 63.6 350 4 73 0 192.73 12 24 0 50.0 183 1 33 1 127.80 5 14 2@ 35.7 160 1 84 3 126.71 16 26 0 61.5å 196 0 28 1 124.86 21 29 0 72.4 250 3 62 0 178.97 23 37 2 62.2 213 2 37 1 117.55 11 19 0 57.9 187 2 31 3 175.31 19 29 - 65.5 219 2 41 0 151.71 24 29 - 82.8 263 2 49 0 181.70 7 15 1 46.7 195 2 77 0 208.53 17 26 0 65.4 152 0 32 2 114.49 12 12 10 17 15 11 9 12 12 15 9 14 14
16 24 19 26 22 15 20 20 23 22 15 21 32
1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
75.0 141 50.0 125 52.6 60 65.3 199 68.2 259 73.3 157 45.0 97 60.0 208 52.2 200 68.2 230 60.0 165 66.7 176 43.7 273
2 45 2 71 1 28 1 39 2 56 2 44 0 38 0 43 2 67 2 68 4 67 3 28 1 53
#7 BRETT KEAN
KEAN
COMP ATT INT PCT YDS TD LG SACK EFF TOWSON 5 7 0 71.4 52 2 23 1 228.11 NIU 4 6 0 66.7 15 0 8 0 87.67 @Syracuse 2 4 0 50.0 32 0 28 0 117.20 @Cincinnati 6 7 0 85.7 32 0 10 0 124.11 @Temple 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 1 -200.0 NAVY 1 1 0 100.0 -2 0 0 0 83.20
0 177.77 3 112.92 6 86.0 0 134.68 2 197.07 1 178.59 2 85.74 0 147.36 1 153.91 2 186.00 0 209.77 2 184.21 0 125.72
REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
2016 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING
PLAYER TOWSON N. ILL @SYR FSU @Cinc ECU UCONN @Temple NAVY @Mem @SMU UCF Quinton Flowers, QB 9-46-2 11-63-0 11-51-0 18-159-0 13-74-2 16-115-0 16-157-3 14-90-1 13-176-2 20-210-3 16-142-0 20-152-2 Marlon Mack, RB 9-58-1 DNP 9-115-2 12-42-1 20-118-2 18-152-2 16-107-1 13-67-1 11-125-1 15-69-1 18-129-1 20-155-2 D’Ernest Johnson, RB 6-33-0 16-87-0 2-19-0 8-82-3 9-20-1 7-36-0 8-28-0 3-16-0 19-107-2 9-48-0 7-11-1 6-29-1 Rodney Adams, WR 4-37-1 3-28-1 4-39-2 1-3-0 1-2-0 -- 1-2-0 1-(-2)-0 - 3-86-1 - 2-15-0 Darius Tice, RB 6-32-0 19-120-1 3-13-0 2-4-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Trevon Sands, RB DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-13-0 1-3-0 3-11-0 1-(-1)-0 - - - Deangelo Antoine, WR 1-7-0 1-5-0 -- -- -- DNP -- - - DNP - Chris Barr, WR DNP -- 3-8-0 DNP -- -- -- - - - - Tyre McCants, WR -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-7-0 - - 1-5-0 - Jordan Reed, WR 1-6-0 -- DNP DNP -- DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - Zay Gunter, RB 1-5-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - Marquez Valdes-Scantling, WR -- -- -- -- 1-0-0 -- 1-4-0 - - - Brett Kean, QB 2-(-8)-0 -- -- DNP -- DNP -- 1-(-5)-0 1-4-0 DNP - -
2016 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING
PLAYER TOWSON N. ILL @SYR FSU @Cinc ECU UCONN @Temple NAVY @Mem @SMU UCF Rodney Adams, WR 2-20-0 5-66-1 4-67-1 1-84-1 6-66-0 7-113-1 7-43-0 2-43-0 7-54-0 8-115-1 2-6-0 9-78-0 Marquez Valdes-Scantling, WR 3-79-1 5-72-0 2-35-0 -- 3-34-0 1-5-0 1-26-1 1-27-1 2-26-1 - 2-84-1 1-13-0 Tyre McCants, WR -- 2-46-0 2-32-0 -- 1-21-0 2-12-0 3-17-0 2-53-1 3-27-0 3-46-1 3-105-2 Mitch Wilcox, TE 1-21-1 -- -- 1-52-0 -- 2-52-0 2-38-1 1-14-0 1-23-0 2-33-0 - 1-32-0 Marlon Mack, RB -- DNP 1-8-0 -- -- 3-5-0 6-75-0 3-33-0 3-25-0 9-61-0 - 1-8-0 D’Ernest Johnson, RB 1-23-1 4-33-1 2-37-0 2-13-0 -- 5-53-2 3-8-0 1-4-0 1-14-0 1-10-0 - 2-3-0 Ryeshene Bronson, WR 1-9-0 3-113-1 1-11-0 -- 3-32-0 1-10-0 -- DNP - - - 1-13-0 Elkanah Dillon, TE 1-27-0 -- 2-25-0 -- 2-44-0 DNP DNP - 1-41-1 - - Chris Barr, WR DNP 3-39-1 -- DNP -- -- -- 1-13-0 1-9-0 1-(-2)-0 - Darius Tice, RB 1-43-1 -- -- 1-11-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - Deangelo Antoine, WR 2-10-0 1-2-0 -- -- 4-18-0 DNP -- - 1-(-2)-0 - - Stanley Clerveaux, WR DNP -- DNP DNP 1-8-0 DNP DNP DNP - - - Darnell Salomon, WR -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-6-0 - - - - 1-8-0 Jordan Reed, WR -- 1-3-0 DNP DNP 1-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP - - Alex Mut, WR 1-(-2)-0 -- -- -- 1-5-0 -- -- - - - - Tyler Pippens, RB DNP 1-(-5)-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - 72
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UA-A
SANCHEZ, Auggie LB 6-0 HECTOR, Bruce DT 3-2 BROWN, Juwuan DE 2-1 HARRIS, Nigel LB 2-0 AWOLEKE, Daniel DT 2-0 LIVINGSTONE, K DE 2-0 LOVE, Mike DE 1-2 BLACK, Josh DE 1-1 FULLWODD, Tajee 1-0 SENAT, Deadrin DT 1-0 BRONSON, Kevin DT 1-0 THOMAS, Jaymon 1-0 DIXON, Malik
SU
FS CIN ECU UCONN TEM NAVY MEM SMU UCF
61-50 111 5-2 8-5 5-8 4-3 2-6 3-3 8-4 6-0 4-6 5-1 6-8 5-4 46-28 74 2-4 4-1 7-3 2-2 3-7 2-1 2-2 5-2 3-1 4-0 5-1 7-4 46-16 62 1-1 3-3 3-2 1-1 5-1 9-1 2-0 7-0 5-4 8-2 2-0 0-1 43-16 59 6-1 3-0 1-0 5-2 3-4 2-0 4-0 3-0 - 5-2 6-6 5-1 38-12 50 3-4 4-1 6-0 4-1 3-2 2-1 7-0 1-1 5-0 2-0 0-1 1-1 34-14 48 0-2 2-1 9-3 3-1 5-3 - DNP DNP 3-1 7-0 2-1 3-2 35-12 47 2-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 3-1 6-1 2-0 1-1 4-2 5-0 5-1 3-4 32-14 46 3-1 1-0 6-4 2-4 1-2 5-0 2-2 4-0 3-1 4-0 - 1-0 28-14 42 0-3 - DNP - 0-1 2-4 3-0 3-1 3-2 6-0 8-1 3-2 23-12 35 1-0 3-2 4-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 - 2-0 1-0 2-0 4-4 3-0 22-9 31 2-1 4-1 2-1 8-2 2-4 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP 2-0 1-0 19-12 31 1-1 2-1 0-1 3-2 4-0 1-1 3-2 2-0 1-2 - 0-1 2-1 19-11 30 0-2 4-0 4-2 1-2 0-1 3-0 - 1-0 1-0 2-1 3-3 15-13 28 3-0 3-1 1-1 3-2 0-5 0-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 15-13 28 0-1 0-2 1-4 0-2 3-2 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 - 2-1 2-1 16-12 28 2-0 1-0 - 3-2 - 3-1 1-3 2-1 2-4 1-0 1-1 19-7 26 2-1 0-1 DNP 4-0 1-1 4-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 - 4-1 0-1 12-11 23 1-1 0-3 2-3 2-1 - 1-1 3-0 - - 2-0 1-1 0-1 18-5 23 2-0 2-0 4-1 1-1 DNP 0-1 - 4-0 1-1 - 4-1 15-1 16 DNP - - DNP DNP 5-0 1-0 4-0 5-0 DNP 0-1 11-5 16 2-2 1-0 - 1-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 DNP DNP 7-8 15 0-1 2-0 1-3 0-1 - 1-0 - 1-0 2-1 0-1 - 0-1 6-3 9 DNP - 1-0 1-2 - 0-1 3-0 1-0 - - - 6-3 9 1-0 0-1 3-0 DNP 0-1 1-0 1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-5 8 0-2 - 2-2 1-1 DNP - - - - - - 6-1 7 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 - - - - 1-0 - - 0-1 5-2 7 1-0 - 3-1 DNP - DNP - - DNP DNP DNP 1-1 4-3 7 DNP DNP DNP - DNP 0-1 DNP 1-0 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-0 3-3 6 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0 0-1 - 1-0 - 0-1 0-1 1-0 3-3 6 3-3 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 5-1 6 2-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-0 3-2 5 1-0 - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - 0-1 0-1 1-2 3 1-0 - - 0-2 - DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1 2 1-0 - - DNP DNP DNP - DNP 0-1 DNP - 2-0 2 - - - - 1-0 - - - - DNP DNP 1-0 2-0 2 - - 1-0 1-0 - - - DNP - - - 1-0 1 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0 1 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 0-1 1 0-1 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0 1 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - 1-0 1 DNP - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 1-0 1 DNP - DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP
1-0
UA-A
HARRIS, Nigel LB 8-3 SANCHEZ, Auggie LB 8-1 SENAT, Deadrin DT 6-0 LOVE, Mike DE 5-2 LIVINGSTONE, K DE 5-1 BRONSON, Kevin DT 4-2 HECTOR, Bruce DT 4-2 BROWN, Juwuan DE 3-1 MCGEE, Khalid 3-0 AWOLEKE, Daniel DT 3-0 THOMAS, Jaymon 3-0 FULLWODD, Tajee 2-1 NICHOLS, Deatri CB 1-2 BLACK, Josh DE 1-1 DIXON, Malik 1-0 GODWIN, Nate 1-0 WARD, Johnny CB 1-0 THOMAS, Danny LB 1-0 HOGGINS, Ronnie CB 1-0
TOT TOWSON
NIU
GAME-BY-GAME SACKS SU
FS
CIN
ECU UCONN TEM NAVY
MEM SMU
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GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES
NIU
2016
SANCHEZ, Auggie LB HARRIS, Nigel LB GODWIN, Nate FULLWODD, Tajee THOMAS, Jaymon HOGGINS, Ronnie CB NICHOLS, Deatri CB SENAT, Deadrin DT MCGEE, Khalid AWOLEKE, Daniel DT ABRAHAM, Devin WARD, Johnny CB CHERRY, Cecil LB BRONSON, Kevin DT LIVINGSTONE, K DE HECTOR, Bruce DT LOVE, Mike DE JACKSON, Vincen DE THOMAS, Danny LB CHILDS, Hassan CB SAWTELLE, Nico LB BROWN, Juwuan DE WILKINS, Mazzi CB FERGUSON, Nate HUDSON, Austin JOHNSON, D’Erne BLACK, Josh DE REAVES, Greg DE SANDS, Trevon DIXON, Malik GERGLEY, Camero CB SPENCER, Jalen CB JACKSON, LaDar DE GONZALEZ, M. DT NADELMAN, Emili BRONSON, Ryshen SMITH, Shannon DB ADAMS, Rodney HALL, Jeremi ROBBINS, Lamar CB MCCANTS, Tyre SALVATO, Alex CLERVEAUX, Stan
UA-A TOT TOWSON
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS
UCF
BOWLS
6.0 - 1.0-4 1.0-8 1.0-5 - - 3.0-16 - - - - 4.0 - - - 1.0-5 - 1.5-3 - - - - 1.5-13 2.5 - - - - - 1.0-1 - 1.0-7 - - - 0.5-1 2.0 1.0-9 - - - - - 1.0-6 - - - - 2.0 - - - - 1.0-7 - - - - - - 1.0-6 2.0 - - - - 1.0-8 - - - - - - 1.0-14 2.0 - - DNP 1.0-7 - 0.5-0 - - - - 0.5-3 1.5 1.0-4 - - DNP - DNP - - DNP DNP DNP 0.5-1 1.0 - - - - - - 1.0-4 - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - - 1.0-7 - - - 1.0 - 1.0-8 - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - 1.0-7 - - - - 1.0
1.0-10
TOT TOWSON
DNP
NIU
DNP
DNP DNP
GAME-BY-GAME TFL FS CIN
SU
9.5 1.5-11 2.0-3 1.0-5 - - 8.5 - 1.0-4 1.0-8 2.0-7 1.0-1 6.0 1.0-1 - 1.0-1 - 1.0-2 6.0 - - DNP 2.0-11 - 5.5 0.5-2 - - - 2.0-9 5.0 1.0-1 2.0-9 - - 0.5-1 5.0 - - - 2.0-6 - 3.5 - 1.0-1 - - - 3.0 - - DNP - - 3.0 - 1.0-1 - - 1.0-7 3.0 1.0-4 - - - - 2.5 - - - - 0.5-1 2.0 - - - - - 1.5 1.0-4 - - DNP - 1.0 1.0-10 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1.0 - - - - - 1.0 - - - - 1.0-4 1.0 - 1.0-1 - - DNP 1.0 - - - 1.0-2 -
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ECU UCONN TEM NAVY
DNP DNP
MEM
SMU
DNP
UCF
- 1.5-7 1.0-8 1.0-2 - - 1.5-3 - 3.5-16 - - - - - 1.0-2 1.0-7 - 1.0-1 - 1.5-3 - - - - 2.5-7 - - 1.0-2 - - - 2.0-18 0.5-0 - - - 1.0-5 - 1.5-3 - - - - 1.5-13 1.0-1 - 1.0-7 - - - 0.5-1 - - - - - 2.0-9 1.0-1 - - - - - - 1.0-6 - 2.0-12 - - - - - 1.0-4 - - - 1.0-1 1.5-4 - - - - - 0.5-1 DNP - - DNP DNP DNP 0.5-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1.0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DNP DNP - - - -
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NCAA Statistics
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
NCAA/CONFERENCE RANKINGS - TEAM
2016
USF FOOTBALL
South Fla. - 2016-17 Football Ranking Summary thru games 12/03/2016
Statistic
COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS
Conference Leader Value
30 3
0.448
Navy
0.557
Navy
0.557
0.397
Michigan
0.209
UCF
0.299
1 1
0.938
South Fla.
0.938
South Fla.
0.938
72 6
0.533
Alabama
0.190
Tulane
0.333
Texas St.
8
Temple
5
0
SMU Memphis
0 0
4th Down Conversion Pct (128 ranked) 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (128 ranked) Blocked Kicks (71 ranked) Blocked Kicks Allowed (128 ranked)
87 6
3
30 teams tied
Michigan
4
Temple
3
Blocked Punts Allowed (128 ranked)
73 7
1
72 teams tied
0
6 teams tied
0
Completion Percentage (128 ranked)
29 4
0.620
Washington St.
0.713
Houston
0.669
Defensive TDs (37 ranked)
37 7
2
Alabama
10
Houston UCF
5 5
Blocked Punts (21 ranked)
Fewest Penalties (128 ranked)
83 11
78
Navy
30
Navy
30
Fewest Penalties Per Game (128 ranked)
83 11
6.50
Navy
2.50
Navy
2.50
Fewest Penalty Yards (128 ranked)
89 11
713
Navy
256
Navy
256
90 11 121 12
59.42
Navy
21.33
Navy
21.33
299
Army West Point
161
Temple
193
First Downs Offense (128 ranked)
39 5
276
Texas Tech
360
Tulsa
339
Fumbles Lost (128 ranked)
54 4
8
Iowa Nevada
2 2
Temple
5
Fumbles Recov ered (128 ranked)
54 7
8
Minnesota
16
Tulane
15
Kickoff Return Defense (128 ranked)
92 9
22.09
Bowling Green
15.05
Memphis
15.46
109 11
18.41
Pittsburgh
29.03
Memphis
26.95
Kickoff Returns (128 ranked) Net Punting (128 ranked)
53 5
37.90
Utah
44.90
Memphis
41.16
Passes Had Intercepted (127 ranked)
22 2
7
Western Mich.
3
Navy
5 18
Passes Intercepted (128 ranked)
33 5
13
San Diego St.
22
SMU
Passing Offense (128 ranked)
72 8
223.3
Texas Tech
463.0
East Carolina 334.7
Passing Yards per Completion (128 ranked)
118 12
276.8
Michigan
135.9
Temple
145.2
39 3
13.27
Air Force
25.33
Navy
19.33
Punt Return Defense (128 ranked)
69 4
8.06
North Carolina
0.75
Houston
1.80
Punt Returns (128 ranked)
29 2
10.26
Texas A&M
28.58
Temple
11.24
Red Zone Defense (128 ranked)
114 11
0.904
Vanderbilt
0.659
UCF
0.704
Red Zone Offense (128 ranked)
60 5
0.848
Florida St.
0.963
UCF
0.909
Rushing Defense (128 ranked)
92 10
205.3
Alabama
63.4
Houston
97.9
Rushing Offense (128 ranked)
5 2
291.8
New Mexico
360.9
Navy
327.5
Sacks Allowed (128 ranked)
19 1
1.25
Troy
0.58
South Fla.
1.25
Scoring Defense (128 ranked)
86 9
31.0
Alabama
11.8
Temple
17.2
Scoring Offense (128 ranked)
7 1
43.6
Louisville
45.3
South Fla.
43.6
57 4
5.58
Missouri 2.92
Navy
4.33
Tackles for Loss Allowed (128 ranked) Team Passing Efficiency (128 ranked)
23 3
151.02
Oklahoma
194.86
Navy
166.37
Team Passing Efficiency Defense (128 ranked)
55 7
125.74
Ohio St.
91.43
UCF
104.91
Team Sacks (128 ranked)
55 7
2.17
Florida St.
3.92
Houston
3.08
Team Tackles for Loss (128 ranked)
67 8
5.8
Michigan
9.6
UCF
7.7
Time of Possession (128 ranked)
116 11
Total Defense (128 ranked)
120 12
482.1
Alabama
247.8
Temple
Total Offense (128 ranked)
10 2
515.1
Texas Tech
564.5
Tulsa
522.5
Turnover Margin (128 ranked)
26 3
0.50
Washington
1.62
Memphis
0.83
26:42
Wisconsin
35:20 Temple
33:44 275.9
Turnovers Gained (127 ranked)
41 7
21
Washington
33
Memphis
28
Turnovers Lost (128 ranked)
25 2
15
Western Mich.
7
Navy
12
0.833
Western Mich. Alabama
1.000 1.000
South Fla.
0.833
Winning Percentage (128 ranked)
74
Value
70 7
Passing Yards Allowed (128 ranked)
BOWLS
National Leader
3rd Down Conversion Pct (128 ranked)
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (128 ranked)
PLAYERS
Conference Rank Value
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (128 ranked)
First Downs Defense (128 ranked)
NOTES
National Rank
7 1
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NCAA/CONFERENCE RANKINGS - INDIVIDUAL National Conference Rank Rank Value
All Purpose (199 ranked)
Rodney Adams Marlon Mack Quinton Flowers D'Ernest Johnson
47 50 61 164
5 6 10 20
124.50 Christian McCaffrey, Stanford 122.91 118.50 88.33
Blocked Kicks (4 ranked)
Combined Kick Returns (200 ranked)
Rodney Adams D'Ernest Johnson
45 106
3 10
National Leader
534 346
Value
Conference Leader
Value
211.55 Zay Jones, East Carolina
147.50
Trey Hendrickson, Fla. Atlantic Vincent Taylor, Oklahoma St.
4 4
4 players tied
2
Sean Riley, Syracuse
1,125
Tony Pollard, Memphis
1,002
Completion Percentage (112 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
41
4
0.615
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
0.712
Philip Nelson, East Carolina
0.679
Completions Per Game (100 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
80
9
15.33
Luke Falk, Washington St.
34.42
Greg Ward Jr., Houston
26.73
Gary Wunderlich, Ole Miss
0.957
Jake Elliott, Memphis
0.833
Emilio Nadelman
106
10
0.70
Daniel Carlson, Auburn Austin Rehkow, Idaho
2.17 2.17
Jake Elliott, Memphis
1.67
Field Goal Percentage (108 ranked) Field Goals Per Game (128 ranked)
Forced Fumbles (28 ranked)
Harold Landry, Boston College
0.58
Jordan Wyatt, SMU
0.33
Fumbles Recovered (26 ranked)
Keishawn Bierria, Washington
5
18 players tied
2
0.7 0.7
Horace Richardson, SMU Mike Tyson, Cincinnati
0.5 0.5
Interceptions Per Game (143 ranked)
Deatrick Nichols
35
6
0.3
Rasul Douglas, West Virginia Tarvarus McFadden, Florida St. Quadree Henderson, Pittsburgh
3
Tony Pollard, Memphis
2
Rodney Adams
31
4
24.3
Kylen Towner, Western Ky.
40.8
Tony Pollard, Memphis
28.4
Tedric Thompson, Colorado Ahkello Witherspoon, Colorado
1.7 1.7
Shaquill Griffin, UCF
1.3
Kickoff Return TDs (8 ranked) Kickoff Returns (114 ranked) Passes Defended (36 ranked)
Passing Efficiency (111 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
18
1
153.5
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
197.8
Quinton Flowers, South Fla.
153.5
Passing TDs (159 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
35
3
22
Logan Woodside, Toledo
43
Riley Ferguson, Memphis
28
Passing Yards (130 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
55
7
2,551
Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
5,052
Greg Ward Jr., Houston
3,328
Passing Yards Per Game (130 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
62
8
212.6
Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
421.0
Greg Ward Jr., Houston
302.5
Passing Yards per Completion (112 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
20
2
13.86
Trace McSorley, Penn St.
16.31
Phillip Walker, Temple
14.35
Points Responsible For (199 ranked)
Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack
12 154
1 14
222 90
Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
318
Quinton Flowers, South Fla.
222
Points Responsible For Per Game (195 ranked)
Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack Emilio Nadelman
11 137 186
1 14 17
18.5 8.2 7.3
Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
26.5
Quinton Flowers, South Fla.
18.5
Punt Return TDs (7 ranked)
D'Ernest Johnson
7
1
1
Christian Kirk, Texas A&M
3
Justin McDonald, UCF D'Ernest Johnson, South Fla.
1 1
Punt Returns (63 ranked)
D'Ernest Johnson
8
1
12.4
Brisly Estime, Syracuse
17.7
D'Ernest Johnson, South Fla.
12.4
Punting (116 ranked)
Jonathan Hernandez
68
6
41.2
Johnny Townsend, Florida
48.1
Spencer Smith, Memphis
45.2
Receiving TDs (172 ranked)
Rodney Adams Marquez Valdes-Scantling D'Ernest Johnson Tyre McCants
114 114 172 172
11 11 17 17
5 5 4 4
Corey Davis, Western Mich.
18
Keevan Lucas, Tulsa
12
Rodney Adams
88
12
755
Zay Jones, East Carolina
1,746
Zay Jones, East Carolina
1,746
Rodney Adams
91
13
62.9
Zay Jones, East Carolina
145.5
Zay Jones, East Carolina
145.5
Receptions Per Game (194 ranked)
Rodney Adams
66
8
5.0
Zay Jones, East Carolina
13.2
Zay Jones, East Carolina
13.2
Rush Yards Per Carry (183 ranked)
Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack
3 10
1 2
8.05 7.06
Teriyon Gipson, New Mexico
9.23
Quinton Flowers, South Fla.
8.05
Rushing TDs (187 ranked)
Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack D'Ernest Johnson Rodney Adams
15 15 93 187
3 3 10 19
15 15 8 5
Will Worth, Navy
25
Will Worth, Navy
25
Rushing Yards (200 ranked)
Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack D'Ernest Johnson
11 36 198
2 5 17
1,425 1,137 516
D'Onta Foreman, Texas
2,028
James Flanders, Tulsa
1,529
Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked)
Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack
15 29
3 4
118.8 103.4
D'Onta Foreman, Texas
184.4
James Flanders, Tulsa
127.4
Harold Landry, Boston College Demarcus Walker, Florida St.
1.25 1.25
Shaquem Griffin, UCF
0.92
Jeremy McNichols, Boise St.
13.5
Will Worth, Navy
12.5
Marlon Mack Quinton Flowers Emilio Nadelman D'Ernest Johnson
47 75 88 116
7 8 10 14
8.2 7.5 7.3 6.5
Solo Tackles (46 ranked)
Auggie Sanchez
39
3
5.1
Tackles For Loss (31 ranked)
Nate Holley, Kent St.
8.9
Obi Melifonwu, UConn
6.1
Ejuan Price, Pittsburgh Bradley Chubb, North Carolina St.
1.8 1.8
Haason Reddick, Temple
1.7
Total Interceptions (62 ranked)
Deatrick Nichols
27
5
4
Rasul Douglas, West Virginia Tarvarus McFadden, Florida St.
8 8
Horace Richardson, SMU
6
Total Offense (200 ranked)
Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack
10 148
2 14
331.3 103.4
Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech
442.7
Greg Ward Jr., Houston
349.6
Total Points Scored (134 ranked)
Quinton Flowers
64
7
90
Jeremy McNichols, Boise St.
162
Will Worth, Navy
150
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Receiving Yards (199 ranked)
Scoring (198 ranked)
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Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked)
Sacks (71 ranked)
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WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS
QUARTERBACKS
#1 CHRIS BARR
#9 QB QUINTON FLOWERS
Receptions...............................5, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15) Receiving Yards........................... 41, vs. SMU (10/25/15) Receiving TDs....................... 1, 2x, last vs. NIU (9/10/16) Long Reception........................... 38, vs. SMU (10/25/15)
#6 A.J. LEGREE
Receptions......................3, vs. Vanderbilt (at Kentucky) Receiving Yards...........47, vs. Vanderbilt (at Kentucky) Long Reception........................... 15, vs. SMU (10/24/15)
#8 WR TYRE MCCANTS
Receptions......................... 3, 4x, last at SMU (11/19/16) Receiving Yards.......................... 105, at SMU (11/19/16) Long........................................65 (TD), at SMU (11/19/16) Receiving TD.................................... 2, at SMU (11/19/16)
#11 WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING
Receptions............................................ 5 vs. NIU (9/10/16) Receiving Yards.............................84, at SMU (11/19/16) Long........................................77 (TD), at SMU (11/19/16) Receiving TD..................... 1, 6x, last at SMU (11/19/16) NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Completions......................... 24, at Memphis (11/12/16) Attempts.............................................33, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Passing Yards.................................. 350, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Long Pass..................................84 (TD), vs. FSU (9/24/16) Passing TDs........................... 4, 2x, last vs. NIU (9/10/16) Rushes...................................... 24, at Maryland (9/19/15) Rushing Yards.....................210, at Memphis (11/12/16) Long Rush..................................... 67, vs. SMU (10/24/15) Rushing TDs..............3, 3x, last at Memphis (11/12/16) Total Yards...........................473, at Memphis (11/12/16)
#7 QB BRETT KEAN
Completions.............................6, at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Attempts.....................7, 2x, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Passing Yards............................... 52, vs. Towson (9/3/16) Long Pass...................................... 23, vs. Towson (9/3/16) Passing TDs.....................................2, vs. Towson (9/3/16) Rushes............................... 1, 2x, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing Yards................................. 4, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Long Rush....................................... 4, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing TDs............................................................................. -
#81 WR RYESHENE BRONSON
Receptions.................3, 4x, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Receiving TDs....................... 1, 3x, last vs. NIU (9/10/16) Receiving Yds................................ 113, vs. NIU, (9/10/16) Long Reception......................75, vs. NC State (9/13/14)
#82 WR JORDAN REED
Receptions............. 2, 2x, last vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Receiving Yards........... 11, vs.vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Long..................................... 10, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Receiving TD........................1, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
#87 WR RODNEY ADAMS
Receptions........................................9, vs. UCF (11/26/16) Receiving Yards....................147, vs. Temple (11/14/15) Receiving TDs............................. 3, vs. UConn (10/17/15) Long Reception......................84 (TD), vs. FSU (9/24/16) Rushes........5, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) Rushing Yards....................... 86, at Memphis (11/12/16) Long Rush....................92 (TD), at Memphis (11/12/16) Kick Return Yards....................... 139 at Navy (10/31/15) Kick Return Long............... 97 (TD), at Navy (10/31/15) All-Purpose Yards..............270, at Memphis (11/12/16)
#85 ELKANAH DILLON
Receptions......................................... 4, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) Receiving Yards........................... 126, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) Receiving TDs.................. 1, 3x, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) Long Reception.................... 62 (TD), vs. FAMU (9/5/15)
#89 MITCHELL WILCOX
Receptions...............2 , 2x, last at Memphis (11/12/16) Receiving Yards............................... 52, vs. FSU (9/24/16) Receiving TDs...............1, 2x, last vs. UConn (10/15/16) Long Reception............................... 52, vs. FSU (9/24/16)
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#41 P BRENT GORDON
Punts...........7, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) Yards.......277, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) Avg.........39.6, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) Long......... 44, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) I20............................................................................................... -
#44 P JONATHAN HERNANDEZ
Punts.................................... 8, 2x, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) Yards...............................................361, vs. UCF (11/26/16) Avg....................................................47.5, vs. FSU (9/24/16) Long................................................. 66, vs. UCF (11/26/16) I20......................................... 5, 2x, last at SMU (11/19/16)
#35 K EMILIO NADELMAN
Field Goals............................... 3-3, 2x, at UCF (11/26/15) Long Field Goal................ 49, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Points..........................................14, 2x, at UCF (11/26/15)
#45 BRANDON BEHR (USF CAREER HIGHS) Field Goals.....................................2-3, vs. UCF (11/26/16) Long Field Goal............................ 33, vs. UCF (11/26/16) Points............................................... 12, vs. UCF (11/26/16)
#13 TAJEE FULLWOOD (PUNT RETURNER)
Long Punt Return........... 45, at Florida State (9/12/15) Punt Return Yards....................... 82, vs. SMU (10/24/15) Yards per return (minimun 2)...................27.3 , vs. SMU (10/24/15)
RUNNING BACKS #5 RB MARLON MACK
Rushes.......................................... 31, vs. UConn (9/19/14) Rushing Yards.......275, vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14) Long Rush...........................85 (TD), vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing TDs...............4, vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14) Receptions...............................9, at Memphis (11/12/16) Receiving Yards.......................75, vs. UConn (10/15/16) All-Purpose Yards................... 280, vs. Western Carolina (8/30/14)
#13 RB DARIUS TICE
Rushes.................................................19, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Rushing Yards................................. 120, vs. NIU (9/10/16) Long Rush........................................44, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) Receptions...............................3, at Memphis (11/22/14) Receiving Yards.......................... 43, vs. Towson (9/3/16) Long Reception.......................... 43, vs. Towson (9/3/16)
#32 D’ERNEST JOHNSON (KICKOFF RETURNER)
Long Kickoff Return........ 54, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Kickoff Return Yards......181, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) Kickoff Return Average............ 45.25 (4), vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
#87 WR RODNEY ADAMS (KICKOFF RETURNER)
Kick Return Yards...................... 139, at Navy (10/31/15) Long Kickoff Return....................97, at Navy (10/31/15) Kickoff Return Average.......... 65.5, at Navy (10/31/15)
#2 RB D’ERNEST JOHNSON
Rushes............................................19, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Rushing Yards............................ 107, vs. Navy (10/28/16) Long Rush......................................... 24, vs. FSU (9/24/16) Rushings TDs.......................................3, vs. FSU (9/24/16) Receptions.......... 5, 2x, last vs. East Carolina (10/8/16) Receiving Yards.................................89, at FSU (9/12/15) Receiving TDs....................... 2, 2x , last at FSU (9/12/15) Long Reception.......................71 (TD), at FSU (9/12/15) TD Pass.1, 2X, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) Long Punt Return......... 83 (TD), at Syracuse (9/17/16) All-Purpose Yards...........281, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
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DEFENSIVE BACKS
PLAYER CAREER BESTS - DEFENSE
#13 S TAJEE FULLWOOD
Tackles..............................................12, at SMU (11/10/16) INT....................................1, 3x, last at Syracuse (9/17/16) TFL........................................ 1, 5x, last at SMU (11/19/16) PBU.......................................... 1, 4x, last vs. NIU (9/10/16) FF..........................................1, 2X, last vs. SMU (10/24/15)
#18 DB JAYMON THOMAS
Tackles........................... 7, 2x, last vs. UConn (10/15/16) TFL..............................................2.0, vs. UConn (10/15/16) Sacks..........................................1.0, vs. UConn (10/15/16) FR........................................................1, vs. Towson (9/3/16) FF..................................................1, at Cincinnati (10/1/16)
#19 DB RONNIE HOGGINS
Tackles........................................12, at Syracuse (9/17/16) TFL........................................... 1.5, vs. Memphis (10/2/15) INT....................................... 1, 4x, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) PBU..................................1, 4x, last at Syracuse (9/17/16) FF.................................................... 1, at Syracuse (9/17/16) FR.......................................................... 1, at SMU (11/19/16)
#20 DB DEVIN ABRAHAM
Tackles................................................ 10, vs. FSU (9/24/16) TFL........... 2.0, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) INT..........................................1, 2X, last at UCF (11/27/15) PBU.................................................. 1, 2x, vs. FSU (9/24/16) FF.................................................... 1, vs. Maryland (9/6/14) FR.................................................1, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15)
#21 DB KHALID MCGEE
Tackles................................................ 9, at SMU (11/19/16) TFL.......................................................2, at SMU (11/19/16) INT................................................1, at Cincinnati (10/1/16) FR.........................................................1, vs. SMU (10/24/15)
#23 DB MAZZI WILKINS
Tackles.........................................5, at Maryland (9/19/15) TFL.............................................................................................. INT............................................................................................... PBU...............................................1, at Maryland (9/19/15)
#24 DB JOHNNY WARD
Tackles.............................. 7, vs. East Carolina (10/11/14) Sacks....... 1.0, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15) TFL................................1, 4x, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) FR............................... 1, twice, last vs. Maryland (9/6/14) FF........................................................... 1, at UCF (11/29/13) INT....................... 1, 4x, last at Cincinnati (TD) (10/1/16) PBU..................................1, 4x, last vs. UConn (10/15/16)
#30 DB JALEN SPENCER
Tackles................................................. 3, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) TFL.............................................................................................. INT......................................................... 1, vs. FAMU (9/5/15)
#37 DB NATE FERGUSON
Tackles.......................................... 3, at Syracuse (9/17/16) TFL.............................................................................................. INT............................................................................................... FR.................................................... 1, at Syracuse (9/17/16)
#27 AUSTIN HUDSON
Tackles............................4, 2x, last at Syracuse (9/17/16) TFL.............................................................................................. INT............................................................................................... FF.................. 1 (with Wisconsin at Maryland 10/25/14) Sack............. 1 (with Wisconsin at Maryland 10/25/14)
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN #10 DT DEADRIN SENAT
Tackles........................................10, at Syracuse (9/17/16) Sacks.......................................... 1.0, at Temple (10/21/16) TFL.......................................... 1.5, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15) FR.................................................1, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15)
#55 JOSH BLACK
Tackles.......................................... 4, at Syracuse (9/17/16) Sacks...............................1.0, 2x, last vs. Towson (9/3/16) TFL...................................1.0, 2x, last vs. Towson (9/3/16) FF........................................................1, vs. Towson (9/3/16)
#56 JUWUAN BROWN
Tackles.......................................... 4, at Syracuse (9/17/16) Sacks...........................1.0, 2x, last at Temple (10/21/16) TFL...............................1.0, 3x, last at Temple (10/21/16) FF................................................................................................. FR................................................ 1 (TD), vs. UCF (11/26/16)
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Tackles..................... 8, 2x, last vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) TFL.......................................... 2.5, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15) Sacks..........................................1, vs. Syracuse (10/10/15) INT......................................... 2, 2x, last at SMU (11/19/16) INT return for TD.................1, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) FF...........................................1, 2x, last at Navy (10/31/15)
Tackles..................................... 14, at Wisconsin (9/27/14) TFL......................... 1, 3x, last vs. East Carolina (10/8/16) INT......................................... 1, 2x, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) Touchdown...........................1, vs. Cincinnati (10/05/13) FR......................................... 1, 2x, last vs. Towson (9/3/16) PBU............................................... 2, vs. UConn (10/12/13)
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#3 DB DEATRICK NICHOLS
#36 DB NATE GODWIN
LINEBACKERS #43 LB AUGGIE SANCHEZ
Tackles...............................14, 2x, last at SMU (11/19/16) Sacks..........................................3.0, vs. UConn (10/15/16) TFL..............................................3.0, vs. UConn (10/15/16) FR.............................................. 1, 3x, last vs. FSU (9/24/16) TD................................................... 1, vs. Maryland (9/6/14) INT......................................... 1, 2x, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) PBU........................ 1, 4x, last vs. East Carolina (10/8/16)
#53 LB DANNY THOMAS
NOTES
Tackles.................................................... 6, at FSU (9/12/15) Sacks......................................................................................... TFL.......................................................1.0, vs. NIU (9/10/16)
PLAYERS
Tackles............................... 6, 2x, last vs. Navy (10/28/16) Sacks.......................... 2.0, 2x, last vs. Temple (11/14/15) TFL.....................................................3.0, vs. FAMU (9/5/15) FF..............................................1, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15) PBU...................................................... 1, at SMU (11/19/16)
#54 LB NICO SAWTELLE
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#93 DT DANIEL AWOLEKE
#57 LB NIGEL HARRIS
#60 DT BRUCE HECTOR
Tackles................................................ 8, at SMU (11/19/16) Sacks.................................... 1, 4x, last vs. UCF (11/26/16) TFL........................................................1.5, at FSU (9/12/15) FF..................................................1, at Cincinnati (10/1/16)
#94 DE KIRK LIVINGSTONE
Tackles.........................5, 2x, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Sacks...........................................1, at Cincinnati (10/1/16) TFL.....................................2.0, 2x, last vs. UCF (11/26/16)
Tackles..............................................4, vs. Towson (9/3/16) TFL................................................................................................ Sacks............................................................................................ FR........................................................1, vs. Towson (9/3/16)
COACHES
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Tackles................................................ 12, vs. FAU (9/14/13) Sacks...............................1, 4x, last vs. UConn (10/15/16) TFL.......................................................3, vs. UCF (11/28/14) PBU...............................1, 2x, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) FF.................................................... 2, vs. Maryland (9/6/14) FR...................................1, 3x, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) INT.......................... 1, 3x, last vs. East Carolina (10/8/16)
#98 DE MIKE LOVE
Tackles.................................4, vs. East Carolina (10/8/16) Sacks....................................... 1, 2x, last vs. FSU (9/24/16) TFL....................................................2.5, at SMU (11/19/16)
#99 KEVIN BRONSON
Tackles.........................5, 2x, last at Cincinnati (10/1/16) Sacks................................................... 1.5, at ECU (11/7/15) TFL.......................................................2.0, vs. NIU (9/10/16) FF.............................................1, at Florida State (9/12/15) INT....................................................1, at UConn (10/17/15)
#15 VINCENT JACKSON
Tackles.......................................... 5, at Syracuse (9/17/16) Sacks.......................................................................................... TFL.............................................................................................. FF................................................................................................. -
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1 2 3 4 F TOWSON 3 7 7 3 20 USF 14 14 21 7 56 Attendance: 35,976 Time: 3:35 1st Quarter
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RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM • TAMPA, FLA. SEPT. 3, 2016 • 7 PM • ESPN3 USF 1-0 • TOWSON 0-1
n USF matched the program’s FBS record for points in a season opener in a 56-20 win over Towson Saturday
Towson - O’Neill 29-yd field goal, 6:24 10 plays, 29 yards (4:27) USF 7- Towson 7
n USF’s Gulf Coast Offense finished with 444 yards and matched the 56-point total produced by the 2008 team
USF - Mack 7-yd run (Nadelman kick), 5:55, 2 plays, 35 yards (0:29) USF 14 - Towson 7
n USF needed just 10 plays and two minutes, 22 seconds to score four touchdowns in the opening half.
night before a crowd of 35,976 at Raymond James Stadium.
up Brett Kean (Lakewood, Ohio) threw two more touchdown passes in the second half.
in its opener vs. UT-Martin.
on the night took only 3 minutes, 22 seconds.
Darius Tice put the Bulls ahead with a 43-yard touchdown catch less than three minutes in.
2nd Quarter
with 58 yards rushing on nine carries, ending a streak of 5-straight 100-yard games.
Towson - Victor 1-yd run (O’Neill kick), 13:42, 2 plays, 57 yards (0:40) USF 14 - Towson 10
USF - Flowers 5-yd run (Nadelman kick), 1:49, 1 play, 5 yards (0:08) USF 28 - Towson 10 3rd Quarter USF - Adams 4-yd run (Nadelman kick), 10:04, 11 plays, 79 yards (3:22) USF 35 - Towson 10 Towson - Victor 8-yd run (O’Neill kick), 7:21, 6 plays, 39 yards (2:43) USF 35 - Towson 17 USF - Flowers 7-yd run (Nadelman kick), 5:32, 4 plays, 66 yards (1:49) USF 42 - Towson 17 USF - Johnson 23-yd pass from Kean (Nadelman kick), 1:40 1 play, 36 yards (0:05) USF 49 - Towson 17 4th Quarter Towson - O’Neill 33-yd field goal, 11:24 18 plays, 61 yards (5:16) USF 49 - Towson 20 USF - Wilcox 21-yd pass from Kean (Nadelman kick), 5:28 8 plays, 66 yards (2:36) USF 56 - Towson 20 Team Statistics
Towson USF
FIRST DOWNS 20 22 NET YARDS RUSHING 49-127 41-214 NET YARDS PASSING 165 230 Completions-Attempts-Int 16-41-1 13-25-1 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 292 444 PUNTS-YARDS 7-346 4-154 Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 0-0-0 5-38-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 9-240-0 3-69-0 Interceptions: Nor-Yds-TD 1-1-0 1-49-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-62 4-42 Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-3 2-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-17 3-23 3rd-Down Conversions 6 of 22 6 of 12 4th-Down Conversions 5 of 6 0 of 0 Possession Time 37:40 22:20
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GAME 1: USF 56, TOWSON 20
USF - Tice 43-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 13:21 6 plays, 75 yards (1:39) USF 7- Towson 0
USF - Valdes-Scantling 51-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 6:56 1 play, 51 yards (0:06) USF 21 - Towson 10
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n Quarterback Quinton Flowers (Miami) accounted for four touchdowns (two rushing, two passing) and back
n USF logged six scoring drives that lasted less than two minutes and its longest scoring drive among the eight
n Marlon Mack left the game with 10:41 to play in the first half after an injury and did not return. He led USF n USF forced four turnovers in the debut of new defensive coordinator Raymond Woodie. Senior linebacker
Nigel Harris finished with six tackles, a sack, 1.5 tackles for loss and returned his second-career interception 49 yards a play before USF took a 28-10 lead. n USF scored 21 points off turnovers while Tajee Fullwood, Auggie Sanchez and Jaymon Thomas tied for the team lead with seven tackles apiece. n Seven Bulls scored a touchdown, led by QB Quinton Flowers who ran for two and passed for two in his second season opener as the USF starter. n The USF defense gave up just one play over 20 yards and held Towson to 292 yards of offense and 7 punts. n Freshman QB Brett Kean made his debut and threw a 23-yard TD pass on his first play. He later connected on a 21-yard TD pass to fellow freshman TE Mitchell Wilcox. Quotable: “We’ve got a lot of weapons, so we’ve got to find ways to use them all. That’s the beauty of if someone goes down, you don’t have to panic knowing that you have other guys that you can go to. That’s a blessing to have here and something we hadn’t had in a while.” – Willie Taggart on the Gulf Coast Offense.
TOWSON Rushing D. Victor D. Wethington E. Holder G. Boyce M. Mahalak S. Simpson E. Knudson Totals Passing M. Mahalak E. Knudson Totals
USF Att Yds TD Lg 23 70 2 10 5 31 0 12 1 10 0 10 3 9 0 5 10 8 0 12 5 2 0 1 2 -3 0 4 49 127 2 12 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 36 16 165 0 1 56 5 0 0 0 0 0 41 16 165 0 1 56
Receiving A. Dessenberg C. Summers E. Holder S. Gallahan R. Harris T. Vallely D. Victor Totals
No Yds TD Lg 5 59 0 18 3 65 0 56 2 16 0 12 2 12 0 7 2 1 0 1 1 7 0 7 1 5 0 5 16 165 9 56
Punting J. Ryder Totals Punt Returns Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 7 346 49.4 68 7 346 49.4 68
Kickoff Returns S. Simpson A. Dessenberg Totals
No Yds 8 229 1 11 9 240
No Yds Lg 0 0 0
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 10 - D. Wallace Assisted Tackles: 4 - D. Wallace, C. Tedder Total Tackles: 14 - D. Wallace Sacks: 1.0 - D. Wallace, E. Handy
Lg 61 11 61
Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Marlon Mack 9 58 1 19 Quinton Flowers 9 46 2 12 Rodney Adams 4 37 1 17 D’Ernest Johnson 6 33 0 8 Darius Tice 6 32 0 18 Deangelo Antoine 1 7 0 7 Jordan Reed 1 6 0 6 Zaybreion Gunter 1 5 0 5 TEAM 2 -2 0 0 Totals 41 214 4 19 Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Quinton Flowers 18 8 178 2 1 51 Brett Kean 7 5 52 2 0 23 Totals 25 13 230 4 1 51 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Marquez Valdes-Scantling 3 79 1 51 Rodney Adams 2 20 0 15 Deangelo Antoine 2 10 0 7 Darius Tice 1 43 1 43 Elkanah Dillon 1 27 0 27 D’Ernest Johnson 1 23 1 23 Mitchell Wilcox 1 21 1 21 Ryeshene Bronson 1 9 0 9 Alex Mut 1 -2 0 0 Totals 12 230 4 51 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 4 154 38.5 42 4 154 38.5 42
Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Tajee Fullwood Totals
No Yds Lg 3 21 11 2 17 14 5 38 14
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams Tyre McCants TEAM Totals
No Yds Lg 1 52 52 1 17 17 1 0 0 3 69 52
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Tajee Fullwood Assisted Tackles: 4 - Jaymon Thomas, Nigel Harris Total Tackles: 7 - Tajee Fullwood, Auggie Sanchez, Jaymon Thomas Sacks: 1.0 - Malik Dixon, Nigel Harris, Eric Mayes @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
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USF - Adams 11-yd run (Nadelman kick), 6:39, 10 plays, 80 yards (3:16) USF 7 - NIU 0 USF - Bronson 73-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 3:25, 3 plays, 84 yards (1:15) USF 14 - NIU 0 2nd Quarter USF - Nadelman 31-yd field goal, 14:05 8 plays, 59 yards (2:28) USF 17 - NIU 0 USF - Adams 26-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 11:07 5 plays, 74 plays (2:06) USF 24 - NIU 0 USF - Nadelman 34-yd field goal, 5:17 8 plays, 39 yards (3:02) USF 27 - NIU 0 NIU - A. Turner 4-yd run (Hagan kick), 1:36, 9 plays, 75 yards (3:41) USF 27 - NIU 7 3rd Quarter USF - Johnson 13-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 8:05 7 plays, 79 yards (1:56) USF 34 - NIU 7 USF - Barr 6-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 4:27 8 plays, 41 yards (2:31) USF 41 - NIU 7 4th Quarter USF - Tice 11-yd run (Nadelman kick), 13:31, 11 plays, 92 yards (3:56) USF 48 - NIU 7 NIU - A. Turner 11-yd pass from R. Graham (Hagan kick), 10:09 8 plays, 75 yards (3:22) USF 48 - NIU 14 NIU - C. Hagan 22-yd field goal, 2:34 6 plays, 20 yards (1:35) USF 48 - NIU 17 Team Statistics
NIU
USF
FIRST DOWNS 19 34 NET YARDS RUSHING 41-157 50-293 NET YARDS PASSING 161 365 Completions-Attempts-Int 22-35-0 25-39-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 318 658 PUNTS-YARDS 11-427 5-221 Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 1-11-0 3-7-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 5-92-0 2-58-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Penalties: No-Yards 4-50 8-77 Fumbles: No-Lost 1-0 1-1 Sacks By: No-Yards 0-0 2-12 3rd-Down Conversions 5 of 18 11 of 19 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 Possession Time 28:52 31:08
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM • TAMPA, FLA. SEPT. 10, 2016 • 7 P.M. • CBS SPORTS NETWORK USF 2-0 • NIU 0-2
n The Bulls’ high-powered Gulf Coast Offense racked up 658 total yards, the second-highest total in school history, with
several players finishing with career-high numbers.
n For the ninth time, USF has begun 2-0. Six of those seasons finished with a winning record — 1998 (8-3), 2002 (9-2),
2006 (9-4), 2007 (9-4), 2008 (8-5) and 2009 (8-5). Only the inaugural 1997 campaign (5-6), 2011 (5-7) and 2012 (3-9) produced losing seasons after a 2-0 start. n USF had five touchdown drives of 74 yards or greater, including a season-high 92-yarder. USF is averaging 545.2 yards and 48.7 points over its last six games, dating to 2015. n USF is 2-0 for the first time since 2012, the ninth time overall, and has set a new program record with 104 points through the first two games of the season. n Quarterback Quinton Flowers (Miami) reached a new career milestone with 350 passing yards and matched his top total of four touchdown passes after completing 21 of 33 pass attempts with no interceptions. n Flowers’ 403 total yards were good for eighth place in USF’s single-game history books. Flowers also rushed for 53 yards and moved into 10th place on USF’s career rushing list with 1,285 yards. n With Marlon Mack out with an injury, Darius Tice (Miami) rushed for a career high of 120 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. USF rushed for 293 yards and was a perfect 6-for-6 inside the red zone. n D’Ernest Johnson (Immokalee) also rushed for a career-high 87 yards on 16 carries and his 13-yard touchdown catch helped spot USF a 34-7 lead midway through the third quarter. n Rodney Adams has scored at least one touchdown in nine of USF’s last 11 games. In that 11-game span, he has 12 total touchdowns (nine receiving, two rushing, one kickoff return). n Ryeshene Bronson (Fort Myers) hauled in a 73-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and finished with a career high 113 yards on three receptions. n USF’s swarming 4-2-5 defense limited NIU (0-2) to 5-for-18 on third-down conversions and kept the Huskies score less until 1:36 was remaining in the first half. n Linebacker Auggie Sanchez (St. Petersburg) led the way with 13 total tackles, one off his career high, and a sack. Quotable: “It’s fun to see so many guys get involved in that game and contribute to that win. Out of all that, there is still room for improvement. We still can be better than what we showed tonight. I’m really proud of our guys, how they went out and executed in all phases of the game.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
USF FOOTBALL
1st Quarter
GAME 2: USF 48, NIU 17
2016
1 2 3 4 F NIU 0 7 0 10 17 USF 14 13 14 7 48 Attendance: 36,557 Time: 3:35
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES
NIU
USF
REVIEW
Rushing Joel Bouagnon Jordan Huff Ryan Graham Aregero Turner Kenny Golladay Drew Hare Totals
Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Darius Tice 19 120 1 21 D’Ernest Johnson 16 87 0 14 Quinton Flowers 11 53 0 13 Rodney Adams 3 28 1 17 Deangelo Antoine 1 5 0 5 Totals 50 293 2 21
RECORDS
Passing Drew Hare Ryan Graham Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 14 72 0 28 13 54 0 16 5 21 0 12 3 18 1 9 1 5 0 5 5 -13 0 1 41 157 1 28
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 20 13 96 0 0 22 15 9 65 1 0 18 35 22 161 1 0 22
Receiving C. Blake Aregero Turner Kenny Golladay Jordan Huff Shane Wimann Joel Bouagnon Totals
No Yds TD Lg 6 53 0 18 6 39 1 11 4 43 0 22 4 19 0 8 1 4 0 4 1 3 0 3 22 161 1 22
Punting Jake Ambrose Totals Punt Returns Shawun Lurry Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 11 427 38.8 51 11 427 38.8 51
Kickoff Returns Aregero Turner Totals
No Yds Lg 5 92 34 5 92 34
No Yds Lg 1 11 11 1 11 11
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - Bobby Jones Assisted Tackles: 2- T. Foster, M. Olootu Total Tackles: 8 - Bobby Jones Sacks: 0
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STATS BOWLS
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Quinton Flowers 33 21 350 4 0 73 Brett Kean 6 4 15 0 0 8 Totals 39 25 365 4 0 73 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Marquez Valdes-Scantling 5 72 0 45 Rodney Adams 5 66 1 26 D’Ernest Johnson 4 33 1 13 Ryeshene Bronson 3 113 1 73 Chris Barr 3 39 1 30 Tyre McCants 2 46 0 33 Jordan Reed 1 3 0 3 Deangelo Antoine 1 -2 0 0 Tyler Pippens 1 -5 0 0 Totals 25 365 4 73 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 5 221 44.2 52 5 221 44.2 52
Punt Returns Tajee Fullwood Hassan Childs Totals
No Yds Lg 2 5 7 1 2 0 3 7 7
Kickoff Returns D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Lg 1 38 38 1 38 38
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 - Auggie Sanchez Assisted Tackles: 5 - Auggie Sanchez Total Tackles: 13 - Auggie Sanchez Sacks: 1.0 - Auggie Sanchez, Kevin Bronson
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USF FOOTBALL
1 2 3 4 F USF 0 28 7 10 45 Syracuse 17 0 3 0 20 Attendance: 32,288 Time: 3:17 1st Quarter Syracuse - Phillips 24-yd pass from Dungey (Murphy kick), 10:01 16 plays, 79 yards (4:59) Syracuse 7 - USF 0
PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
CARRIER DOME • SYRACUSE, N.Y. SEPT. 17, 2016 • 3:30 P.M. • ESPN3 USF 3-0 • SYRACUSE 1-2
n USF matched a school record with 28 unanswered points in the second quarter and improved to 3-0 for the first time in the Willie Taggart era.
2008 Bulls also erased a 17-point deficit against Kansas.
Syracuse - Estime 47-yd pass from Dungey (Murphy kick), 6:40 6 plays, 92 yards (2:06) Syracuse 14 - USF 0
during the 28-0 run. Adams has scored 16 touchdowns (five rushing) in his past 12 games.
continues a school record run of seven straight games with at least 35 points.
Syracuse - Murphy 40-yd field goal, 00:30 12 plays, 53 yards (3:43) Syracuse 17 - USF 0
(12.8 ypc). Mack rushed for two touchdowns and his 52-yard score helped extend the lead to 35-20.
for a touchdown. It marked the second-longest punt return in USF history.
carries before sitting out most of the fourth quarter. USF rushed for 239 yards.
USF - Adams 27-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 14:26 4 plays, 75 yards (1:04) Syracuse 17 - USF 0
1:37, 0:55 and 1:32.
with interceptions by Tajee Fullwood (Tampa) and Deatrick Nichols (Miami).
USF - Mack 2-yd run (Nadelman kick), 9:24 5 plays, 47 yards (1:37) Syracuse 17 - USF 14
set a career high with 12 tackles and Deadrin Senat (Immokalee) had a career-best 10 stops.
USF - Adams 9-yd run (Nadelman kick), 4:45 4 plays, 41 yards (0:55) USF 21 - Syracuse 17 USF - Adams 19-yd run (Nadelman kick), 00:43 7 plays, 88 yards (1:32) USF 28 - Syracuse 17 3rd Quarter Syracuse - Murphy 48-yd field goal, 3:58 14 plays, 58 yards (5:20) USF 28 - Syracuse 20 USF - Mack 52-yd run (Nadelman kick), 00:55 7 plays, 75 yards (3:03) USF 35 - Syracuse 20 4th Quarter USF - Johnson 83-yd punt return (Nadelman kick), 14:42 USF 42 - Syracuse 20 USF - Nadelman 42-yd field goal, 8:55 8 plays, 50 yards (3:38) USF 45 - Syracuse 20 Team Statistics USF Syracuse FIRST DOWNS 20 30 NET YARDS RUSHING 35-239 55-199 NET YARDS PASSING 215 350 Completions-Attempts-Int 14-29-0 32-50-2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 454 549 PUNTS-YARDS 6-257 5-209 Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 3-84-1 0-0-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 2-48-0 8-193-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-22-0 0-0-0 Penalties: No-Yards 4-50 10-69 Fumbles: No-Lost 3-0 1-1 Sacks By: N0-Yards 1-8 1-6 3rd-Down Conversions 4 of 13 12 of 24 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 5 Possession Time 21:22 37:48
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GAME 3: USF 45, SYRACUSE 20
2nd Quarter
NOTES
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n USF is 3-0 for the first time since 2011 after pulling off the second-largest comeback in school history. The n Senior receiver Rodney Adams (St. Petersburg) scored a career-high tying three touchdowns (two rushing) n USF’s Gulf Coast Offense has scored at least 45 points in its past three games to match the school record and n Marlon Mack extended his school record of 100-yard rushing games to 14 with 115 yards on just nine carries n D’Ernest Johnson (Immokalee) started the fourth quarter in explosive fashion with an 83-yard punt return n Quarterback Quinton Flowers (Miami) threw for 183 yards with a touchdown and rushed for 51 yards on 11 n Quick-strike USF turned a 17-0 deficit into a 28-17 halftime lead with second-quarter scoring drives of 1:04, n USF’s swarming 4-2-5 defense gave up three points in the final three quarters and forced three turnovers, n Auggie Sanchez (St. Petersburg) led the Bulls with 13 tackles for the second straight game. Ronnie Hoggins Quotable: “The thing I liked about our guys is nobody flinched on the sideline. They stayed wide-eyed and they looked adversity in the face and said, ‘Bring it on.’ That was great to see our guys respond that way.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
USF Rushing Marlon Mack Quinton Flowers Rodney Adams D’Ernest Johnson Darius Tice Chris Barr Totals Passing Quinton Flowers Brett Kean D’Ernest Johnson Totals
SYRACUSE Att Yds TD Lg 9 115 2 52 11 51 0 15 4 39 2 19 2 19 0 12 3 13 0 7 3 8 0 15 25 239 4 52 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 24 12 183 1 0 33 4 2 32 0 0 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 14 215 1 0 33
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Rodney Adams 4 67 1 31 D’Ernest Johnson 2 37 0 33 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 2 35 0 20 Tyre McCants 2 32 0 28 Elkanah Dillon 2 25 0 18 Ryeshene Bronson 1 11 0 11 Marlon Mack 1 8 0 8 Totals 14 215 1 33 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 6 257 42.8 53 6 257 42.8 53
Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Hassan Childs Totals
No Yds Lg 2 83 83 (TD) 1 1 1 3 84 83
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams Totals
No Yds Lg 2 48 28 2 48 28
Rushing D. Strickland J. Fredericks E. Dungey M. Neal Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 30 127 0 19 7 42 0 17 12 18 0 7 6 12 0 5 55 199 0 19
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg E. Dungey 48 32 350 2 2 47 M. Neal 1 0 0 0 0 0 Z. Mahoney 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 50 32 350 2 2 47 Receiving E. Phillips A. Etta-Tawo B. Estime S. Ishmael D. Strickland C. MacPherson M. Neal Totals
No Yds TD Lg 10 95 1 24 8 123 0 40 6 80 1 47 3 30 0 17 3 17 0 9 1 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 32 350 2 47
Punting S. Hofrichter Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 5 209 41.8 52 5 209 41.8 52
Punt Returns Totals
No Yds Lg 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns S. Riley Totals
No Yds Lg 8 193 41 8 193 41
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 - D. Ellison Assisted Tackles: 4 - Z. Franklin Total Tackles: 11 - D. Ellison Sacks: 1.0 - C. Winfield
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9 - Ronnie Hoggins Assisted Tackles: 8 - Auggie Sanchez Total Tackles: 13 - Auggie Sanchez Sacks: 1.0 - Auggie Sanchez
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SCORING BY QUARTERS FSU USF
1 2 3 4 F 21 10 7 10 55 14 0 7 14 35
1st Quarter
FSU - Cook 75-yd run (Aguayo kick), 14:31 1 play, 75 yards (0:12) USF 7 - FSU 7 USF - Mack 1-yd run (Nadelman kick), 11:49 9 plays, 72 yards (2:42) USF 14 - FSU 7
n USF jumped out to a 14-7 lead in the first five minutes but couldn’t keep pace with No. 13/14 Florida State in a
sometimes-wild 55-35 loss before a crowd of 61,665 at Raymond James Stadium, the sixth-largest in USF history.
n The fourth meeting between the programs got off to an explosive start with four combined touchdowns in the
first five minutes of action and 42 first-quarter points. The teams combined for 90 points and 1,097 total yards.
n USF extended its program record with the eighth straight game of scoring at least 35 points. The offense
surpassed the 200-yard rushing mark for the ninth consecutive game with 290 yards and totaled 450 yards.
n Quarterback Quinton Flowers posted the third 100-yard rushing game of his career with 159 yards on 18 carries.
2nd Quarter
Flowers started the day with the longest pass of his career, an 84-yard strike to Rodney Adams on the first offensive play of the game that put USF ahead just 1:17 into the action. n D’Ernest Johnson set a new career high with three touchdown runs and finished with 82 yards on eight attempts. n Marlon Mack gained 42 yards on 12 carries with a touchdown, exiting the game early after being poked in the eye. n USF got Ray Jay rocking on its first play, when Adams caught a deep pass and went the distance for an 84-yard touchdown. The fourth-longest TD pass in USF history also marked the longest play FSU has given up since 2005. n FSU responded on its first play with a 75-yard touchdown run by Dalvin Cook, but the Bulls answered right back. Mack’s 1-yard touchdown run helped spot USF a 14-7 lead just 3 minutes, 11 seconds into the action. n Cook answered with a 13-yard touchdown run to cap a 76-yard drive on FSU’s next possession and the Seminoles took the lead on the following possession after going 50 yards in two minutes, 32 seconds. n Florida State took a 38-14 lead to the locker room following two more touchdowns and a field goal. USF had a chance to slice the margin driving to the FSU 18 but ran out of time as the half expired. n Junior safety Devin Abraham finished with a career-high 10 tackles. Junior linebacker Auggie Sanchez forced and recovered a fumble in addition to 2.0 tackles for loss and seven total tackles.
FSU - Aguayo 25-yd field goal, 7:04 10 plays, 74 yards (4:09) FSU 31 - USF 14
Quotable: “The preseason is over with and the real season starts now. It’s all conference games from here on out and our goal is to win this conference. They’re all right in front of us.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
FSU - Cook 13-yd run (Aguayo kick), 10:22 4 plays, 76 yards (1:27) USF 14 - FSU 14 FSU - Stevenson 1-yd run (Aguayo kick), 6:11 5 plays, 50 yards (2:32) FSU 21 - USF 14 FSU - Wilson 13-yd pass from Francois (Aguayo kick), 00:25 8 plays, 64 yards (4:11) FSU 28 - USF 14
FSU - Patrick 2-yd run (Aguayo kick), 7:07 10 plays, 95 yards (4:33) FSU 45 - USF 14 USF - Johnson 24-yd run (Nadelman kick), 3:22, 5 plays, 90 yards (1:38) FSU 45 - USF 21 4th Quarter FSU - Aguayo 35-yd field goal, 13:33 10 plays, 48 yards (4:49) FSU 48 - USF 21 USF - Johnson 4-yd run (Nadelman kick), 10:21, 8 plays, 75 yards (3:12) FSU 48 - USF 28 FSU - Francois 35-yd run (Aguayo kick), 8:46 3 plays, 43 yards (1:35) FSU 55 - USF 28 USF - Johnson 3-yd run (Nadelman kick), 7:39, 5 plays, 75 yards (1:07) FSU 55, USF 35
Team Statistics
FSU
USF
FIRST DOWNS 31 17 NET YARDS RUSHING 63-478 41-290 NET YARDS PASSING 169 160 Completions-Attempts-Int 11-19-0 5-14-2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 647 450 PUNTS-YARDS 3-104 6-285 Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 4-59-0 1-8-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 4-128-0 4-62-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-0-0 0-0-0 Penalties: No-Yards 4-50 8-68 Fumbles: No-Lost 1-1 0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-25 3-17 3rd-Down Conversions 6-11 4-11 4th-Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 Possession Time 40:19 19:41
NOTES PLAYERS
FSU - Stevenson 1-yd run (Aguayo kick), 1:18 6 plays, 51 yards (2:57) FSU 38 - USF 14 3rd Quarter
USF FOOTBALL
USF - Adams 84-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 14:43, 1 play, 84 yards (0:17) USF 7 - FSU 0
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM • TAMPA, FLA. SEPT. 24, 2016 • NOON • ABC FSU 3-1 • USF 3-1
2016
Attendance: 61,665 Time: 3:29
GAME 4: 13/14 FLORIDA ST. 55, USF 35
COACHES
FSU Rushing D. Cook J. Patrick D. Francois F. Stevenson Totals Passing D. Francois Totals
USF Att Yds TD Lg 28 267 2 75 20 124 1 27 10 75 1 35 5 12 2 13 63 478 6 75 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 19 11 169 1 0 39 19 11 169 1 0 39
Receiving D. Cook J. Wilson K. Whitfield A. Tate T. Rudolph M. Saunders Totals
No Yds TD Lg 4 62 0 27 2 34 1 21 2 8 0 8 1 39 0 39 1 14 0 14 1 12 0 12 11 169 1 39
Punting L. Tyler Totals Punt Returns J. Wilson Totals Kickoff Returns K. Whitfield Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 18 159 0 48 8 82 3 24 12 42 1 13 2 4 0 2 1 3 0 3 41 290 4 48
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Quinton Flowers 14 5 160 1 2 84 Totals 14 5 160 1 2 84 Receiving D’Ernest Johnson Rodney Adams Mitchell Wilcox Darius Tice Totals
No Yds TD Lg 2 13 0 11 1 84 1 84 1 52 0 52 1 11 0 11 5 160 1 84
No Yds Avg Lg 3 104 34.7 41
Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 6 285 47.5 54 6 285 47.5 54
No Yds Lg 4 59 18 4 59 18
Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Lg 1 8 8 1 8 8
No Yds Lg 4 128 53 4 128 53
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Lg 3 36 16 1 16 16 4 62 16
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 4- N. Andrews Assisted Tackles: 2 - N. Andrews Total Tackles: 6 - N. Andrews Sacks: 1.0 - T. Jones, B. Burns, T. McFadden, D. Walker INT: 1 - T. McFadden, N. Andrews
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Rushing Quinton Flowers D’Ernest Johnson Marlon Mack Darius Tice Rodney Adams Totals
REVIEW
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 - Devin Abraham Assisted Tackles: 4 - Deadrin Senat Total Tackles: 10 - Devin Abraham Sacks: 1.0 - Auggie Sanchez, Bruce Hector, Mike Love
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SCORING BY QUARTERS
2016
USF FOOTBALL
1 2 3 4 F USF 10 14 14 7 45 Cincinnati 6 14 0 0 20 Attendance: 35,108 Time: 3:17
USF - Nadelman 26-yd field goal, 9:19 15 plays, 66 yards (5:41) USF 3 - Cincinnati 0
n USF used 28 unanswered points to roll past Cincinnati, while Marlon Mack became the Bulls’ career rushing
Cincinnati - Green 7-yd run (Pasley kick failed), 3:27 9 plays, 58 yards (2:21) Cincinnati 6 - USF 3
openers. n USF (4-1) pitched a shutout on defense for the final 33 minutes of the game and posted four takeaways. n The Bulls intercepted Cincinnati starter Ross Trail three times and Johnny Ward extended USF’s pick-6 streak to consecutive seasons against UC. n USF’ racked up 454 yards (226 rushing) to help the program improve to 3-1 in American openers. n Mack produced 118 yards and two touchdowns while becoming USF’s new career rusher with 2,755 yards. Mack broke the record with a 49-yard touchdown run that capped off the scoring. n Quinton Flowers rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns and completed 16 of 26 passes for 196 yards with dno interceptions against a Cincinnati defense that led the nation in picks. n Nigel Harris led USF’s stellar defensive effort with a team-high 10 tackles and a fumble recovery. n Ronnie Hoggins had an interception and finished with eight tackles. Auggie Sanchez added eight tackles. n USF extended its program record with its ninth straight game scoring at least 35 points. n It was USF’s ninth straight game with at least 440 total yards. n For the 10th straight game - and 13th in the past 14 games - USF surpassed the 200-yard rushing mark. n The USF defense gave up 20 points and 272 first half yards to the Bearcats, but clamped down to force three straight second half turnovers (including a pick-6), to hold UC scoreless and limit the Bearcat offense to121 yards in the second half. Quotable: “I was really excited about our defense. That’s the defense that we all like to see. Guys are going out and getting turnovers. I was really impressed with the adjustments we made at halftime and the way our guys tackled in the second half.”– Head coach Willie Taggart.
2nd Quarter Cincinnati - Trail 1-yd run (Pasley kick), 13:25 9 plays, 71 yards (3:23) Cincinnati 13 - USF 10 USF - Flowers 8-yd run (Nadelman kick), 11:07 6 plays, 59 yards (2:09) USF 17 - Cincinnati 13
PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Cincinnati - Lewis 6-yd pass from Trail (Pasley kick), 3:00 12 plays, 92 yards (6:05) Cincinnati 20 - USF 17 USF - Mack 4-yd run (Nadelman kick), 1:40 6 plays, 72 yards (1:19) USF 24 - Cincinnati 20 3rd Quarter USF - Flowers 19-yard run (Nadelman kick), 4:29 5 plays, 37 yards (2:13) USF 31 - Cincinnati 20 USF - Ward 11-yd interception return (Nadelman kick), 1:32 USF 38 - Cincinnati 20 4th Quarter USF - Mack 49-yd run (Nadelman kick), 12:30 4 plays, 69 yards (1:41) USF 45 - Cincinnati 20 Team Statistics
USF
Cincy
FIRST DOWNS 25 21 NET YARDS RUSHING 48-226 35-130 NET YARDS PASSING 228 263 Completions-Attempts-Int 22-33-0 23-41-3 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 454 393 PUNTS-YARDS 6-238 6-252 Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 3-27-0 1-4-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 3-64-0 6-131-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 3-17-1 0-0-0 Penalties: No-Yards 2-21 4-40 Fumbles: No-Lost 0-0 2-1 Sacks By: No-Yards 2-15 1-11 3d-Down Conversions 8 of 18 6 of 16 4th-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 0 Possession Time 32:39 27:21
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1st Quarter
USF - Johnson 4-yard run (Nadelman kick), 1:54 4 plays, 61 yards (1:23) USF 10 - Cincinnati 6
NOTES
GAME 5: USF 45, CINCINNATI 20
king in the conference opener.
n USF extended its program record winning streak in conference games to five and improved to 3-1 in AAC
USF
CINCINNATI
Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Marlon Mack 20 118 2 49 Quinton Flowers 13 74 2 19 D’Ernest Johnson 9 20 1 5 Trevon Sands 3 13 0 9 Rodney Adams 1 2 0 2 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 1 0 0 0 Team 1 -1 0 0 Totals 48 226 5 49
Rushing Tion Green Mike Boone C. Banschbach Gunner Kiel Kahlil Lewis Ross Trail Totals
Passing Quinton Flowers Brett Kean Totals
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 26 16 196 0 0 28 7 6 32 0 0 10 33 22 228 0 0 28
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Rodney Adams 6 66 0 28 Deangelo Antoine 4 18 0 8 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 3 34 0 17 Ryeshene Bronson 3 32 0 13 Elkanah Dillon 2 44 0 25 Tyre McCants 1 21 0 21 Stanley Clerveaux 1 8 0 8 Alex Mut 1 5 0 5 Jordan Reed 1 0 0 0 Totals 22 228 0 28 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 6 238 39.7 49 6 238 39.7 49
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams Totals
No Yds Lg 2 64 38 2 64 38
No Yds Lg 3 27 10 3 27 10
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5 - Ronnie Hoggins, Nate Godwin Assisted Tackles: 7 - Nigel Harris Total Tackles: 10 - Nigel Harris Sacks: 1.0 - Kirk Livingstone, Daniel Awoleke
Att Yds TD Lg 12 98 1 24 13 31 0 11 2 6 0 5 1 5 0 5 1 3 0 3 6 -13 1 5 35 130 2 24
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Ross Trail 30 20 216 1 3 28 Gunner Kiel 11 3 47 0 0 32 Totals 41 23 263 1 3 32 Receiving Nate Cole Kahlil Lewis Mike Boone Devin Gray Tion Green Avery Johnson Tyler Cogswell Totals
No Yds TD Lg 7 72 0 16 5 77 1 32 5 50 0 19 2 13 0 9 2 9 0 6 1 28 0 28 1 13 0 13 23 263 1 32
Punting Sam Geraci Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 6 252 42.0 52 6 252 42.0 52
Punt Returns Brayden Beard Totals
No Yds Lg 1 4 4 1 4 4
Kickoff Returns Mike Boone Kahlil Lewis Totals
No Yds Lg 5 114 39 1 17 17 6 131 39
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5- Eric Wilson Assisted Tackles: 7 - Eric Wilson Total Tackles: 12 - Eric Wilson Sacks: 1.0 - Alex Pace
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SCORING BY QUARTERS
1 2 3 4 F East Carolina 3 3 7 9 22 USF 7 10 7 14 38
1st Quarter
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM • TAMPA, FLA. OCT. 8, 2016 • NOON • ESPNEWS ECU 2-4, 0-2 • USF 5-1, 2-0
2016
Attendance: 30,397 Time: 3:23
GAME 6: USF 38, EAST CAROLINA 22 n USF extended all three of its nation-leading offensive streaks Saturday in a 38-22 homecoming win over
USF - Johnson 6-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 00:51 11 plays, 45 yards (5:09) USF 7 - ECU 3
n With 556 total yards, the Bulls passed the 440-yard mark for the 10th consecutive game. USF rushed for 306 yards
2nd Quarter USF - Nadelman 26-yd field goal, 9:26 9 plays, 51 yards (2:51) USF 10 - ECU 3 ECU - Plowman 49-yad field goal, 5:33 10 plays, 43 yards (3:53) USF 10 - ECU 6 USF - Johnson 11-yard pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 00:34 6 plays, 75 yards (1:20) USF 17 - ECU 6 3rd Quarter USF - Mack 1-yd run (Nadelman kick), 7:44 10 plays, 53 yards (4:10) USF 24 - ECU 6 ECU - Jones 1-yd pass from Minshew (Plowman kick), 5:27 8 plays, 75 yards (2:17) USF 24 - ECU 13 4th Quarter ECU - Plowman 31-yd field goal, 11:49 13 plays, 63 yards (3:52) USF 24 - ECU 16 ECU - Summers 3-yd run (conversion failed), 6:58 9 plays, 69 yards (3:18) USF 24 - ECU 22 USF - Adams 62-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 6:06 3 plays, 75 yards (0:52) USF 31 - ECU 22 USF - Mack 9-yd run (Nadelman kick), 3:04 2 plays, 17 yards (0:24) USF 38 - ECU 22
Team Statistics
ECU
USF
FIRST DOWNS 24 23 NET YARDS RUSHING 35-168 42-306 NET YARDS PASSING 308 250 Completions-Attempts-Int 33-56-1 21-29-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 476 556 PUNTS-YARDS 3-141 4-137 Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 1-6-0 2-22-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 6-103-0 2-22-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-34-0 Penalties: No-Yards 2-19 9-101
Fumbles: No-Lost
Sacks By: No-Yards 3rd-Down Conversions 4th-Down Conversions Possession Time
0-0
0-0 7 of 20 3 of 6 31:59
East Carolina at Raymond James Stadium.
n USF (5-1, 2-0) scored at least 35 points for the 10th straight time after putting a close game away with 14
unanswered points in the fourth quarter.
and passed the 200-yard rushing mark for the 11th consecutive game.
n Clinging to a 24-22 lead, Rodney Adams gave the Bulls breathing room with a 62-yard touchdown catch with 6:06
to play. He posted his fourth-career 100-yard receiving game with 113 yards on seven catches and moved into third on USF’s career receiving yardage charts and ninth in career receptions. n Adams has scored at least one touchdown in 12 of his last 15 games with 18 total in that stretch. n Marlon Mack posted his school record 16th 100-yard rushing game with 152 yards on 18 carries. n USF ended up with a pair of 100-yard rushers for just the seventh time in program history. Quarterback Quinton Flowers rushed for 115 yards and completed 21 of 29 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns, two to running back D’Ernest Johnson. n Both of Johnson’s TD catches came in the opening half, and his second helped spot USF a 17-6 lead with 34 seconds to go before the break. Johnson has scored in every game this season. n USF won its program-record sixth straight conference game, a streak dating to the 2015 season, and its eighth straight game against American Athletic Conference East Division opponents. n Overall, USF has won 12 of its last 15 games. USF has won eight of its last 10 home games. USF moved to 6-1 all-time against East Carolina. Quotable: “I thought this ballgame showed a lot of character in our football team. We let East Carolina get back in it and we didn’t flinch. Our guys made plays when we needed a play. That was great to see out of our football team.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
USF FOOTBALL
ECU - Plowman 40-yd field goal, 9:31 13 plays, 61 yards (5:29) ECU 3 - USF 0
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES
ECU
USF
Rushing Att Yds TD Lg James Summers 18 114 1 31 Philip Nelson 5 28 0 11 Anthony Scott 8 20 0 14 Devin Anderson 1 6 0 6 Gardner Minshew 3 0 0 3 Totals 35 168 1 31
Rushing Marlon Mack Quinton Flowers D’Ernest Johnson Trevon Sands Totals
Passing Gardner Minshew Philip Nelson Totals
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 33 21 220 1 1 46 23 12 88 0 0 18 56 33 308 1 1 46
Receiving Zay Jones Quay Johnson James Summers Deondre Farrier Anthony Scott Terrell Green Jimmy Williams Totals
No Yds TD Lg 18 145 1 20 4 31 0 15 4 25 0 17 3 86 0 46 2 11 0 6 1 7 0 7 1 3 0 3 33 308 1 46
Punting Worth Gregory Totals Punt Returns Quay Johnson Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 3 141 47.0 61 3 141 47.0 61
Kickoff Returns Chris Love Totals
No Yds Lg 6 103 20 6 103 20
No Yds Lg 1 6 6 1 6 6
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 Dayon Pratt Assisted Tackles: 4 - Dayon Pratt Total Tackles: 12 - Dayon Pratt Sacks: 0
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Att Yds TD Lg 18 152 2 65 16 115 0 17 7 36 0 13 1 3 0 3 42 306 2 65
Passing Att Cmp Yds Quinton Flowers 29 21 250 Totals 29 21 250
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
TD Int Lg 3 0 62 3 0 62
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Rodney Adams 7 113 1 62 D’Ernest Johnson 5 53 2 28 Marlon Mack 3 5 0 7 Mitchell Wilcox 2 52 0 41 Tyre McCants 2 12 0 9 Ryeshene Bronson 1 10 0 10 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 1 5 0 5 Totals 21 250 3 62 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 4 137 34.2 53 4 137 34.2 53
Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Lg 2 22 15 2 22 15
Kickoff Returns Mitchell Wilcox Totals
No Yds Lg 4 23 8 4 23 8
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9 - Nate Godwin Assisted Tackles: 4 - Khalid McGee Total Tackles: 10 - Nate Godwin Sacks: 1.5 - Bruce Hector
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3-4 6 of 13 2 of 2 28:01
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UCONN USF
1 2 3 4 F 3 0 14 10 27 7 7 7 21 42
Attendance: 30,297 Time: 3:33 1st Quarter
USF - Flowers 54-yd run (Nadelman kick), 7:35 2 plays, 75 yards (0:29) USF 7 - UCONN 3
3rd Quarter UCONN - Newsome 70-yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick), 13:41 1 play, 70 yards (0:11) USF 14 - UCONN 10
COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
UCONN - Newsome 4-yd run (Puyol kick), 12:38 3 plays, 26 yards (0:54) UCONN 17 - USF 14 USF - Flowers 8-yd run (Nadelman kick), 5:30 12 plays, 65 yards (3:53) USF 21 - UCONN 17 4th Quarter USF - Valdes-Scantling 26-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 12:38 5 plays, 55 yards (1:27) USF 28 - UCONN 17 UCONN - Puyol 26-yd field goal, 8:12 12 plays, 79 yards (4:26) USF 28 - UCONN 20 USF - Wilcox 29-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 4:21 10 plays, 75 yards (3:51) USF 35 - UCONN 20 USF - Mack 34-yd run (Nadelman kick), 2:57 1 play, 34 yards (0:10) USF 42 - UCONN 20 UCONN - Bloon 4-yd pass from Shirreffs (Puyol kick), 00:57 7 plays, 75 yards (2:00) USF 42 - UCONN 27 Team Statistics
UCONN USF
FIRST DOWNS 20 26 NET YARDS RUSHING 36-72 47-316 NET YARDS PASSING 306 213 Completions-Attempts-Int 22-39-0 23-37-2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 378 529 PUNTS-YARDS 9-361 4-162 Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 1-8-0 2-1-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 3-64-0 0-0-0 Interceptions: No--Yds-TD 2-0-0 0-0-0 Penalties: Nor-Yards 3-20 4-36 Fumbles: No-Lost 0-0 4-2 Sacks By: NoYards 1-3 5-29 3rd-Down Conversions 4 of 18 7 of 17 4th-Down Conversions 2 of 3 3 of 4 Possession Time 32:16 27:44
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n Show-stopping performances on both sides of the ball helped USF become bowl eligible for the second straight
USF - Flowers 8-yd run (Nadelman kick), 2:22 4 plays, 49 yards (0:38) USF 14 - UCONN 3
PLAYERS
GAME 7: USF 42, UCONN 27
UCONN - Puyol 26-yd field goal, 8:04 15 plays, 66 yards (6:56) UCONN 3 - USF 0
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season and match the program’s best-ever start in a 42-27 win over UConn at Raymond James Stadium.
n USF extended all three of its nation-leading offensive streaks, scoring 35-plus points for the 11th consecutive game. n Willie Taggart’s Gulf Coast Offense racked up 529 yards of offense, increasing the program’s streak of 440-plus yard games to 11.
n Against the 11th-ranked rushing defense in the country, USF gained a season-best 316 yards on the ground, extending
the Bulls’ 200-plus yard streak to 12 games. USF has now rushed for 300-plus yards in consecutive games.
n Quarterback Quinton Flowers (Miami) tied his career high with five total touchdowns after rushing for a game-high
157 yards and three scores. The junior from Miami completed 23 of 37 passes for 213 yards and two touchdowns, as he accounted for 370 total yards on the night, many in video-game highlight fashion. n USF made program history with two 100-yard rushers in consecutive games. Marlon Mack (Sarasota) passed the 3,000 yard career rushing mark with 107 yards on 16 carries, his third-straight 100-yard game. Mack now owns USF’s career rushing touchdown record (26) with a 34-yard scoring run that helped pump the lead up to 42-20 late in the fourth quarter. n USF tied the program record for the best start to a season and became bowl eligible in the second-earliest time span in school history. The Bulls extended another program record with their seventh consecutive conference victory. n The Bulls’ defense played a big role by holding UConn (3-4, 1-3) to just 72 yards rushing and came up with five sacks and nine tackles for loss with an aggressive blitzing scheme. n Linebacker Auggie Sanchez (St. Petersburg) set a new career high with three sacks and finished with a game-high 11 tackles. n USF collected nine tackles for loss, as safety Jaymon Thomas (Immokalee) had a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss to go along with a career-best seven total tackles. Quotable: “It’s never been our goal just to become bowl eligible. It’s great to be bowl eligible. That means we’re winning some ballgames this time of year. But we’re after something much bigger than just bowl eligibility. It’s great to be 6-1.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
UCONN
USF
Rushing Arkeel Newsome Ron Johnson Bryant Shirreffs Totals Passing Bryant Shirreffs Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 15 72 1 17 6 20 0 7 15 -20 0 6 36 72 1 17
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 39 22 306 2 0 70 39 22 306 2 0 70
Receiving Noel Thomas Arkeel Newsome Brian Lemelle Alex Bloon Tyraiq Beals Totals
No Yds TD Lg 12 127 0 23 3 90 1 70 3 58 0 33 3 27 1 17 1 4 0 4 22 306 2 70
Punting Justin Wain Totals Punt Returns Brian Lemelle Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 9 361 40.1 50 9 361 40.1 50
Kickoff Returns Arkeel Newsome Totals
No Yds Lg 3 64 33 3 64 33
No Yds Lg 1 8 8 1 8 8
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Junior Joseph Assisted Tackles: 4 - Vontae Diggs Total Tackles: 9 - Junior Joseph, Vontae Diggs Sacks: 1.0 - Luke Carrezola
Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Quinton Flowers 16 157 3 54 Marlon Mack 16 107 1 34 D’Ernest Johnson 8 28 0 8 Trevon Sands 3 11 0 4 Tyre McCants 1 7 0 7 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 1 4 0 4 Rodney Adams 1 2 0 2 TEAM 1 0 0 0 Totals 47 316 4 54 Passing Att Cmp Yds Quinton Flowers 37 23 213 Totals 37 23 213
TD Int Lg 2 2 37 2 2 37
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Rodney Adams 7 43 0 31 Marlon Mack 6 75 0 37 Tyre McCants 3 17 0 8 D’Ernest Johnson 3 8 0 9 Mitchell Wilcox 2 38 1 29 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 1 26 1 26 Darnell Salomon 1 6 0 6 Totals 23 213 2 37 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 4 162 40.5 47 4 162 40.5 47
Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Lg 2 1 4 2 1 4
Kickoff Returns Totals
No Yds Lg 0 0 0
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 - Auggie Sanchez Assisted Tackles: 3 - Auggie Sanchez, Bruce Hector Total Tackles: 11 - Auggie Sanchez Sacks: 3.0 Auggie Sanchez
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SCORING BY QUARTERS USF Temple
1 2 3 4 F 7 6 10 7 30 3 17 14 12 46
1st Quarter
LINCOLN FINANCIAL STADIUM • PHILADELPHIA, PA. OCT. 21, 2016 • 7 P.M. • ESPN TEMPLE 5-3, 3-1 • USF 6-2, 3-1
2016
Attendance: 25,950 Time: 3:31
GAME 8: TEMPLE 46, USF 30
n First-place USF’s nine-game winning streak against East Division opponents in the American Athletic Conference
USF - Valdes-Scantling 27-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 0:19 6 plays, 68 yard (1:18) USF 7 - Temple 3
2nd Quarter
came to an end.
n Temple held a 21:44 to 8:16 time of possessin advantage in the first half and 39:07 to 20:53 overall in the game. n Temple ran for 319 yards and 16 first downs (26 total) and converted 10 of 16 third down attempts, many on third and long.
n USF committed 11 penalties for 88 yards and gave up for sacks for 20 yards. n USF cut a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit in half with 8:42 remaining, but second-place Temple pulled away with nine
unanswered points. USF’s school record of seven straight conference wins ended.
n Quarterback Quinton Flowers shined under the lights once again, accounting for 277 total yards and three touch
TEMPLE - Armstead 76-yd run (Boumerhi kick), 4:01 2 plays, 81 yards (0:57) Temple 17 - USF 13
downs. The junior from Miami rushed for 90 yards and threw two TD passes before exiting late in the fourth quarter with a leg injury. n All three of the Gulf Coast Offense’s nation-leading streaks came to an end. USF’s streak of 220-plus yard rushing games was halted at 12 after gaining 165 yards on the ground. USF’s streaks of 35-plus point games and 440-plus total yard games both ended at 11 with the Bulls gaining 352. n Marlon Mack, who rushed for 67 yards, has 3,081 for his career, placing him 14th all-time on the list of Football Bowl Subdivision rushers in the state of Florida. Mack also extended his career rushing touchdown record to 27. n Rodney Adams had two receptions for 53 yards, putting him in second place for USF’s all-time receiving yards (1,657). n Linebacker Auggie Sanchez had six tackles and moved into 10th-place all-time in USF tackles (255), passing former DB Anthony Henry (1997-2000). n Tampa natives Nate Godwin and Nigel Harris led the Bulls with seven tackles apiece. n Emilio Nadelman had a 42-yard field goal, tying his second-longest. Nadelman has made seven of his last eight attempts from 40 yards or longer.
TEMPLE - Boumerhi 35-yd field goal, 0:05, 4 plays, 52 yards (0:41) Temple 20 - USF 13
Quotable: “We have to watch this film and correct some things. We have to be better fundamentally and learn how to get off blocks, and to not have penalties that get you into long-yardage situations.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
TEMPLE - Thompson 1-yd pass from Walker (Boumerhi kick), 7:07 15 plays, 75 yards (8:12) Temple 10 - USF 7 USF - McCants 31-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick blocked), 5:04 8 plays, 75 yards (2:03) USF 13 - Temple 10
3rd Quarter USF - Nadelman 42-yd field goal, 9:52 14 plays, 50 yards (5:08) Temple 20 - USF 16 USF - Flowers 3-yd run (Nadelman kick), 5:21, 3 plays, 84 yards (0:49) USF 23 - Temple 20 TEMPLE - Armstead 42-yd run (Boumerhi kick), 3:53 3 plays, 78 yards (1:21) Temple 27 - USF 23 TEMPLE - Thomas 9-yd run (Boumerhi kick), 1:44, 2 plays, 20 yards (0:42) Temple 34 - USF 23 4th Quarter TEMPLE - Boumerhi 42-yd field goal, 10:09, 8 plays, 35 yards (4:40) Temple 37 - USF 23 USF - Mack 30-yd run (Nadelman kick), 8:42, 4 plays, 75 yards (1:27) Temple 37 - USF 30 TEMPLE - Thomas 3-yd run (Boumerhi kick), 3:17, 1 play, 3 yards (0:06) Temple 44 - USF 30 TEMPLE - Team safety, 3:03 Temple 46 - USF 30 Team Statistics
USF
TEM
USF FOOTBALL
TEMPLE - Boumerhi 22-yd field goal, 7:10, 14 plays, 70 yards (7:50) Temple 3 - USF 0
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES
USF
TEMPLE
Rushing Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack D’Ernest Johnson Trevon Sands Rodney Adams Brett Kean Totals Passing Quinton Flowers Brett Kean Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 14 90 1 50 13 67 1 30 3 16 0 10 1 -1 0 0 1 -2 0 0 1 -5 0 0 33 165 2 50
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 19 11 187 2 0 31 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 11 187 2 1 31
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Marlon Mack 3 33 0 19 Tyre McCants 2 53 1 31 Rodney Adams 2 43 0 30 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 1 27 1 27 Mitchell Wilcox 1 14 0 14 Chris Barr 1 13 0 13 D’Ernest Johnson 1 4 0 4 Totals 11 187 2 31 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals Punt Returns Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 3 114 38.0 41 3 114 38.0 41
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams D’Ernest Johnson Juwuan Brown Totals
No Yds 3 97 2 63 1 7 6 167
No Yds Lg 0 0 0
FIRST DOWNS 18 26 NET YARDS RUSHING 33-165 51-319 NET YARDS PASSING 187 209 Defensive Leaders Completions-Attempts-Int 11-20-1 14-21-0 Unassisted Tackles: 7 - Nate Godwin TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 352 528 Assisted Tackles: 2 - Nigel Harris PUNTS-YARDS 4-114 3-104 Total Tackles: 7 - Nate Godwin, Nigel Harris Punt returns: No-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-11-0 Sacks: 1.0 - Deadrin Senat, Juwuan Brown Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 6-167-0 4-73-0 Interceptions: Nor-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-21-0 Penalties: No-Yards 11-88 8-75 Fumbles: No-Lost 1-0 0-0 Sacks By: No-Yards 2-14 4-20 3rd-Down Conversions 6 of 12 10 of 16 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1 Possession Time 20:53 39:07 @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
Lg 49 47 7 49
Rushing R. Armstead Isaiah Wright Jahad Thomas Nick Sharga Team Phillip Walker Totals
REVIEW
Att Yds TD Lg 20 210 2 76 6 58 0 24 16 56 2 12 3 9 0 5 3 -3 0 0 3 -11 0 3 51 319 4 76
Passing Att Cmp Yds Phillip Walker 21 14 209 Totals 21 14 209
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
TD Int Lg 1 0 36 1 0 36
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Ventell Bryant 5 115 0 36 Keith Kirkwood 2 48 0 24 Jahad Thomas 2 12 0 7 Isaiah Wright 2 11 0 11 Romond DeLoatch 1 16 0 16 Brodrick Yancy 1 6 0 6 Colin Thompson 1 1 1 1 Totals 14 209 1 36 Punting Alex Starzyk Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 3 104 34.7 38 3 104 34.7 38
Punt Returns Jahad Thomas Keith Kirkwood Totals
No Yds Lg 1 4 4 1 5 5 2 11 5
Kickoff Returns Randle Jones Jahad Thomas Totals
No Yds Lg 3 60 22 1 13 13 4 73 22
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - S. Marshall Assisted Tackles: 1 - S. Marshall, D. Randall, N. Smith, P. Martin-Oguike, A. Foster, J. Alwan, H. Reddick, C. Russell, M. Dogbe, A. Williams, S. Bradley, J. Martin Total Tackles: 8 - S. Marshall Sacks: 2.0 - A. Robinson
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Navy USF
1 2 3 4 F 0 14 7 24 45 28 14 3 7 52
Attendance: 31,824 Time: 3:38 1st Quarter
n Powered by a 42-point, 464-yard explosion in the first half, USF improved to 7-2 for the third time in program history
USF - Johnson 23-yd run (Nadelman kick), 7:25, 7 plays, 47 yards (2:52) USF 14 - Navy 0
USF - Mack 85-yd run (Nadelman kick), 4:43 1 play, 85 yards (0:13) USF 21 - Navy 0
2nd Quarter NAVY - Worth 4-yd run (Moehring kick), 14:56, 6 plays, 72 yards (3:14) USF 28 - Navy 7 USF - Flowers 1-yd run (Nadelman kick), 10:43, 12 plays, 68 yards (4:13) USF 35 - Navy 7 NAVY - Worth 1-yd run (Moehring kick), 6:34 9 plays, 75 yards (4:09) USF 35 - Navy 14
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RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM • TAMPA, FLA. OCT. 28, 2016 • 7 P.M. • ESPN2 NAVY 5-2, 4-1 • USF 7-2, 4-1
USF - Flowers 63-yd run (Nadelman kick), 13:49, 4 plays, 75 yards (1:11) USF 7 - Navy 0
USF - Dillon 41-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 3:10, 2 plays, 46 yards (0:35) USF 28 - Navy 0
NOTES
GAME 9: USF 52, 22/22 NAVY 45
USF - Valdes-Scantling 16-yd pass from Flowers (Nadelman kick), 1:52, 13 plays, 75 yards (4:42) USF 42 - Navy 14
and first since 2002.
n The Bulls set new top program marks with 412 rushing yards, three 100-yard rushers, 190 rushing yards in the first quarter and 279 rushing yards by halftime.
n USF set a new school single-season record with 32 rushing touchdown, with five scores on the ground on Salute to
Service night. The Bulls racked up four TD runs while finding the end zone on each of their first six drives of the game and seized the momentum by jumping out to a 28-0 lead in the opening quarter. n Quarterback Quinton Flowers (Miami) rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns on top of throwing for 219 yards and two scores. n Marlon Mack (Sarasota) rushed for 125 yards and his performance included a career long 85-yard touchdown run. n D’Ernest Johnson (Immokalee) ran for a career-high 107 yards with two touchdowns as fellow Immokalee native Edgerrin James looked on from the USF sideline. n For the 11th time, USF has a player with a 10-touchdown season. Johnson scored his 10th touchdown this season with a 23-yard scoring run in the first quarter and added his 11th in the fourth quarter. n USF gained 629 total yards, the third-highest total in program history. It was the sixth-most yards ever surrendered in Navy’s football history. n Rodney Adams had seven receptions for 54 yards. He has 109 career receptions (good for fifth on USF’s all-time list) and 1,701 career receiving yards (good for second on USF’s all-time list). n Linebacker Auggie Sanchez had eight tackles, giving him 263 for his career, good for ninth-place on USF’s all-time list. n Cornerback Ronnie Hoggins had his second interception of the season and the fourth of his USF career. Quotable: “It was a great win for our football team. I’m really excited with the way our guys responded after last week. They came out and really executed very well offensively.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
3rd Quarter COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
USF - Nadelman 27-yd field goal, 8:03 15 plays, 74 yards (5:24) USF 45 - Navy 14 NAVY - Worth 1-yd run (Moehring kick), 4:13 8 plays, 70 yards (3:50) USF 45 - Navy 21 4th Quarter NAVY - Gulley 3-yd run (conversion failed), 10:34, 16 plays, 99 yards (6:56) USF 45 - Navy 27 USF - Johnson 16-yd run (Nadelman kick), 9:22, 3 plays, 46 yards (1:12) USF 52 - Navy 27 NAVY - Gulley 2-yd run (conversion failed), 7:14, 6 plays, 72 yards (2:08) USF 52 - Navy 33 NAVY - Worth 2-yd run (conversion failed), 2:28, 7 plays, 67 yards (2:12) USF 52 - Navy 39 NAVY - Bonner 9-yd pass from Worth (0:00) 8 plays, 85 yards (0:51) USF 52 - Navy 45
Team Statistics
Navy
USF
FIRST DOWNS 29 25 NET YARDS RUSHING 54-317 44-412 NET YARDS PASSING 299 217 Completions-Attempts-Int 15-27-1 20-30-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 616 629 PUNTS-YARDS 3-144 2-77 Punt returns: NoYards-TD 1-6-0 1-31-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 4-77-0 5-39-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 Penalties: No-Yards 2-10 8-50 Fumbles: No-Lost 0-0 1-1 Sacks By: No-Yards 0-0 0-0 3rd-Down Conversions 8 of 13 12 of 16 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0 Possession Time 33:01 26:59
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NAVY Rushing Will Worth Toneo Gulley Chris High Shawn White C. Cass Jr. D. Romine Totals
USF Att Yds TD Lg 28 129 4 17 7 60 2 22 10 53 0 15 3 32 0 13 5 31 0 9 1 12 0 12 54 317 6 22
Rushing Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack D’Ernest Johnson Brett Kean Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 13 176 2 63 11 125 1 85 19 107 2 23 1 4 0 4 44 412 5 85
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Quinton Flowers 29 19 219 2 0 41 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Brett Kean 1 1 -2 0 0 0 25 15 299 1 1 43 Totals 30 20 217 2 0 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 15 299 1 1 43 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Rodney Adams 7 54 0 19 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Tyre McCants 3 27 0 13 Jamir Tillman 4 76 0 43 Marlon Mack 3 25 0 11 D. Romine 3 61 0 42 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 2 26 1 16 C. Cass Jr. 3 56 0 37 Elkanah Dillon 1 41 1 41 Darryl Bonner 3 50 1 29 Mitchell Wilcox 1 23 0 23 Toneo Gulley 1 42 0 42 D’Ernest Johnson 1 14 0 14 Shawn White 1 14 0 14 Chris Barr 1 9 0 9 Totals 15 299 1 43 Deangelo Antoine 1 -2 0 0 Totals 20 217 2 41 Punting No Yds Avg Lg Alex Barta 3 144 48.0 55 Punting No Yds Avg Lg Totals 3 144 48.0 55 Jonathan Hernandez 2 77 38.5 43 Totals 2 77 38.5 43 Punt Returns No Yds Lg C. Cass Jr 1 6 6 Punt Returns No Yds Lg Totals 1 6 6 D’Ernest Johnson 1 31 31 Totals 1 31 31 Kickoff Returns No Yds Lg D. Romine 4 77 25 Kickoff Returns No Yds Lg Totals 4 77 25 Mitchell Wilcox 2 39 26 Elkanah Dillon 2 0 0 Defensive Leaders Deatrick Nichols 1 0 0 Unassisted Tackles: 7- H. Sullivan Totals 5 39 26 Assisted Tackles: 6 - H. Sullivan Total Tackles: 13 - H. Sullivan Defensive Leaders Sacks: 0 Unassisted Tackles: 5 - Nate Godwin Assisted Tackles: 5 - Auggie Sanchez, Total Tackles: 10 - Auggie Sanchez Sacks: 0 Passing Will Worth Team Totals
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1 2 3 4 F USF 17 7 14 14 49 Memphis 3 14 14 11 42 Attendance: 37,218 Time: 3:39
USF - Adams 92-yd run (Behr kick), 7:21 2 plays, 96 yards (0:32) USF 14 - Memphis 0 MEMPHIS - Elliott 47-yd field goal, 4:43 9 plays, 44 yards (2:32) USF 14 - Memphis 3 2nd Quarter MEMPHIS - Ferguson 1-yd run (Elliott kick), 12:13 13 plays, 91 yards (4:00) USF 14 - Memphis 10 USF - Flowers 48-yd run (Behr kick), 9:41 7 plays, 82 yards (2:25) USF 21 - Memphis 10 MEMPHIS - Henderson 21-yd run (Elliott kick), 7:45 7 plays, 75 yards (1:56) USF 21 - Memphis 17 3rd Quarter MEMPHIS - Hurd 7-yd pass from Ferguson (Elliott kick), 12:17 7 plays, 90 yards (2:36) Memphis 24 - USF 21 USF - Flowers 12-yd run (Behr kick), 10:00 5 plays, 81 yards (1:28) USF 28 - Memphis 24 MEMPHIS - Montiel 1-yd pass from Ferguson (Elliott kick), 6:31 8 plays, 61 yards (3:18) Memphis 31 - USF 28 USF - McCants 40-yd pass from Flowers (Behr kick), 2:40 9 plays, 80 yards (3:44) USF 35- Memphis 31 4th Quarter MEMPHIS - Elliott 29-yd field goal, 14:48 10 plays, 60 yards (3:46) USF 35 - Memphis 34 USF - Mack 4-yd run (Behr kick), 7:05 7 plays, 67 yards (3:00) USF 42 - Memphis 34 MEMPHIS - Miller 57-yd pass from Ferguson (Mayhue pass from Ferguson), 6:46 1 play, 57 yards (0:09) USF 42 - Memphis 42 USF - Flowers 22-yd run (Behr kick), 1:46 10 plays, 78 yards (4:56) USF 49 - Memphis 42
Team Statistics
USF
MEM
FIRST DOWNS 30 29 NET YARDS RUSHING 50-416 44-412 NET YARDS PASSING 263 331 Completions-Attempts-Int 24-29-0 29-46-1 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 679 608 PUNTS-YARDS 3-112 3-140 Punt returns: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-7-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 4-69-0 7-174-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 1-0-0 0-0-0 Penalties: No-Yards 7-75 6-60 Fumbles: No-Lost 1-0 2-0 Sacks By: No-Yards 0-0 0-0 3rd-Down Conversions 7 of 13 4 of 12 4th-Down Conversions 2 of 2 1 of 2 Possession Time 32:49 27:11
n Quarterback Quinton Flowers put the exclamation mark on his historic night with a 22-yard touchdown run with
1:46 left that made the difference in USF’s dramatic victory. USF is 8-2 for the first time since 2002.
n Quinton Flowers became the 14th play in FBS history - and first in American Athletic Conference history - to produce
at least 200 passing yards and 200 rushing yards in a single game. Flowers broke a school record with 473 total yards and became the first Bull to post 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season. n Flowers rushed for a career high and AAC record 210 yards and three touchdowns. The junior from Miami became the first QB from a Florida college to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. n USF broke the program’s single-game rushing record with 416 yards and totaled 679 yards, the second-most in school history. The Bulls extended their nation-leading streak of 30-plus points to 14 games and set a new school season record with 60 total touchdowns. n Cornerback Deatrick Nichols (Miami) made the biggest defensive play of the game by breaking up a pass in the end zone on fourth-and-goal at the USF 3. Nichols also had an interception and finished with five tackles. n Rodney Adams helped USF set the new season touchdown record (60) with a 92-yard scoring run in the first quarter that was the longest in Bulls history. The senior receiver from St. Petersburg caught eight passes for 115 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown to start the scoring, and had a career-best 270 all-purpose yards. n Marlon Mack (Sarasota) rushed 15 times for 69 yards, giving him 3,275 rushing yards for his career, placing him 11th all-time on the list of Football Bowl Subdivision rushers in the state of Florida. He needs 57 yards to move past f ormer Miami RB Ottis Anderson into 10th place. n Overall, USF has won 14 of its last 18 games. USF has won 11 of its last 13 American Athletic Conference games. It’s the first time for USF to go 11-2 in a span of 13 conference games. n USF has scored 30 points or more in its last 14 games. That is the nation’s longest current streak. n USF had four scoring plays of 40-plus yards, giving the Bulls 30 over the past two seasons (23 games). Quotable: “Quinton is just playing at a high level right now. He’s doing a great job of studying, I thought he had a great week of practice and it showed today. He was on fire.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
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USF - Adams 49-yd pass Flowers (Behr kick), 12:51 6 plays, 75 yards (2:09) USF 7 - Memphis 0
LIBERTY BOWL MEMORIAL STADIUM • MEMPHIS, TENN. NOV. 12, 2016 • 7 P.M. • ESPNU USF 8-2, 5-1 • MEMPHIS 6-4, 3-3
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1st Quarter
GAME 10: USF 49, MEMPHIS 42
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES
USF
MEMPHIS
Rushing Quinton Flowers Rodney Adams Marlon Mack D’Ernest Johnson Tyre McCants TEAM Totals Passing Quinton Flowers Totals Receiving Marlon Mack Rodney Adams Tyre McCants Mitchell Wilcox D’Ernest Johnson Chris Barr Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 20 210 3 48 3 86 1 92 15 69 1 13 9 48 0 13 1 5 0 5 2 -2 0 0 50 416 5 92
No Yds Avg Lg 3 112 37.3 43 3 112 37.3 43
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams Totals
No Yds Lg 4 69 20 4 69 20
No Yds Lg 0 0 0
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 - Nate Godwin Assisted Tackles: 2 - Nate Godwin, Tajee Fullwood, Greg Reaves Total Tackles: 10 - Nate Godwin Sacks: 0
Att Yds TD Lg 12 81 1 21 9 79 0 35 10 76 0 22 4 41 1 29 35 277 2 35
Passing Att Cmp Yds Riley Ferguson 46 29 331 Totals 46 29 331
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 29 24 263 2 0 49 29 24 263 2 0 49 Receiving Anthony Miller No Yds TD Lg Daniel Montiel 9 61 0 14 Phil Mayhue 8 115 1 49 Tony Pollard 3 46 1 40 D. Henderson 2 33 0 30 D. Dorceus 1 10 0 10 Daniel Hurd 1 -2 0 0 Patrick Taylor 24 263 2 49 Totals
Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals Punt Returns Totals
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Rushing D. Henderson Patrick Taylor D. Dorceus Riley Ferguson Totals
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TD Int Lg 3 1 57 3 1 57
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
No Yds TD Lg 10 153 1 57 10 100 1 21 2 24 0 16 2 20 0 12 2 16 0 14 1 9 0 9 1 7 1 7 1 2 0 2 29 331 3 57
Punting Spencer Smith Riley Ferguson Totals
No Yds Avg 2 99 49.5 1 41 41.0 3 140 46.7
Punt Returns Anthony Miller Totals
No Yds Lg 1 7 7 1 7 7
Kickoff Returns Tony Pollard Totals
No Yds Lg 7 174 36 7 174 36
Lg 58 41 58
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 11 - Curtis Akins Assisted Tackles: 1 - Chris Morley, Chaunce Lanier Total Tackles: 11 - Curtis Akins Sacks: 0
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USF SMU
1 2 3 4 F 14 7 7 7 35 7 7 10 3 27
Attendance: 18,417 Time: 3:31 1st Quarter
n USF (9-2) matched the program’s season wins record after the defense helped the Bulls hang onto a heart-pounding
SMU - Sutton 8-yd pass from Hicks (Williams kick), 12:09 7 plays, 76 yards (2:30) USF 7 - SMU 7
n Deatrick Nichols (Miami) tied his career high with two interceptions and grabbed his second with SMU inside the
USF- Mack 60-yd run (Behr kick), 10:08 6 plays, 80 yards (1:53) USF 14 - SMU 7
REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
remaining. The Bulls finished with a 4-1 road record this regular season. USF red zone, as the Bulls clung to a 35-27 lead with 4:56 left.
n USF set the school’s season scoring record with 475 points, passing the previous top mark of 451 points posted in
2007 (13 games).
n Willie Taggart’s Bulls extended their nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 15 and remained in a tie for first
place in The American’s East Division.
n USF’s Gulf Coast Offense produced three one-play scoring drives, part of nine on the year, and its rushing attack produced 278 yards and two 100-yard rushers.
posted over 300 total yards for the third straight game and seventh time on the season.
n Flowers broke Matt Grothe’s USF season total offense record of 3,542 yards with a 65-yard TD pass to Tyre McCants
3rd Quarter
in the third quarter. McCants set new career high with 105 receiving and two touchdown catches. The sophomore from Niceville, Fla., has four TD catches in the past four games. n Marlon Mack moved up two spots to ninth place on the state of Florida’s career rushing list with 3,404 yards. The junior posted his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season with 129 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. n Auggie Sanchez (St. Petersburg) tied his career high with 14 tackles. Tajee Fullwood (Tampa) set a career high with 12 tackles, while McGee (9) and Daniel Awoleke (8) also reached new top tackle marks. n USF has won 15 of its last 19 games. USF has won 12 of its last 14 American Athletic Conference games. It’s the first time for USF to go 12-2 in a span of 14 conference games.
USF - McCants 65-yd pass from Flowers (Behr kick), 13:40 1 play, 65 yards (0:09) USF 28 - SMU 14
Quotable: “It’s two weeks in a row, where (the defense) stepped up big for us, and that’s good to see. Getting those takeaways was great for our guys. I’m really proud of those guys stepping up for us once again.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
SMU - Sutton 54-yd pass from Hicks (Williams kick), 2:15 7 plays, 87 yards (2:46) USF 28 - SMU 21 SMU - Williams 24-yd field goal, 00:48 6 plays, 20 yards (1:18) USF 28 - SMU 24 4th Quarter USF - Johnson 9-yd run (Behr kick), 13:09 7 plays, 80 yards (2:33) USF 35 - SMU 24 SMU - Williams 21-yd field goal, 9:19 5 plays, 56 yards (1:39) USF 35 - SMU 27
Team Statistics
USF
SMU
FIRST DOWNS 16 28 NET YARDS RUSHING 43-278 47-155 NET YARDS PASSING 195 423 Completions-Attempts-Int 7-15-1 26-42-2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 473 578 PUNTS-YARDS 8-313 6-239 Punt returns: No-Yds-TD 2-18-0 1-2-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 6-134-0 6-91-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 2-24-0 1-4-0 Penalties: No-Yards 7-55 4-24 Fumbles: No-Lost 1-1 2-1 Sacks By: No-Yards 2-16 0-0 3rd-Down Conversions 2 of 12 8 of 17 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1 Possession Time 23:49 36:11
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35-27 victory at SMU Saturday night.
n USFis 9-2 for the fourth time in program history after stopping SMU on fourth-and-1 on the Bulls’ 14 with 1:19
n Quinton Flowers (Miami) rushed for a game-high 142 yards and threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns, as he
USF - McCants 28-yd pass from Flowers (Behr kick), 2:21 1 play, 28 yards (0:08) USF 21 - SMU 14
COACHES
SMU - Proche 43-yd pass from Freeman (Williams kick), 5:50 12 plays, 97 yards (6:21) USF 14 - SMU 14
PLAYERS
GERALD J. FORD STADIUM • DALLAS, TEXAS NOV. 19, 2016 • 7 P.M. • CBS SPORTS NETWORK USF 9-2, 6-1 • SMU 5-6, 3-4
USF - Valdes-Scantling 77-yd pass from Flowers (Behr kick), 14:44 1 play, 77 yards (0:16) USF 7 - SMU 0
2nd Quarter
NOTES
GAME 11: USF 35, SMU 27
USF
SMU
Rushing Quinton Flowers Marlon Mack D’Ernest Johnson TEAM Totals Passing Quinton Flowers Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 16 142 0 41 18 129 1 60 7 11 1 9 0 -4 0 0 43 278 2 60
Rushing Braeden West Ke’Mon Freeman Ben Hicks Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 29 120 0 13 15 49 0 9 3 -14 0 2 47 155 0 13
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Ben Hicks 41 25 380 2 2 54 15 7 195 3 1 77 Ke’Mon Freeman 1 1 43 1 0 43 15 7 195 3 1 77 Totals 42 26 423 3 2 54
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Tyre McCants 3 105 2 65 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 2 84 1 77 Rodney Adams 2 6 0 6 Totals 7 195 3 77 Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 8 313 39.1 57 8 313 39.1 57
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds 5 116 1 18 6 134
No Yds Lg 2 18 11 2 18 11
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 - Khalid McGee Assisted Tackles: 8 - Auggie Sanchez Total Tackles: 14 - Auggie Sanchez Sacks: 1.5 - Bruce Hector
Lg 50 18 50
Receiving Courtland Sutton Xavier Castille James Proche Braeden West Ke’Mon Freeman Shelby Walker Totals
No Yds TD Lg 13 252 2 54 5 61 0 16 3 71 1 43 2 17 0 14 2 14 0 7 1 8 0 8 26 423 3 54
Punting Jaime Sackville Totals
No Yds Avg Lg 6 239 39.8 53 6 239 39.8 53
Punt Returns James Proche Totals
No Yds Lg 1 2 2 1 2 2
Kickoff Returns Kevin Thomas Totals
No Yds Lg 6 91 20 6 91 20
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5 - Kyran Mitchell Assisted Tackles: 3 - Kyran Mitchell Total Tackles: 8 - Kyran Mitchell Sacks: 0
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SCORING BY QUARTERS UCF USF
1 2 3 4 F 7 7 10 7 31 14 10 7 17 48
Attendance: 36,056 Time: 3:47
USF - Mack 43-yd run (Behr kick), 6:46 5 plays, 67 yards (1:57) USF 7 - UCF 7 USF- Brown 22-yd fumble recovery return (Behr kick), 4:15 USF 14 - UCF 7 2nd Quarter USF - Behr 33-yd field goal (10:08) 7 plays, 45 yards (2:09) USF 17 - UCF 7 USF - Mack 56-yd run (Behr kick), 5:36 6 plays, 78 yards (2:08) USF 24 - UCF 7 UCF - Smith 72-yd pass from Payton (Wright kick), 5:14 1 play, 72 yards (0:22) USF 24 - UCF 14 3rd Quarter USF- Flowers 62-yd run (Behr kick), 14:04 3 plays, 75 yards (0:56) USF 31 - UCF 14 UCF- Wright 37-yd field goal, 9:40 11 plays, 65 yards (4:24) USF 31 - UCF 17 UCF- McGowan 3-yd run (Wright kick), 4:55 8 plays, 44 yards (2:18) USF 31 - UCF 24
4th Quarter USF - Flowers 24-yd run (Behr kick), 8:38 1 play, 24 yards (0:07) USF 38 - UCF 24 USF - Behr 30-yd field goal (4:20) 9 plays, 44 yards (4:00) USF 41 - UCF 24 UCF- Smith 41-yd pass from Holman (Wright kick), 2:50 6 plays, 75 yards (1:30) USF 41 - UCF 31 USF - Johnson 1-yd run (Behr kick), 00:11 4 plays, 8 yards (1:33) USF 48 - UCF 31
Team Statistics
UCF
USF
FIRST DOWNS 22 20 NET YARDS RUSHING 35-64 48-351 NET YARDS PASSING 338 152 Completions-Attempts-Int 28-47-2 17-26-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 402 503 PUNTS-YARDS 7-288 8-361 Punt returns: No-Yds-TD 4-23-0 1-0-0 Kickoff returns: No-Yds-TD 5-114-0 2-22-0 Interceptions: No-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-19-0 Penalties: No-Yards 5-30 6-50 Fumbles: No-Lost 1-1 1-1 Sacks By: No-Yards 2-11 3-22 3rd-Down Conversions 5 of 17 4 of 16 4th-Down Conversions 1 of 3 1 of 1 Possession Time 27:43 32:17
n USF reached 10 wins for the first time in program history. The Bulls had nine victories in the regular season two
other times — 2002 (9-2) and 2007 (9-4) USF also finished the 2006 season (9-4) with nine victories by winning its bowl game. n USF (10-2, 7-1) rushed for 351 yards and five touchdowns while extending its nation-leading streak of 30-plus point games to 16. n Quarterback Quinton Flowers set the program’s new season rushing record with 1,425 yards after producing 152 yards and two scores on the ground. The junior from Miami also completed 17 of 26 passes for 152 yards to set a new USF record with eight 300-yard total offense games this season. n USF had two 100-yard rushers for the fifth time this season. Marlon Mack finished with a season-high 155 yards after breaking off touchdown runs from 43 and 56 yards out. The junior from Sarasota became the first Bull, and only the third player in Florida collegiate history, to post three consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons. n USF’s defense also stepped up by forcing three turnovers. The takeaway train started rolling with Juwuan Brown’s 22-yard fumble recovery return that spotted the Bulls a 14-7 lead in the first quarter. n Interceptions by Auggie Sanchez (St. Petersburg) and senior Nate Godwin (Tampa) helped create a 10-point swing by the Bulls after UCF faced a 31-24 deficit in the fourth quarter. n Senior Nigel Harris (Tampa) posted a game-high 11 tackles. Senior Daniel Awoleke (Lakeland) registered one of USF’s three sacks while Kirk Livingstone (Fort Lauderdale) had a sack and two of the Bulls’ seven tackles for loss. Impact plays by the defense helped limit UCF to five conversions on 17 third-down attempts. n USF has won 17 of its last 21 games, while winning 13 of its last 15 games in the American Athletic Conference. It’s the first 13-2 mark in a 15-game conference span in program history. n USF has surpassed the 200-yard rushing mark in 18 of its last 20 games.. USF rushed for 351 yards overall, the fifth time this season it had a game of 300-plus-yards rushing. n D’Ernest Johnson (Immokalee) capped off the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run with 11 seconds left. The score helped the Bulls rack up 500 total yards and set the program’s new record for total yards in a season (6,181). Quotable: “It was another great win for our guys. I’m really excited for our seniors to finish their last regular season game in Ray Jay with a victory. Not only with the victory, but for those guys to end their season with a 10-2 record, it’s pretty darn big-time around here.” – Head coach Willie Taggart.
UCF
USF
Rushing Jawon Hamilton Taj McGowan D. Wilson Adrian Killins Justin Holman M. Milton Totals Passing M. Milton Justin Holman Tristan Payton Totals
Att Yds TD Lg 14 54 1 12 7 21 1 5 1 4 0 4 5 1 0 5 2 -8 0 0 6 -8 0 8 35 64 2 12
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 42 26 225 0 2 34 3 1 41 1 0 41 2 1 72 1 0 72 47 28 338 2 2 72
Receiving Tre’Quan Smith Jordan Akins Taylor Oldham Taj McGowan Cam Stewart Jawon Hamilton D. Snelson Jordan Franks Totals
No Yds TD Lg 7 183 2 72 5 47 0 13 4 23 0 10 3 28 0 13 3 23 0 10 3 21 0 13 2 6 0 4 1 7 0 7 38 338 2 72
Punting Caleb Houston Totals Punt Returns Chris Johnson Totals Kickoff Returns Hayden Jones Adrian Killins Totals
No Yds 2 38 3 76 5 114
Att Yds TD Lg 20 155 2 56 20 152 2 62 6 29 1 18 2 15 0 8 48 351 5 62
Passing Att Cmp Yds Quinton Flowers 26 17 152 Totals 26 17 152
TD Int Lg 0 0 32 0 0 32
PLAYERS COACHES
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Receiving No Yds TD Lg Rodney Adams 9 78 0 25 D’Ernest Johnson 2 3 0 3 Mitchell Wilcox 1 32 0 32 Ryeshene Bronson 1 13 0 13 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 1 13 0 13 Darnell Salomon 1 8 0 8 Marlon Mack 1 8 0 8 Quinton Flowers 1 -3 0 0 Totals 17 152 0 32 No Yds Avg Lg 8 361 45.1 66 8 361 45.1 66
No Yds Avg Lg 7 288 41.1 52 7 288 41.1 52
Punt Returns D’Ernest Johnson Totals
No Yds Lg 1 0 0 1 0 0
No Yds Lg 4 23 15 4 23 15
Kickoff Returns Rodney Adams Jaymon Thomas Totals
No Yds Lg 1 22 22 1 0 0 2 22 22
Lg 20 37 37
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Punting Jonathan Hernandez Totals
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Demeitre Brim, Tony Guerad Assisted Tackles: 3 - Errol Clarke Total Tackles: 8 - Demeitre Brim Sacks: 1.0 - Mark Rucker, Aaron Cochran
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Rushing Marlon Mack Quinton Flowers D’Ernest Johnson Rodney Adams Totals
USF FOOTBALL
UCF- Hamilton 3-yd run (Wright kick), 13:10 6 plays, 60 yards (1:50) UCF 7 - USF 0
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM • TAMPA, FLA. NOV. 26, 2016 • NOON • CBS SPORTS NETWORK UCF 6-6, 4-4 • USF 10-2, 7-1
2016
1st Quarter
GAME 12: USF 48, UCF 31
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - Nigel Harris Assisted Tackles: 4 - Nigel Harris, Auggie Sanchez, Deatrick Nichols Total Tackles: 11 - Nigel Harris Sacks: 1.0 - Daniel Awoleke, Kirk Livingstone
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USF INDIVIDUAL RECORD WATCH INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS
CAREER 50+ YARD PASS PLAYS RANK NAME
CAREER RUSHING YARDAGE RANK NAME
ATTEMPTS........YARDS............................................ YEAR
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
573...................3,559................................ 2014-present 480......................2,731.................................................. 2004-05 381...................2,489............................................ 2014463......................2,253.............................................. 1997-2000 545......................2,206.................................................. 2006-09
Marlon Mack Andre Hall Quinton Flowers Rafael Williams Matt Grothe (QB)
CAREER RUSHING ATTEMPTS RANK NAME.................................. ATTEMPTS........YARDS............................................ YEAR 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Marlon Mack...................... 573...................3,559................................ 2014-present Matt Grothe (QB)......................545......................2,206.................................................. 2006-09 B.J. Daniels (QB)......................526......................2,068.................................................. 2008-12 Andre Hall.................................480......................2,731.................................................. 2004-05 Rafael Williams.........................463......................2,253.............................................. 1997-2000 Demetris Murray.......................425......................1,787.................................................. 2009-12 Marquel Blackwell (QB)............402......................1,235.............................................. 1999-2002 Moise Plancher.........................388......................1,739.................................................. 2006-10 Quinton Flowers................. 381...................2,489............................................ 2014Clenton Crossley......................366......................1,644.................................................. 2001-04
CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES RANK NAME NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
1. 2. 3. 4.
GAMES
YEAR
Marlon Mack.....................................20............................................... 2014-present Andre Hall................................................. 12.................................................................. 2004-05 Quinton Flowers................................9............................................................. 2014B.J. Daniels.............................................. 8.................................................................... 2008-12
CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES GAMES
NAME
OPPONENTS
5 4
................................. Marlon Mack...................................2015: at ECU (117), vs. Temple (230), ..................................................vs. Cincinnati (106), at UCF (102), vs. Western Kentucky (108) .............................Quinton Flowers.... 2016 (vs Navy (176) at Mem (210) at SMU (142),
4 3
................................. Andre Hall (Jr.).................................... 2004: at UAB (275), vs. ECU (161), .........................................................................................at Cincinnati (155), vs. Memphis (134) .............................Marlon Mack......... 2016 (at UC (118), vs. ECU (152), vs. UConn (107)
........................................................................................................................................UCF (152))
CAREER 200-YARD RUSHING GAMES RANK NAME 1. 2.
GAMES
YEAR
Andre Hall................................................. 3.................................................................... 2004-05 Marlon Mack.....................................2................................................. 2014-present Quinton Flowers (QB)........................2................................................. 2014-present Dyral McMillan.......................................... 2.................................................................... 1998-99
CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5
ATTEMPTS
CAREER PASSING YARDS RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
90
YARDS
TD
YEAR
Marlon Mack...................................................................32................. 2014-present Quinton Flowers..............................................................27................. 2014-present B.J. Daniels (QB)..... 526........................... 2,068..........................25............................... 2008-12 Andre Hall................ 480........................... 2,731..........................24............................. 2005-065 Matt Grothe (QB)..... 545........................... 2,206..........................23............................... 2006-09 Mike Ford................. 331........................... 1,502..........................23............................... 2007-09
1. 2. 3.
PLAYS
YEAR
B.J. Daniels.............................................. 15.................................................................. 2008-12 Quinton Flowers................................12........................................................... 2014Marquel Blackwell..................................... 11.............................................................. 1999-2002
CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWNS RANK NAME....................COMP-ATT.............YARDS....................TD.............................. YEAR 1. Marquel Blackwell.... 795-1,417................. 9,108..........................67........................... 1999-2002 2. B.J. Daniels............. 649-1,132................. 8,433..........................52............................... 2008-12 Matt Grothe.............. 717-1,148................. 8,669..........................52............................... 2006-09 4. Quinton Flowers................................-.............................44................. 2014-present 5. Chad Barnhardt....... 300-519.................... 4,138..........................27............................... 1997-98
CAREER WINS - STARTING QUARTERBACK NAME
................STARTS....WINS RECORD........................ YEARS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
................. 42...............30 ................. 41...............28 ................. 42...............21 ................26............19 ................. 24...............13
Marquel Blackwell Matt Grothe B.J. Daniels Quinton Flowers Pat Julmiste
30-12 (.714)................. 1999-2002 28-13 (.682)..................... 2006-09 21-21 (.500)..................... 2008-12 19-7 (.730)........ 2014-present 13-11 (.541)..................... 2003-06
CAREER RECEPTIONS RANK NAME
RECEPTIONS
YEAR
1. Andre Davis.............................................. 153 (2,136)................................................... 2011-14 2. Hugh Smith............................................... 131 (1,523)............................................... 1999-2002 3. Rodney Adams..................................128 (1,900)............................................. 2013 Huey Whittaker......................................... 117 (1,447)................................................... 2001-03 4. Taurus Johnson........................................ 112 (1,434)................................................... 2005-08 BY A RUNNING BACK 1. 2.
Rafael Williams......................................... 68 (659).................................................... 1997-2000 D’Ernest Johnson..............................56 (661).................................................. 2014Clenton Crossley...................................... 56 (368)........................................................ 2001-04
CAREER RECEIVING YARDS RANK NAME
YARDS
YEAR
1. Andre Davis.............................................. 2,136 (153)................................................... 2011-14 2. Rodney Adams..................................1,900 (128)................................. 2014-present BY A RUNNING BACK 1. 2. 3.
D’Ernest Johnson..............................661 (56)...................................... 2014-present Rafael Williams......................................... 659 (68).................................................... 1997-2000 Demetris Murray....................................... 492 (49)........................................................ 2009-12
CAREER RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7.
Touchdowns
YEAR
Andre Davis.............................................. 17.................................................................. 2011-14 Rodney Adams..................................16............................................... 2014-present DeAndrew Rubin...................................... 14.............................................................. 1999-2002 Dontavia Bogan........................................ 12.................................................................. 2007-10 Taurus Johnson........................................ 12.................................................................. 2005-08 Hugh Smith............................................... 10.............................................................. 1999-2002 RJ Anderson............................................. 10.................................................................. 1998-99 D’Ernest Johnson..............................9............................................................. 2014Carlton Mitchell......................................... 9.................................................................... 2007-09
CAREER 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES YARDS
YEAR
Marquel Blackwell..................................... 9,108......................................................... 1999-2002 Matt Grothe............................................... 8,669............................................................. 2006-09 B.J. Daniels.............................................. 8,433............................................................. 2008-12 Quinton Flowers................................4,953...................................................... 2014Chad Barnhardt........................................ 4,138............................................................... 1997-9 Pat Julmiste.............................................. 3,461............................................................. 2003-06
Career ................................. 6............................... Andre Davis.................................................. 2011-14 .............................5...........................Rodney Adams........................................ 2014-
CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE (Passing & Rushing) RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
YARDS
YEAR
Matt Grothe............................................... 10,875 (2,206r / 8,669p)............................... 2006-09 B.J. Daniels.............................................. 10,501 (2,068r / 8,433p)............................... 2008-12 Marquel Blackwell..................................... 10,343 (1,235r / 9,108p)........................... 1999-2002 Quinton Flowers................................7,442.......................................... 2014-present Pat Julmiste.............................................. 4,456 (814r / 3,642p).................................... 2003-06 Chad Barnhardt........................................ 3,996 (-142r / 4,138p)................................... 1997-98 @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
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YEAR
CAREER POINTS SCORED RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15.
POINTS SCORED
YEAR
Maikon Bonani.......................................... 319 (69 FG / 112 PAT)................................. 2008-12 Santiago Gramatica.................................. 246 (38 FG / 132 PAT)................................. 2001-04 Marlon Mack.....................................198 (33 TD/32 rush/1 rec.)..................... 2014Bill Gramatica........................................... 193 (36 FG / 85 PAT)............................... 1998-2000 Emilio Nadelman...............................171......................................................... 2015Delbert Alvarado....................................... 169 (26 FG / 91 PAT)................................... 2006-09 Quinton Flowers................................162 (27 TD all rush)................................ 2014Andre Hall................................................. 162 (27 TD)................................................... 2004-05 B.J. Daniels.............................................. 152 (25 TD / 1 2PT)...................................... 2008-12 Rodney Adams..................................144 (24 TD/16 rec/7 rush/1 kick)........... 2014Mike Ford.................................................. 144 (24 TD)................................................... 2007-09 Matt Grothe............................................... 138 (23 TD)................................................... 2006-09 Marvin Kloss............................................. 131 (31 FG /38 PAT).................................... 2011-14 Demetris Murray....................................... 124 (20 TD / 2 2PT)...................................... 2009-12 D’Ernest Johnson..............................114 (19 TD/ 9 rec/9 rush/1 punt ret)...... 2014-
CAREER FORCED FUMBLES RANK NAME 1. 2.
FF
YEAR
George Selvie..............................................................................9................................. 2006-09 Nigel Harris.....................................................................8................... 2013-present
CAREER TACKLES RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11.
TACKLES
YEAR
Kawika Mitchell......................................... 367............................................................ 1999-2002 DeDe Lattimore........................................ 337................................................................ 2010-13 Ben Moffitt................................................ 335................................................................ 2004-07 Stephen Nicholas..................................... 326................................................................ 2002-06 Roy Manns............................................... 317............................................................ 1997-2000 J.R. Reed.................................................. 301................................................................ 2000-03 Auggie Sanchez.................................294......................................................... 2014Maurice Jones.......................................... 285................................................................ 2000-03 Anthony Williams...................................... 276............................................................ 1998-2001 Sam Barrington......................................... 258................................................................ 2009-12 Anthony Henry.......................................... 254............................................................ 1997-2000 Nate Godwin......................................246......................................................... 2013-
INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS
SEASON RUSHING YARDS
RANK NAME.................................. ATTEMPTS... YARDS................................................ YEAR 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Quinton Flowers.................. 177.............. 1,425...................................................2016 Marlon Mack (So.).....................201.................1,381.............................................................2015 Andre Hall (Sr.).........................270.................1,374.............................................................2005 Andre Hall (Jr.)..........................210.................1,357.............................................................2004 Marlon Mack....................... 161.............. 1,137...................................................2016 Marlon Mack (Fr.)......................202.................1,041.............................................................2014 Dyral McMillan (Sr.)...................181.................1,017.............................................................1999 Quinton Flowers (So.)...............191.................991................................................................2015 Matt Grothe (So.)......................198.................872................................................................2007 Darrell Scott (Jr.).......................153.................814................................................................2011
RANK NAME 1. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8.
YEAR
SEASON AVERAGE YARDS PER CARRY (Min. 75 Carries) RANK NAME 1. 3. 4.
YPC
ATT-YDS
YEAR
Quinton Flowers................................8.1............................................................2016 Marlon Mack.....................................7.1............................................................2016 Marlon Mack (So.).................................... 6.6..............................210-1,381.........................2015 LaFann Williams (Jr.)................................ 6.6..............................88-580..............................1998 Andre Hall (Jr.)......................................... 6.5..............................210-1,357.........................2004 Rafael Williams (So.)................................ 6.0..............................98-586..............................1998
SEASON 100-YARD GAMES RANK NAME 1. 2. 6.
GAMES
YEAR
Marlon Mack (So.).................................... 9..........................................................................2015 Marlon Mack.....................................7...............................................................2016 Quinton Flowers................................7...............................................................2016 Andre Hall (Sr.)......................................... 6..........................................................................2005 Andre Hall (Jr.)......................................... 6..........................................................................2004 Marlon Mack (Fr.)..................................... 4..........................................................................2014 B.J. Daniels (RFr.).................................... 4..........................................................................2009 Dyral McMillan (Sr.).................................. 4..........................................................................1999
SEASON PASSING YARDS RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
YARDS
YEAR
Matt Grothe (Jr.)....................................... 2,911...................................................................2008 Marquel Blackwell (Jr.)............................. 2,882...................................................................2001 Matt Grothe (So.)...................................... 2,670...................................................................2007 Marquel Blackwell (Sr.)............................. 2,590...................................................................2002 B.J. Daniels (Jr.)....................................... 2,585...................................................................2011 Matt Grothe (RFr.).................................... 2,576...................................................................2006 Quinton Flowers................................2,546........................................................2016 Chad Barnhardt (Jr.)................................. 2,362...................................................................1997 Quinton Flowers (So.)............................... 2,296...................................................................2015 B.J. Daniels (Sr.)...................................... 2,075...................................................................2012
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
SEASON PASSING TD RANK NAME 1. . 3. 4. 6.
NO.
YEAR
Quinton Flowers................................22.............................................................2016 Quinton Flowers (So.)............................... 22........................................................................2015 Marquel Blackwell (Jr.)............................. 20........................................................................2001 Matt Grothe (Jr.)....................................... 18........................................................................2008 Marquel Blackwell (Sr.)............................. 18........................................................................2002 Chad Barnharndt (Sr.).............................. 17........................................................................1998
SEASON RECEPTIONS RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
RECEPTIONS
YEAR
Hugh Smith (Sr.)....................................... 62 (661)..............................................................2002 Rodney Adams..................................60 (755)....................................................2016 Jessie Hester (Jr.).................................... 54 (579)..............................................................2008 Huey Whittaker (So.)................................ 52 (548)..............................................................2001 Andre Davis (Jr.)....................................... 49 (735)..............................................................2013
SEASON RECEIVING YARDS RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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NO.
Quinton Flowers................................15.............................................................2016 Marlon Mack.................................16.............................................................2016 Andre Hall (Sr.).................................... 13........................................................................2005 Quinton Flowers (So.).......................... 12........................................................................2015 Mike Ford (Fr.)..................................... 12........................................................................2007 Andre Hall (Jr.)..................................... 11........................................................................2004 Matt Grothe (So.)................................. 10........................................................................2007 Six Times............................................. 9...................................................................last 2014 D’Ernest Johnson..............................8...............................................................2016
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Marlon Mack.....................................4,045.......................................... 2014-present DeAndrew Rubin...................................... 3,898 (9r / 1,306rec / 1,534kr / 1,049pr)... 1999-2002 Andre Hall................................................. 3,533 (2,731r / 470rec / 332kr)..................... 2004-05 Rodney Adams..................................3,366...................................................... 2013Charlie Jackson........................................ 3,289 (74r / 1,373rec / 789kr / 1,053pr).... 1997-2000 Dontavia Bogan........................................ 3,179 (47r / 1,534rec / 1,598kr).................... 2007-10 Lindsey Lamar.......................................... 3,162 (836r / 510rec / 1,816kr)..................... 2009-12 Rafael Williams......................................... 2,912 (2,253r / 659rec)............................. 1997-2000 D’Ernest Johnson..............................2,725...................................................... 2014Quinton Flowers................................2,486...................................................... 2014-
2016
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
SEASON RUSHING TD YARDS
YARDS
YEAR
Rodney Adams (Jr.).................................. 822 (45)..............................................................2015 Rodney Adams..................................755 (60)....................................................2016 Andre Davis (Jr.)....................................... 735 (49)..............................................................2013 Carlton Mitchell (Jr.)................................. 706 (40)..............................................................2009 Dontavia Bogan (Sr.)................................ 685 (47)..............................................................2010
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SEASON TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS
2016
USF FOOTBALL
RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
YARDS
YEAR
Quinton Flowers................................3,971........................................................2016 Matt Grothe (So.)...................................... 3,542 (872r / 2,670p)..........................................2007 Matt Grothe (Jr.)....................................... 3,502 (591r / 2,911p)..........................................2008 Quinton Flowers (So.)............................... 3,287 (991r/2,296p)............................................2015 Matt Grothe (RFr.).................................... 3,198 (622r / 2,576p)..........................................2006 B.J. Daniels (Jr.)....................................... 3,186 (601r / 2,585p)..........................................2011
SEASON 300-YARD TOTAL OFFENSE GAMES RANK NAME 1. 2. 4.
GAMES
YEAR
Quinton Flowers................................8...............................................................2016 Matt Grothe (Jr.)....................................... 7..........................................................................2008 Marquel Blackwell (Jr.)............................. 7..........................................................................2001 B.J. Daniels (Jr.)....................................... 5..........................................................................2011
SEASON POINTS SCORED RANK NAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
POINTS SCORED
YEAR
TEAM GAME RECORDS
TOP TOTAL OFFENSE GAMES RANK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13.
RANK NAME
YEAR
Andre Hall (Jr.)......................................... 1,838 (1,357r / 149rec / 332kr)...........................2004 Andre Hall (Sr.)......................................... 1,695 (1,374r / 321rec).......................................2005 Rodney Adams..................................1,499........................................................2016 Marlon Mack (So.).................................... 1,492 (1,381r/ 111 rec).......................................2015 Quinton Flowers................................1,422........................................................2016 Rodney Adams (Jr.).................................. 1,369 (81r/ 822 rec/ 466 ret)...............................2015 Marlon Mack.....................................1,352........................................................2016 Jermaine Clemons (So.)........................... 1,319 (686r / 249rec / 384kr)..............................1997 D’Ernest Johnson (So.)............................ 1,251 (307r/ 356 rec/ 563 ret).............................2015 Marlon Mack (Fr.)..................................... 1,201 (1,041r / 160rec).......................................2014 DeAndrew Rubin (Sr.).............................. 1,191 (0r / 357rec / 402kr / 432pr)......................2002 Dontavia Bogan (So.)............................... 1,147 (23r / 354rec / 770kr)................................2008 Lindsey Lamar (Jr.)................................... 1,124 (150r / 157rec / 817kr)..............................2011 D’Ernest Johnson..............................1,060........................................................2016
RANK NAME
TACKLES
YEAR
Tyrone McKenzie (Jr.).............................. 121......................................................................2007 Auggie Sanchez (So.)............................... 117......................................................................2015 Kawika Mitchell (Sr.)................................. 117......................................................................2002 Tyrone McKenzie (Sr.).............................. 116......................................................................2008 Maurice Jones (Sr.).................................. 116......................................................................2003 Ben Moffitt (Jr.)......................................... 112......................................................................2006 Auggie Sanchez.................................111 Kawika Mitchell (Jr.)................................. 106......................................................................2001
INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS
RANK NAME
92
Most points scored
Rushing Touchdowns
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1. 2. 3. 4.
.......... 523..............2016 (12 games) ............ 451................ 2007 (13 games) ............ 437................ 2015 (13 games) ............ 402................ 1998 (11 games) ............ 387................ 2001 (11 games) ............ 359................ 2008 (13 games)
Most Touchdowns Scored 1. 2. 3. 4.
.......... 71................2016 (12 games) ............ 54.................. 2015 (13 games) ............ 49.................. 2007 (13 games) ............ 47.................. 2001 (11 games) ............ 47.................. 1998 (11 games)
YARDS
OPPONENT
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
.......... 6,181...........2016 (12 games) ............ 5,741............. 2015 (13 games) ............ 5,383............. 2007 (13 games) ............ 5,265............. 2008 (13 games) ............ 5,174............. 2011 (12 games) ............ 4,753............. 2009 (13 games)
Quinton Flowers................................473 (210r / 263 p).at Memphis......... 10/12/16 B.J. Daniels (Jr.)....................................... 463 (54r / 409p).........vs. Cincinnati..............10/22/11 Matt Grothe (So.)...................................... 457 (75r / 382p).........vs. Cincinnati................11/3/07 B.J. Daniels (RFr.).................................... 445 (141r / 304p).......vs. Louisville...............11/21/09 Marquel Blackwell (Jr.)............................. 420 (60r / 360p).........vs. WKU.....................11/4/006 B.J. Daniels (Sr.)...................................... 416 (53r / 363p).........at Nevada.......................9/8/12 B.J. Daniels (Jr.)....................................... 416 (34r / 382p).........vs. FAMU......................9/17/11 Matt Grothe (RFr.).................................... 409 (45r / 364p).........vs. Syracuse...............11/11/06 Quinton Flowers................................403 (53 r/350p).....vs. NIU................... 9/10/16 Matt Grothe (Jr.)....................................... 400 (54r / 346p).........at UCF............................9/6/08
1. 2.
.......... 6.7...............2016 ............ 5.41............... 2015
Highest Avg. Rushing Yards Per Game .......... 292.2...........2016 ............ 246.5............. 2015
Most Passing Touchdowns
Most Yards Per Game
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. 2.
First Downs
.......... 515.1...........2016 ............ 441.6............. 2015 (13 games)
Most Yards Per Play DATE
.......... 44................2016 (12 games) ............ 30.................. 2007 (13 games) ............ 28.................. 2015 (13 games) ............ 25.................. 2001 (11 games)
Highest Avg. Yard Per Run
1. 2.
Total Offense
TOTAL OFFENSE - GAME 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10.
DATE
TEAM SEASON RECORDS YARDS
SEASON TACKLES 1. 2. 4. 6. 7. 8.
OPPONENT
Delbert Alvarado (So.).............................. 109 (19 FG / 52 PAT).........................................2007 Maikon Bonani (Jr.).................................. 99 (19 FG / 42 PAT)...........................................2011 Emilio Nadelman (So.).............................. 98 (15 FG/ 53 PAT)............................................2015 Bill Gramatica (So.).................................. 94 (16 FG / 46 PAT)...........................................1998 Quinton Flowers................................90.............................................................2016 Marlon Mack.....................................90.............................................................2016 Andre Hall (Sr.)......................................... 90 (15 TD)...........................................................2005 Santiago Gramatica (So.)......................... 83 (16 FG / 35 PAT)...........................................2002 D’Ernest Johnson..............................78.............................................................2016 Mike Ford (Fr.).......................................... 78 (13 TD)...........................................................2007
SEASON ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 14.
YARDS
................................. 745........................... Florida A&M....................................................9/17/11 .............................679.......................at Memphis........................................ 11/12/16 .............................658.......................vs. NIU................................................. 9/10/16 .............................629.......................vs. Navy............................................. 10/28/16 .............................597.......................vs. Western Kentucky........................ 12/21/15 ................................. 582........................... Syracuse.......................................................10/10/07 ................................. 580........................... Liberty...........................................................10/27/11 ................................. 575........................... UTEP..............................................................9/24/11 ................................. 572........................... Nevada.............................................................9/8/12 ................................. 572........................... Kentucky Wesleyan..........................................9/6/97 ................................. 563........................... Stony Brook......................................................9/4/10 .............................561.......................vs. Cincinnati..................................... 11/20/15 .............................556.......................vs. ECU................................................. 10/8/16 .............................556.......................vs. Temple......................................... 11/14/15 .............................556.......................vs. Florida A&M..................................... 9/5/15
1. 2. 3.
.......... 7.3...............2016 ............ 6.8................. 1998 ............ 6.4................. 2015
............ 292................ 2011 (12 games) ............ 291................ 2008 (13 games) ............ 277................ 2007 (13 games) .......... 276..............2016 (12 games) ............ 264................ 2015 (13 games)
Third Down Conversion %
Rushing Yards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
............ 26.................. 2015 (13 games) .......... 24................2016 ............ 23.................. 1998 (11 games) ............ 22.................. 2001 (11 games) ............ 20.................. 2009 (13 games) ............ 20.................. 2002 (11 games)
.......... 3,506...........2016 (12 games) ............ 3,205............. 2015 (13 games) ............ 2,436............. 2005 (12 games) ............ 2,405............. 2007 (13 games) ............ 2,222............. 2009 (13 games)
1. 2. 3. 4.
............ 47.7............... 2008 .......... 45.0.............2016 ............ 43.8............... 2012 ............ 41.9............... 2009
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BIRMINGHAM BOWL 2016 USF2016 Football USF Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games
2016 OVERALL TEAM STATISTICS USF
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th USF 143 130 118 132 Opponents 80 100 93 99 @USFFOOTBALL • #DoSOMETHING
523 43.6 276 154 108 14 3506 3740 234 522 6.7 292.2 44 2675 202-326-7 8.2 13.2 222.9 24 6181 848 7.3 515.1 41-755 23-236 13-165 18.4 10.3 12.7 17-8 78-713 59.4 60-2431 40.5 37.9 92-5654 61.5 38.6 26: 38 77/172 45% 15/16 94% 26-160 0 71 9-12 0-1 (39-46) 85% (32-46) 70% (70-71) 99% 262772 7/37539 OT
0 0
OPP
372 31.0 299 140 139 20 2463 2746 283 536 4.6 205.2 27 3322 271-464-13 7.2 12.3 276.8 18 5785 1000 5.8 482.1 67-1480 17-137 7-26 22.1 8.1 3.7 13-8 57-509 42.4 66-2755 41.7 37.0 74-4205 56.8 36.1 33: 17 81/204 40% 16/30 53% 15-94 17 45 20-23 1-2 (47-52) 90% (33-52) 63% (38-39) 97% 148981 5/29796 0/0
USF FOOTBALL
SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games
2016
Team Statistics
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Total 523 372 93
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
USF Football 2015 OVERALL2016 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS USF Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016)
2016
USF FOOTBALL
All games
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
94
Rushing
FLOWERS, Quinto MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Erne ADAMS, Rodney TICE, Darius SANDS, Trevon MCCANTS, Tyre ANTOINE, Deange BARR, Chris REED, Jordan GUNTER, Zay SCANTLING, Marq KEAN, Brett TEAM Total Opponents Passing
FLOWERS, Quinto KEAN, Brett JOHNSON, D'Erne Total Opponents Receiving
ADAMS, Rodney MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Erne SCANTLING, Marq MCCANTS, Tyre WILCOX, Mitch BRONSON, Ryshen ANTOINE, Deange DILLON, Elkanah BARR, Chris TICE, Darius SALOMON, Darnel MUT, Alex REED, Jordan CLERVEAUX, Stan FLOWERS, Quinto PIPPENS, Tyler Total Opponents
gp
12 11 12 12 4 8 12 9 9 4 1 12 7 8 12 12
gp
12 7 12 12 12
gp
att
177 161 100 20 30 8 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 11 522 536
gain loss
effic comp-att-int
153.33 184-299-6 128.60 18-26-1 0.00 0-1-0 150.89 202-326-7 125.74 271-464-13 no.
net avg td
1525 100 1425 8.1 15 1189 52 1137 7.1 15 542 26 516 5.2 8 222 12 210 10.5 5 175 6 169 5.6 1 27 1 26 3.2 0 12 0 12 6.0 0 12 0 12 6.0 0 15 7 8 2.7 0 6 0 6 6.0 0 5 0 5 5.0 0 4 0 4 2.0 0 6 15 -9 -2.2 0 0 15 -15 -1.4 0 3740 234 3506 6.7 44 2746 283 2463 4.6 27
yds
12 60 755 11 26 215 12 22 198 12 21 401 12 21 359 12 11 265 11 10 188 9 8 24 10 6 137 9 6 59 4 2 54 8 2 14 11 2 3 4 2 3 3 1 8 12 1 -3 1 1 -5 12 202 2675 12 271 3322
avg
12.6 8.3 9.0 19.1 17.1 24.1 18.8 3.0 22.8 9.8 27.0 7.0 1.5 1.5 8.0 -3.0 -5.0 13.2 12.3
pct
lg avg/g
63 85 24 92 21 9 7 7 15 6 5 4 4 0 92 76
yds td
61.5 2546 22 69.2 129 2 0.0 0 0 62.0 2675 24 58.4 3322 18 td
5 0 4 5 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 18
lg avg/g
84 37 33 77 65 52 73 8 41 30 43 8 5 3 8 0 0 84 72
62.9 19.5 16.5 33.4 29.9 22.1 17.1 2.7 13.7 6.6 13.5 1.8 0.3 0.8 2.7 -0.2 -5.0 222.9 276.8
118.8 103.4 43.0 17.5 42.2 3.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.5 5.0 0.3 -1.3 -1.9 292.2 205.2
lg avg/g
84 28 0 84 72
212.2 18.4 0.0 222.9 276.8
Punt Returns
no.
17 4 2 23 17
211 22 3 236 137
Interceptions
no.
4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 13 7
yds avg td
24 6 83 0 22 11 0 19 165 26
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
24 6 49 0 22 11 0 19 49 21
Kick Returns
no.
yds avg td
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
lg
52 26 47 0 0 7 0 17 0 52 61
Fumble Returns
no.
yds avg td
lg
JOHNSON, D'Erne FULLWODD, Tajee CHILDS, Hassan Total Opponents NICHOLS, Deatri HOGGINS, Ronnie HARRIS, Nigel GODWIN, Nate FULLWODD, Tajee WARD, Johnny MCGEE, Khalid SANCHEZ, Auggie Total Opponents ADAMS, Rodney WILCOX, Mitch JOHNSON, D'Erne THOMAS, Jaymon DILLON, Elkanah BROWN, Juwuan TEAM MCCANTS, Tyre NICHOLS, Deatri Total Opponents THOMAS, Jaymon GODWIN, Nate SANCHEZ, Auggie SAWTELLE, Nico BROWN, Juwuan Total Opponents
yds avg td
22 534 6 62 5 135 2 0 2 0 1 7 1 0 1 17 1 0 41 755 67 1480 1 1 1 1 1 5 4
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0 13 0 0 22 35 5
12.4 5.5 1.5 10.3 8.1
6.0 3.0 41.5 0.0 22.0 11.0 0.0 19.0 12.7 3.7
24.3 10.3 27.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 17.0 0.0 18.4 22.1 0.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 22.0 7.0 1.2
1 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 1 1 0
lg
83 14 1 83 18
lg
0 13 0 0 22 22 5
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
2015 OVERALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
2016 USF Football USF Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games
15 15 13 10 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 71 45
fg
7-7 2-5 9-12 20-23
kick
52-53 18-18 70-71 38-39
PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf
0-2
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1-3
-
pts
Total Offense
- 90 - 90 - 78 - 73 - 60 - 30 - 24 - 24 - 12 - 12 6 6 6 6 6 - 523 1 372
FLOWERS, Quinto MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Erne ADAMS, Rodney TICE, Darius KEAN, Brett SANDS, Trevon MCCANTS, Tyre ANTOINE, Deange BARR, Chris REED, Jordan GUNTER, Zay SCANTLING, Marq TEAM Total Opponents
g plays
12 476 11 161 12 101 12 20 4 30 7 30 8 8 12 2 9 2 9 3 4 1 1 1 12 2 8 11 12 848 12 1000
rush pass
USF FOOTBALL
FLOWERS, Quinto MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Erne NADELMAN, Emili ADAMS, Rodney SCANTLING, Marq MCCANTS, Tyre BEHR, Brandon WILCOX, Mitch TICE, Darius BRONSON, Ryshen BARR, Chris BROWN, Juwuan DILLON, Elkanah WARD, Johnny Total Opponents
td
2016
Scoring
total avg/g
1425 2546 3971 330.9 1137 0 1137 103.4 516 0 516 43.0 210 0 210 17.5 169 0 169 42.2 -9 129 120 17.1 26 0 26 3.2 12 0 12 1.0 12 0 12 1.3 8 0 8 0.9 6 0 6 1.5 5 0 5 5.0 4 0 4 0.3 -15 0 -15 -1.9 3506 2675 6181 515.1 2463 3322 5785 482.1
NOTES PLAYERS
Field Goals
NADELMAN, Emili BEHR, Brandon FG Sequence
TOWSON Northern Illinois Syracuse Florida State Cincinnati East Carolina UCONN Temple Navy Memphis SMU UCF
fg
pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99
7-7 100.0 0-0 2-5 40.0 0-0 USF
(31),(34) (42) (26) (26) (42) (27),48 34 (33),41,(30)
3-3 0-0
2-2 2-3
2-2 0-2
Opponents
0-0 0-0
(29),(33) (22) (40),(48) (25),(35) 48 (40),(49),42,(31) (26),(26) (22),(35),(42) (47),(29),50 (24),(21) (37)
lg blk
42 33
0 1
Punting
HERNANDEZ, Jon TEAM Total Opponents Kickoffs
NADELMAN, Emili BEHR, Brandon Total Opponents
no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
59 2431 1 0 60 2431 66 2755
41.2 66 0.0 0 40.5 66 41.7 68
1 23 25 12 0 0 0 0 1 23 25 12 4 14 22 14
no. yds avg tb ob retn
68 4185 24 1469 92 5654 74 4205
61.5 20 61.2 5 61.5 25 56.8 31
1 0 1 0
net ydln
0 0 0 22.1 38.6 1 18.4 36.1
COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
26 28
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
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95
2016
USF FOOTBALL
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
96
2016 USFYARDS Football 2015 ALL-PURPOSE USF Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games All Purpose
ADAMS, Rodney FLOWERS, Qui MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Er SCANTLING, M MCCANTS, Tyre WILCOX, Mitch TICE, Darius BRONSON, Rys DILLON, Elkana HARRIS, Nigel BARR, Chris FULLWODD, Ta ANTOINE, Dean SANDS, Trevon NICHOLS, Deatr SANCHEZ, Aug SALOMON, Dar WARD, Johnny REED, Jordan CLERVEAUX, St BROWN, Juwua HOGGINS, Ron GUNTER, Zay CHILDS, Hassa MUT, Alex PIPPENS, Tyler KEAN, Brett TEAM Total Opponents
g
12 12 11 12 12 12 12 4 11 10 12 9 12 9 8 12 12 8 12 4 3 12 10 1 8 11 1 7 8 12 12
rush
rcv
210 755 1425 -3 1137 215 516 198 4 401 12 359 0 265 169 54 0 188 0 137 0 0 8 59 0 0 12 24 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 6 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 -5 -9 0 -15 0 3506 2675 2463 3322
pr
kr
0 534 0 0 0 0 211 135 0 0 0 17 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 236 755 137 1480
ir
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 22 0 0 24 19 0 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 26
total avg/g
1499 1422 1352 1060 405 388 327 223 188 137 83 67 44 36 26 24 19 14 11 9 8 7 6 5 3 3 -5 -9 -15 7337 7428
124.9 118.5 122.9 88.3 33.8 32.3 27.2 55.8 17.1 13.7 6.9 7.4 3.7 4.0 3.2 2.0 1.6 1.8 0.9 2.2 2.7 0.6 0.6 5.0 0.4 0.3 -5.0 -1.3 -1.9 611.4 619.0
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
2016 USF Football STATISTICS 2015 OVERALL DEFENSIVE USF Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games
SANCHEZ, Auggie HARRIS, Nigel GODWIN, Nate FULLWODD, Tajee THOMAS, Jaymon HOGGINS, Ronnie NICHOLS, Deatri SENAT, Deadrin MCGEE, Khalid AWOLEKE, Daniel WARD, Johnny ABRAHAM, Devin CHERRY, Cecil HECTOR, Bruce BRONSON, Kevin LIVINGSTONE, K LOVE, Mike THOMAS, Danny JACKSON, Vincen SAWTELLE, Nico CHILDS, Hassan BROWN, Juwuan WILKINS, Mazzi FERGUSON, Nate HUDSON, Austin JOHNSON, D'Erne REAVES, Greg BLACK, Josh GERGLEY, Camero DIXON, Malik SANDS, Trevon SPENCER, Jalen JACKSON, LaDar TEAM GONZALEZ, M. BRONSON, Ryshen NADELMAN, Emili SALVATO, Alex STANLEY, Mi'Car CLERVEAUX, Stan ROBBINS, Lamar HALL, Jeremi SMITH, Shannon MCCANTS, Tyre ADAMS, Rodney Total Opponents
gp
12 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 11 12 12 8 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 10 8 12 11 7 11 12 7 7 2 1 8 12 7 8 7 11 10 11 1 3 2 12 2 12 12 12 12
ua
61 46 46 43 38 34 35 32 28 23 19 22 19 16 15 15 19 18 12 11 15 7 6 6 3 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 633 535
a
50 28 16 16 12 14 12 14 14 12 12 9 11 12 13 13 7 5 11 5 1 8 3 3 5 1 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 . 1 . . . 1 . 1 . . . . 326 223
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Tackles tot
111 74 62 59 50 48 47 46 42 35 31 31 30 28 28 28 26 23 23 16 16 15 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 959 758
tfl/yds
8.5-36 9.5-39 1.0-1 2.5-6 3.0-16 1.0-2 2.0-5 6.0-14 3.0-10 3.0-14 1.0-4 . . 5.0-22 5.0-16 5.5-31 6.0-21 1.0-1 . . . 3.5-10 . . . . . 1.5-5 . 1.0-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-263 67-253
Sacks no-yds
6.0-33 2.0-15 . 1.0-4 1.0-7 . . 1.0-7 . 2.0-13 . . . 4.0-21 1.0-8 2.0-22 2.0-10 . . . . 2.5-9 . . . . . 1.5-5 . 1.0-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-160 15-94
Pass defense int-yds brup
1-19 2-83 1-0 1-22 . 2-6 4-24 . 1-0 . 1-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-165 7-26
3 1 4 2 1 3 7 . . 1 2 . . 1 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 16
qbh
. 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Fumbles rcv-yds
1-0 1-0 1-13 . 1-0 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . 1-22 . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35 8-5
ff
1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12
blkd kick
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
saf
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
USF FOOTBALL
Defensive Leaders
2016
## 43 57 36 1F 18 19 3 10 21 93 24 20 33 60 99 94 98 53 15 54 22 56 23 37 27 2 4R 55 25 34 28 30 92 TM 95 81 35 59 51 86 6 73 46 8 87
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
2016
USF FOOTBALL
2016 USF Football 2016 USF GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS USF Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2016)
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
All games
TEAM STATISTICS Date
Sep 03 Sep 10 Sep 17 Sep 24 10/01/16 Oct 08 Oct 15 Oct 21 Oct 28 Nov 12 Nov 19 Nov 26 USF Opponents
Opponent
TOWSON NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Syracuse FLORIDA STATE at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA UCONN at Temple NAVY at Memphis at SMU UCF
Date
Opponent
Date
Opponent
Sep 03 TOWSON Sep 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Sep 17 at Syracuse Sep 24 FLORIDA STATE 10/01/1 at Cincinnati Oct 08 EAST CAROLINA Oct 15 UCONN Oct 21 at Temple Oct 28 NAVY Nov 12 at Memphis Nov 19 at SMU Nov 26 UCF USF Opponents
Rushing yds td
41 214 4 50 293 2 35 239 4 41 290 4 48 226 5 42 306 2 47 316 4 33 165 2 44 412 5 50 416 5 43 278 2 48 351 5 522 3506 44 536 2463 27
Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 6.7 Avg per catch: 13.2 Pass efficiency: 150.89 Kick ret avg: 18.4 Punt ret avg: 10.3 All purpose avg/game: 611.4 Total offense avg/gm: 515.1
Sep 03 TOWSON Sep 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Sep 17 at Syracuse Sep 24 FLORIDA STATE 10/01/1 at Cincinnati Oct 08 EAST CAROLINA Oct 15 UCONN Oct 21 at Temple Oct 28 NAVY Nov 12 at Memphis Nov 19 at SMU Nov 26 UCF USF Opponents
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no.
ua
52 51 69 54 39 55 47 58 51 55 58 44 633 535 no.
4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 3 8 8 60 66
Tackles a total
36 24 40 36 46 22 16 6 26 10 36 28 326 223
yds
154 221 257 285 238 137 162 114 77 112 313 361 2431 2755
88 75 109 90 85 77 63 64 77 65 94 72 959 758 avg
38.5 44.2 42.8 47.5 39.7 34.2 40.5 28.5 38.5 37.3 39.1 45.1 40.5 41.7
no.
Receiving yds td
tfl-yds
Sacks no-yds
lg
lg
Passing cmp-att-int yds
td
19 13 230 4 51 13-25-1 230 4 21 25 365 4 73 25-39-0 365 4 52 14 215 1 33 14-29-0 215 1 48 5 160 1 84 5-14-2 160 1 49 22 228 0 28 22-33-0 228 0 65 21 250 3 62 21-29-0 250 3 54 23 213 2 37 23-37-2 213 2 50 11 187 2 31 11-20-1 187 2 85 20 217 2 41 20-30-0 217 2 92 24 263 2 49 24-29-0 263 2 60 7 195 3 77 7-15-1 195 3 62 17 152 0 32 17-26-0 152 0 92 202 2675 24 84 202-326-7 2675 24 76 271 3322 18 72 271-464-13 3322 18
7.0-33 8.0-19 3.0-14 7.0-26 7.0-25 7.0-12 9.0-41 4.0-24 1.0-2 2.0-6 7.0-30 7.0-31 69.0-263 67.0-253
3.0-23 2.0-12 1.0-8 3.0-17 2.0-15 3.0-4 5.0-33 2.0-14 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-16 3.0-22 27.0-164 15.0-94
Punting
long
42 52 53 54 49 53 47 41 43 43 57 66 66 68
Fumble ff fr-yds
blkd
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 12
tb
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
3-13 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-22 8-35 8-5
fc
4 1 5 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 23 14
50+
0 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 12 14
lg
51 73 33 84 28 62 37 31 41 49 77 32 84 72
Kick Returns no. yds td lg
3 2 2 4 3 4 0 6 5 4 6 2 41 67
69 58 48 62 64 23 0 167 39 69 134 22 755 1480
Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup
1-49 0-0 2-22 0-0 3-17 1-34 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-24 2-19 13-165 7-26 i20
1 2 5 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 25 22
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
5 3 3 1 3 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 31 16
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blkd kick
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Field Goals
md-att
0-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-3 9-12 20-23
long blkd
0 34 42 0 26 26 0 42 27 0 0 33 42 49
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
52 38 28 16 38 8 0 49 26 20 50 22 52 61
Punt Returns no. yds td lg
5 38 3 7 3 84 1 8 3 27 2 22 2 1 0 0 1 31 0 0 2 18 1 0 23 236 17 137
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PAT Attempts kick rush rcv
8-8 6-6 6-6 5-5 6-6 5-5 6-6 3-4 7-7 7-7 5-5 6-6 70-71 38-39 no.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoffs
yds
9 534 9 556 8 500 6 379 8 476 7 419 7 454 6 377 9 555 8 488 6 352 9 564 92 5654 74 4205
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
avg
59.3 61.8 62.5 63.2 59.5 59.9 64.9 62.8 61.7 61.0 58.7 62.7 61.5 56.8
tot off
14 444 7 658 83 454 8 450 10 454 15 556 4 529 0 352 31 629 0 679 11 473 0 503 83 6181 18 5785
saf
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 tb
0 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 5 1 0 4 25 31
pts
56 48 45 35 45 38 42 30 52 49 35 48 523 372 ob
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
2016 USF Football 2016 OPPONENT GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS USF Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games
2016
OPPONENT STATISTICS
Sep 03 Sep 10 Sep 17 Sep 24 10/01/16 Oct 08 Oct 15 Oct 21 Oct 28 Nov 12 Nov 19 Nov 26 Opponents USF
Opponent
no.
TOWSON NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Syracuse FLORIDA STATE at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA UCONN at Temple NAVY at Memphis at SMU UCF
49 127 2 41 157 1 55 199 0 63 478 6 35 130 2 35 168 1 36 72 1 51 319 4 54 317 6 35 277 2 47 155 0 35 64 2 536 2463 27 522 3506 44
Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 4.6 Avg per catch: 12.3 Pass efficiency: 125.74 Kick ret avg: 22.1 Punt ret avg: 8.1 All purpose avg/game: 619.0 Total offense avg/gm: 482.1 Date
Opponent
Sep 03 TOWSON Sep 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Sep 17 at Syracuse Sep 24 FLORIDA STATE 10/01/1 at Cincinnati Oct 08 EAST CAROLINA Oct 15 UCONN Oct 21 at Temple Oct 28 NAVY Nov 12 at Memphis Nov 19 at SMU Nov 26 UCF Opponents USF Date
Opponent
Sep 03 TOWSON Sep 10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Sep 17 at Syracuse Sep 24 FLORIDA STATE 10/01/1 at Cincinnati Oct 08 EAST CAROLINA Oct 15 UCONN Oct 21 at Temple Oct 28 NAVY Nov 12 at Memphis Nov 19 at SMU Nov 26 UCF Opponents USF
Rushing yds td
lg
no.
Receiving yds td
lg
Passing cmp-att-int yds
td
lg
12 16 165 0 56 16-41-1 165 0 56 28 22 161 1 22 22-35-0 161 1 22 19 32 350 2 47 32-50-2 350 2 47 75 11 169 1 39 11-19-0 169 1 39 24 23 263 1 32 23-41-3 263 1 32 31 33 308 1 46 33-56-1 308 1 46 17 22 306 2 70 22-39-0 306 2 70 76 14 209 1 36 14-21-0 209 1 36 22 15 299 1 43 15-27-1 299 1 43 35 29 331 3 57 29-46-1 331 3 57 13 26 423 3 54 26-42-2 423 3 54 12 28 338 2 72 28-47-2 338 2 72 76 271 3322 18 72 271-464-13 3322 18 72 92 202 2675 24 84 202-326-7 2675 24 84
Kick Returns no. yds td lg
9 5 8 4 6 6 3 4 4 7 6 5 67 41
240 92 193 128 131 103 64 73 77 174 91 114 1480 755
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 34 41 53 39 20 33 22 25 36 20 37 61 52
Punt Returns no. yds td lg
0 0 1 11 0 0 4 59 1 4 1 6 1 8 2 11 1 6 1 7 1 2 4 23 17 137 23 236
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
tot off
0 292 11 318 0 549 18 647 4 393 6 476 8 378 5 528 6 616 7 608 2 578 15 402 18 5785 83 6181
USF FOOTBALL
Date
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES
ua
39 61 32 34 46 45 50 39 41 62 38 48 535 633 no.
7 11 5 3 6 3 9 3 3 3 6 7 66 60
Tackles a total
18 16 18 6 42 22 18 12 34 2 14 21 223 326
yds
346 427 209 104 252 141 361 104 144 140 239 288 2755 2431
57 77 50 40 88 67 68 51 75 64 52 69 758 959 avg
49.4 38.8 41.8 34.7 42.0 47.0 40.1 34.7 48.0 46.7 39.8 41.1 41.7 40.5
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tfl-yds
5.0-25 6.0-13 4.0-18 6.0-38 6.0-26 2.0-6 3.0-14 11.0-34 3.0-4 9.0-20 7.0-29 5.0-26 67.0-253 69.0-263
Sacks no-yds
2.0-17 0.0-0 1.0-6 3.0-25 1.0-11 0.0-0 1.0-3 5.0-21 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-11 15.0-94 27.0-164
Punting
long
68 51 52 41 52 61 50 38 55 58 53 52 68 66
Fumble ff fr-yds
blkd
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 12 10
tb
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1
1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-5 1-0 8-5 8-35
fc
0 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 3 14 23
50+
4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 14 12
Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup
1-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-21 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0 7-26 13-165 i20
3 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 22 25
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
1 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 16 31
Blkd kick
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Field Goals
md-att
2-2 1-1 2-2 2-2 0-1 3-4 2-2 3-3 0-0 2-3 2-2 1-1 20-23 9-12
long blkd
33 22 48 35 0 49 26 42 0 47 24 37 49 42
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAT Attempts kick rush rcv
2-2 2-2 2-2 7-7 2-3 1-1 3-3 5-5 3-3 4-4 3-3 4-4 38-39 70-71 no.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Kickoffs
yds
5 246 4 257 5 313 10 651 4 231 6 280 6 340 9 537 7 221 7 450 6 357 5 322 74 4205 92 5654
avg
49.2 64.2 62.6 65.1 57.8 46.7 56.7 59.7 31.6 64.3 59.5 64.4 56.8 61.5
saf
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 tb
2 2 2 6 1 2 5 3 1 3 0 4 31 25
pts
20 17 20 55 20 22 27 46 45 42 27 31 372 523
REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
ob
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
99
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2016 TEAM GAME HIGHS
Rushes Rushes
2016
Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush Yards Rushing TD Rushes TD Rushes
Long Rush Pass attempts Pass attempts Pass completions completions YardsPass Passing Passing YardsYards Per Pass TD Passes TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Total Plays Total Offense Receiving YardsYards Per Play PointsTD Receptions NOTES Sacks By PLAYERS Long Reception First Downs Field Goals Penalties COACHES Penalty Yards REVIEW Long Field Goal Turnovers Interceptions By RECORDS PuntsPunts STATS
Punting Punting Avg Avg Long Punt Long Punt PuntsPunts insideinside 20 20
BOWLS
LongReturn Punt Return Long Punt Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks Tackles For Loss Interceptions
100
TEAM 50 50 416 9.4 5 5 5 5 39 25 365 13.0 4 4 89 679 8.6 56 5 34 11 101 4 3 8 8 47.5 66 5 5 83
20 20 20 20 210 3 3 3 92 37 24 350 4 84 9 9 115 2 2 84 2 2 42 42 8 8 47.5 66 5 5 83 52 14 3.0 3.5 2
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS
MACK,Illinois Marlon at Cincinnati vs Northern (Sep 10, 2016)(10/01/16) 20 Rushes FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) 20 at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) MACK,(Nov Marlon UCF (Nov 26, 2016) at Memphis 12, vs 2016) 20 FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) vs Navy (Oct 28, 2016) 20 FLOWERS, QuintoRushing at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016)210 at Cincinnati (10/01/16) Yards JOHNSON, D'Erne vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) vs Navy (Oct 28, 2016) TD Rushes 3 FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 3 at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) 3 vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) ADAMS, Rodney Memphis vs Northern Illinois (Sepat 10, 2016) (Nov 12, 2016) 92 Long Rush FLOWERS, Quinto vs 2016) UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 37 vs Northern IllinoisPass (Sepattempts 10, FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis vs Northern IllinoisPass (Sepcompletions 10, 2016) (Nov 12, 2016) 24 FLOWERS, QuintoPassing vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10,350 2016) at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) Yards FLOWERS, Quinto vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) vs TOWSON (SepTD 03,Passes 2016) 4 FLOWERS, Quinto vs 2016) Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) vs Northern IllinoisLong (SepPass 10, 84 MACK,Illinois Marlon at Memphis vs Northern (Sep 10, 2016)(Nov 12, 2016) Receptions 9 ADAMS, Rodney vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) 9 ADAMS, Rodney atReceiving Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) 115 at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) Yards JOHNSON, D'Erne vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016) vs TOWSON (SepTD 03,Receptions 2016) 2 MCCANTS, Tyre at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 2 ADAMS, Rodney Florida vs Northern Illinois (Sepvs 10, 2016)State (Sep 24, 2016)84 Long Reception NADELMAN, EmiliGoals vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) at Temple (Oct 21,Field 2016) 2 BEHR, Brandon vs UCF vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016)(Nov 26, 2016) 2 NADELMAN, Emili at Syracuse vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) Long Field Goal (Sep 17, 2016) 42 NADELMAN, Emili at Temple (Oct 21, 2016) 42 at Cincinnati (10/01/16) HERNANDEZ, Jon at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) Punts 8 HERNANDEZ, Jon vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) 8 HERNANDEZ, Jon Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) vs Florida State (Sep 24, vs 2016) Punting Avg 47.5 HERNANDEZ, JonPunt vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) Long 66 HERNANDEZ, at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) 5 at Syracuse (Sep Punts 17,Jon 2016) inside 20 HERNANDEZ, Jon at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) 5 JOHNSON, D'Erne at Syracuse at Syracuse (Sep Long 17, 2016) Punt Return (Sep 17, 2016) 83 ADAMS, Rodney TOWSON Long vs Kickoff Return(Sep 03, 2016) 52 SANCHEZ, Auggie Tacklesat SMU (Nov 19, 2016) 14 SANCHEZ, Auggie Sacks vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 3.0 SANCHEZ, Auggie UCONN TacklesvsFor Loss (Oct 15, 2016) 3.5 NICHOLS, Deatri at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) Interceptions 2
INDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
MACK, Marlon at Cincinnati (10/01/16) FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) MACK, Marlon vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) JOHNSON, D'Erne vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) ADAMS, Rodney at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) FLOWERS, Quinto vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) MACK, Marlon at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) ADAMS, Rodney vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) ADAMS, Rodney at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) JOHNSON, D'Erne vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016) MCCANTS, Tyre at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) ADAMS, Rodney vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) NADELMAN, Emili vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) BEHR, Brandon vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) NADELMAN, Emili at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) NADELMAN, Emili at Temple (Oct 21, 2016) HERNANDEZ, Jon at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) HERNANDEZ, Jon vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) HERNANDEZ, Jon vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) HERNANDEZ, Jon vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) HERNANDEZ, Jon at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) HERNANDEZ, Jon at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) JOHNSON, D'Erne at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) ADAMS, Rodney vs TOWSON (Sep 03, 2016) SANCHEZ, Auggie at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) SANCHEZ, Auggie vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) SANCHEZ, Auggie vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) NICHOLS, Deatri at SMU (Nov 19, 2016)
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2016 OPPONENT GAME HIGHS
Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks Tackles For Loss Interceptions
63 478 7.9 6 6 56 33 423 11.1 3 3 105 647 7.9 55 5 31 10 75 4 4 2 2 11 49.4 68 3 3 18
20 20 20 20 210 3 3 3 92 37 24 350 4 84 9 9 115 2 2 84 2 2 42 42 8 8 47.5 66 5 5 83 52 14 3.0 3.5 2
MACK, Marlon at24,Cincinnati vs Florida State (Sep 2016) (10/01/16) 30 Rushes FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016)267 vs Florida State (Sep 24,Rushing 2016) Yards MACK,(Nov Marlon UCF (Nov 26, 2016) at Memphis 12, 2016) TD vs Rushes 4 FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) vs Florida State (Sep 24,Rush 2016) Long 76 FLOWERS, Quintoattempts at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) 48 vs Navy (Oct 28, 2016) Pass JOHNSON, D'Erne vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016) Pass completions 32 FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 380 vs East Carolina (Oct 08,Passing 2016) Yards FLOWERS, Quinto at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) 3 at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) TD Passes ADAMS, Rodney Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) 72 vs Navy (Oct 28, 2016) Long at Pass FLOWERS, Quinto vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 18 at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) Receptions FLOWERS, QuintoReceiving at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016)252 at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) Yards FLOWERS, Quinto vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) at Syracuse (Sep TD 17, 2016) Receptions 2 FLOWERS, Quinto vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) 2 FLOWERS, Quinto vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) vs Florida State (Sep 24,Reception 2016) Long 72 MACK, Marlon at24,Goals Memphis vs Florida State (Sep 2016) (Nov 12, 2016) Field 3 ADAMS, vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) at Temple (Oct Rodney 21, 2016) 3 ADAMS, at Memphis vs Florida StateRodney (Sep 2016) Long24, Field Goal (Nov 12, 2016) 49 JOHNSON, D'Erne vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016) at Syracuse (Sep Punts 17, 2016) 11 MCCANTS, Tyre at SMU at Temple (Oct 21,Punting 2016) Avg (Nov 19, 2016) 49.5 ADAMS,(Sep Rodney vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016)68 vs TOWSON 03, 2016) Long Punt NADELMAN, Emiliinside vs Northern at Cincinnati (10/01/16) Punts 20 Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) 3 BEHR, Brandon vs UCF vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016)(Nov 26, 2016) 3 NADELMAN, Emili at Syracuse vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) Long Punt Return (Sep 17, 2016) 18 NADELMAN, EmiliKickoff at Temple (Oct 21, 2016) 61 vs Northern IllinoisLong (Sep 10, 2016) Return HERNANDEZ, at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) vs TOWSON (SepTackles 03,Jon 2016) 14 HERNANDEZ, vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) vs TOWSON (SepSacks 03,Jon 2016) 2.0 HERNANDEZ, vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) vs TOWSON (Sep 03,Jon 2016) 2.0 HERNANDEZ, Jon10, vsFor UCF (Nov 26, 2016) vs Northern IllinoisTackles (Sep 2016) Loss 4.0 HERNANDEZ, Jon Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) 1 vs Florida State (Sep 24, at 2016) Interceptions HERNANDEZ, Jon at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) 1 JOHNSON, D'Erne at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) 1 ADAMS, Rodney vs TOWSON (Sep 03, 2016) 1 SANCHEZ, Auggie at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) 1 SANCHEZ, Auggie vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 1 SANCHEZ, Auggie vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) 1 NICHOLS, Deatri at SMU (Nov 19, 2016)
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INDIVIDUAL
OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Strickland, D., at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) Cook, D., vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) WORTH, Will, vs Navy (Oct 28, 2016) ARMSTEAD,R., at Temple (Oct 21, 2016) Dungey, E., at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) Dungey, E., at Syracuse (Sep 17, 2016) HICKS, Ben, at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) FERGUSON, Riley, at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) PAYTON, Tristan, vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) JONES, Zay, vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016) SUTTON, C., at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) SUTTON, C., at SMU (Nov 19, 2016) SMITH, Tre'Quan, vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) SMITH, Tre'Quan, vs UCF (Nov 26, 2016) PLOWMAN, Davis, vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016) BOUMERHI,Aaron, at Temple (Oct 21, 2016) PLOWMAN, Davis, vs East Carolina (Oct 08, 2016) AMBROSE, Jake, vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) SMITH, Spencer, at Memphis (Nov 12, 2016) Ryder, J., vs TOWSON (Sep 03, 2016) Ryder, J., vs TOWSON (Sep 03, 2016) AMBROSE, Jake, vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) Wilson, J., vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) Simpson, S., vs TOWSON (Sep 03, 2016) Wallace, D., vs TOWSON (Sep 03, 2016) Burns, B., vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) ROBINSON,Averee, at Temple (Oct 21, 2016) JOHNSON, Jawuan, vs Northern Illinois (Sep 10, 2016) Pettus-Dixon, J, vs TOWSON (Sep 03, 2016) McFadden, T., vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) Andrews, N., vs Florida State (Sep 24, 2016) WILLIAMS, Jha., vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) MELIFONWU, Obi, vs UCONN (Oct 15, 2016) RANDALL,Delvon, at Temple (Oct 21, 2016) MINOR, Zelt, at SMU (Nov 19, 2016)
USF FOOTBALL
Rushes Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Rush YardsLong Per Pass Pass attempts TD Passes Pass completions Yards Passing Total Plays TD Passes Total Offense Pass YardsLong Per Play PointsReceptions Sacks By Yards Receiving First Downs TD Receptions Penalties Penalty Yards Long Reception Turnovers Field Goals Interceptions By Long Field Goal Punts Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Avg PuntsPunting inside 20 Long Punt PuntsReturn inside 20 Long Punt
INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS
2016
TEAM
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2016 USF Football 2016 RED-ZONE RESULTS USF Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games
USF Inside Opponent Red-Zone
Date
Sep 03, 2016 Sep 10, 2016 Sep 17, 2016 Sep 24, 2016 10/01/16 Oct 08, 2016 Oct 15, 2016 Oct 21, 2016 Oct 28, 2016 Nov 12, 2016 Nov 19, 2016 Nov 26, 2016
Opponent
TOWSON NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Syracuse FLORIDA STATE at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA UCONN at Temple NAVY at Memphis at SMU UCF Totals 39 of 46 (84.8%)
Score
W W W L W W W L W W W W
56-20 48-17 45-20 35-55 45-20 38-22 42-27 30-46 52-45 49-42 35-27 48-31
Times Times In RZ Scored
4 6 3 4 6 7 3 1 4 3 1 4 46
PLAYERS
REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
102
28 34 21 21 31 31 14 7 24 14 7 13 245
TDs
4 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 32
Rush TDs
4 2 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 27
Pass TDs
FGs Made
Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game
Pass TDs
FGs Made
Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game
0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opponents Inside USF Red-Zone
NOTES
COACHES
4 6 3 3 5 5 2 1 4 2 1 3 39
Total Pts
Date
Sep 03, 2016 Sep 10, 2016 Sep 17, 2016 Sep 24, 2016 10/01/16 Oct 08, 2016 Oct 15, 2016 Oct 21, 2016 Oct 28, 2016 Nov 12, 2016 Nov 19, 2016 Nov 26, 2016
Opponent
TOWSON NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Syracuse FLORIDA STATE at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA UCONN at Temple NAVY at Memphis at SMU UCF Totals 47 of 52 (90.4%)
Score
W W W L W W W L W W W W
56-20 48-17 45-20 35-55 45-20 38-22 42-27 30-46 52-45 49-42 35-27 48-31
Times Times In RZ Scored
4 3 1 8 3 3 4 6 7 5 5 3 52
4 3 1 7 3 3 4 5 7 4 3 3 47
Total Pts
20 17 7 41 20 16 20 27 45 24 13 17 267
TDs
2 2 1 5 3 2 2 3 7 3 1 2 33
Rush TDs
2 1 0 4 2 1 1 2 6 1 0 2 22
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 11
2 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 14
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2016& USF Football OF POSSESSION 2016 CONVERSIONS TIME USF By-Quarter Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games
2016
3rd-Down Conversions Sep 03, 2016 Sep 10, 2016 Sep 17, 2016 Sep 24, 2016 10/01/16 Oct 08, 2016 Oct 15, 2016 Oct 21, 2016 Oct 28, 2016 Nov 12, 2016 Nov 19, 2016 Nov 26, 2016
Opponent
TOWSON NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Syracuse FLORIDA STATE at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA UCONN at Temple NAVY at Memphis at SMU UCF USF Opponents
Score
W W W L W W W L W W W W
56-20 48-17 45-20 35-55 45-20 38-22 42-27 30-46 52-45 49-42 35-27 48-31
Overall
6-12 11-19 4-13 4-11 8-18 6-13 7-17 6-12 12-16 7-13 2-12 4-16 77-172 81-204
50.0 57.9 30.8 36.4 44.4 46.2 41.2 50.0 75.0 53.8 16.7 25.0 44.8 39.7
1st Qtr
2-3 3-4 0-3 1-3 2-5 1-3 1-2 1-2 3-3 2-4 1-3 3-5 20-40 17-49
66.7 75.0 0.0 33.3 40.0 33.3 50.0 50.0 100.0 50.0 33.3 60.0 50.0 34.7
2nd Qtr
1-4 2-5 2-3 1-4 0-1 2-3 1-6 3-4 6-6 1-4 1-4 1-4 21-48 19-51
25.0 40.0 66.7 25.0 0.0 66.7 16.7 75.0 100.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 43.8 37.3
3rd Qtr
2-2 4-5 1-4 1-2 2-5 3-6 2-5 2-6 3-5 1-1 0-2 0-2 21-45 21-45
100.0 80.0 25.0 50.0 40.0 50.0 40.0 33.3 60.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 46.7 46.7
4th Qtr
1-3 2-5 1-3 1-2 4-7 0-1 3-4 0-0 0-2 3-4 0-3 0-5 15-39 24-59
33.3 40.0 33.3 50.0 57.1 0.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 38.5 40.7
USF FOOTBALL
Date
Overtime
0-0 0-0
0.0 0.0
4th-Down Conversions Date
Sep 03, 2016 Sep 10, 2016 Sep 17, 2016 Sep 24, 2016 10/01/16 Oct 08, 2016 Oct 15, 2016 Oct 21, 2016 Oct 28, 2016 Nov 12, 2016 Nov 19, 2016 Nov 26, 2016
Opponent
TOWSON NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Syracuse FLORIDA STATE at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA UCONN at Temple NAVY at Memphis at SMU UCF USF Opponents
Score
W W W L W W W L W W W W
56-20 48-17 45-20 35-55 45-20 38-22 42-27 30-46 52-45 49-42 35-27 48-31
Overall
0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 3-3 2-2 3-4 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 15-16 16-30
0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 75.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.8 53.3
1st Qtr
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-3 5-6
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 83.3
2nd Qtr
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 3-4 5-10
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 50.0
3rd Qtr
0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-5 1-2
0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 50.0
4th Qtr
0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 4-4 5-12
0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 41.7
Overtime NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS
0-0 0-0
0.0 0.0
BOWLS
Time of Possession Date
Sep 03, 2016 Sep 10, 2016 Sep 17, 2016 Sep 24, 2016 10/01/16 Oct 08, 2016 Oct 15, 2016 Oct 21, 2016 Oct 28, 2016 Nov 12, 2016 Nov 19, 2016 Nov 26, 2016
Opponent
TOWSON NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Syracuse FLORIDA STATE at Cincinnati EAST CAROLINA UCONN at Temple NAVY at Memphis at SMU UCF USF Opponents
Score
W W W L W W W L W W W W
56-20 48-17 45-20 35-55 45-20 38-22 42-27 30-46 52-45 49-42 35-27 48-31 Total Avg. Total Avg.
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Overall
22:20 31:08 21:22 19:41 32:39 28:01 27:44 20:53 26:59 32:49 23:49 32:17 319:42 26:38 399:28 33:17
1st Qtr
5:24 7:22 4:12 6:38 9:11 7:26 4:33 2:53 4:51 7:50 6:44 8:16 75:20 6:16 104:40 8:43
2nd Qtr
5:25 7:15 5:20 5:48 5:29 4:49 7:51 5:23 9:38 9:20 5:00 7:37 78:55 6:34 101:05 8:25
3rd Qtr
5:16 8:14 5:19 2:56 6:49 11:17 8:55 9:08 7:07 5:19 4:01 6:10 80:31 6:42 99:29 8:17
4th Qtr
6:15 8:17 6:31 4:19 11:10 4:29 6:25 3:29 5:23 10:20 8:04 10:14 84:56 7:04 94:14 7:51
Overtime
0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00
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USF SEASON/CAREER STATISTICS
2016
USF FOOTBALL
SEASON Rushing
FLOWERS, Quinto MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Erne ADAMS, Rodney TICE, Darius SANDS, Trevon MCCANTS, Tyre ANTOINE, Deange BARR, Chris REED, Jordan GUNTER, Zay SCANTLING, Marq KEAN, Brett TEAM Total Opponents Passing
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
FLOWERS, Quinto KEAN, Brett JOHNSON, D'Erne Total Opponents Receiving
ADAMS, Rodney MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Erne SCANTLING, Marq MCCANTS, Tyre WILCOX, Mitch BRONSON, Ryshen ANTOINE, Deange DILLON, Elkanah BARR, Chris TICE, Darius SALOMON, Darnel MUT, Alex REED, Jordan CLERVEAUX, Stan FLOWERS, Quinto PIPPENS, Tyler Total Opponents Total Offense
FLOWERS, Quinto MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Erne ADAMS, Rodney TICE, Darius KEAN, Brett SANDS, Trevon ANTOINE, Deange MCCANTS, Tyre BARR, Chris REED, Jordan GUNTER, Zay SCANTLING, Marq TEAM Total Opponents 104
gp
12 11 12 12 4 8 12 9 9 4 1 12 7 8 12 12 gp
12 7 12 12 12 gp
att
177 161 100 20 30 8 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 11 522 536
CAREER
gain loss
effic comp-att-int
153.33 184-299-6 128.60 18-26-1 0.00 0-1-0 150.89 202-326-7 125.74 271-464-13 no.
net avg
td
yds
avg
pct
yds
td
td
gp
118.8 103.4 43.0 17.5 42.2 3.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.5 5.0 0.3 -1.3 -1.9 292.2 205.2
30 35 37 35 35 8 25 9 22 12 1 12 7
lg avg/g
gp
84 212.2 28 18.4 0 0.0 84 222.9 72 276.8
30 7 37
lg avg/g
12.6 8.3 9.0 19.1 17.1 24.1 18.8 3.0 22.8 9.8 27.0 7.0 1.5 1.5 8.0 -3.0 -5.0 13.2 12.3
5 0 4 5 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 18
g plays
pass
total avg/g
rush
63 85 24 92 21 9 7 7 15 6 5 4 4 0 92 76
61.5 2546 22 69.2 129 2 0.0 0 0 62.0 2675 24 58.4 3322 18
12 60 755 11 26 215 12 22 198 12 21 401 12 21 359 12 11 265 11 10 188 9 8 24 10 6 137 9 6 59 4 2 54 8 2 14 11 2 3 4 2 3 3 1 8 12 1 -3 1 1 -5 12 202 2675 12 271 3322 12 476 11 161 12 101 12 20 4 30 7 30 8 8 9 2 12 2 9 3 4 1 1 1 12 2 8 11 12 848 12 1000
lg avg/g
1525 100 1425 8.1 15 1189 52 1137 7.1 15 542 26 516 5.2 8 222 12 210 10.5 5 175 6 169 5.6 1 27 1 26 3.2 0 12 0 12 6.0 0 12 0 12 6.0 0 15 7 8 2.7 0 6 0 6 6.0 0 5 0 5 5.0 0 4 0 4 2.0 0 6 15 -9 -2.2 0 0 15 -15 -1.4 0 3740 234 3506 6.7 44 2746 283 2463 4.6 27
gp
84 62.9 37 19.5 33 16.5 77 33.4 65 29.9 52 22.1 73 17.1 8 2.7 41 13.7 30 6.6 43 13.5 8 1.8 5 0.3 3 0.8 8 2.7 0 -0.2 0 -5.0 84 222.9 72 276.8
1425 2546 3971 330.9 1137 0 1137 103.4 516 0 516 43.0 210 0 210 17.5 169 0 169 42.2 -9 129 120 17.1 26 0 26 3.2 12 0 12 1.3 12 0 12 1.0 8 0 8 0.9 6 0 6 1.5 5 0 5 5.0 4 0 4 0.3 -15 0 -15 -1.9 3506 2675 6181 515.1 2463 3322 5785 482.1
35 35 37 12 25 12 34 9 20 22 35 8 37 12 3 30 1
g
30 35 37 35 35 7 8 9 25 22 12 1 12
att
381 573 217 35 193 8 2 2 4 1 1 2 4
gain
2711 3702 1022 357 918 27 12 12 15 6 5 4 6
loss
222 143 49 14 44 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 15
effic comp-att-int
148.61 355-595-16 128.60 18-26-1 463.07 2-3-0
no.
128 63 56 21 28 11 30 8 15 29 16 2 2 6 1 1 1
plays
976 573 220 36 193 30 8 2 2 4 1 1 2
yds
1900 486 661 401 523 265 531 24 345 259 136 14 3 21 8 -3 -5
rush
2489 3559 973 343 874 -9 26 12 12 5 6 5 4
avg
14.8 7.7 11.8 19.1 18.7 24.1 17.7 3.0 23.0 8.9 8.5 7.0 1.5 3.5 8.0 -3.0 -5.0
pass
4953 0 63 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
net
2489 3559 973 343 874 26 12 12 5 6 5 4 -9
pct
59.7 69.2 66.7
td
16 1 9 5 6 2 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
total
7442 3559 1036 343 874 120 26 12 12 5 6 5 4
avg
6.5 6.2 4.5 9.8 4.5 3.2 6.0 6.0 1.2 6.0 5.0 2.0 -2.2
yds
4953 129 63
lg
84 37 71 77 65 52 75 8 62 38 43 8 5 10 8 0 0
avg/g
248.1 101.7 28.0 9.8 25.0 17.1 3.2 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 5.0 0.3
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td
lg
27 32 9 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
avg/g
67 85 24 92 44 9 7 7 15 6 5 4 4
td
44 2 2
avg/g
54.3 13.9 17.9 33.4 20.9 22.1 15.6 2.7 17.2 11.8 3.9 1.8 0.1 1.8 2.7 -0.1 -5.0
83.0 101.7 26.3 9.8 25.0 3.2 0.5 1.3 0.2 0.5 5.0 0.3 -1.3
lg
84 28 34
avg/g
165.1 18.4 1.7
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USF SEASON/CAREER STATISTICS
SEASON
Punt Returns
JOHNSON, D'Erne FULLWODD, Tajee CHILDS, Hassan Total Opponents Kick Returns
ADAMS, Rodney WILCOX, Mitch JOHNSON, D'Erne THOMAS, Jaymon DILLON, Elkanah MCCANTS, Tyre NICHOLS, Deatri BROWN, Juwuan TEAM Total Opponents
fg
15 15 13 - 7-7 10 5 4 - 2-5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 71 9-12 45 20-23 no.
52-53 18-18 70-71 38-39
yds avg
17 4 2 23 17
211 22 3 236 137
no.
yds avg
22 534 6 62 5 135 2 0 2 0 1 17 1 0 1 7 1 0 41 755 67 1480
PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf
kick
12.4 5.5 1.5 10.3 8.1
24.3 10.3 27.0 0.0 0.0 17.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 18.4 22.1
0-2
td
1 0 0 1 0
td
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1-3
lg
83 14 1 83 18
lg
52 26 47 0 0 17 0 7 0 52 61
-
pts
- 90 - 90 - 78 - 73 - 60 - 30 - 24 - 24 - 12 - 12 6 6 6 6 6 - 523 1 372
td
fg
33 27 19 - 22-30 24 5 6 - 2-5 6 2 1 3 3 2 1 -
no.
18 23 12
yds
236 220 102
PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf
kick
105-107 18-18 -
avg
13.1 9.6 8.5
0-1 -
td
1 0 0
-
no.
yds
44 6 34 2 2 3 1 1
1123 62 855 0 0 60 0 7
yds
avg
25.5 10.3 25.1 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 7.0
td
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
lg
97 26 54 0 0 22 0 7
4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 13 7
yds avg
24 83 6 0 0 19 22 11 165 26
td
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
24 49 6 0 0 19 22 11 49 21
lg
no.
8 3 4 1 2 2 1 4
95 106 6 0 0 19 22 11
11.9 35.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 9.5 22.0 2.8
avg
td
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 49 6 0 0 19 22 11
Fumble Returns
no.
yds avg
td
lg
no.
yds
avg
td
lg
SAWTELLE, Nico BROWN, Juwuan SANCHEZ, Auggie THOMAS, Jaymon GODWIN, Nate Total Opponents
1 1 1 1 1 5 4
0 22 0 0 13 35 5
0.0 22.0 0.0 0.0 13.0 7.0 1.2
0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0 22 0 0 13 22 5
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pts
198 162 114 171 144 30 36 24 36 12 6 18 18 12 6
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES
no.
6.0 41.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 19.0 22.0 11.0 12.7 3.7
-
lg
83 46 37
Interceptions
NICHOLS, Deatri HARRIS, Nigel HOGGINS, Ronnie MCGEE, Khalid GODWIN, Nate SANCHEZ, Auggie FULLWODD, Tajee WARD, Johnny Total Opponents
-
USF FOOTBALL
MACK, Marlon FLOWERS, Quinto JOHNSON, D'Erne NADELMAN, Emili ADAMS, Rodney SCANTLING, Marq MCCANTS, Tyre BEHR, Brandon TICE, Darius WILCOX, Mitch BROWN, Juwuan BRONSON, Ryshen DILLON, Elkanah BARR, Chris WARD, Johnny Total Opponents
td
2016
Scoring
CAREER
1 1 2 1 1
0 22 21 0 13
0.0 22.0 10.5 0.0 13.0
0 1 1 0 1
REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
lg
0 22 21 0 13
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NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
2016 USF Football USF Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games SEASON All Purpose
ADAMS, Rodney FLOWERS, Quin MACK, Marlon JOHNSON, D'Er SCANTLING, Ma MCCANTS, Tyre WILCOX, Mitch TICE, Darius BRONSON, Rys DILLON, Elkanah HARRIS, Nigel BARR, Chris FULLWODD, Taj ANTOINE, Dean SANDS, Trevon NICHOLS, Deatri SANCHEZ, Augg SALOMON, Darn WARD, Johnny REED, Jordan CLERVEAUX, St BROWN, Juwuan HOGGINS, Ronn GUNTER, Zay CHILDS, Hassan MUT, Alex PIPPENS, Tyler KEAN, Brett TEAM Total Opponents
g
12 12 11 12 12 12 12 4 11 10 12 9 12 9 8 12 12 8 12 4 3 12 10 1 8 11 1 7 8 12 12
rush
rcv
Field Goals
7 5 12 23
Punting
106
ir
long
7 2 9 20
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 22 0 0 24 19 0 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 26 0 1 1 0
68 24 92 74
4185 1469 5654 4205
tb ob
61.5 20 61.2 5 61.5 25 56.8 31
0 0 0 1
124.9 118.5 122.9 88.3 33.8 32.3 27.2 55.8 17.1 13.7 6.9 7.4 3.7 4.0 3.2 2.0 1.6 1.8 0.9 2.2 2.7 0.6 0.6 5.0 0.4 0.3 -5.0 -1.3 -1.9 611.4 619.0
g
lg blk
1 0 1 0
rush
rcv
pr
35 30 35 37 12 25 12 35 34 20 46 22 33 9 8 37 40 8 46 12 3 12 23 1 28 37 1 7
343 2489 3559 973 4 12 0 874 6 0 0 5 0 12 26 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 -9
1900 -3 486 661 401 523 265 136 531 345 0 259 0 24 0 0 0 14 0 21 8 0 0 0 0 3 -5 0
0 0 0 236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 220 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0
att
good
long
blkd
no.
yds
no.
yds
30 5
59 2431 41.2 66 1 0 0.0 0 60 2431 40.5 66 66 2755 41.7 68
no. yds avg
total avg/g
1499 1422 1352 1060 405 388 327 223 188 137 83 67 44 36 26 24 19 14 11 9 8 7 6 5 3 3 -5 -9 -15 7337 7428
blkd
42 33 42 49
no. yds avg
HERNANDEZ, Jon TEAM Total Opponents NADELMAN, Emili BEHR, Brandon Total Opponents
kr
0 534 0 0 0 0 211 135 0 0 0 17 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 236 755 137 1480
att good
NADELMAN, Emili BEHR, Brandon Total Opponents
Kickoffs
pr
210 755 1425 -3 1137 215 516 198 4 401 12 359 0 265 169 54 0 188 0 137 0 0 8 59 0 0 12 24 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 6 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 -5 -9 0 -15 0 3506 2675 2463 3322
CAREER
22 2
59 2431
91 5515 24 1469
49 33
avg
41.2
avg
60.6 61.2
kr
1123 0 0 855 0 60 62 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 22 0 0 95 19 0 11 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
1 1
lg
blk
tb
ob
66
26 5
ir
1
2 0
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total
3366 2486 4045 2725 405 595 327 1042 537 345 106 264 242 36 26 95 19 14 10 33 8 7 6 5 104 3 -5 -9
avg/g
96.2 82.9 115.6 73.6 33.8 23.8 27.2 29.8 15.8 17.2 2.3 12.0 7.3 4.0 3.2 2.6 0.5 1.8 0.2 2.8 2.7 0.6 0.3 5.0 3.7 0.1 -5.0 -1.3
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2016 USF Football USF Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2016) All games
43 57 36 1F 18 19 3 10 21 93 24 20 33 60 99 94 98 53 15 54 22 56 23 37 27 2 4R 55 25 34 28 30 92 TM 81 35 95 51 59 8 87 46 6 73 86
SANCHEZ, Auggie HARRIS, Nigel GODWIN, Nate FULLWODD, Tajee THOMAS, Jaymon HOGGINS, Ronnie NICHOLS, Deatri SENAT, Deadrin MCGEE, Khalid AWOLEKE, Daniel WARD, Johnny ABRAHAM, Devin CHERRY, Cecil HECTOR, Bruce BRONSON, Kevin LIVINGSTONE, K LOVE, Mike THOMAS, Danny JACKSON, Vincen SAWTELLE, Nico CHILDS, Hassan BROWN, Juwuan WILKINS, Mazzi FERGUSON, Nate HUDSON, Austin JOHNSON, D'Erne REAVES, Greg BLACK, Josh GERGLEY, Camero DIXON, Malik SANDS, Trevon SPENCER, Jalen JACKSON, LaDar TEAM BRONSON, Ryshen NADELMAN, Emili GONZALEZ, M. STANLEY, Mi'Car SALVATO, Alex MCCANTS, Tyre ADAMS, Rodney SMITH, Shannon ROBBINS, Lamar HALL, Jeremi CLERVEAUX, Stan Total Opponents
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## Defensive Leaders
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NOTES PLAYERS COACHES REVIEW RECORDS STATS BOWLS
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2015 MIAMI BEACH BOWL
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
BOWL HISTORY 2005: N.C. STATE 14, USF 0
2005 MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM • CHARLOTTE, N.C. DECEMBER 31, 2005 • 11 A.M. USF 6-6, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7-5
SCORING BY QUARTERS USF N.C. State
1 2 3 4 F 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14
Attendance: 57,937 Time: 3:13 Second Quarter NCSU - Clark 9-yard pass from Stone (Deraney kick). Time left: 8:13. Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 3:35. (N.C. State 7, USF 0). NCSU - Brown 1-yard run (Deraney kick). Time left: 0:17. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 4:39. (N.C. State, 14, USF 0). Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Yards Punts-Avg. Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Sacks By 3rd Down Conversions 4th Down Conversions Time of Possession
N.C. State USF 14 15 47-173 44-136 127 159 9-19-0 10-30-1 300 295 7-39.9 7-33.1 3-16 5-26 0-0 1-14 1-0 0-0 6-35 4-20 2-1 2-2 6-45 3-17 5-6 6-18 0-1 1-3 31:01 28:59
CHARLOTTE - Using stout defense and just enough offense to get the job done, North Carolina State capped its late-season rally with a 14-0 win over USF in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Brian Clark caught a 9-yard touchdown pass and Andre Brown scored on a 1-yard run to lead the Wolfpack, who rallied from a 2-4 start to the season to close the year with three consecutive wins. It was a tough end for USF, which was playing in its first bowl in school history. The Bulls launched their program nine years ago, moved up to Division I-A in 2001 and capped their first season in the BIG EAST with a bowl bid. But their 100th game ended in the first shutout in school history as the Bulls managed 295 yards total offense and failed to get Andre Hall -- the BIG EAST’s leading rusher -- into the end zone. Hall accounted for most of the offense, finishing with 118 yards rushing and two catches for 49 yards. Toney Baker set up the first score with runs of 22 and 14 yards, allowing Marcus Stone to find Clark in the end zone. The Wolfpack actually ran the same play twice, with Clark making the first catch out of bounds before grabbing it the second time for the score. Baker used several short runs to set up the second score, then gave way to Brown for the touchdown. Baker finished with 93 yards rushing on 22 carries, while Brown had 51 yards on 12 carries. USF spent the entire game just trying to get into the end zone, and had a great chance when Hall broke free for a 41-yard gain to put the Bulls in decent scoring range at the N.C. State 17. But a run by Ricky Ponton, followed by two incompletions ended the threat when Garland Heath intercepted Pat Julmiste in the end zone. USF got a break, however, when the Wolfpack fumbled it back to the Bulls on the next possession - only to see Hill give it away again on the very next play. In the end, only two things worked for the Bulls: Putting the ball in Hall’s hands, and a fake punt late in the fourth quarter that went for a 31-yard gain when holder Brandon Baker connected with S.J. Green.
N.C. STATE Rushing Toney Baker Andre Brown Darrell Blackman Marcus Stone Team Passing Marcus Stone
Att Yds TD Lg 23 93 0 22 12 51 1 27 2 25 0 23 9 5 0 7 1 -1 0 0 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 19 9 127 1 0 41
Receiving Brian Clark Lamart Barrett Darrell Blackman T.J. Williams Andre Brown
No Yds TD Lg 3 66 1 41 2 19 0 13 2 7 0 4 1 36 0 36 1 -1 0 0
Punting John Deraney Punt Returns Andre Brown Tramain Hall Manny Lawson Marcus Hudson
No Yds Avg Lg 7 279 39.9 51 No 1 2 0 1
Yds 10 7 -1 0
Lg 10 9 0 0
Kickoff Returns None
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Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 10 - Stephen Tulloch. Assisted Tackles: 5 Stephen Tulloch. Total Tackles: 15 - Stephen Tulloch. Sacks: 3 - Stephen Tulloch. Interceptions: 1 - Garland Heath
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Rushing Andre Hall Ricky Ponton Amarri Jackson Team Pat Julmiste Carlton Hill
Att Yds TD Lg 19 118 0 41 8 41 0 11 1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 0 13 -6 0 8 2 -15 0 0
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Pat Julmiste 25 8 91 0 Carlton Hill 2 1 37 0 Brandon Bakers 1 1 31 0
Int Lg 1 21 0 37 0 31
Receiving Andre Hall S.J. Green Jackie Chambers Jeremy Burnett Courtney Denson Mike Ruegger Marcus Edwards
No Yds TD Lg 2 49 0 37 2 38 0 31 2 24 0 18 1 21 0 21 1 11 0 11 1 11 0 11 1 5 0 5
Punting Brandon Baker Team
No Yds Avg Lg 6 232 38.7 45 1 0 0.0 0
Punt Returns Jackie Chambers Amarri Jackson
No 4 1
Kickoff Returns Chad Simpson
No 1
Yds 26 0 Yds 14
Lg 12 0 Lg 14
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 11 - Patrick St. Louis. Assisted Tackles: 4 - Johnnie Jones. Total Tackles: 13 - Patrick St. Louis. Sacks: 3 - Terrence Royal. Interceptions: None.
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1 2 3 4 F 14 10 0 0 24 7 0 0 0 7
Attendance: 32,023 Time: 3:42 First Quarter USF - Williams 1-yard run (Alvarado kick). Time left: 13:53. Drive: 1 play, 16 yards, 0:20. (USF 7, East Carolina 0). USF - Williams one-yard run (Alvarado kick). Time left: 8:43. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 3:51. (USF 14, East Carolina 0). ECU - Good 48-yard pass from Pinkney (Hartman kick). Time left: 5:04. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 3:31. (USF 14, East Carolina 7). Second Quarter USF - Jackson 37-yard pass from Grothe (Alvarado kick). Time left: 12:51. Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards, 2:50. (USF 21, East Carolina 7). USF - Alvarado 38-yard field goal. Time left: 6:31. Drive: 8 plays, 25 yards, 3:31. (USF 24, East Carolina 7). Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Yards Punts-Avg. Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Sacks By 3rd Down Conversions 4th Down Conversions Time of Possession
ECU 22 32-54 263 18-44-0 317 6-42.0 3-43 5-70 0-0 3-25 3-2 1-8 6-17 2-3 29:02
USF 12 43-156 130 12-18-0 286 6-36.8 3-47 2-19 0-0 6-60 1-1 6-51 3-15 5-5 30:48
BIRMINGHAM (AP) - In only its 10th year of existence, the USF football team won its first-ever bowl game in only its second try, defeating East Carolina, 24-7, at the PapaJohns.com Bowl at Legion Field. USF’s nine wins tied the school record set in 2002. The Bulls’ offense clicked from the start, scoring all 24 points in the first half. USF recorded 286 total yards – 156 rushing and 130 passing. The Bulls scored all three times they were in the red zone and converted all five fourth downs. Benjamin Williams was named the Most Valuable Player, leading the team with 67 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Matt Grothe, who threw for 81 yards and a touchdown, was injured on a quarterback keeper at the 8:08 mark in the second quarter. He played the rest of the half in all but two downs, but did not start the second half. Pat Julmiste came into the game and played the rest of the way, passing for 49 yards while rushing for 53. USF’s defense was stingy from the start and it continued throughout the entire game. The Bulls only allowed 54 total rushing yards and held the Pirates to -6 yards in the first half. Putting pressure on the quarterback the entire game, USF tallied six sacks for a loss of 51 yards and 10 of the Bulls tackles were for losses. On the second play of the opening drive, a botched handoff by ECU’s quarterback James Pinkney resulted in a Ben Moffitt fumble recovery for USF on the ECU 16 yard-line. USF capitalized on the turnover on its first play, as Grothe handed the ball off to Williams, who ran for 16 yards for the touchdown at the 13:53 mark. After the USF defense forced an East Carolina punt on the ensuing possession, the Bulls added another seven points for a 14-0 lead on a nine-play, 56-yard drive. After USF drove down the field and was stopped at the one-yard line on third down, Williams scored his second touchdown of the day on fourth down. In the opening minutes of the second quarter, the Bulls regained a 14-point lead as Grothe threw for his first touchdown of the day – a 37-yard pass to Amarri Jackson – to put the score at 21-7. USF converted its second 4th-and-1 play of the day to keep the drive alive. USF added three more points to its lead as Delbert Alvarado made a 38-yard field goal. On a 4th-and-2, Grothe connected with Cedric Hill on a 19-yard pass for the first down, setting up the field goal.
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LEGION FIELD, BIRMINGHAM, ALA. DECEMBER 23, 2006 • 1 P.M. USF 9-4, EAST CAROLINA 7-6
SCORING BY QUARTERS USF ECU
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BOWL HISTORY 2006: USF 24, ECU 7
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ECU
Rushing Dominique Lindsay Bobby Good Aundre Allison James Pinkney Rob Kass Brandon Fractious Passing James Pinkney Rob Kass
Att Yds TD Lg 12 85 0 29 1 11 0 11 1 -5 0 0 9 -9 0 12 3 -13 0 7 6 -15 0 1 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 25 8 125 1 0 48 19 10 138 0 0 2
Receiving Bobby Good Kevin Roach Jamar Bryant Aundre Allison Brandon Fractious Steven Rogers Chris Johnson Kevin Shankweiler
No Yds TD Lg 5 116 1 48 3 45 0 21 3 26 0 16 3 24 0 15 1 26 0 6 1 17 0 17 1 8 0 8 1 1 0 1
Punting Ryan Dougherty Punt Returns Travis Williams
No Yds Avg Lg 6 252 42.0 60 No 3
Yds 43
Lg 20
Kickoff Returns Chris Johnson Jerek Hewitt
No 4 1
Yds 58 12
Lg 24 12
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8-Fred Wilson, Assisted Tackles: 4-Van Eskridge, Jamar Flournoy, Total Tackles: 8-Fred Wilson, Van Eskridge, Sacks: 1-C.J. Wilson, Interceptions: None
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COACHES
Rushing Benjamin Williams Pat Julmiste Matt Grothe Ricky Ponton Amarri Jackson Taurus Johnson Passing Matt Grothe Pat Julmiste
Att Yds TD Lg 17 67 2 20 12 53 0 21 7 15 0 9 4 12 0 6 2 11 0 8 01 -2 0 0
Att Cmp Yds TD 10 6 81 1 8 6 49 0
Int Lg 0 37 0 21
Receiving Ean Randolph Cedric Hil Taurus Johnson Amarri Jackson S.J. Green Will Bleakley Amp Hill Benjamin Williams Ricky Ponton
No Yds TD Lg 2 27 0 2 1 2 22 0 19 2 5 0 7 1 37 1 37 1 15 0 15 1 13 0 13 1 6 0 6 1 3 0 3 1 2 0 2
Punting Justin Teachey
No Yds Avg Lg 6 221 36.8 49
Punt Returns Ean Randolph
No 3
Kickoff Returns Colby Erskin Chris Ellick
No 1 1
Yds 47 Yds 12 7
RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Lg 28 Lg 12 7
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7-George Selvie, Assisted Tackles: 6-Stephen Nicholas, Total Tackles: 8-George Selvie, Sacks: 2-Stephen Nicholas, Interceptions: None.
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BOWL HISTORY 2007: OREGON 56, NO. 23/25 USF 21 1 2 3 4 F No. 23/25 USF 0 14 0 7 21 Oregon 8 10 28 10 56 Attendance: 49,867 Time: 3:41 First Quarter UO - Strong 7-yard catch (Evensen rush). Time left: 6:28. Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 3:00. (UO 8, USF 0) Second Quarter USF - Alvarado 29-yard field goal. Time left: 14:49. Drive: 16 plays, 52 yards, 6:39. (UO 8, USF 3) UO - Evensen 39-yard field goal. Time left: 12:08. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 2:41. (UO 11, USF 3) USF - Johnson 21-yard catch (C. Hill pass from Grothe). Time left: 7:04. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:04. (USF 11, UO 11) UO - Steward, J. 71-yard run (Evensen kick). Time left: 3:17. Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards, 0:44. (UO 18, USF 11). USF - Alvarado 35-yard field goal. Time left: 0:00. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 3:17. (UO 18, USF 14). Third Quarter UO - Williams, J. 14-yard catch (Evensen kick) Time left: 10:17. Drive: 9 plays, 82 yards, 2:45. (UO 25, USF 14) UO - Dickson 15-yard catch (Evensen kick) Time left: 7:35. Drive: 7 plays, 51 yards, 1:53. (UO 32, USF 14) UO - Thurmond, W. 25-yard interception return (Evensen kick). Time left: 7:25. (UO 39, USF 14). UO - Stewart J. 8-yard catch (Evensen kick). Time left: 4:05. Drive: 6 plays, 51 yards, 1:40. (UO 46, USF 14). Fourth Quarter UO - Evensen 30-yard field goal. Time left: 12:14. Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards, 1:32. (UO 49, USF 14). USF - Love 11-yard catch (Alvarado kick). Time left: 6:34. Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards, 5:40. (UO 49, USF 21) UO - DiVencenzo, M. 15-yard interception return (Padilla kick).Time left: 3:23. (UO 56, USF 21). Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Yards Punts-Avg. Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Sacks By Third Down Conv. Fourth Down Conv. Time of Possession
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SUN BOWL STADIUM • EL PASO, TEXAS DECEMBER 31, 2007 • 12:15 PM • CBS USF 9-4 • OREGON 9-4
SCORING BY QUARTERS
USF 25 34-88 236 24-47-4 324 6-44.2 2-24 2-53 0-0-0 8-64 2-1 1-6 4-14 1-1 34:23
Oregon 25 43-353 180 17-30-0 533 4-47.5 1-26 3-89 4-49-2 13-138 3-1 3-21 8-14 0-0 25:17
(AP) -- Jonathan Stewart set a Sun Bowl record with a career-high 253 yards rushing and Justin Roper threw four touchdown passes in his first start as Oregon beat South Florida 56-21. The Ducks (9-4) scored 28 straight points in the third quarter to snap a four-game postseason losing streak, their first bowl win since beating Colorado 38-16 in the Fiesta Bowl after the 2001 season. Oregon made it look easy against the Bulls (9-4), who boasted one of the nation’s better defenses. Credit the steady play by Roper, a redshirt freshman, and Stewart, as smooth a runner as you’ll find. The Ducks won for the first time since losing quarterback Dennis Dixon to a knee injury in November, snapping a three-game losing streak the killed their national title hopes. How easy was it for the Ducks? They won a matchup of teams that’d been ranked No. 2 in the nation earlier this season handily, despite setting a Sun Bowl record with 138 penalty yards. Roper started the scoring avalanche with a 14-yard TD strike to Jaison Williams and added a 15-yard scoring pass to Ed Dickson. On the next play from scrimmage, Walter Thurmond stepped in front of a pass by South Florida’s Matt Grothe and returned it 25 yards for another TD, giving the Ducks a 39-14 lead midway through the third. But these hard-hitting Quackers weren’t finished. Grothe had another interception on the ensuing possession, the first of two for Oregon’s Jairus Byrd, setting up Roper’s 8-yard TD pass to Stewart. On that drive, Stewart got free on a 16-yard gain, breaking the previous Sun Bowl record of 197 yards rushing set in 1977 by LSU’s Charles Alexander in a 24-14 loss to Stanford. Just like that, Oregon’s 18-14 halftime lead had swelled to 46-14. For good measure, Matt Evensen added a 30-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter and defensive end Michael DiVincenzo returned an interception for a touchdown with 3:23 remaining. Roper opened the season fifth on the depth chart and ran the scout team until a series of quarterback injuries - none more devastating than the loss of Dixon, a Heisman Trophy hopeful - reshaped the Oregon roster. Coach Mike Bellotti gave Roper the start over Cody Kempt, another redshirt freshman. Roper responded by tying a Sun Bowl record with four TD passes and finished 17-of-30 for 180 yards passing with no interceptions. Stewart was just as impressive. He broke a 71-yard TD run late in the second quarter, greeted by an enormous hole off left tackle as he raced untouched to the end zone to give the Ducks an 18-11 lead. Stewart kept the momentum going after the break. His 41-yard run on Oregon’s first drive of the second half set up Roper’s second TD pass for a 25-14 lead, and he logged the ninth-best rushing effort in a bowl game. There was no sign of the turf toe injury that slowed Stewart earlier this season, when Oregon dropped from the national title chase. South Florida, which reached No. 2 in the country in just its 11th season playing football, missed a chance to win 10 games for the first time. Grothe left late in the third after being tackled while scrambling. The 49,867 fans were treated to lots of penalty flags. The teams combined to break the Sun Bowl record for total penalty yardage - 202 penalty yards - and it wasn’t even halftime when the old mark fell.
USF
Rushing Grant Gregory Matt Grothe Mike Ford Jamar Taylor Taurus Johnson Ben Williams Aston Samuels Team
Att Yds TD Lg 4 42 0 22 14 40 0 22 6 8 0 5 1 7 0 7 1 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 3 0 0 4 1 -13 0 --
Passing Matt Grothe Grant Gregory Anthony Severino
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 35 18 219 1 2 27 11 6 39 1 2 11 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving Taurus Johnson Jessie Hester Marcus Edwards Cedric Hill A.J. Love Benjamin Williams Dontavia Bogan Quincy Okolie Amarri Jackson Courtney Denson Aston Samuels
No Yds TD Lg 4 51 1 21 4 41 0 16 3 30 0 14 3 28 0 18 3 23 1 11 2 -1 0 3 1 27 0 27 1 19 0 19 1 9 0 9 1 6 0 6 1 3 0 3
Punting Delbert Alvarado Punt Returns Marcus Edwdards
No Yds Avg Lg 6 265 44.2 52 No 2
Yds 24
Lg 14
Kickoff Returns Taurus Johnson
No 2
Yds 53
Lg 29
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9-McKenzie, Assisted Tackles: 1-Six players, Total Tackles: 10-McKenzie, Sacks: 1-Clebert, Interceptions: None
OREGON
Rushing Johnathan Stewart Andre Crenshaw Cody Kempt Jeffrey Maehl Justin Roper Andiel Brown Remene Alson Ed Dickson Passing Justin Roper
Att Yds TD Lg 23 253 1 71 8 52 0 27 2 23 0 17 1 20 0 20 3 10 0 11 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Att Cmp Yds TD 30 17 180 4
Int Lg 0 29
Receiving Jaison Williams Garren Strong Jeffrey Maehl Jonathan Steward Ed Dickson Derrick Jones Aaron Pflugrad Andre Crenshaw
No Yds TD Lg 4 40 1 14 3 36 1 17 3 2 0 3 2 29 1 21 2 1 6 1 15 1 29 0 29 1 23 0 23 1 5 0 5
Punting Josh Syria
No Yds Avg Lg 4 190 47.5 54
Punt Returns Jairus Byrd
No 1
Kickoff Returns Derrick Jones Patrick Chung
No 2 1
Yds 26 Yds 62 27
Lg 26 Lg 41 27
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7-Jairus Byrd, Assisted Tackles: 2 - Jerome Byrd, Total Tackles: 8-Ja. Byrd, Je. Byrd, Sacks: 1- Three playes, Interceptions: 2-Ja. Byrd.
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BOWL HISTORY SCORING BY QUARTERS
1 2 3 4 F Memphis 7 7 0 0 14 14 10 10 7 41 USF Attendance: 25,205
Time: 3:35
First Quarter USF - Johnson 26 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time:11:05. Drive 3 Plays, 43 yards, 1:02 .(USF 7, Memphis 0) USF - Williams 3 yd run (Bonani Kick). Time: 4:28, Drive: 6 Plays, 57 yards, 2:28. (USF 14, Memphis 0) Memphis - Hall 2 yd run( Reagan Kick), Time 2:09, Drive: 6 Plays, 73 yards, 2:19, (USF 14, Memphis 7) Second Quarter USF - Bonani 23 yd field goal. Time: 11:18. Drive: 14 plays, 63 yards, 3:55. (USF 17, Memphis 7). USF- Busbee 13 yd pass from Grothe. (Bonani Kick),Time 4:15, Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards, 5:24 (USF 24, Memphis 7) Memphis - Calhoun 2 yd pass from Hall. (Reagan Kick) Time: 00:08. Drive: 15 plays, 79 yards, 4:07. (USF 24, Memphis 14). Third Quarter USF - Bonani 37 yd field goal). Time: 8:36. Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards, 4:39. (USF 27, Memphis 14). USF- Bogan 24 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani Kick). Time 1:50, Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards, 4:47. (USF 34, Memphis 14) Fourth Quarter USF - Plancher 3 yd run (Bonani Kick). Time: 12:40. Drive: 9 Plays, 53 yards, 3:37. (USF 41, Memphis 14) Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Yards Punts-Avg. Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Sacks By Third Down Conv. Fourth Down Conv. Time of Possession
Memphis USF 15 29 30-60 49-232 172 264 18-35-0 20-30-0 238 496 4-42.1 4-45.5 0-0 0-0 8-137 2-59 0-0 2-8 3-25 3-25 0-0 1-1 3-23 1-6 5-15 7-13 0-2 0-1 25:16 34:44
St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP) -- For anyone who thought it might be difficult for Matt Grothe and South Florida to get excited about playing what amounted to an extra home game, the Bulls and their dual-threat quarterback answered with a dominating performance in the first St. Petersburg Bowl. Grothe moved ahead of West Virginia’s Pat White as the Big East’s career total offense leader, throwing for 236 yards and three touchdowns to on the way to a 41-14 victory over Memphis on Saturday. Grothe and White, a senior who will finish his season in the Meineke Bowl on Dec. 27, are the only players in league history to amass more than 10,000 yards total offense. White has 10,142 in 49 games, and Grothe, who also rushed for 82 yards on 15 carries Saturday, finished the night with 10,214 in 39 games. USF (8-5) scored on four of its first five possessions to build a 24-14 halftime lead, forcing Memphis (6-7) to play catch-up and essentially taking 1,000-yard rusher Curtis Steele out of the Tigers’ game plan. Memphis’ Arkelon Hall threw for one TD and ran for another. But Steele was held to 48 yards rushing on 12 attempts by a stout run defense determined to redeem itself this postseason after giving up 253 yards to Oregon’s Jonathan Stewart during a lopsided loss in last year’s Sun Bowl. Grothe threw TD passes of 26 yards to Taurus Johnson, 13 to Ben Busbee and 24 to Dontavia Bogan before being replaced by Grant Gregory with USF leading 34-14 late in the third quarter. Hall was 15-of-30 for 154 yards and no interceptions for Memphis, with much of that coming on a swing pass that Steele turned into a 50-yard gain early in the second half. He ran 3 yards for a first-quarter touchdown, then threw 2 yards to Duke Calhoun for the Tigers’ other TD just before halftime. It was the first meeting between the former Conference USA rivals since USF left that league for the Big East in 2005. The teams split four games between 2001 and 2004, and Memphis relished the challenge of facing an opponent from a BCS conference for the first time in five bowl appearances under coach Tommy West. The Tigers, who won six of nine games to become bowl eligible after an 0-3 start, viewed Saturday as an opportunity to gauge how much they’ve progressed toward a goal of having a BCS-caliber program On this day, they were nowhere close to a South Florida team that began the season with high expectations after being ranked as high as No. 2 in 2007. The Bulls won their first five before stumbling badly in the Big East and winding up in a bowl game just 32 miles from USF’s main campus in Tampa. Downtown St. Petersburg is close enough that coach Jim Leavitt and his players bused from the team hotel back to campus for practice all week, truly making it seem like an extra home game rather than a bowl trip. The announced crowd at Tropicana Field, the domed home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, was 25,202.
USF
Rushing Matt Grothe Mike Ford Mo Placher Jamar Taylor Grant Gregory Ben Williams Taurus Johnson A.J Love Team Passing Matt Grothe
Att Yds TD Lg 9 64 0 19 14 62 0 14 7 31 1 11 4 30 0 29 6 21 0 10 6 18 1 9 1 11 0 11 1 5 0 5 1 -1 0 0 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 34 17 236 3 0 26
Receiving Carlton Mitchell Taurus Johnson Dontavia Bogan Ben Busbee Ben Williams Jessie Hester Matt Grothe Cedric Hill Marcus Edwards Patrick Richardson
No Yds TD Lg 4 60 0 19 4 40 1 26 3 51 1 30 2 34 1 21 2 21 0 12 1 22 0 22 1 14 0 14 1 11 0 11 1 8 0 8 1 3 0 3
Punting Matt Grothe Delbert Alvarado Punt Returns Marcus Edwards Theo Wilson
No Yds Avg Lg 1 29 29.0 29 1 43 43.0 43 No 3 2
Yds 15 13
Lg 16 1
Kickoff Returns Dontavia Bogan
No 2
Yds 71
Lg 56
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MEMPHIS
Rushing Curtis Steele Brandon Ross Arkelon Hall E. Williams C. Robinzine Charlie Jones Brett Toney
USF FOOTBALL
TROPICANA FIELD • ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. DECEMBER 20, 2008 • 3:30 PM • ESPN2 USF 8-5 • MEMPHIS 6-7
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2008: USF 45, MEMPHIS 14
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS
Att Yds TD Lg 12 48 0 13 7 11 0 6 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 4 -3 0 4
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Arkelon Hall 31 15 154 1 0 49 Brett Toney 3 3 18 0 0 11 Steven Black 1 0 0 0 0 14 Receiving Duke Calhoun Steven Black Deven Onarheim Carlos Singleton Curtis Steele
No Yds TD Lg 6 39 1 11 4 23 0 9 3 15 0 11 2 32 0 21 1 49 0 49
Punting B Sutherland
No Yds Avg Lg 8 337 42.1 56
Punt Returns None
No
Yds
Lg
Kickoff Returns D.A. Griffin M Grandberry
No 6 2
Yds 107 30
Lg 25 18
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5 -Three Players, Assisted Tackles: 4 -B. Patterson, Total Tackles: 8 - B. Patterson Sacks: 1 -Three Players, Interceptions: None
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Tyrone McKenzie, Jerrell Young, Assisted Tackles: 5 - Tyrone McKenzie, Total Tackles: 11 - Tyrone McKenzie, Sacks: .5 - Patrick Hampton, David Bedford, Interceptions: None @USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
BOWL HISTORY 2009: USF 27, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3 ROGERS CENTRE • TORONTO, CANADA JANUARY 2, 2010 • NOON • ESPN2 USF 8-5 • NIU 7-6
SCORING BY QUARTERS USF NIU
1 2 3 4 F 3 0 10 14 27 0 3 0 0 3
Attendance: 22,185
Time: 3:11
First Quarter USF - Schwartz 39-yd field goal, 6 plays, 27 yards, 2:39 (USF 3, NIU 0) Second Quarter NIU - Salerno 21-yd field goal, 11 plays, 69 yards, 3:55 (USF 3, NIU 3) Third Quarter USF - Schwartz 19-yd field goal, 9 plays, 71 yards, 4:19 (USF 6, NIU 3) USF - Love 46-yd pass from Daniels, 8 plays, 81 yards, 3:03 (USF 13, NIU 3)
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Fourth Quarter USF - Love 7-yd pass from Daniels, 7 plays, 52 yards, 3:49 (USF 20, NIU 3) USF - Ford 24-yard run, 1 plays, 24 yards, 0:08 (USF 27, NIU 3) Team Statistics USF First Downs 19 Rushes-Yards 40-189 Passing Yards 217 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-0 Total Yards 406 Punts-Avg. 5-37 Punt Returns 1-3 Kickoff Returns 2-45 Interception Returns 1-23 Penalties-Yards 4-28 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 Sacks By 1-4 Third Down Conversions 7/15 Fourth Down Conversions 0/2 Time of Possession 32:44
NIU 11 31-108 130 12-26-1 238 6-38.8 0-0 6-140 0-0 3-33 2-1 5-44 3/13 0/0
TORONTO (AP) - Mike Ford played the best game of his career in just two quarters. Ford ran for a career-high 207 yards and scored one touchdown, B.J. Daniels threw two scoring passes to A.J. Love, and South Florida beat Northern Illinois 27-3 in Saturday’s International Bowl. Ford had just one carry in the first half, an 18-yard gain in the second quarter. He broke out in the third, rushing 12 times for 106 yards, then capped his day with a 24-yard touchdown run in the fourth. ‘’I thought it was extraordinary the way our team changed at halftime, especially our offense,’’ South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said. ‘’I told our offensive coaches that we really need to put the ball into Mike Ford’s hands, similar to what we did (in a Dec. 5 loss at) UConn, and let’s see if we can take a little pressure off B.J. and then work the play-action game off Mike’s runs.’’ Ford set the tone for his big second half by breaking off a 36-yard run, his longest of the day, three plays after the break. ‘’There was one guy, that poor soul, Mike went right through him,’’ Leavitt said. ‘’I go, ‘My goodness, that was a pretty good run.’ Mike’s so strong. He’s just so big and strong and he has good feet.’’ Ford had holes to choose from as fatigue slowed Northern Illinois’ defense in the second half. ‘’It was like a kid in the candy shop: Which way do you want to go?’’ Ford said. It’s the third straight year a Big East running back has topped 200 yards in the International Bowl. Ray Rice of Rutgers turned pro after rushing for a game-record 280 yards and four touchdowns in 2007, while Connecticut’s Donald Brown ran for 261 yards in last year’s game. Carlton Mitchell caught six passes for 94 yards for the Bulls, who won back-to-back bowls for the first time. South Florida beat Memphis 41-14 in last year’s St. Petersburg Bowl, part of a streak of five straight bowl appearances. ‘’It’s very exciting to see where we are right now and see where we could possibly be,’’ said Daniels, a freshman. ‘’We have a lot of young talent and a lot of guys coming back.’’ Daniels threw for 217 yards but was sacked five times. South Florida scored 24 unanswered points in the second half after the teams traded field goals in a dreary first half. Making consecutive postseason appearances for the first time, the Huskies lost their third straight bowl and extended the Mid-American Conference’s bowl game losing streak to 14 games. ‘’Momentum kind of got away from us in the second half and we kind of got worn down a little bit,’’ Huskies coach Jerry Kill said. Northern Illinois running back Chad Spann called South Florida ‘’probably the fastest team we’ve seen all season.’’ ‘’They were tremendously fast,’’ Spann said, ‘’We’ve been trying to preach these last couple of weeks that we’ve got to get everything north and south because they’re very fast east and west. As plays broke down, you’d think the bounce (to the outside) would be there but there’d be a guy right there to swallow me up.’’ Spann carried 20 times for 93 yards, giving him 1,038 for the season. Big East teams have defeated their Mid-American Conference opponents in all four International Bowls, the only bowl game played outside the United States. Cincinnati beat Western Michigan in the inaugural game in 2007, followed by victories for Rutgers over Ball State in 2008 and Connecticut over Buffalo in 2009. The Bulls took the lead for good on the opening drive of the third quarter. Ford’s 36-yard run set up Daniels’ 31-yard pass to Mitchell, who shook off a tackle and raced down the sideline to the 6. It was a record-setting catch for Mitchell, giving him 680 yards on the season and breaking Hugh Smith’s school mark of 661 set in 2002. The Bulls couldn’t punch it in, but went ahead on Eric Schwartz’s 19-yard field goal. Daniels hooked up with Love for the game’s first touchdown on the Bulls’ next possession, rolling to the outside before firing a 46-yard strike off his back foot and capping an eight-play, 81-yard drive. ‘’B.J. was moving all over the place, which he usually does, and then found A.J. off to the right side,’’ Leavitt said. ‘’The catch he made was great.’’ Cornerback Jerome Murphy picked off Huskies quarterback Chandler Harnish on the next possession, giving South Florida the ball at its 48. Ford carried five times to get the Bulls to the 7, where, on the first play of the fourth quarter, Daniels connected with Love again, making it 20-3.
NIU
Rushing Chad Spann Justin Anderson Nathan Palmer DeMarcus Grady Chand Harnish Passing Chand Harnish DeMarcus Grady
Att Yds TD Lg 20 93 0 37 2 14 0 14 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 5 -3 0 6
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 25 12 130 0 1 19 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving Marcus Lewis Chad Spann Ree Cunningham Martel Moore Nathan Palmer Landon Cox
No Yds TD Lg 4 38 0 12 3 30 0 14 2 25 0 19 1 18 0 18 1 12 0 12 1 7 0 7
Punting Mike Salerno Josh Wilber Punt Returns None
No Yds Avg Lg 4 165 41.2 45 2 68 34 35
Kickoff Returns Tommy Davis Ricky Crider
No 5 1
No
Yds Yds 126 14
Lg Lg 28 14
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Tracy Wilson, Assisted Tackles: 3- Four Players, Total Tackles: 8 - Chris Smith, Sacks: 1 - Five Players, Interceptions: None.
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Rushing Mike Ford Mo Plancher Richard Kelly Lindsey Lamar B.J. Daniels Passing B.J. Daniels
Att Yds TD Lg 20 207 1 36 5 11 0 12 1 0 0 0 3 -3 0 1 11 -26 0 13
Att Cmp Yds TD 22 14 217 2
Int Lg 0 46
Receiving Carlton Mitchell A.J. Love Jessie Hester Sterling Griffin Theo Wilson Evan Landi
No Yds TD Lg 6 94 0 31 3 56 2 46 2 30 0 15 1 15 0 15 1 13 0 13 1 9 0 9
Punting Delbert Alvarado
No Yds Avg Lg 5 185 37.0 44
Punt Returns Faron Hornes
No 1
Yds -3
Lg 0
Kickoff Returns Dontavia Bogan Jerome Murphy
No 1 1
Yds 24 21
Lg 24 21
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 4 - Nate Allen, Assisted Tackles: 6 - Kion Wilson, Total Tackles: 7 - Kion Wilson, Sacks: 1 - Jason Pierre-Paul, Interceptions: 1 - Jerome Murphy
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SCORING BY QUARTERS USF Clemson
1 2 3 4 F 7 10 7 7 31 3 10 0 13 26
Attendance: 41,122
Time: 3:21
First Quarter Clemson - Catanzaro 27-yd field goal, 7 plays, 25 yards, 3:16 (Clemson 3, USF 0) USF - Murray 25-yd pass from Daniels 6 plays, 82 yards, 2:25 (USF 7, Clemson 3) Second Quarter USF - Bogan 15 yd pass from Daniels, 9 plays, 64 yards, 4:15 (USF 17, Clemson 3) USF - Bonani 27-yd field goal, 4 plays, 1 yard, 1:41 (USF 10, Clemson 3) Clemson - Catanzaro 44 yd field goal, 8 plays, 48 yards, 3:17 (USF 17, Clemson 6) Clemson - Harper 1-yd run, 7 plays, 43 yards, :50 (USF 17, Clemson 13) Third Quarter USF - Plancher 2-yd run, 13 plays, 99 yards, 5:05 (USF 24, Clemson 13) Fourth Quarter USF - Daniels 8-yd. run, 2 plays, 5 yards, :48 (USF 31, Clemson 13) Clemson - Ford 6-yd pass from Boyd, 7 plays, 59 yards, 1:59 (USF 31, Clemson 19) Clemson - Ford 10-yd. pass from Boyd, 5 plays, 28 yards, 1:00 (USF 31, Clemson 26) Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Yards Punts-Avg. Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Sacks By Third Down Conv. Fourth Down Conv. Time of Possession
USF 18 37-90 189 20-28-1 279 3-29.3 2-38 4-61 2-93 3-40 3-1 2-16 9-14 0-0 30:25
CU 17 27-50 246 24-41-2 296 5-42.6 0-0 5-82 1-0 6-46 0-0 2-6 5-16 3-3 29:35
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – B.J. Daniels threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third as South Florida finished Coach Skip Holtz’s first season with a 31-26 victory over Clemson on Friday in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Mo Plancher also ran for a score for the Bulls (8-5), who took control after Tigers quarterback Kyle Parker left at halftime with broken ribs. USF secured its fifth-straight eight-win season and earned its first bowl win over a team from a BCS automatic-qualifying league. Parker’s final football game before embarking on a baseball career ended abruptly when he broke ribs when tackled near the goal line at the end of the second quarter. Backup Tajh Boyd was picked off by JaQuez Jenkins on the first play of the fourth. His 48-yard return set up Daniels’ 8-yard TD run to make it 31-13 and gave the Tigers (6-7) their first losing season in 11 years. It was a triumphant return to North Carolina for Holtz, who left East Carolina in January to take over at USF. After a slow start, the Bulls finished with wins in five of their last seven games and gave the BIG EAST a 3-1 bowl record. Holtz had insisted all week he’d split the snaps at quarterback between Daniels, who had missed the regular-season finale against Connecticut with a thigh injury, and freshman walk-on Bobby Eveld. But a steady Daniels didn’t need to share the offense, completing 20 of 27 passes for 189 yards and an interception. He locked up the MVP award when he zigzagged for the decisive score when he faked a pitch on the option. It was a miserable end to a tough season for the Tigers, who were 2-0 before an overtime loss to No. 1 Auburn set off an avalanche of bad news and losses. It wasn’t what Parker had in mind when the first-round pick forfeited $800,000 from the Colorado Rockies to put off baseball for a year. After getting benched in the regular-season finale against South Carolina, he contemplated skipping the bowl game. Turned out, he was done at halftime after he completed 11 of 17 passes for 134 yards and an interception. He finished the year with 12 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. USF stormed to a 17-3 second-quarter lead behind Daniels’ TD passes to Demetris Murray and Dontavia Bogan. The Bulls added a field goal following Quenton Washington’s 45-yard interception return on Parker’s poorly thrown pass toward the sideline. After a rough beginning, Parker led two scoring drives to end the first half, the second included him escaping a sack and finding Marquan Jones for 38 yards to the USF 2. He was apparently hurt on a 1-yard run before Jamie Harper punched it in from a yard out to make it 17-13 at halftime. Plancher’s 2-yard TD run early in the third quarter gave South Florida a comfortable cushion again and the elusive Daniels was able to keep Clemson’s stout defense at bay. Da’Quan Bowers, who came in with a nation-best 15.5 sacks, never got to Daniels and failed to set the school’s single-season sacks record. Clemson, listless for most of the game, made a last-gasp effort. Boyd, who was 13-of-23 for 112 yards, threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Fordwith 1:47 left. The Tigers recovered the onside kick, quickly moved down the field and Boyd found Ford again for a 10-yard TD. But Clemson’s second onside kick was touched by the Tigers about a yard short of the 10 it needed to travel and USF took over.
USF FOOTBALL
BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM • CHARLOTTE, N.C. DEC. 31, 2010 • NOON • ESPN USF 8-5 • CLEMSON 6-7
2016
BOWL HISTORY 2010: USF 31, CLEMSON 26
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS
CLEMSON
Rushing Jamie Harper Justin Parker Michael Wade Jaron Brown Passing Tajh Boyd Kyle Parker TEAM Jamie Harper
Att Yds TD Lg 20 34 1 10 2 8 0 7 1 8 0 8 1 -1 0 0 Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 23 13 112 2 1 14 17 11 134 0 1 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USF
Rushing Moise Plancher Demetris Murray B.J. Daniels
STATS
Att Yds TD Lg 14 50 1 18 8 25 0 9 11 22 1 10
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg B.J. Daniels 27 20 189 2 1 25 Evan Landi 1 0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No Yds TD Lg Lindsey Lamar 5 40 0 23 Demetris Murray 3 35 1 25 Kevin Gidrey 3 34 0 16 Evan Landi 2 36 0 19 Joel Miller 2 10 0 11 Moise Plancher 2 8 0 8 Dontavia Bogan 1 15 1 15 Faron Hornes 1 7 0 7 Stephen Bravo-Brown 1 4 0 4
Receiving DeAndre Hopkins Brandon Ford Jaron Brown Jamie Harper Dwayne Allen Marquan Jones
No Yds TD Lg 9 105 0 31 4 45 2 16 4 21 0 14 4 20 0 7 2 17 0 12 1 38 0 38
Punting Dawson Zimmerman TEAM Punt Returns N/A
No Yds Avg Lg 4 175 43.8 49 1 38 38.0 0
Punting Justin Brockhaus-Kann
No Yds Avg Lg 3 88 29.3 30
No
Yds
Lg
Punt Returns Terrence Mitchell
No 2
Yds 38
Lg 34
Kickoff Returns Marcus Gilchrist
No 5
Yds 82
Lg 19
Kickoff Returns Lamar Lindsey
No 4
Yds 61
Lg 19
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9 - DeAndre McDaniel, Assisted Tackles: 3- DeAndre McDaniel, Brandon Maye, Total Tackles: 12 - DeAndre McDaniel, Sacks: 1 - Andre Branch, Xavier Brewer, Interceptions: 1 - Byron Maxwell.
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BOWLS
Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - DeDe Lattimore, Assisted Tackles: 2 - Four Players, Total Tackles: 9 - DeDe Lattimore, Sacks: 1 - Jon Lejiste, Interceptions: 1 - Quenton Washington
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2016 BIRMINGHAM BOWL
1 2 3 4 F 0 10 28 7 45 7 7 7 14 35
Attendance: 21,712
Time: 4:03
First Quarter USF - Flowers 12yd run Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards, 1:54 (USF 7, WKU 0) Second Quarter USF - Adams 34yd run Drive: 5 plays, 47 yards, 2:03 (USF 14, WKU 0) WKU - Wales 13yd run Drive: 2 plays, 66 yards, 0:38 (USF 14, WKU 7) WKU - Schwettman 39yd field goal Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards, 1:06 (USF 14, WKU 10)
NOTES PLAYERS COACHES RECAPS RECORDS STATS BOWLS
Third Quarter WKU - Norris 69yd pass from Doughty Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:40 (USF 14, WKU 17) USF - McCants 34yd pass from Johnson Drive: 8 plays, 92 yards, 2:51 (USF 21, WKU 24) WKU - Fant 9yd run, Drive: 7 plays, 69 yards, 2:59 (USF 21, WKU 31) WKU - Dangerfield 26yd pass from Doughty Drive: 1 play, 26 yards, 0:06 (USF 21, WKU 38) Fourth Quarter USF - Adams 53yd pass from Flowers Drive: 2 plays, 82 yards, 0:12 (USF 28, WKU 38) USF - Flowers 8yd run Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:09 (USF 35, WKU 38) WKU - Wales 42yd run Drive: 2 plays, 64 yards, 0:49 (USF 35, WKU 45) Team Statistics First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Yards Punts-Avg. Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interception Returns Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Sacks By 3rd Down Conversions 4th Down Conversions Time of Possession
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MARLINS PARK • MIAMI, FLA. DEC. 21, 2015 • 2:30 • ESPN USF 8-5 • WESTERN KENTUCKY 12-2
SCORING BY QUARTERS WKU USF
WKU USF 27 28 33-151 45-290 461 307 32-46-2 15-34-0 612 597 6-42.2 7-39.6 2-37 3-2 6-102 6-105 0-0 2-36 9-66 9-67 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-17 4-15 1-14 2-3 3-4 31:28 28:32
BOWL HISTORY 2015: #25 W. KENTUCKY 45, USF 35
MIAMI, FLA. – Willie Taggart returned USF to a bowl game for the first time in five years only to face his alma mater in the game. WKU’s Brandon Doughty threw for 461 yards and three touchdowns, and Western Kentucky overcame an early 14-point deficit to beat South Florida 45-35 in the Miami Beach Bowl on a Monday afternoon in Miami. Doughty, who was recruited to WKU by USF Coach Willie Taggart prior to his leaving the Hilltoppers for USF, finished the season with 5,055 yards, the 14th time in FBS history that a quarterback reached the 5,000 mark. He was probably even better than Taggart thought he would be when he signed him in 2010. Taggart was Doughty’s coach for his first game and the opposing coach for his last, and his Bulls (8-5) nearly stole the show from Doughty with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns that got them to 38-35. But Anthony Wales’ second touchdown of the day, a 42-yard scamper with 5:05 left, helped seal it for the Hilltoppers. Nicholas Norris hauled in touchdown passes of 69 and 55 yards in the third quarter for Western Kentucky, and Jared Dangerfield made a highlight-caliber 26-yard TD catch over three defenders to cap a 28-point third quarter for the Hilltoppers. Quinton Flowers rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another for USF, finishing with 273 yards passing and 108 more on the ground. Marlon Mack rushed for another 108, his USF record ninth 100-yard game of the season for the Bulls, who were in a bowl for the first time since 2010 and rewarded Taggart with a three-year extension through 2020 earlier in the day. USF lost for just the second time in its last nine games. The Bulls’ 597 yards of offense was the program’s most ever against an FBS opponent, topped only by 745 against Florida A&M in 2011. Down 14-0 before finally getting on the scoreboard on Wales’ touchdown run, the Hilltoppers -- who put up 612 yards in a game that featured 1,209 yards of offense -- seemed poised to tie the game in the second quarter after driving to the South Florida 6. And then they punted. That’s right, they punted, after having first-and-goal. The Hilltoppers had a 4th-and-goal from the 38. Doughty completed five consecutive passes for 69 yards on the drive, getting his team to the USF 6. A first-and-goal rush for no gain was followed by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and then sacks of 7 and 10 yards on second and third down, and that led to the punt. WKU got a field goal as the half expired to pull to 14-10, and then Doughty found Norris for the first of their two long third-quarter touchdown connections to put the Hilltoppers on top for good. After D’Ernest Johnson connected with Tyre McCants on a halfback pass to get the Bulls within 24-21, Doughty helped WKU answer with a score -- throwing a key block on Nacarius Fant’s 9-yard double-reverse scoring run late in the third. With USF still down 10 with 3 minutes left, Flowers overthrew A.J. Legree on fourth down from the Hilltoppers 39 and Western Kentucky could finally exhale.
WKU Rushing Anthony Wales D’Andre Ferby Nacarius Fant Antwane Grant Brandon Doughty
Att Yds TD Lg 14 105 2 42 13 46 0 8 1 9 1 9 1 6 0 6 4 -15 0 2
Passing Brandon Doughty Nacarius Fant TEAM
Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg 32 44 461 3 2 69 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Receiving Taywan Taylor Antwane Grant Jared Dangerfield Nicholas Norris Anthony Wales Nacarius Fant Devin Scott
No Yds TD Lg 7 104 0 53 7 81 0 22 6 92 1 28 5 120 2 69 5 49 0 14 1 12 0 12 1 3 0 3
Punting Jake Collins Punt Returns Nacarius Fant
No Yds Avg Lg 6 253 42.2 58 No 2
Yds 37
Lg 37
Kickoff Returns Kylen Towner Nacarius Fant
No 5 1
Yds 95 7
Lg 26 7
Defensive Leaders Total Tackles:6, T.J. McCollum, Nick Holt & Dejon Brown Sacks: NA; Tackles for Loss: 2.0, Derik Overstreet; Interceptions: NA
USF Rushing Marlon Mack Quinton Flowers Rodney Adams D’Ernest Johnson Darius Tice
Att Yds TD Lg 17 108 0 25 16 108 2 17 5 45 1 34 2 17 0 11 5 12 0 3
Passing Att Cmp Yds TD Int Lg Quinton Flowers 14 32 273 1 0 53 D’Ernest Johnson 1 1 34 1 0 34 TEAM 0 1 0 0 0 0 Receiving Rodney Adams Tyre McCants Elkanah Dillon Ryshene Bronson A.J. Legree
No Yds TD Lg 6 130 1 53 3 88 1 41 2 48 0 26 2 30 0 22 2 11 0 12
Punting Brent Gordon
No Yds Avg Lg 7 277 39.6 44
Punt Returns Tajee Fullwood
No 3
Yds 2
Lg 3
Kickoff Returns D’Ernest Johnson Rodney Adams
No 5 1
Yds 97 8
Lg 27 8
Defensive Leaders Total Tackles: 11, Auggie Sanchez; Sacks: 1 -Eric Lee & Johnny Ward; Tackles for Loss: 2.0, Khalid McGee; Interceptions: 1 - Eric Lee & Nigel Harris
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BOWL GAME RECORDS TEAM
2016
Most by Passing USF 14 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Opp. 17 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Total 28 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
2005 Meineke Car Care .............vs. N.C. State............. L, 0-14 Bank Of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. .Dec. 31.2005
Most Points, Second Quarter
Fewest by Passing
2006 Papajohns.com .................vs. ECU..................... W, 24-7 Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala................... Dec. 23, 2006
USF 14 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Opp. 14 NC State, 2005 Meineke Total 24 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
2007 Brut Sun ............................vs. Oregon................ L, 21-56 Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas........... Dec. 31, 2007
Most Points, Third Quarter
BOWL GAMES
2008 MagicJack St. Petersburg..vs. Memphis............ W, 45-14 Topicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla. ......... Dec. 20, 2008 2009 International ......................vs. Northern Illinois.... W, 27-3 Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada..................Jan. 2, 2010 2010 Meineke Car Care .............vs. Clemson............. W, 31-26 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. .Dec. 31, 2010 2015 Miami Beach .....................vs. W. Kentucky........ L, 35-45 Marlins Park, Miami, Fla............................ Dec. 21, 2015
Most Points
SCORING
USF 41 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Opp. 56 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 80 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Most Points in a Loss USF 35 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 26 Clemson, 2010 Meineke
Most Points, First Quarter
USF 10 Opp. 28 Total 35
Two Times W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach & Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Most by Penalty USF 6 Opp. 3 Total 6
Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
THIRD DOWNS
Most Third Down Att.
USF 14 Two Times, last 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 13 Clemson, 2010 Meineke Total 20 Clemson, 2010 Meineke
USF 18 NC State, 2005 Meineke Opp. 17 East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s Total 32 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Most Points, First Half
Fewest Third Down Att.
USF 24 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Opp. 18 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 38 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg
USF 13 Opp. 13 Total 28
USF 24 NIU, 2010 International Opp. 38 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 56 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
FIRST DOWNS
Most First Downs
Fewest Points
USF 5 East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s Opp. 5 NC State, 2005 Meineke Total 12 NC State, 2005 Meineke
Most Points, Fourth Quarter
Most Points, Second Half
USF 0 NC State, 2005 Meineke Opp. 3 NIU, 2010 International Total 14 NC State, 2005 Meineke
USF 29 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Opp. 27 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Total 55 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Largest Margin Of Victory
Fewest First Downs
Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg N. Illinois, 2010 International N. Illinois, 2010 International Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
USF 1 Opp. 3 Total 5
USF 16 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 15 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Bowl Total 25 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Most Fourth Down Conversions
Most Touchdowns
Fewest Touchdowns USF 0 Opp. 0 Total 2
NC State, 2005 Meineke NIU, 2010 International NC State, 2005 Meineke
USF 2 Opp. 3 Total 7
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Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s N. Illinois, 2010 International Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Clemson, 2010 Meineke Clemson, 2010 Meineke
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
FOURTH DOWNS
Most by Rushing
Fewest by Rushing
RECAPS
W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach N. Illinois, 2010 International W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
35 pts. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach & Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
COACHES
Fewest Third Down Conversions
Largest Margin Of Defeat
USF 5 Opp. 8 Total 12
PLAYERS
USF 9 Clemson, 2010 Meineke Opp. 8 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 12 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg
Most Fourth Down Atts.
Memphis, 2004 St. Petersburg
NOTES
Most Third Down Conversions
USF 12 East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s Opp. 11 N. Illinois, 2010 International Total 29 NC State, 2005 Meineke
27 pts.
USF FOOTBALL
USF 14 Two Times Opp. 8 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 21 Two Times
BOWL APPEARANCES: 7 BOWL VICTORIES: 4 BOWL OVERTIME: 1-0, vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
USF 5 USF 5
East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s
TIME OF POSSESSION USF 34:44 N. Illinois, 2010 International Bowl Opp. 31:01 NC State, 2005 Meineke Bowl
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Most Attempts USF 49 Opp. 49 Total 91
RUSHING
Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg NC State, 2005 Meineke NC State, 2005 Meineke
Fewest Attempts USF 34 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Opp. 27 Clemson, 2010 Meineke Total 64 Clemson, 2010 Meineke
RECAPS
USF 5.3 NC State, 2005 Meineke Opp. 4.9 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg
USF 6.4 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 8.2 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Most Touchdowns Rushing USF 3 Opp. 3
Total 6
W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
RECORDS STATS BOWLS
USF 9.9 N. Illinois, 2010 International Opp. 10.8 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
USF 290 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 353 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 441 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Highest Average Yards Per Rush
COACHES
USF 9.4 Clemson, 2010 Meineke Opp. 9.6 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Highest Avg. Yards per Attempt (Min. 10)
Lowest Avg. Yards per Attempt (Min. 10)
USF 286 East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s Opp. 151 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Total 54 East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s
PLAYERS
Lowest Avg. Yards Per Completion (Min. 5)
Most Net Yards
Fewest Net Yards
NOTES
Highest Avg. Yards per Completion (Min. 5) USF 20.5 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 14.4 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Most Attempts
PASSING
USF 47 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Opp. 46 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Total 80 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Fewest Attempts USF 18 East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s Opp. 19 NC State, 2005 Meineke Total 39 NC State, 2005 Meineke
Most Touchdown Passes USF 4 Opp. 3 Total 5
Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach & Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Most Punts USF 7 Opp. 8 Total 14
PUNTING
W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach & NC State, 2005 Meineke Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg NC State, 2005 Meineke
Fewest Punts USF Opp. Total
2 4 10 10
Memphis, 2010 St. Petersburg Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Memphis, 2010 St. Petersburg Oregon, 2010 Brut Sun
Most Yards USF 277 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 337 Memphis , 2010 St. Petersburg Fewest Yards
Most Completions
USF 72 Memphis , 2010 St. Petersburg Opp. 190 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
USF 24 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Opp. 32 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Total 47 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Highest Average Punt (Min. 3 punts)
Fewest Completions USF 10 NC State, 2005 Meineke Opp. 9 NC State, 2005 Meineke Total 19 NC State, 2005 Meineke Most Net Yards USF 307 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 461 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Total 768 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Fewest Net Yards USF 130 East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s Opp. 127 NC State, 2005 Meineke Total 286 NC State, 2005 Meineke 118
Fewest Kickoffs Returned USF 1 Opp. 0 Total 1
NC State, 2005 Meineke NC State, 2005 Meineke NC State, 2005 Meineke
Most Field Goals USF 2 Opp. 2 Total 4
Two Times Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
TURNOVERS
Most Interceptions Thrown USF 4 Opp. 2
Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach & Clemson, 2010 Meineke
Most Fumbles USF 3 Opp. 3 Total 5
NIU, 2010 International Clemson, 2010 Meineke Two times Two times
Most Fumbles Lost USF 2 Opp. 2 Total 5
NC State, 2005 Meineke NC State, 2005 Meineke Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Most Sacks USF 6 Opp. 5
East Carolina, 2006 PapaJohn’s NIU, 2010 International
Most Turnovers USF 5 Opp. 2 Total 6
Oregon, 207 Brut Sun 3 times, last W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Fewest Turnovers USF 0 Opp. 0 Total 1
W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Memphis, 2010 St. Petersburg Memphis, 2010 St. Petersburg
PENALTIES
Most Penalties
USF 44.2 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Opp. 47.5 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
USF 9 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 13 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 21 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Most Punts Returned
Fewest Penalties
USF 5 Opp. 3 Total 8
USF 3 Opp. 3 Total 7
Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg NC State, 2005 Meineke NC State, 2005 Meineke ECU, 2006 PapaJohn’s NC State, 2005 Meineke
KICKING
Most Kickoff Returns
USF 6 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Opp. 8 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Total 12 W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Clemson, 2010 Meineke Three times NIU, 2010 International
Most Yards Penalized USF 70 Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Opp. 138 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Total 202 Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Fewest Yards Penalized USF 20 NC State, 2005 Meineke Opp. 46 Clemson, 2010 Meineke Total 55 NC State, 2005 Meineke @USFFOOTBALL • GoUSFBulls.com
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Mike Ford vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International Rodney Adams vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Andrew Hall vs. N.C. State, 2005 Meineke Dontavia Bogan vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg D”Ernest Johnson vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
381 314 259 211
Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Matt Grothe vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Matt Grothe vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun B.J. Daniels vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
Total Offense Yards
Rushing Yards 207 118 108 108 83
RUSHING
Mike Ford vs. N. Illinois , 2010 International Andre Hall vs. NC State, 2005 Meineke Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Marlon Mack vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Matt Grothe vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg
Career Rushing Yards
277 Mike Ford (3 Games: 2007, 2008, 2009)
Most Attempts 20
Mike Ford vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
Average Per Carry
10.4 Mike Ford vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
Rushing Touchdowns 2
Ben Williams vs. ECU, 2006 PapaJohns.com
Longest TD Runs 34 24
Rodney Adams vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Bowl Mike Ford vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
Longest Runs 41 36 34
Andre Hall vs. N.C. State, 2005 Meineke Mike Ford vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International Rodney Adams vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Most Yards 273 236 219 217 189
PASSING
Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Matt Grothe vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Matt Grothe vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun B.J. Daniels vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International B.J. Daniels vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
KICKOFF RETURNS
53 46 37 37
Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach B.J.Daniels vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International Matt Grothe vs. ECU, 2006 PapaJohns.com Carlton Hill vs. N.C. State, 2005 Meineke
3
Matt Grothe vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg
53 46 37 34 26
Quinton Flowers to Rodney Adams, vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Bowl B.J. Daniels to A.J. Love vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International Matt Grothe to Amarri Jackson, vs. ECU, 2006 PapaJohns.com D’Ernest Johnson to Tyre McCants, vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Bowl Matt Grothe to Taurus Johnson vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg
Most Tackles
2 2
Grant Gregory vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun Matt Grothe vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Touchdown Passes
Most Return Yards 97
D”Ernest Johnson vs. W. Kentucky 2015 Miami Beach
56
Dontavia Bogan vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Longest Return
Longest Touchdown Passes
Most Interceptions Thrown
RECEIVING
Most Receiving Yards 130 94 88 60
Rodney Adams vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Carlton Mitchell, N. Illinois, 2010 International Tyre McCants vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Carlton Mitchell vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg
Career Rushing Yards
154 Carlton Mitchell (2 Games: 2008, 2009)
Most Receptions 6 6
Rodney Adams vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Carlton Mitchell, N. Illinois, 2010 International
2
AJ Love vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
Most Touchdown Receptions Longest Receptions
53(TD) Rodney Adams from Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Bowl 46(TD) A.J. Love from B.J. Daniels vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International 41 Tyre McCants from Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Bowl 37(TD) Amarri Jackson from Matt Grothe vs. ECU, 2006 PapaJohns.com 37 Andre Hall from Carlton Hill vs. N.C. State, 2005 Meineke
PUNT RETURNS
DEFENSE
13 11 11 10
Patrick St. Louis vs. N.C. State, 2005 Meineke Auggie Sanchez vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Tyrone McKenzie vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Tyrone McKenzie vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
3.0
Terrance Royal vs. N.C. State, 2005 Meinke
1
Eric Lee, vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Nigel Harris vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Jerome Murphy vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International Quenton Washington vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
Most Interception Return Yards
NOTES
45
Quenton Washington vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
PLAYERS
45
Quenton Washington vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
COACHES
Most Sacks
Most Interceptions
Longest Non-TD Interception Return
SCORING
Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Ben Williams vs. ECU, 2006 PapaJohn’s.com AJ Love vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
9
Eric Schwartz vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
2 2 2
Quinton Flowers vs. W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach Ben Williams vs. ECU 2006 PapaJohn’s.com AJ Love vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
2 2 2
Eric Schwartz vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International Maikon Bonani vs. Memphis, 2008 St. Petersburg Delbert Alvarado vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
39
Eric Schwartz vs. N. Illinois, 2010 International
BOWLS
Most Touchdowns Scored
Most Field Goals
Longest Field Goal
OPPONENT RECORDS
4
Jackie Chambers vs. NC State, 2005 Meineke
35
Matt Grothe vs. Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
47
Ean Randolph vs. ECU, 2006 PapaJohn’s.com
Passing Yards
20
B.J. Daniel vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
34
Terrence Mitchell vs. Clemson, 2010 Meineke
461 Brandon Doughty, W. Kentucky, 2015 Miami Beach
Longest Return
STATS
Most Points Scored by Kicker
536 Matt Grothe (3 Games: 2006, 2007, 2008)
Most Completions
RECORDS
12 12 12
Most Returns
Most Return Yards
RECAPS
Most Points Scored by Non-Kicker
Career Passing Yards
Most Attempts
USF FOOTBALL
207 183 167 122 114
Longest Completions
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YARDS
Rushing Yards
253 Johnathan Stewart, Oregon, 2007 Brut Sun
Receiving Yards
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