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2009 USF Football Prospectus >> 2009 USF Football Schedule Date Sat., Sept. 5 Sat., Sept. 12 Sat., Sept. 19 Sat., Sept. 26 Sat., Oct. 3 Thurs., Oct. 15 Sat., Oct. 24 Fri., Oct. 30 Thu., Nov. 12 Sat., Nov. 21 Sat., Nov. 28 Sat., Dec. 5

Opponent (TV) Wofford (TBA) Western Kentucky (TBA) Charleston Southern (TBA) Florida State (TBA) Syracuse (TBA) Cincinnati * (ESPN) Pittsburgh * (TBA) West Virginia * (ESPN2) Rutgers * (ESPN) Louisville * (TBA) Miami (TBA) UConn (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2)

USF Football Staff Location Tampa Bowling Green, Ken. Tampa Tallahassee, Fla. Syracuse, N.Y. Tampa Pittsburgh, Pa. Tampa Piscataway, N.J. Tampa Tampa Hartford, Conn.

Series First meeting Tied, 2-2 USF leads 4-0 First meeting USF leads 4-0 UC leads 4-2 Tied, 3-3 Tied, 2-2 RU leads 3-1 Tied, 3-3 UM leads 1-0 Tied, 3-3

2008 USF Football Results Overall Record: 8-5 | BIG EAST Record: 2-5, Sixth Palce Date Opponents (TV) Results Attendance Aug. 30 UT Martin (ESPN Regional) W, 56-7 48,058 Sept. 6 at UCF (ESPN2) W, 31-24 (OT) 46,805 Sept. 12 #13/11 Kansas (ESPN2) W, 37-34 58,755 Sept. 20 at FIU (ESPNU) W, 17-9 16,717 Sept. 27 at NC State (ESPNU) W, 41-10 57,583 Oct. 2 Pitt (ESPN) L, 26-21 50,307 Oct. 18 Syracuse (BIG EAST Network) W, 45-13 51,384 Oct. 25 at Louisville (BHSN) L, 24-20 40,384 Oct. 30 at Cincinnati (ESPN) L, 24-10 31,175 Nov. 15 Rutgers (BIG EAST Network) L, 49-16 47,216 Nov. 23 UConn (ESPN) W, 17-13 42,422 Dec. 6 at West Virginia (ESPN2) L, 13-7 48,019 2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Dec. 20 vs Memphis (ESPN2) W, 45-14

Name Jim Leavitt David Blackwell Mike Canales Carl Franks John Hendrick Phil McGeoghan Kevin Patrick Larry Scott Mike Simmonds Joe Tresey

Position Alma Mater Entering # Season with USF Head Coach Missouri, ‘78 13th Co-Defensive Coord./Linebackers Eastern Carolina, ‘97 First Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Utah State, ‘84 3rd Consecutive, 8th Overall Running Backs/Recruiting Duke, ‘83 6th Special Teams Pittsburgh, ‘83 2nd Wide Receivers Maine, ‘08 First Defensive Line Miami, ‘94 2nd Consecutive, 4th Overall Offensive Line USF, ‘00 5th overall, 3rd as Asst. Coach Offensive Line Indiana State, ‘85 4th overall, 3rd as Asst. Coach Defensive Coord./Secondary Ohio State, ‘82 First

Stephen Bird Jared Davis Pat St. Louis Mike Lube

Graduate Assistant/Tight Ends Graduate Assistant/Defense Program Assistant/Defense Program Assistant/Offense

Eastern Kentucky, ‘83 USF, ‘06 USF, ‘07 USF, ‘06

First Fifth Third Fifth

FB Support Staff Larry Antonucci Pat Burnham Rich Rachel

Assistant AD/Director of Ops Director of Player Personnel Director of High School Relations

10th 4th Ninth

Keith Abrams Jamie DeGerome Jeremy Lees Ronnie McKeefery Aaron Quarberg Frank Wintrich Steve Walz Mark Wilty

Asst. Athletic Trainer Video Coordinator Equipment Manager Asst. AD/Strength Coach Assistant Strength Coach Associate Strength Director Asst. AD/Sports Medicine Asst. Equipment Manager

4th 13th 4th Full-Time, 8th Overall 10th 3rd 2nd 10th 2nd Full-Time, 8th Overall

25,205

Future Schedules 2010 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Nov. 27

Stony Brook at Florida WKU FAU at Miami (Fla.)

2011 Sept. 10 Ball State Oct. 1 at Notre Dame Nov. 26 Miami (Fla.)

2012 Sept. 22 at Ball State Sept. 29 Florida State Nov. 24 at Miami (Fla.)

2013 2014 Sept. 7 at Michigan State Sept. 13 N.C. State Sept. 14 FAU Nov. 30 Miami (Fla.)

2015 Sept. 12 at Indiana TBA at Florida

2016 Sept. 17 INDIANA 2017 TBA

Michigan State

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Athletics Department

Location ..................................................... Tampa, Fla. Stadium ..................................................... Raymond James Stadium Capacity...................................................... 65,857 Surface........................................................ Tiftway Bermuda 419 First Year of Football ................................... 1997 Enrollment ................................................. 46,174 Founded ..................................................... 1956 Colors ......................................................... Green (PMS 343), Gold (PMS 4515) Nickname ................................................... Bulls Conference ................................................. BIG EAST President .................................................... Dr. Judy Genshaft Faculty Representative ............................... Dr. Robert Sullins Director of Athletics . .................................. Doug Woolard

Director of Athletics..................................................... Doug Woolard Executive AssociateAssociate AD/External Operations.Bill McGillis Senior Associate AD/Sports & Programs...................... Barry Clements Associate AD/Academic Services................................. Amy Haworth Associate AD/Compliance............................................ Steve Horton Associate AD/Chief Financial Officer............................ Brett Huebner Associate AD/Development......................................... Vicki Mitchell Assistant AD/Communications.................................... Chris Freet Assistant AD/Marketing.............................................. Ayo Taylor-Dixon Assistant AD/Bulls Club............................................... Eric Soncrant Assistant AD/Ticket Sales & Broadcasts....................... Jim Louk Assistant AD/Ticket Operations................................... Collin Hargis Assistant AD/Academic Services.................................. Justin Miller Assistant AD/Compliance Coordinator......................... Rick Stumpf

Football Quick Facts Head Coach ................................................ Jim Leavitt Alma Mater ................................................ Missouri/1978 Record at USF ............................................. 87-52 (.625)/12 seasons Basic Offense . ............................................ Spread Basic Defense ............................................. 4-3 2008 Overall Record ................................... 8-5 2008 BIG EAST Conference Record............... 2-5 2008 BIG EAST Conference Finish S.............. Sixth Offensive Starters Returning: . .................... Five (Grothe, Hermann, Sims, Love, Hester) Defensive Starters Returning: ..................... Six (Harris, McClain, Selvie, K. Wilson, Allen, ................................................................... Murphy) Letterwinners Returning ............................ 39 WR Ed Alcin, S Nate Allen, P Delbert Alvarado, DE David Bedford, WR Dontavia Bogan, K Maikon Bonani, TE Ben Busbee, CB Tyson Butler, RB Mike Ford, OL Sampson Genus, QB Matt Grothe, DE Patrick Hampton, DL Aaron Harris, OG Zach Hermann, WR Jessie Hester, OL Chaz Hine, LB Sabbath Joseph, FB Richard Kelly, TE Andrew Ketchel, WR A.J. Love, DL Kenneth Luberice, DE Craig Marshall, DT Keith McCaskill, DT Terrell McClain, WR Carlton Mitchell, CB Jerome Murphy, CB Cameron Perkins, RB Moise Plancher, WR Patrick Richardson, LB Chris Robinson, DE George Selvie, OT Jacob Sims, DB Charlton Sinclair, RB Jamar Taylor, OL Jeremiah Warren, CB Quenton Washington, LB Kion Wilson, WR Theo Wilson, S Jerrell Young

USF Communications Staff Assistant AD For Communications...............Chris Freet (FB Contact) Cell..............................................................(813)-625-6075 Email...........................................................cfreet@admin.usf.edu Assistant Director........................................Amy Woodruff (Secondary FB Contact, Baseball) Cell..............................................................(813) 410-1194 Email...........................................................woodruff@admin.usf.edu Assistant Director........................................Jeff Wuerth (Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf) Assistant Director........................................Mike Hogan (Women’s Basketball, Women’s Golf) Assistant Director........................................Maile Keeney (Softball, Men’s Soccer) Intern..........................................................Brad Borghetti (Women’s Soccer, M/W Tennis) Intern..........................................................Lindsay Campebell (Volleyball, Track & Field) Mailing & Overnight Address: USF Athletics Communications 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ATH100 Tampa, FL 33620 Fax..............................................................(813) 974-5328 Raymond James Press Box..........................(813) 350-6225 Athletics Department Main Line.................(813) 974-2125

Lettterwinners Lost: ................................... 20 DE Jarriett Buie, RB Shawn Cannon, OT Marc Dile, WR Marcus Edwards, DB Louis Gachette, QB Grant Gregory (transfer), OC Jake Griffin, TE Cedric Hill, OG Matt Huners, WR Taurus Johnson, LB Alonzo McQueen (transfer), LB Tyrone McKenzie, LB Brouce Mompremier, LB Marvin Peoples, CB Tyller Roberts, OL Ryan Schmidt, LS Eric Setser, S Danny Verpaele, RB Ben Williams, S Carlton Williams

Standard Weekly Media Opportunities - During Season - E-Mail Chris Freet (cfreet@admin.usf.edu) for preseason interviews. Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Noon - Leavitt on Big East teleconference Practice 7-8:30 p.m. Coach Leavitt & Assistants available after. First 30 minutes open.

12:30- 2 p.m. Media Luncheon Leavitt, players and assistants Practice - 3-5 p.m. Leavitt & Assistants available after. First 30 minutes open.

Practice - 4-6 p.m. Leavitt & Assistants available after. First 30 minutes open.

Practice - 4-5 p.m. Assistants available after. Practice completely closed.

No Availability

Postgame Press Conference -- Leavitt & Grothe available at podium. Players and assistants available by request. Locker room is closed.

Coach Leavitt available by request. No player or assistant access.

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Numerical/Alphabetical Rosters >> No. 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 12 13 14 18 20 21 22 25 26 28 29 31 33 34 35 36 37 39 41 42 43 45 46 48 49 50 51 55 55 56 58 60 61 62 64 66 68 69 70 73 74

Name Sherman, Jason Young, Jerrell Mitchell, Carlton Washington, Quenton Murphy, Jerome Plancher, Moise Bryant, Daniel Butler, Tyson Allen, Nate Alcin, Ed Daniels, B.J. Grothe, Matt Wilson, Theo Love, A.J. Landi, Evan Lejiste, Jon Baldwin, Dexter Stowell, Tyler Brockhaus-Kann, Justin Samuels, Aston Murray, Demetris Baker, George Alvarado, Delbert Ford, Mike Bonani, Maikon Erskin, Colby Sinclair, Charlton Taylor, Jamar Luberice, Kenneth Perkins, Cameron Petrov, Ilia Miller, Joel Kelly, Richard Hampton, Patrick Wilson, Kion Joseph, Sabbath Delisca, Rony Grissom, Cory Shields, Andreas Robinson, Chris Geaney, Chase Sanchez, Armando Lanaris, Michael Warren, Jeremiah Spires, Donte Bedford, David Estenor, Danous Hermann, Zach Genus, Sampson Sims, Jacob McCaskill, Kevin Walsh, Michael Garvin, Josh McGowan, Mike Edwards, Damien Popek, Mark

Pos. WR S WR CB CB RB WR CB S WR QB QB WR WR QB DB DB WR P WR RB CB K RB K WR DB RB TE CB P RB FB DE LB LB DE DL TE LB LB LB LB OL LB DE OL OG OL OT OC LS OG OL OT OT

Ht. 6-4 6-2 6-4 5-10 6-1 5-9 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-3 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-5 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-7

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Wt. 207 205 212 183 190 200 185 184 205 185 212 203 207 210 214 190 213 185 227 177 205 175 209 225 174 185 190 200 235 180 203 185 249 225 235 230 220 289 220 245 203 220 230 320 222 260 298 304 314 285 304 205 294 285 314 305

Yr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. RFr. So. Sr. Jr. RFr. Sr. Sr. Jr. RFr. RFr. Sr. RFr. RFr. Jr. RFr. RFr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. So. RFr. RFr. Sr. RFr. RFr. RFr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. RFr. So. RFr. RFr.

Hometown (Previous School) Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast HS) St. Petersburg, Fla. (Gibbs HS) Lutz, Fla. (Gaither HS) Fort Myers, Fla. (Fort Myers HS) Elizabeth , N.J. (Elizabeth HS) Naples, Fla. (Barron Collier HS) Tallahasse, Fla. (Chiles HS) Fort Myers, Fla. (Cypress Lake HS) Cape Coral, Fla. (Cape Coral HS) Tampa, Fla. (Chamberlain HS) Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln HS) Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson HS) Dunedin, Fla. (Pearl River CC) (Dunedin HS) Bradenton, Fla. (Southeast HS) Coral Springs, Fla. (Coral Springs Charter HS) Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic Community HS) Bradenton, Fla. (Ellsworth CC) (Southeast HS) St. Petersburg, Fla. (Northside Christian HS) Winter Springs, Fla. (Winter Springs HS) Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central HS) Buford, Ga. (Buford HS) Miami, Fla. (Archbishop Carroll HS) Tampa, Fla. (Robinson HS) Sarasota, Fla. (Sarasota HS) Lake Wales, Fla. (Lake Wales HS) Seminole, Fla. (Seminole HS) Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS) Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland HS) Boca Raton, Fla. (Spanish River HS) Pensacola, Fla. (Woodham HS) Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Bay Tech HS) Tampa, Fla. (Wharton HS) Bushnell, Fla. (South Sumter HS) Lithonia, Ga. (Martin Luther King HS) Jacksonville, Fla. (Pearl River CC) (Raines HS) Miami, Fla. (Central HS) Tampa, Fla. (Wharton HS) LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County HS) Tampa, Fla. (Wharton HS) Bunnell, Fla. (Flagler Palm Coast HS) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) St. Petersburg, Fla. (Northeast HS) Lake Mary, Fla. (Lake Mary HS) Panama City, Fla. (Bay HS) Tampa, Fla. (Plant HS) Palm Beach, Fla. (Independence CC) (Palm Beach Lakes HS)

Palm Beach, Fla. (Palm Beach Central HS) Oldsmar, Fla. (East Lake HS) Lake City, Fla. (Columbia HS) Winter Park, Fla. (Winter Park HS) Tallahasse, Fla. (Godby HS) Tampa , FL (Plant HS) Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson HS) Boca Raton, Fla. (West Boca Raton HS) Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) Plant City, Fla. (Plant City HS)

6 5 25 22 13 58 81 28 18 4 82 4 7 45 73 29 60 99 26 69 50 62 46 8 41 98 89 61 87 96 79 77 43 39 85 55 12 12 11 34 94 91 66 97 70 37 2 3 21 35 36 3 74 75 80 49

Alcin, Ed Allen, Nate Alvarado, Delbert Baker, George Baldwin, Dexter Bedford, David Bogan, Dontavia Bonani, Maikon Brockhaus-Kann, Justin Bryant, Daniel Busbee, Ben Butler, Tyson Daniels, B.J. Delisca, Rony Edwards, Damien Erskin, Colby Estenor, Danous Fonua, David Ford, Mike Garvin, Josh Geaney, Chase Genus, Sampson Grissom, Cory Grothe, Matt Hampton, Patrick Harris, Aaron Hawkins, Jeff Hermann, Zach Hester, Jessie Hill, Anthony Hine, Chaz Jackson, Jatavious Joseph, Sabbath Kelly, Richard Ketchel, Andrew Lanaris, Michael Landi, Evan Lejiste, Jon Love, A.J. Luberice, Kenneth Marshall, Craig McCaskill, Keith McCaskill, Kevin McClain, Terrell McGowan, Mike Miller, Joel Mitchell, Carlton Murphy, Jerome Murray, Demetris Perkins, Cameron Petrov, Ilia Plancher, Moise Popek, Mark Powe, Darren Richardson, Patrick Robinson, Chris

WR S K CB DB DE WR K P WR TE CB QB DE OT WR OL DL RB OG LB OL DL QB DE DT TE OG WR DL OL OL LB FB TE LB QB DB WR TE DE DT OC NT OL RB WR CB RB CB P RB OT OL WR LB

Numerical/Alphabetical Rosters << 20 51 95 1 48 64 31 56 14 33 68 55 2 84 83 42 9 1

Samuels, Aston Sanchez, Armando Selvie, George Sherman, Jason Shields, Andreas Sims, Jacob Sinclair, Charlton Spires, Donte Stowell, Tyler Taylor, Jamar Walsh, Mike Warren, Jeremiah Washington, Quenton Wilkins, Justin Wilson, Jeffrey Wilson, Kion Wilson, Theo Young, Jerrell

WR LB DE WR TE OT DB LB WR RB LS OL CB WR WR LB WR S

No. 75 77 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 87 89 91 94 95 96 97 98 99

Name Powe, Darren Jackson, Jatavious Hine, Chaz Richardson, Patrick Bogan, Dontavia Busbee, Ben Wilson, Jeffrey Wilkins, Justin Ketchel, Andrew Hester, Jessie Hawkins, Jeff McCaskill, Keith Marshall, Craig Selvie, George Hill, Anthony McClain, Terrell Harris, Aaron Fonua, David

Pos. OL OL OL WR WR TE WR WR TE WR TE DT DE DE DL NT DT DL

Newcomers

Newcomer Numerical Roster

19 36 63 24 9 54 7 88 52 86 76 17 67 30 34 15 71 32 90 72 40 44 93 92 38 6 57 23

6 7 9 15 17 19 23 24 30 32 34 36 38 40 44 52 54 57 63 67 71 72 76 86 88 90 92 93

Gerard Atkins TE Sam Barrington LB Jamar Bass OG Bradley Battles RB Ricardo Dixon CB Julius Forte DE Ryne Giddins DE Sterling Griffin WR Chase Griffiths ILB Derrick Hopkins WR Steven Jacques OG Jacquez Jenkins S Kamran Joyer OC Lindsey Lamar RB Devekeyan “De De” Lattimore ILB Victor Marc ATH John McGhin OG Ivan Nicholas S Jason Pierre-Paul DE Carlos Savala OT Luke Sager DE Leslie Stirrups DT Demi Thompson DT Khyri Thornton NT Isaac Virgin QB Kayvon Webster DB Jaquian Williams OLB Kevin Williams ATH

Kayvon Webster Ryne Giddins Ricardo Dixon Victor Marc Jacquez Jenkins Gerard Atkins Kevin Williams Bradley Battles Lindsey Lamar Ivan Nicholas Devekeyan “De De” Lattimore Sam Barrington Isaac Virgin Luke Sager Leslie Stirrups Chase Griffiths Julius Forte Jaquian Williams Jamar Bass Kamran Joyer John McGhin Carlos Savala Steven Jacques Derrick Hopkins Sterling Griffin Jason Pierre-Paul Khyri Thornton Demi Thompson

DB DE CB ATH S TE ATH RB RB S ILB LB QB DE DT ILB DE OLB OG OC OG OT OG WR WR DE NT DT

Ht. 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-0 6-4 5-11 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-2

Wt. 260 270 292 175 185 242 170 203 240 180 247 263 260 250 290 306 260 263

Yr. So. RFr. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Sr. RFr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So.

Hometown (Previous School) Mayo, Fla. (Lafayette HS) Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central HS) Lithia, Fla. (Newsome HS) Pensacola, Fla. (Woodham HS) Thomasville, Ga. (Central County HS) Mobile, Ala. (McGill-Toolen HS) Mirmar, Fla. (Everglades HS) Fort Pierce, Fla. (Fort Pierce Central HS) Shalimar, Fla. (Choctawhatchee HS) Belle Glade, Fla. (Glades Central HS) Ocala, Fla. (Vanguard HS) Tallahasse, Fla. (Godby HS)

5-11 6-4 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-5 5-10 5-9 5-9 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-6 6-4 5-7 6-1 6-6 6-3 6-1

181 235 168 208 177 225 175 179 160 180 225 220 235 240 275 213 235 225 290 317 291 310 280 160 174 265 300 245

Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr.

Opa Locka, Fla. - Miami Monsignor Pace HS Seffner, Fla. - Armwood HS Hallandale, Fla. - Hallandale HS Hallandale Beach, Fla. - Hallandale HS St. Petersburg, Fla. - Lakewood HS St. Petersburg, Fla. - Dixie Hollins HS St. Petersburg, Fla. - Los Medanos JC / Gibbs HS Marianna, Fla. - Marianna HS Tampa, Fla. - Hillsborough Senior HS Jacksonville, Fla. - Robert E. Lee HS Athens, Ga. - Cedar Shoals HS Jacksonville, Fla. - Terry Parker HS Fort Pierce, Fla. - Westwood HS Niceville, Fla. - Niceville HS Tampa, Fla. - East Mississippi CC Tallahassee, Fla. - North Florida Christian St. Petersburg, Fla. - Boca Ciega HS Riverview, Fla. - Fort Scott CC/Riverview HS Apopka, Fla. - Hutchinson CC Zephyrhills, Fla. - Wesley Chapel HS Tallahassee, Fla. - Florida HS Fontana, Calif. - College of the Desert Hollywood, Fla. - South Broward HS Opa Locka, Fla. - Miami Monsignor Pace HS Opa Locka, Fla. - Miami Monsignor Pace HS Deerfield Beach, Fla. - Fort Scott CC

Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (Pearl River CC) (Choctawhatchee HS)

Pensacola, Fla. (Pine Forest HS) Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola HS) Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola HS) Williston, Fla. (Williston HS) Bradenton, Fla. (Southeast HS)

Panama City, Fla. - Hargrave Military Academy (Va.)

Longwood, Fla.- Lake Mary HS

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Position Breakdown >> Offense

POS # Name HT. WT. X 2 Carlton Mitchell 6-4 212 4 Daniel Bryant 6-2 185 H 87 Jessie Hester 6-0 180 80 Patrick Richardson 6-0 175 LT 77 Jatavious Jackson 6-4 270 55 Jeremiah Warren 6-4 314 LG 79 Chaz Hine 6-4 292 73 Damien Edwards 6-6 314 C 66 Kevin McCaskill 6-2 304 62 Sampson Genus 6-1 308 RG 61 Zach Hermann 6-3 304 60 Danous Estenor 6-3 298 RT 74 Mark Popek 6-7 64 Jacob Sims 6-5 TE 85 Andrew Ketchel 6-5 82 Ben Busbee 6-3 89 Jeff Hawkins 6-4 Y 81 Dontavia Bogan 6-1 9 Theo Wilson 6-0

Defense CL. Jr. RFr. Sr. So. RFr. So. So. RFr. So. Jr. Jr. So.

305 285

RFr. Jr.

240 242 247

Jr. Sr. RFr.

185 207

Jr. Sr.

Z 6 Ed Alcin 6-2 185 11 A.J. Love 6-2 210 QB 8 Matt Grothe 6-0 203 7 BJ Daniels 6-1 212 12 Evan Landi 6-3 214 RB-A 3 Mo Plancher 5-9 200 33 Jamar Taylor 5-9 205 20 Aston Samuels 5-10 177 RB-B 26 Mike Ford 6-2 225 39 Richard Kelly 6-0 249 37 Joel Miller 6-0 185

Jr. Jr. Sr. RFr. RFr.

POS # Name HT. WT. LE 98 Aaron Harris 6-4 260 94 Craig Marshall 6-5 260 58 David Bedford 6-5 260 NT 46 Cory Grissom 6-2 289 96 Anthony Hill 6-4 290 99 David Fonua 6-2 263 DT 97 Terrell McClain 6-3 306 91 Keith McCaskill 5-11 263 44 Leslie Stirrups 6-3 275 DE 95 George Selvie 6-4 245 41 Patrick Hampton 6-3 225 90 Jason Pierre-Paul 6-6 265 SAM 49 Chris Robinson 6-3 233 51 Armando Sanchez 5-11 215 MIKE 42 Kion Wilson 6-2 235 55 Mike Lanaris 6-1 230 WILL 43 Sabbath Joseph 6-0 230 56 Donte Spires 6-3 222 FC 2 Quenton Washington 5-10 183 4 Tyson Butler 5-11 184 SS 1 Jerrell Young 6-2 205 12 Jon Lejiste 6-0 190 FS 5 Nate Allen 6-2 205 13 Dexter Baldwin 6-2 213 3 22

Jerome Murphy George Baker

CL. Sr. Jr. Jr.

Rushing Matt Grothe Mike Ford Mo Plancher

G-GS 13-13 11-1 11-3

RFr. Fr. So.

Passing TD Matt Grothe 18

G-GS

Comp-Att.-Int. Pct.

Yards

13-13

240-380-14

63.2

2,911

Receiving Jessie Hester A.J. Love Carlton Mitchell Dontavia Bogan

G-GS 13-4 13-13 13-3 13-1

Rec. 54 31 28 26

Avg. 10.7 11.9 14.5 13.6

TD 3 2 1 1

Tackles Jerome Murphy Kion Wilson Nate Allen George Selvie

G-GS 13-11 13-11 13-13 12-11

Jr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. RFr. Sr. RFr. Jr. Sr. So. So. So. RFr. Sr. Sr.

Sr. Jr. Jr.

Jr. Jr. So.

Specialists K

Maikon Bonani

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Sr. RFr.

5-9 174

So.

P 25 Delbert Alvarado 6-0 209 LS 68 Mike Walsh 5-10 205

Sr.

Theo Wilson

6-0 207

Sr.

3 81

Jerome Murphy Dontavia Bogan

6-1 190 6-1 185

Sr. Jr.

Italics indicates a newcomer

6-1 190 5-11 175

Returning Statistical Leaders

So.

Att. 146 102 69

Net 591 407 322

Yards 579 370 405 354

Solo Assist Total 54 13 67 38 38 66 38 15 53 30 13 43

Avg. 4.0 4.0 4.7

TD 4 5 6

Other 3.5 TFL, 2 INT 3.5 TFL, 1 INT 2 TFL, 1 INT 13.5 TFL, 5.5 Sacks

Roster Breakdowns << Florida Belle Glades Jatavious Jackson Jessie Hester Aston Samuels Boca Raton Mike McGowan Bradenton Dexter Baldwin A.J. Love David Fonua bunnell Chris Robinson Richard Kelly Cape Coral Nate Allen Mike Padilla Coral Springs Evan Landi Delray Beach John Lejiste Kenneth Luberice

Dunedin Theo Wilson

Lake Mary Michael Lanaris

Fort Lauderdale Chase Geaney

Lake wales Maikon Bonani

Fort Myers Tyson Butler Quenton Washington

Lithia Chaz Hine

Fort Pierce Justin Wilkins Fort Walton Beach Craig Marshall Jacksonville Jason Sherman Kion Wilson Charlton Sinclair Lakeland Josh Garvin Matt Grothe Jamar Taylor Lake City Sampson Genus

lutz Carlton Mitchell Mayo Darren Powe Miami George Baker Sabbath Joseph

palm beach Danous Estenor David Bedford panama city Jeremiah Warren Pensacola Anthony Hill George Selvie Cameron Perkins Terrell McClain Patrick Richardson Plant City Mark Popek

Miramar Jeffrey Wilson

St. Petersburg Jerrell Young Armando Sanchez Tyller Stowell

naples Moise Plancher

Sarasota Mike Ford

Ocala Jeff Hawkins

Seminole Colby Erskin

Oldsmar Zach Hermann

Shalimar Andrew Ketchel

Tallahassee Daniel Bryant B.J. Daniels Keith McCaskill Kevin McCaskill

Alabama (1)

Tampa Delbert Alvarado Rony Delisca Edner Alcin Joel Miller Ilia Petrov Andreas Shields Donte Spires Michael Walsh

Chandler Damien Edwards

Williston Aaron Harris Winter Park Jacob Sims Winter Springs Justin Brockhaus-Kann

newcomer pronunciations

6 81 28 18 45 99 7 96 8 93 12 12 54 21 36 3 74 92

54 76 17 67 34 40 72 90 92 93 57

Julius Forte Steven Jacques Jacquez Jenkins Kamran Joyer Devekeyan “DeDe” Lattimore Luke Sager Carlos Savala Jason Pierre-Paul Khyri Thornton Demi Thompson Jacquain Williams

Arizona (1)

Georgia (4) Buford Demetris Murray Lagrange Cory Grissom Lithonia Patrick Hampton Thomasville Dontavia Bogan

New Jersey (1) Elizabeth Jerome Murphy

Pronunciation Guide Edner ALCIN Al-sin Dontavia Bogan Don-tay-via Maikon Bonani May-con Bow-nah-knee Justin Brockhaus-Kann Brock-house Danous Estenor Dane-us Ess-tah-nor David FONUA Fuh-new-uh Louis GACHETTE GUH-shet Sampson GENUS JEAN-us Matt GROTHE Growth-ee Jatavious Jackson Juh-tay-vee-us Evan Landi Land-ee John Lejiste lah-gist Jim LEAVITT LEV-it Kenneth Luberice Lube-reese Demetris Murray Deh-mee-tris ILIA PETROV Eel-ee-uh Pet-trof MOISE PLANCHER Moses PLAN-chur Mark POPEK PO-peck Darren POWE Po

Mobile Ben Busbee

for-tay jocks Jah-QUIZ Cameron JOY-er Goes by Dee-Dee say-grrr Sah-va-la Pee-air Kie (rhymes with die) - ree Dem-ee juh-qwan

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2009 Spring Review USF will be a young football team when the 2009 season kicks off this September.

both quarterbacks game experience in the fall.

With a full class of as many as 28 newcomers due to step foot on campus this summer, the Bulls won’t get any older in the coming months, but what they were able to build is a great deal of depth during the Spring.

Canales made some fans of his own as he returned to the role of offensive coordinator. Despite having to take snaps from under center in the spring game (USF’s spread offense works from the shotgun), his offense moved the ball, posted 35 points and produced three plays of 40-plus yards.

USF lost four starters on its offensive line, one at wide receiver, two at linebacker and two in the secondary. That meant plenty of roles for young players and finely-tuned veterans to snag. That also meant that the Bulls recent highly-rated recruiting classes were finally getting their shot on the field. If the Spring Game was any indication, the USF fan base is in for an exciting 2009 season. The green squad won 21-20 in arguably the most thrilling Spring Game in program history. Several key contributors stepped forward in that exhibition while superstars Matt Grothe, George Selvie and rising-senior Kion Wilson watched from the sideline for the vast majority of the game. The stars of the Spring season were backup quarterbacks B.J. Daniels and Evan Landi. Daniels returned to the football field in March after spending the winter as a preferred walk-on with the basketball team. If there was any rust from a season in high-tops, it did not come to the forefront in the spring as Daniels secured the No. 2 spot on the QB depth chart behind Grothe. Daniels ran for a touchdown and slung another two in a winning performance in the Spring Game. Landi is the No. 3 quarterback but almost by default. The imposing 6-3 redshirt-freshman split time at quarterback and wide receiver during off-season practices and will play in both spots in the fall. Coach Leavitt even went so far as to suggest that Landi could start at wide receiver in the fall. Regardless, it appears new-offensive coordinator Mike Canales is determined to get

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New defensive coordinator Joe Tresey has spent his first months on staff preaching turnovers. His defense forced four in the spring game, including a 95-yard interception and score by Quenton Washington. Tresey came to USF after a successful stint at defending BIG EAST Champion Cincinnati, where his defenses were known for their ball-hawking skills. Perhaps the biggest questions entering off-season workouts were on the offensive line. Those questions continued early in workouts as returning starters Jake Sims and Zach Hermann, and veteran Sampson Genus missed the majority of the practices with injuries. Yet, what the offensive line lacked in game experience, they gained in practice reps and converted to success in the spring game. Again, it’s important to note that the offense took all of its snaps from under center, which it will rarely do in the fall. That curve ball came hours before the Spring Game, yet the offense moved the chains all night behind an emerging group of young offensive linemen. Other areas where players emerged were at linebacker - Sabbath Joseph and Chris Robinson and in the secondary - Jon Lejiste and Jerrell Young. Coach Tresey loves Joseph’s ability to cover in the passing game and Robinson’s ability to make big plays. Lejiste, a redshirt-freshman out of Delray Beach, quickly secured the starting nickel back position in the opening days of the spring. Young took over at strong safety for four-year starter Carlton Williams. Coach Leavitt talked about using as many as 18 newcomers this fall. That storyline will develop over the next 130 days, in the meantime, the staff is excited and encouraged by the emergence of young and talented players.

The Schedule

Offensive Line

Wide Receivers & Tight Ends

What the 2009 schedule lacks in marquee match-ups in the opening weeks of the season, it makes for during the final nine games.

Offensive line coaches Larry Scott and Mike Simmonds retooled the offensive line this spring after losing four starters - Jake Griffin, Marc Dile, Matt Huners and Ryan Schmidt - from the 2008 team. The Bulls’ o-line will be built around returning starter Jake Sims (pictured above) and Zach Hermann, who started the first 16 games of his career until a foot injury sidelined him for six games in 2008. The junior Sims, who was limited with a broken finger during spring, will likely start at either center or right takcle, while fellow junior Hermann will hold down the right guard position for the third consecutive season.

Mike Canales took over as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach but he left plenty of toys at his old coaching position, wide receiver. Receiver may be USF’s deepest position and Canales wants to use that to the team’s advantage like never before.

While no other starting spots are secure heading into the summer, eight offensive lineman pushed for and will likely earn significant minutes this fall. Redshirt-freshman Jatavious Jackson currently holds down the top spot at left tackle. Sophomore Chaz Hine and redshirt-freshman Damien Edwards both made major strides in spring camp and are currently listed as the top two options at left guard. At center Sampson Genus and Kevin McCaskill, who played center all spring (literally) and probably snapped 95 percent of the balls during the off-season workouts, are neck-and-neck. McCaskill was a standout in the spring game. At right guard, sophomore Danous Estenor, who started one game in 2008 is penciled in behind Hermann. Finally at right tackle, redshirt-freshmen Mark Popek and sophomore Mike McGowan both made strides this offseason and hope to land the starting spot on the outside.

Junior Carlton Mitchell came on strong late in 2008 after leading the team in receiving yards as a freshman in 2007. Mitchell has battled nagging injuries since the latter portion of 2007, but is fully healthy this offseason and could establish himself as an elite level deep threat this fall. Next to Mitchell racing down the sidelines and up the field on kickoff returns is Dontavia Bogan. Bogan may have the best hands on the team and is polished at exposing safeties deep. His top level speed is one notch below Mitchell, but translated into USF records for return yards (770) last season.

The non-conference schedule, which includes two FCS opponents because Florida International bought out of its contractual agreement to play in Tampa, is highlighted by a road trip to Florida State (Sept. 26) and a Thanksgiving weekend showdown with Miami (Nov. 28) at Raymond James Stadium. USF and Florida State have never met, but signed a two-game agreement in January that includes a home game in Tampa in 2012. The meeting with Miami is the first of a five-year agreement with the Hurricanes, that features three games at Raymond James Stadium. While ESPN has yet to announce broadcast networks for the tilts with Miami and FSU, the worldwide leader in sports has already put the Bulls in front of a national audience four times during conference action. After traveling to Syracuse to open BIG EAST play on Oct. 3, USF will host Cincinnati in an ESPN Thursday night showcase on Oct. 15. After a trip to Pitt on Oct. 24. USF will return home to face West Virginia on Friday, Oct. 30 in the Friday night ESPN2 broadcast that has produced memorable wins over the Mountaineers (2007) and Kansas (2008) the last two seasons. Thirteen days later (Nov. 12), the Bulls travel to Rutgers for ESPN Thursday night in hopes of avenging a loss in front of Chris Fowler and Erin Andrews in 2007. USF will close out the home season with back-to-back games against Louisville (Nov. 21) and Miami, before concluding the regular season on the road at UConn on Dec. 5. The Huskies and Bulls meeting is guaranteed to be broadcast by the ESPN body of networks, although the specific station will not be determined until late November.

Additional depth is coming on the offensive line as well. Monster juco-transfer Carlos Savala (6-6, 310) is expected to push for starting time at right tackle. Opposite of Savala could be fellow juco-transfer Jamar Bass, who hails from Apopka by way of Hutchinson Community College (Kansas). Of the two prep offensive lineman joining the program Steven Jacques is the most highly touted prospect.

The top two returning receivers A.J. Love (knee) and Jessie Hester (ankle, pictured above) were out this spring with injuries. While that is never the ideal situation, both are fully established contributors and are expected to be at full strength when camp opens this fall.

Senior Theo Wilson will fill a number of roles, including on wide receiver passes, and may be the most elusive on the unit. Young backups Patrick Richardson and Daniel Bryant have the talent and drive to be regular factors in the offense this fall. Newcomers Sterling Griffin and will get a look, primarily because of the speed they could add to the USF attack. Senior tight end Ben Busbee should hold down starting duties after pulling in a pair of touchdowns last seaso, but he is a heated compeition with Andrew Ketchel for the top spot. They will be backed up by Jeff Hawkins and Andreas Shields.

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Running Backs

Quarterbacks

Specialists

Although it may drive fans crazy, the USF football team has the luxury of a deep stable of running backs again in 2009.

Senior Matt Grothe returns as arguably the marquee offensive player in the BIG EAST. And that recognition is well deserved. Grothe has started every game - 38 - since his first appearance (as a backup) as a redshirt-freshman in 2006. He has amassed a boatload of yards, touchdowns and accolades. Now he wants a BIG EAST Championship. The senior from Lakeland, who will likely become the BIG EAST all-time leader in total yardage in the opening moments of 2009, has taken a more active and vocal leadership role this season. Grothe and new-offensive coordinator Mike Canales have hit it off this off-season and suddenly Grothe has fallen in love with film study. Canales even went so far as to compare Grothe to Phillip Rivers. Grothe has become a film junkie like Rivers and Canales said the improvement in his understanding and decision making was dramatic. Perhaps the best example of his improvement was the fact that Grothe did not throw a single interception in Spring drills until the final two practices of the off-season. Canales and company think that will carry over to the fall.

USF has the luxury of returning experienced punter Delbert Alvarado and experienced kicker Maikon Bonani (pictured above).

USF can throw experienced and diverse backs Mike Ford, Mo Plancher (pictured above), Jamar Taylor, Richard Kelly and Aston Samuels at opposing defenses. All five backs have had breakout games during their careers and each one will be battling all summer and fall for the role of featured back. New offensive coordinator Mike Canales wants to get the backs more involved in the passing game and Kelly, with his fullback build, has proven to have the best hands. Ford and Plancher were the top two backs during the spring. Ford put on 10 pounds of muscle during the winter and was the physical and imposing back that has tantalized fans the last two seasons. Plancher may be one of the most efficient and slippery backs in the league. His ability to gain multiple yards off holes that most backs miss will guarantee a large number of carries in 2009. Kelly is built like a fullback and could very well take over the role of Ben Williams as the trusted blocking back on passing downs and the bruiser in short yardage situations. He moonlighted at tight end during the spring, but should be in the backfield again this fall. Taylor, like Ford, has a wealth of talent and the ability to be a dominating back. His progression was slowed by offseason shoulder surgery that kept him out of 13 of 15 spring practices. He finished 2008 as the best back (according to the offensive staff) on the team and hopes to pick back up at the same spot in the fall. Samuels was out last season with shoulder injury and worked some at wide receiver in spring. The high-level speedster adds another dimension to the Bulls backfield.

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Redshirt-freshman B.J. Daniels was named the No. 2 quarterback at the end of the spring, despite the fact that he was coming off an offseason with the basketball team. Daniels has a cannon for an arm - easily the strongest on the team - and may be a more pure runner than Grothe. Daniels, who is expected to get a medical redshirt from the 2008 season, has already shown a knack for throwing the deep ball and he already has a favorite target too... Dontavia Bogan. The duo connected on a deep pass in the 2008 season opener and then connected on three long balls (one called back on a penalty) in the Spring Game. Evan Landi (pictured above) went from unknown prospect to a fan favorite in the matter of a few Spring practices. The 6-3, 220 redshirt-freshman earned the nickname of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slashâ&#x20AC;? from the USF staff after he worked at wide receiver, holder, kicker and defensive back during the spring. His future is at quarterback, but in the meantime USF will likely use this physical and heady specimen in multiple spots this fall.

Barring a significant injury, Alvarado will focus on solely on punting this season after holding down dual duties as punter and kicker for portions of the last two seasons. Alvarado averaged 39.7 yards per punt and dropped 33 percent inside the 20 yard line in 2008. Bonani became an instant household name when he hit the game-winning field goal in his first career game against Kansas last season. He built off those heroics to connect on 15-21 field goals and go 12-13 inside 40 yards. Three of his misses were blocked as well. The Lake Wales native will have a full year of off-season conditioning under his belt, which should add length and accuracy. Sophomore Mike Walsh hopes to fill the shoes of unsung hero Eric Setser at deep snapper. Setser was remarkably consistent over three years in the role and he now passes the duties off to Walsh, who was the starting center for Plant high school during their state championship season in 2006. Alvarado will be backed up by Ilia Petrov and Justin Brockhaus-Kann at punter. Walk-on Eric Schwartz emerged as a possibility behind Bonani this spring, although the Bulls may chose to address that role with a second individual this summer. One other significant change is the transition of John Hendrick to special teams coach. 2009 will be the first time that USF has a full-time assistant devoted solely to special teams.

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Linebackers

The beast of the BIG EAST George Selvie (pictured above) returns as the firs two-time All-American in USF history. The BIG EAST’s most recognizable defensive player turned down the NFL and returned to USF to complete unfinished business. At the top of his agenda is completing his collegiate career on his terms with a BIG EAST Championship. Selvie has a preposterous career numbers in sacks (25.5) and tackles for loss (61.5) and will again be a favorite for the national defensive awards.

With a large, untested and soon to be new group of linebackers, who better to lead the unit than senior Kion Wilson (pictured above)? Wilson came in last spring from Pearl River Community College and immediately earned a starting spot at middle linebacker. His ability to adjust quickly speaks largely to his maturity. Wilson, who was third on the team with 66 tackles last season will have to show a young group the ropes along with new linebackers coach David Blackwell.

Opposite Selvie at defensive end may end up being Aaron Harris. Harris has worked at every d-line spot during his career but he has mostly been inside to this point. He worked at end this spring and then had four tackles for loss and three sacks in the Spring Game. That successful experiment may be enough to keep him in the role this fall. He’ll have heavy competition from junior Craig Marshall, who racked up 5.5 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries in backup duty in 2008.

Chris Robinson and Sabbath Joseph both have played secondary roles the last two seasons. This year they have the opportunity to start in the Bulls 4-3 defensive scheme. Joseph is adept in pass coverage but needs more grooming on the idiosyncrasies of run defense. Robinson creates big plays but needs to convert that into consistent production this fall.

Also expected to be factors at end this fall are newcomers Jason Paul-Pierre, who was juco All-American at Fort Scott Community College, and blue-chip Tampa product Ryne Giddins. With Sampson Genus’ move back to the offensive line, that left the starting nose tackle position for rising-junior Terrell “Dancing Bear” McClain. Once McClain’s motor matches his ability, he will become a dominant force. Alongside him as an expected starter is sophomore Cory Grissom. Grissom has the best feet and athletic ability among the interior lineman. Sophomore Keith McCaskill had two sacks, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups in very limited duty last season. He has the nasty, mean streak that the coaches love from their d-lineman. If junior college transfer Leslie Stirrups (East Mississippi CC) comes into camp in top shape, he could immediately work his way into the rotation at nose or d-tackle.

Redshirt-freshmen Mike Lanaris and Armando Sanchez didn’t bounce up the depth chart this spring. Both earned valuable reps, but are probably a season away from regular duty. Senior Donte Spires took last season off and focused on academics. The football itch returned and he hopes to regain the spot in the rotation that he held down in 2007. Coach Blackwell admitted to being impressed with how quickly Spires got back into football shape with his mind and body this spring, which bodes well for the Bulls. Two newcomers that will get very close looks this summer and throughout training camp will be junior college transfer Jaquain Williams and highly-touted Jacksonsville high school product Sam Barrington. Williams has all the physical (6-4, 225) and athletic attributes to be a force. His assimilation to the playbook will be the key. Barrington is among the best linebacking prospects USF has ever signed. If he can turn the recruiting stars into production, he’ll get on the field this fall.

Secondary Senior awards candidate Nate Allen became the vocal leader in the secondary after that unit lost four-year starter Carlton Williams this offseason. Allen is among the smartest players on the roster, which will help as he organizes the unit for defensive coordinator and secondary coach Joe Tresey. Allen has shown a flare for the dramatic turnover the last two seasons. Tresey has a reputation for ball-hawking defenses. That certainly sounds like a match made in heaven. On the outside of Allen will be senior Jerome Murphy, who has NFL-level speed and talent and sophomore Quenton Washington, who played a ton last season. Tresey believes he can turn Murphy into a shutdown corner and standout in the BIG EAST, which would bode well for the entire unit. Washington earned valuable time last season, but has several fast-rising corners biding for his top spot at corner. Among those are Tyson Butler and George Baker. Butler is level-headed youngster that was standout high school running back. Baker may be the fastest player on the roster and has a ton of untapped potential. A few newcomers are going to push for time immediately according to Coach Leavitt. Top on that list is Miami high school product Kavon Webster. Also potentially in the mix at corner are juco transfer Kevin Williams and Hallandale HS product Ricardo Dixon. What all three newcomers have in common in elite level speed. Webster has been a state sprint champion at Monsigner Pace HS, Williams has been clocked at 4.4 in the 40-yard dash and Dixon has been compared to Baker throughout his recruitment. At strong safety, sophomore Jerrell Young (pictured above) has locked down the top spot after a strong 2008 season where he started on special teams and in the St. Pete Bowl. Redshirt-freshman Jon Lejiste grabbed the starting nickel back position in the opening moment of spring and hasn’t relinquished it since.

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Jim Leavitt

USF Football head Coach Jim Leavitt is working on a new theory. It states, “You can never leave home again.” With apologies to Thomas Wolfe, Leavitt has already proven that you can indeed go home again, having returned to his Tampa Bay roots to oversee the most successful start-up of a college football program in decades. In just nine seasons, Leavitt turned a non-existent program into a Bowl team when the Bulls played in the 2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl. Just one year later, Leavitt and the Bulls earned the program’s first-ever Bowl victory with a 24-7 win over East Carolina in the Papajohns.com Bowl and followed that up with an appearance in the second-oldest bowl in college football, the 2007 Brut Sun Bowl. Things woul2008 would mark the Bulls’ second ever bowl victory with a 45-14 win in the inaugural magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl. And on three occasions in the past six years when prominent programs showed interest, Leavitt has solidified his commitment to USF

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with a new contract. Already the most tenured coach in the BIG EAST, Leavitt agreed to an extension on March 14, 2008 that will keep him at the helm of the Bulls through the 2014 season. At this point, Leavitt is the alpha and omega of USF football. He is the only coach the school has ever had as he was presented the job on December 12, 1995. He then went about starting football from scratch and leading the program from an inaugural season in 1997 to I-A status in 2001, Conference USA in 2003 and now the BIG EAST and BCS football in 2005. Having been “forced” to leave the state to play collegiate football and baseball in the mid-1970s, the latest contract solidifies Leavitt’s longstanding declaration that he has no intentions of leaving again. When he returned home in 1996 to lead the fledgling USF program, it was for the first time since he left for Missouri in 1974 and he has been emphatic in his desire to stay. “I can see myself coaching at South Florida until I retire,” says Leavitt.

LEAVITT AT USF SEASON 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 TOTALS

W 5 8 7 7 8 9 7 4 6 9 9 8 87

L 6 3 4 4 3 2 4 7 6 4 4 5 52

PCT. 45.4 72.7 63.6 63.6 72.7 81.8 63.6 36.4 50.0 69.2 69.2 61.5 62.5

NOTES First Season of Football 17th (USA TODAY – I-AA) 23rd (USA TODAY – I-AA) I-A Transition Year Full I-A Status 18th New York Times 1st Conference USA Season Meineke Car Care Bowl Papajohns.com Bowl Champ Brut Sun Bowl magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl Champ Four consecutive bowls, two wins

“Then I can buy season tickets and sit in the stands and watch the Bulls play on Saturdays.” After the first 11 seasons of USF Football, Leavitt has only further proven that he was indeed the right man for the right job at the right time. Charged with fast tracking a program from non-existence to Division I-A football in just five years time, Leavitt has led the program to an impressive 79-47 record. A mega-success in the first four years at the I-AA level (24 straight weeks in national polls), Leavitt and crew moved to I-A in 2001 and went 8-3, including a 35-26 win at Pittsburgh. In 2002, his team finished 9-2 and seriously contended for a Bowl Game, even as a I-A Independent. The Bulls also received votes in both major polls and ranked 18th in the final New York Times Computer Poll, one of several polls utilized by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) at the time. In fact, USF ranked among the top 30 in each of the computer polls utilized by the BCS, and the program also had a 21-game home winning streak that extended into the 2003 season. Having blazed yet another milestone in directing the program into its first-ever season in Conference USA in 2003, Leavitt and his squad made a rapid move into the BIG EAST after just two C-USA seasons. Picked to finish seventh in the eight-team BIG EAST in USF’s debut season of 2005, Leavitt led the Bulls to a major win over then-ninth ranked Louisville and the Bulls finished third in the league.

The story in 2006 was no less impressive as Leavitt and his staff molded a team that improved every week and concluded its regular season with an eye-opening 24-19 win at seventhranked West Virginia, before the history-making Bowl win in Birmingham, Ala. Yet with all the accomplishments, arguably nothing topped the crescendo of the 2007 season. The Bulls began the season receiving votes in both polls and by the seventh week of the season, USF was No. 2 in the country. The program had gone from upstart to top-5 ranking at the fastest pace in the modern era of college football at the NCAA FBS level. The Bulls also started selling out Raymond James Stadium on a consistent basis and it began with a jam-packed and raucous crowd for a Friday, Sept. 28 showdown with then-No. 5 West Virginia. The 18th-ranked Bulls beat WVU 21-13 and celebrated with fans that stormed the field after the win. USF would sell out two games and post a season attendance average of 53,170, which was higher than the single game record - 49,212 - prior to the season. The 2008 campaign was highlighted by the Bulls returning to the top-10 in the national rankings for the second consecutive season. USF also celebrated as defensive end George Selvie repeated as a first-team All-American (AFCA). The Bulls would cap the season by playing in the inaugural St. Petersburg Bowl and winning in a dominating fashion with a 45-14 triumph over Memphis. Leavitt’s success has extended beyond league play as he reached his 50th career win faster than all but six active I-A coaches. Leavitt picked up his 50th victory in his 75th game, placing him behind Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), Philip Fulmer (Tennessee), John Robinson (UNLV), Joe Paterno (Penn State), Frank Solich (Ohio) and Lloyd Carr (Michigan).

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Leavitt’s profile foretold of the success to come at USF, even as he was hired for the job on December 12, 1995, exactly one week following his 39th birthday.

Snyder, who was a coaching disciple of Iowa’s Fry, was in his second season at K-State, when he asked Leavitt to coach the linebackers.

“Leading the USF football program is much more than just a job,” said Leavitt when he was hired. “And it is much more than a task at hand. It is something that is a major part of my life, and it will always be that. I am going to do everything I can to build a program without illusions, without cutting corners, doing things the right way and bringing in coaches with character.”

The following year, Leavitt was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and he was instrumental in building a defense that joined Snyder’s offense in a quick and effective turnaround that had Sports Illustrated calling K-State the most improved team in the nation by 1993. And now, Kansas State has assumed a regular spot in the nation’s top 10.

Leavitt also speaks a lot about the “being home” factor. “Shortly after I was hired, I was speaking with Brigham Young coach LaVell Edwards,” recalls Leavitt. “He told me that throughout his years at BYU, he had plenty of opportunities to move on to what some might perceive to be better coaching jobs. But, he told me, ‘I never left, and you know why I didn’t? It’s because this is my home.’ “He told me, ‘Jim, you’ll never want to leave the (USF) job, because you’re going home.’” Home was a long time coming for Leavitt. It took 23 years and wound through Missouri, Iowa and Kansas. It began in 1974, when the St. Petersburg resident, and a star for Dixie Hollins High School, went off to Missouri, where he was a two-sport standout in football and baseball, earning all-Big 8 in both sports. He also won a Big 8 batting title in 1977 with a .386 average. Upon graduation in 1978, he stayed at Missouri as a graduate assistant, earning a master’s degree in 1979. After two seasons as a graduate assistant, Leavitt moved to the state of Iowa, where he was named defensive coordinator at the University of Dubuque in 1980, spending two years in that position, before moving to Morningside College from 1982-87, also as defensive coordinator. At both Dubuque and Morningside, Leavitt was instrumental in transforming the program to success. The Dubuque team had 40 consecutive losing seasons, but Leavitt helped the squad to an 8-2-1 record and the Division III playoffs in his first season. The situation at Morningside was similar with a long track record of losing seasons. Even in Leavitt’s first two seasons there, the squad finished 2-9 and 1-10, leading to the entire staff except Leavitt - serving up its resignation. Leavitt assumed interim head coach duties for six months prior to the 1984 season, including the recruitment of that year’s freshman class. It was then that Leavitt began to rely heavily on home again, even if he couldn’t be there. He decided to aggressively recruit the Sunshine State, loading the Morningside recruiting classes with Florida talent. It helped turn the program to 6-5 and then 7-3-1 in 1984 and 1985, the first back-to-back winning seasons in the 28 years. Leavitt also coached the track team at Morningside, a program that had not scored a single point in its conference meet in three years when he took over. In Leavitt’s three seasons, his athletes won five All-America honors, 13 conference titles and set new school records in virtually every event. In 1988, he coached a 4x100 relay team that finished fourth in the nation and he won North Central Conference Coach of the Year honors. Following his five seasons with Morningside, Leavitt went full force after a Ph.D. in psychology, something he had been pursuing sporadically since 1982. By 1989, he simply needed to complete his dissertation, when Iowa head coach Hayden Fry offered him a graduate position. With the coaching bug, Leavitt took the opportunity and fast tracked a career in I-A football coaching. After just one season with Iowa, Leavitt was named to Bill Snyder’s staff at Kansas State in 1990, when that program had just been tabbed the “worst in America” by Sports Illustrated.

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In Leavitt’s five years at Kansas State, the Wildcats were 44-23-1 compared to 22-86-1 in the 1980s. In his final three seasons, Kansas State joined Florida, Florida State, Nebraska and Penn State as the only teams in the nation with three consecutive nine-win seasons. During those three years, Kansas State was 27-8-1. And perhaps most impressively, Leavitt and Bob Stoops designed a defense that went from 93rd in the nation in 1990 to number one in their final season of 1995. The common denominator for success at each of Leavitt’s stops has been an unyielding commitment to old-fashioned hard work. “Nobody but nobody is going to match his work ethic and his energy,” Leavitt’s baseball coach at Missouri once said of him. While that ethic has followed Leavitt everywhere, a story from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, is as good as any in proving the point. As the defensive coordinator in 1985, Leavitt drove from Iowa to St. Petersburg, Fla., to meet a recruit at Lakewood High School for a 9 p.m. meeting. Leavitt pulled a projector out of the trunk of his car, groped in the dark to find a power outlet outside the gym, threw a beach towel over a chair and proceeded to show the recruit Morningside game films. In the two weeks surrounding that one visit, Leavitt put 2,500 miles on his Chrysler LeBaron. The Lakewood recruit ended up a starter at Morningside and never regretted following Leavitt back to Sioux City. Leavitt doesn’t hide the fact that he has taken a carbon copy of the building strategies at both Iowa and Kansas State in building the start-from-scratch program at USF. “I would say I use a lot of things that we did at Kansas State and Iowa as far as the structure of our program,” says Leavitt. “But we really didn’t use anybody as a model because there really was no model. We were starting a program and the one thing we knew was that our track was going to be fast.” As successful as Kansas State and Iowa were in implementing their strategies, Leavitt can’t help but smile a little bit wider now that he’s implementing it himself in his own backyard. Leavitt and his family first made their backyard in St. Petersburg, Fla., – just 40 minutes from the USF campus - when he was nine years old. Born in Harlingen, Texas, December 5, 1956 (the exact year USF was founded), Leavitt’s father was an Air Force pilot, and the family’s move to St. Petersburg was the fifth and final stop. In fact, his parents still live in the family home. A two-sport star in baseball and football (he played quarterback and safety) at Dixie Hollins High School, he graduated in 1974 and went on to Missouri, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1978 and a master’s degree in 1979. Leavitt has a 12-year old daughter, Deandra. He married the former Jody Freeman on July 4, 2007.

JIM LEAVITT FILE EDUCATION • B.S. in Education, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. (1978) • M.S. in Counseling, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. (1979) • Completed course work and written comps for Ph.D. in Sport Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa FOOTBALL COACHING EXPERIENCE • 1978-79 Graduate Assistant, University of Missouri • 1980-81 Defensive Coordinator, University of Dubuque • 1982 Special Teams Coordinator, Morningside College • 1983-87 Defensive Coordinator, Morningside College • 1988 Fulfilled academic internship, University of Iowa • 1989 Graduate Assistant, University of Iowa • 1990-91 Linebackers Coach, Kansas State University • 1992-95 Defensive Coordinator, Kansas State University • 1996-Present Head Coach, University of South Florida BOWL GAMES • 1993 Copper Bowl • 1994 Aloha Bowl • 1995 Holiday Bowl • 2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl • 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl • 2007 Brut Sun Bowl • 2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl HONORS AND AWARDS University of Missouri - Football • Four-year letterman (1974-77) • Don Faurot Award • Defensive Back of the Year (1977) • Second Team All-Big 8 (1977) • All-Big 8 Academic Team (1977) • Led team in tackles (1977) • Athlete of the Month (twice) • Blue-Gray All-Star Game • Canadian/American All-Star Team University of Missouri - Baseball • Three-year letterman • All-Big 8 Academic Team • 1976 Big 8 batting champion • All-Big 8 Tournament Team ACADEMIC HONORS, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI • QEBH National Honor Society (Outstanding achievement in academic and athletic performance) • Dean’s List • Pi Lambda Theta MISCELLANEOUS • 2009 Missouri College of Education Citation for Merit & Outstanding Achievement • Attended Dixie Hollins High School in St. Petersburg, Fla. • Head Track & Field Coach at Morningside College; Produced five All-Americans Family • Wife, former Jody Freeman • Daughter, Deandra (12)

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coaching staff David Blackwell

mike simmonds

mike Canales

joe tresey

Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Alma Mater: Eastern Carolina, ‘97 First Season with USF

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Alma Mater: Utah State, ‘84 3rd consecutive season with USF, 8th overall

stephen bird

Running Backs/Recruiting Alma Mater: Duke, ‘83 Sixth season with USF

Graduate Assistant/Tight Ends Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky, ‘83

john hendrick

jared davis

Phil McGeoghan Wide Receivers Alma Mater: Maine, ‘08 First season with USF

kevin patrick

Defensive Line Alma Mater: Miami, ‘94 2nd consecutive season with USF, 4th overall

Larry scott

Offensive Line Alma Mater: USF, ‘00 5th consecutive season with USF, 3rd as assistant

Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Alma Mater: Ohio State, ‘82 First season with USF

Carl Franks

Special Teams Alma Mater: Pittsburgh, ‘83 2nd season with USF

Offensive Line Alma Mater: Indiana State, ‘85 4th season with USF, third as assistant coach

2009 University of South Florida Football prospectus

Graduate Assistant/Defense Alma Mater: USF, ‘06

Mike lube

Program Assistant/Offense Alma Mater: USF, ‘06

Mike lube

Program Assistant/Defense Alma Mater: USF, ‘07

ALCIN

Allen

Nate

#6 | Wide Receiver | 6-2 | 185 | Junior

#5 | Safety | 6-2 | 205 | Senior

>> Tampa, Fla. | Chamberlain HS

>> Cape Coral, Fla. | Cape Coral HS

Coach McGeoghan on Alcin “Ed Alcin is very smooth. He is one of the most skilled route-runners we have. Smooth Eddie – he is a guy that we’re really looking to do some important things for us in the pass game. He comes off the ball exceptionally well, he has nice soft hands, he is doing a better job of locking the perimeter and is progressing quite nicely right now.” 2008: Played in seven games ... Pulled in two receptions for 17 yards ... Also had a rush for 11 yards in the season opener against UT Martin ... Worked primarily in H wide receiver position behind starter Jessie Hester. 2007: Served as primary backup to Marcus Edwards at the Z wide receiver slot for most of October ... One catch for 26 yards against North Carolina ... Received limited time after the Cincinnati game ... Appeared in eight games. 2006: Utilized redshirt season. CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 30th best player in Tampa Bay area by St. Petersburg Times ... Honorable mention all-county in Tampa Tribune ... Had 34 catches for 515 yards with five touchdowns in 2005 ... Ranked 98th in Florida by Rivals.com ... Played in North-South All-Star Game ... Ran track ... Coached by Billy Turner. PERSONAL: Born September 27, 1987 in Pahokee, Fla. ... Son of Edner Alcin, Sr. ... Has three sisters and one brother ... Full first name is Edner ... Last name pronounced Al-sin. ...Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 8-0 7-0 15-0

REC 1 2 3

YDS 26 17 43

AVG 26.0 8.5 14.3

TD 0 0 0

LONG 26 at FAU 17 at UCF 26 at FAU

Coach Tresey on Allen “The game is very important to Nate, he works very hard. He leads by example and could have a breakout senior year.” 2008: Preseason Thorpe Award candidate ... Finished the season fifth on the team with 53 tackles ... Also registered two tackles for loss, one sack and one interception ... Interception came during fourth quarter against Kansas and set up the game-winning field goal by Maikon Bonani ... Single-game high 11 tackles against Pitt ... Four games with seven tackles or more. 2007: One of several sophomores on USF team that had breakout seasons ... Stepped into starting role after playing mostly on special teams as a rookie ... Fourth on the team and best in the secondary with 84 tackles ... Also led team with three fumble recoveries, 47 fumble return yards and one TD ... Tied for second with four interceptions, including one for TD against Pittsburgh ... Eight pass breakups and one forced fumble ... Recorded seven tackles and one interception in first career start against Elon ... Named Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week after forcing a fumble, recovering a fumble and intercepting a pass in Bulls’ win at No. 17 Auburn ... Fumble recovery and 44-yard return, plus an interception in win over No. 5 West Virginia ... Five or more tackles in 11 of 13 games ... Recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff against Louisville and walked it in three yards for his first career touchdown ... Returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown the next week in a 48-37 win at Pitt. 2006: Worked as a situational backup in the secondary and also on special teams ... Had two tackles, both coming in USF’s bowl win over East Carolina ... Played in nine of USF’s 13 games, missing four mid-year games due to a quadriceps injury. CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL: Threw for more than 5,000 career yards and broke all school passing records ... Ranked 67th top prospect in Florida by Orlando Sentinel ... Threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns on 18 of 23 passing to lead his team from a 16-point deficit to defeat Gulf Coast 37-30 ... Class 5A honorable mention all-state as a junior and senior ... Three-time all-area player ... Also an accomplished basketball player, he averaged 16.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.9 steals in 2005-06 ... Scored more than 1,000 career points ... Had six 20-plus scoring games including a high of 28 against South Ft. Myers. PERSONAL: Born November 30, 1987 in Fort Myers, Fla. ... Given name is Nathaniel Ray Allen ... Son of Jackie and Darlene Allen ... High school honor roll student with 3.6 grade point average ... National Honors Society ... Has one brother and one sister ... Father played professional basketball in Europe...Majoring in communication ... One of eight USF student-athletes named to the 2008 BIG EAST All-Academic football team.

Year 2006 2007 2008 Total

2008 University of South Florida Football prospectus

G-GS 9-0 12-12 13-13 34-25

UT 0 57 39 96

AT TT 2 2 19 76 14 53 35 131

TFL 0-0 2-2 2-9 4-11

INT 0-0 4-44 1-40 5-84

PBU 0 6 0 6

FR 0 3-47 0 3-47

TD 0 2 0 2

alvarado

bAker

Delbert

George

#25 | Kicker/Punter | 6-0 | 209 |Senior

#22 | Cornerback | 5-11 | 175 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Tampa, Fla. | Robinson HS

2008: Began season as place kicker and punter ... Relinquished kicking duties to freshman Maikon Bonani ... Averaged 39.7 yards per punt with six kicks of 50 yards or more ... 20 of his punts were fair caught and 16 were downed inside the 20 yard line ... Set a program record for the fewest touchbacks in a single season with just two ... Averaged single-game best 45.8 yards over six punts against UCF ... Longest punt of the season was a 55-yarder against FIU ... Connected on 1-of-4 field goal attempts ... Also kicked off for two games (NC State and Pitt) and averaged 62-plus yards per attempt. 2007: USF’s primary punter and kicker after first game of the year ... Finished season 19-of29 on field goal attempts and 6-for-11 from 40 or more ... Made 10 of his last 11 field goal attempts with the 11th being blocked at Syracuse ... Long of 47 against Rutgers ... Connected from as far as 62 yards in practice during 2007 ... Averaged 41.6 yards per punt and ranked second in the BIG EAST in the category for much of the season ... 11 of 58 punts went for 50-plus yards with a long of 61 at Syracuse ... 17 punts downed inside the 20 and 15 were fair catches ... Despite 2-for-6 effort, played hero with game-tying 19-yard field goal at No. 17 Auburn ... Named BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 8 after converting on both field goal attempts and averaging 43.8 yards per punt, including two inside the 15-yard line against FAU ... One punt of at least 50 yards in five straight games from Auburn to UCF. 2006: Primary punter in the Bulls’ second and third game of the season, although he got in one late punt in the season opener vs. McNeese State (9/2) after Ilia Petrov struggled ... Fared marginally well vs. Florida International (9/9) with five punts for a 37.4 average, including a long of 47 and three of five punts inside the 20 ... But after a 31.3 average on three punts at UCF (9/16), he gave way to rugby-style punter Justin Teachey ... Stayed poised and eventually won field goal and PAT chores during the North Carolina (10/14) game ... Made good on firstcareer field goal from 27 yards in that game and added two PATs in USF’s win ... Was 5-of-9 on field goals for the season, including the 56-yard BIG EAST record kick vs. Syracuse (11/11), when he also made good from 47 yards ... Made 13-of-14 PATs ... Finished season with 10 punts for 34.3 average and a long of 47, with four downed inside the 20.

Miami, Fla. | Archbishop Carroll HS

Coach Tresey on Baker “George is getting better everyday – he was a redshirt freshman last year, he just needs to keep getting better everyday. He has a lot of upside and a lot of potential, he has a bright future.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. ARCHBISHOP CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as the 47th cornerback in the country by Scout.com ... A flat-out burner with perhaps the most speed in USF’s 2008 class ... Timed in 40-yard dash at 4.38 ...Vertical leap of 38 inches ... All-Dade County (2006, 2007)...Adept as defensive back, running back and return specialist ...Could contribute early in collegiate career on return teams ... Also played at running back and as a junior had 93 carries for 1,010 yards and 10 TDs ... Recorded 50 tackles between the safety and cornerback positions ... As a senior he posted 209 carries for 1,643 yards and 19 TD ... Two kickoff returns for TD ... 40 tackles and three interceptions ... Chose USF over Auburn, Miami and Rutgers. PERSONAL: Born on December 2, 1989 ... Raised by Stephanie Grant ... One brother, De’andre Butler.

Baldwin Dexter

#13 | Defensive Back | 6-2 | 213 | Senior

>> Bradenton, Fla. | Ellsworth CC | Southeast HS

ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL: First team all-county in Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times ... Ranked 44th-best player in Tampa Bay area by St. Petersburg Times ... 3-of-5 on field goals, including a school-record 47-yard effort ... Added 58 PATs for 67 points to lead all kickers in Hillsborough County ... In addition to kicking and punting for Robinson High, he played trombone in the marching band ... As a junior he was 5-of-7 on field goals and had a 40.5 punt average ... 63-of-64 on PATs that year ... Second team all-state as a junior punter ... Coached by Mike DePue ... Played club soccer for Tampa Knights Blackwatch.

2008: Played in four games, including the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl Game ... Contributed primarily on special teams.

PERSONAL: Born January 3, 1989 in Honduras ... Son of Jose and Annie Alvarado ... Given name is Delbert Adan Alvarado ... 4.0 grade point average in high school ... Named Homecoming King and Mr. Robinson ... Has one brother and one sister...Majoring in communication ...One of eight USF student-athletes to be named to the 2008 BIG EAST All-Academic football team.

SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL: Saw action at both wide receiver and safety ... Helped the Seminoles to post-season appearances in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004 ... Team compiled an 8-1 record in 2004 regular-season action.

Year 2006 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 9-0 13-0 13-0 35-0

FG-FGA 5-9 19-29 1-4 25-42

PCT. 55.6 65.5 25.0 59.5

LONG 56 47 20 56

PAT-ATT 13-14 52-53 12-12 77-79

ELLSWORTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Iowa’s Ellsworth CC, primarily as a wide receiver ... Ranked second among Ellsworth receivers in 2006 with 24 catches for 323 yards and a touchdown ... Also recorded a carry for six yards and a touchdown ... Earned Region 11 honorable mention honors in 2006.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Interdisciplinary Social Science.

PUNTS-AVG. 10-34.3 58-41.6 48-39.7 116-40.2

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bogan

BEDFORD

Dontavia

David

#81 | Wide Receiver | 6-1 | 185 | Junior

#58 | Defensive End | 6-5 | 260 | Junior

>> Palm Beach, Fla. | Independence CC | Palm Beach Lakes HS Coach Patrick on Bedford “David Bedford is working to develop more confidence in his knowledge of the game. He has a ton of tools and a tremendous get-off. He is really working to hone his skills. He has a tremendous physique, long arms and everything you are looking for in a d-lineman, especially a defensive end. He needs to push to not only be the first guy in the game, but the guy that can help in a rotation at the multiple positions. We expect him to contribute (in games) much more come the fall.” 2008: Worked as a reserve at defensive end and defensive tackle ... Played in seven games and registered four tackles ... Single-game best of two assisted tackles against FIU and Memphis. INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played in 2007 after redshirting at ICC in 2006... Came to USF with three years of eligibility remaining ... Rated the 10th-best junior college player and fifth best defensive end in the country by Rivals.com... Had a monster year for ICC in 2007, recording 13.5 sacks (school record) and 15 tackles for loss among his 63 tackles overall ... Also forced three fumbles, recovered three fumbles, and batted down four passes ... Chose USF over Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, West Virginia and Oklahoma State ... Coached by Dan Sanso at Palm Beach Lake High School and David Ward at ICC. PERSONAL: Born July 7, 1988 ... Raised by Rosie Bedford ... Three brothers, Willie, Bubba and Bryant ... Two sisters, Brittany and Benjaline...Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

YEAR 2008

G-GS 7-0

UT 0

AT 4

TT 4

TFL 0.5-3

SACKS 0.5-3

Thomasville, Ga. | Central County HS

Coach McGeoghan on Bogan “Dontavia – he is so smooth he reminds me of Jericho Cotchery. He just has all the moves and all the talent in the world. He catches the ball extremely well and has a knack for the big play by going out and plucking the ball right out of the air. He has very soft hands and as far as route running, route technique, route discipline he is progressing exceptionally well and doing a very nice job.” 2008: Sophomore proved to be multi-talented threat for USF at receiver and on kickoff returns ... Reeled in 26 receptions for 354 yards and one touchdown in the St. Petersburg magicJak Bowl ... Set USF records in both kickoff returns (29) and return yards (770) ... Averaged 26.6 yard per return, which was second in the BIG EAST and 17th nationally ... Combined for 135 yards on two kickoff returns against UConn on Nov. 15 ... Set a USF and BIG EAST record for average yards (67.5) per return in a game, breaking the previous mark of 62.5 by Devin Hester of Miami in 2003 against Florida ... Set a career-high with a 71-yard kick return with less than a minute left in the first half against UConn ... Totaled 88 yards or more in kickoff return yards in four games, topping 100 yards on two occasions ... Three individual returns of 50 yards or more ... Season-best 79 yards receiving came in season opener against UT Martin ... Pulled in season-best four receptions on two occasions – against Louisville and West Virginia. 2007: One of a handful of true freshmen that earned playing time ... Several spectacular diving catches late in the regular season ... Finished the season eighth on the team with 12 receptions for 190 yards and one touchdown ... Yards per catch average of 15.8 led receivers with at least 10 receptions ... After just two catches in the opening six games, reeled in nine over four-game span against Rutgers, Connecticut, Cincinnati and Louisville ... Single-game high of three against Rutgers and Cincinnati ... Single-game yardage high of 54 vs. Bearcats ... First career TD came on 23-yard reception against Louisville ... Pulled in 27-yard catch against Oregon in the Sun Bowl ... Worked his way onto the field with an impressive fall practice season. CENTRAL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: Region I-AAAA Defensive Player of the Year ... All-area as a receiver and free safety and all-region at free safety ... Five-time athlete of the week ... Played in Georgia’s North-South All-Star Game ... All-state honorable mention ... 28 receptions for 475 yards and three touchdowns, along with 70 tackles, three forced fumbles and five interceptions ... Had 17 rushes for 295 yards and five TDs ... Also returned kicks (22.7 avg.) and punts (7.8 avg) ... Coached by Ed Pilcher. PERSONAL: Born October 6, 1988 in Thomasville, Ga. ... Given name is Dontavia Raphel Bogan ... Has two brothers, Jalen and Jimmy ... First name is pronounced Don-tay-via ... Majoring in criminology.

Receiving Year 2007 2008 Total

2008 University of South Florida Football prospectus

GP-GS 11-0 13-1 24-1

Rec 12 26 38

Yds 190 354 544

Avg 15.8 13.6 14.3

TD Long 1 32 vs. Cincinnati 1 36 vs. UT Martin 2 36 vs. UT Martin

Kickoff Returns Year GP-GS 2007 11-0 2008 13-1 Total 24-1

No 0 29 29

Yds 0 770 770

Avg 0 26.5 26.5

TD Long 0 0 0 71 vs. Connecticut 0 71 vs. Connecticut

BRYANT

BONANI

Daniel

Maikon

#4 | Wide Receiver | 6-2 | 185 | Redshirt Freshman

#28 | Kicker | 5-9 | 174 | Sophomore

>> Tallahassee, Fla. | Chiles HS

>> Lake Wales, Fla. | Lake Wales HS

2008: True-freshman took over kicking duties after the first two games of the season ... Connected on 15-21 field goals ... Near perfect, 12-13 from inside 40 yards with the lone miss coming on a blocked attempt ... 3-8 from 40-plus yards ... Long of 49 yards is the fourthlongest in USF history ... Three of six missed field goal attempts were blocked ... After missing the first attempt of his career, came back and hit three straight including the game-winning field goal in the final seconds against Kansas ... The ending ranks among the most memorable moments in USF history ... The game-winner was just the third in USF history and the first made by a true-freshman ... Completed season by making final three FG attempts ... Also handled kickoffs for the final seven games of the season ... Averaged 62.2 yards per kickoff with two touchbacks and none going out of bounds. LAKE WALES HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top kickers in the state ... 3A first team all-state placekicker as a junior and second team as a senior, as well as all-state punter his senior year ... Had a career-long 55-yard kick his junior season ... Named Male Athlete of the Year in 2007 by the Lakeland Ledger ... Chose USF over UCF and Florida State ... 2007 Polk County Soccer Player of the Year... Lettered in three sports at least three times ... Tennis (3 years), football (3 years) and soccer (4 years).

Coach McGeoghan on Bryant â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daniel Bryant has so much athleticism, so much speed. He is very gifted, one of the most gifted athletes we have. He is a blazer, he is progressing nicely as a receiver, he has good hands, he is physical. I like him a lot, he is a good young receiver.â&#x20AC;? 2008: Played in season opener against UT Martin before sustaining an injury and missing the remainder of the season ... Turned heads during training camp and earned an opportunity to play as a true-freshman ... USF applied for a medical redshirt after the 2008 season. CHILES HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top receivers in Florida ... Logged 25 rushes for 290 yards ... Three rushing TDs ... Reeled in 28 receptions for 500 yards and four TDs ... Named team captain 2007...Best Chiles receiver (2006, 2007) ... Chiles Athlete of the Year 2007...Team MVP 2007...Second All Big Bend (Tallahassee) ... Four-year letterwinner in football ... Also lettered in track ... Chose USF over Ole Miss, Rutgers and others. PERSONAL: Born on December 30, 1988 ... Son of Daniel Sr. and Patrice Bryant ...Three sisters: Paula, Sade, Rosetta ... Cousin, Karlyn Brown, plays at Mississippi State.

PERSONAL: Born January 29, 1989 ... Raised by Marcia and Sidney Bonani ... One brother Marcelo ... Grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil and moved to Lake Wales at the age of 11 ... Name is pronounced My-con Bo-nah-knee ... Product of the same high school as USF basketball star Dominique Jones ... Majoring in pre-physical education. Year 2008

G-GS 11-0

FG-FGA 15-21

PCT. 71.4

LONG 49

PAT-ATT 31-32

KO-AVG. 29-62.2

Justin

BROCKHAUS-KANN #18 |Punter | 6-3 | 227 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Winter Springs, Fla. | Winter Springs HS 2008: Utilized redshirt season.

WINTER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top punters in the state... 6A first team all-state, all-county as a tight end and punter, as well as all-conference ...Central Florida all star...One-on-One National Punting Champion ... Averaged 46 yards a punt, and 4.6 seconds of hang time ... Booted a 62-yard punt that had a hang time of 5.1 seconds in the Winter Springs All-Star game ... Started at four positions throughout high school (kicker, punter, offensive line and tight end) ... Coached by Mike Kintz ... Father is Jeff Brockhaus, a former professional kicker for the San Francisco 49ers, as well as USFL organizations Jacksonville Bulls and Orlando Limited ... His father was teammates with USF head coach Jim Leavitt at the University of Missouri and still holds the MU record for longest punt, which was an 82-yarder against Kansas State on October 25, 1980. PERSONAL: Born August 23, 1990... Son of Jeff and Katherine Brockhaus and Margaret and Duane Kann ... Last name is pronounced Brock-house-con.

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Butler

Busbee

Tyson

Ben

#82 | Tight End | 6-3 | 242 | Senior

#4 | Cornerback | 5-11 | 184 | Sophomore

>> Mobile, Ala. | McGill-Toolen HS

>> Fort Myers, Fla. | Cypress Lake HS

2008: Considered primarily a blocking tight end entering the season, the Alabama native reeled in seven catches for 99 yards ... Started four games and played every game ... Playing time increased as USF went to two-tight end formation regularly throughout the season ... Scored first career touchdown on a 15-yard reception against Louisville ... Also scored another TD after breaking multiple tackles against Memphis in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl ... Single-game high of two catches against two teams – Louisville and Memphis.

Coach Tresey on Butler “A young guy who is just getting better, he is getting more reps this spring. He is a young man that has a chance to have a good future here at USF.”

2007: Worked as second-string tight end behind Cedric Hill ... Started four games when USF opened in two TE sets ... Three receptions for 18 yards on the season ... Graded out at 78 percent (blocking, assignments, receptions, route running and effort) ... Also compiled 15 knockdowns ... Two receptions for eight yards at Auburn ... 10-yard catch and run against UCF.

2007: Utilized redshirt season.

2006: Had been projected as a top backup to senior Will Bleakley, but shoulder injury curtailed his full availability ... Never gave in, playing all season despite the injury ... Played in 10 of the 13 games, both at tight end and on special teams ... Had his first-career catch on a crucial 14-yard pickup to the nine yard line for a first down to set up what would prove to be the game-winning touchdown at West Virginia (11/25) ... Had opportunity to play in home state when Bulls closed season in Birmingham at Papajohns.com Bowl (12/23) with win over East Carolina. 2005: Utilized his redshirt season while working at tight end and some at long snapper. McGILL-TOOLEN HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable mention all-state in Class 6A ... All-region ... 29 catches for 503 yards in 2004 ... Indoor state champ in shot put...Finished sixth in state in outdoor season ... Also threw discus and javelin ... Football coach was Steve Savarese. PERSONAL: Born November 5, 1986 in Hammond, La. ... Given name is Ben Lloyd Busbee ... Son of Mike and Gigi Busbee of Mobile ... Has an older brother, George ... Enjoys hunting and fishing ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social sciences.

YEAR 2006 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 10-0 13-4 13-4 36-8

REC 1 3 7 11

YDS 14 18 99 131

AVG 14.0 6.0 14.1 11.9

TD 0 0 2 2

2008 University of South Florida Football Guide

LONG 14 vs. West Virginia 10 vs. UCF 21 21

2008: Played primarily in a reserve role while earning time in 11 games ... Also contributed on special teams ... Tallied five tackles, including one tackle for loss against UT Martin.

CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL: Ran for 1,928 yards with 27 touchdowns in 2006 ... Had a 439-yard game (Lee County record) on 31 carries against Cape Coral Baker, when he ran for six touchdowns of 70, 50, 39, 30, 11 and 8 yards ... Named Sports Illustrated National Player of the Week ... Four games in which he ran for at least 200 yards ... Ran for 100-plus yards in nine of 11 games ... Ran for 235 yards and four TDs in win over South Ft. Myers ... 234 yards with two TDs against Golden Gate ... Had three interceptions on defense ... Second team all-state in Class 4A ... Class 4A District Player of the Year ... First team all-area and all-county ... Played in Florida’s North-South All-Star Game in Lakeland and the Lee County All-Star Game ... Ranked 64th-best running back in nation by Rivals.com ... Rivals ranked him 98th top prospect at any position in Florida ... Ranked 71st in nation among runners by Scout.com ... Also recruited by Indiana, Iowa State, Pittsburgh and West Virginia. PERSONAL: Born August 24, 1989 ... Raised by Annette Nelson and Maurice Dickey ... One of eight children ... Sister, Tia Gloster, is a doctor in Fort Myers ... Brother, George, is in the Navy ... Majoring in theatre.

Year 2008

G-GS 11-0

UT 3

AT 2

TT 5

TFL 1-2

INT 0

PBU 0

FR 0

TD 0

Daniels

EDWARDS

B.J.

#7 | Quarterback | 6-1 | 212 | Redshirt-Freshman

>> Tallahassee, Fla. | Lincoln HS

Coach Canales on Daniels “The Magician. He makes a lot of things happen, he’s learning so much and has shown a lot growth. What will be most important this summer is the film work. He’s really anxious to keep learning. He has to find the time during summer, to watch all the practices, the 7-on-7’s and our games. That will keep his mind working. He’ll keep going through the reads. I am really pleased where he is at. He’s become a sponge and quarterback school has really been a positive experience for him.” 2008: Worked as the third-string quarterback ... Flashed potential while completing 4-4 passes and accumulating 96 passing yards in the season opener against UT Martin ... Also was under center for one series against NC State when he gained 10 rushing yards on two carries ... Injury kept him out of action after the NC State game and the USF medical staff applied for a medical redshirt after the year ... Two-sport athlete joined the USF basketball team in December ... Basketball: Joined the basketball team on Dec. 5... Did not travel to West Virginia for the final football game and did not travel to the magicJak bowl game ... Appeared in 19 games on the year, averaging 0.5 points, 0.4 rebounds and 0.1 assists... Made his basketball debut 12/14 vs. Niagara, playing four minutes and grabbing a rebound... Scored his first collegiate point 12/16 vs. Vanderbilt, hitting one free throw, and tallied one assist... Had career high four points 12/22 vs. Oral Roberts... Matched his career high with four points 1/28 at Louisville and also had three steals. 2008-09 Basketball Bio: Appeared in 19 games on the year, averaging 0.5 points, 0.4 rebounds and 0.1 assists... Made his basketball debut 12/14 vs. Niagara, playing four minutes and grabbing a rebound... Scored his first collegiate point 12/16 vs. Vanderbilt, hitting one free throw, and tallied one assist... Had career high four points 12/22 vs. Oral Roberts... Matched his career high with four points 1/28 at Louisville and also had three steals. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 44th-best quarterback in the country by Scout.com ... Ranked 8th in the country for dual threat QBs and as having the fifth strongest arm nationally by Rivals.com ... All-Big Bend (Tallahassee Democrat) Player of the Year in both football and basketball following his senior season, which is believed to be the first ever time one prepster accomplished that feat ... Voted 2007 Tallahassee QB Club player of the year ... 5A first-team all-state ... One of the top-75 players in the state of Florida ... Set Lincoln HS record with 34 passing TDs ... 2,500 passing, 972 rushing and 12 rushing TD ... 2007 team captain and 2007 team MVP ... Named offensive MVP as a sophomore and junior ... Also a 5A first-team all-state selection in basketbal. ... Averaged 27 points per game as a senior to break the school’s season record for scoring average ... Had season high of 45 points and also had a 37-point game ... 2007 MVP and team captain in basketball ... Honorable mention Big Bend in football and basketball as a junior and a four-year varsity starter in both sports. PERSONAL: Born October 24, 1989 ... Full name is Bruce Edward Daniels ... Son of Bruce and Rhonda Daniels ... Two sisters, Laurel and Elena ... Uncle, Paul, played basketball at Auburn with Charles Barkley ... Majoring in pre-visual and performing arts.

DEliSCA Rony

#45 |Defensive End | 6-2 | 220 | Sophomore

>> Tampa, Fla. | Wharton HS

Coach Blackwell on Delisca “He is a guy who really has a chance to help us on special teams and be a possible back up at Sam.”

Damien

#73 | Offensive Tackle | 6-6 | 314 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Chandler, Ariz. | Chandler HS

Coach Scott on Edwards “Damien is young but he is working. He has potential and good athletic ability. It is going to be a matter of time and development, continuing to learn and get bigger and stronger and more confident. That is what the spring is all about. Taking the young guys and giving them a chance to get a lot of quality reps to get themselves better.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL: Mammoth offensive lineman with a tremendous upside... Coached by Jim Ewan at Chandler... Chandler has produced NFL players Terrell Suggs and Adam Archuleta... Spent first three years of high school at Mesquite High School... Played basketball until his sophomore year... Brother, Gavin, is a 6-foot-9 forward at Connecticut... Father, Earl, played 11 years in the NFL as a defensive lineman with the 49ers, Bills, Browns and Packers... Father attended Blake High School in Tampa and is a member of the Tampa Sports Hall of Fame... Another brother, Reggie, lives in Tampa... Chose USF over Northern Arizona and interest from Fresno State, Oregon and Colorado State. PERSONAL: One of eight USF student-athletes on the 2008 BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.

Erskin Colby

#29 | Wide Receiver | 5-9 | 185 | Senior

>> Seminole, Fla. | Seminole HS

2008: Returned from ACL injury to earn playing time in two games – NC State and Syracuse. 2007: Sidelined by knee injury. 2006: Had six carries for nine yards and five catches for 73 yards - an impressive 14.6 average ... Also returned four kickoffs for a 17.0 average with a long of 23. 2005: Utilized redshirt season. SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL: Had an 80-yard kick return for a touchdown in an October 2004 win over St. Petersburg High ... Proved to be a capable receiver as evidenced by a 50-yard catch and run one week earlier against Clearwater ... Also had a strong outing in a 2003 game against Clearwater, when he ran for 157 yards, had three receptions for 20 yards and also had an interception. PERSONAL: Born November 20, 1986 ... Strong student, he was one of seven USF players on the 2006 BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team ... Majoring in criminology.

WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL: Earned two varsity letters under Coach Mitchen at Wharton HS ... Also earned academic honors and named special teams player of the year. PERSONAL: Born Oct. 24, 1988 in Tampa, Fla. ... Siblings Jeanso and Rosie raised him since infancy ... Majoring in pre-visual and performing arts. GoUSFBulls.com

ESTENOR

Ford

Danous

Mike

#60 | Offensive Line | 6-3 | 298 | Sophomore

#26 | Running Back | 6-2 | 225 | Junior

>> Palm Beach, Fla. | Palm Beach Central HS

2008: True-freshman was called into duty after injuries depleted the offensive line ... Took the majority of the snaps at right tackle in the Louisville and Cincinnati games ... Also played against UT Martin and Memphis. PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Listed among the top-100 linemen in the country ... Three-year starter at offensive tackle for Palm Beach Central ... Graded out at 87 percent after his senior season ... Blocked for running back David Ahola, who led the county in rushing ... Palm Beach Post All-Area second team ... Named 6A third-team all-state ... First-team all-conference (2006, 2007) ... 2007 FACA Third-Team All-State ... Played in the annual FACA All-Star game... Dropped 40-plus pounds prior to senior season ... Also an accomplished basketball player ... Maintained a 3.0 GPA throughout high school career ... Chose USF over UCF. PERSONAL: Born October 20, 1989... Son of Cilizia Estenor and Deriles Marc ... Of Haitian descent ... Speaks Creole fluently ... Name is pronounced Dane-us Ess-tah-nor ... Majoring in pre-business administration.

Fonua David

#99 | Defensive End | 6-2 | 263| Sophomore

>> Bradenton, Fla. | Southeast HS

2008: Worked in a reserve role and on scout team ... Played in one game, UT Martin, and registered one tackle. 2007: Utilized redshirt season. SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 93rd top prospect in Florida by Orlando Sentinel in 2006 recruiting class ... Second team all-state in Class 4A ... Had 71 tackles and 13 sacks ... Played in PAL Bowl for Manatee County All-Stars ... Defensive standout in 14-6 win over Sarasota County, helping the defense limit Sarasota to 136 total yards ... Invited to play in Florida North-South All-Star Game ... Named to Big7 Gridiron (Polynesian players) second team all-defensive front seven ... Two-time Sarasota Herald Tribune first team all-area selection ... Coached by Paul Maechtle. PERSONAL: Born March 28, 1987 ... Last name is pronounced Fuh-new-uh ... Raised by Kathleen Higby and Saia Fonua ... Has six siblings ... Five brothers: Allen, Saia, Laki, Willy and Josh ... One sister, Monica ... Uncle Lonnie Higby played football at Kentucky ... Majoring in criminology.

>> Sarasota, Fla. | Sarasota HS

Coach Franks on Ford “Mike is a big guy. When he is on, Mike can really be a factor in a game and truly be a force. He can drop his shoulder and run over a defender but he has quick feet. He just has to continue to work in that weight room and get strong and take advantage of what God has given him.” 2008: Played in 11 games and started one ... Battled a pair of ankle injuries all season long and never was 100 percent after season opener ... Still led the running backs with 407 yards rushing on 102 carries ... Averaged 4.0 yards per carry ... Reached pay dirt for five touchdowns ... Single -game high 73 yards against Pitt ... Started season with a pair of touchdowns against UT Martin ... Also had two scores against FIU ... Topped 50 yards rushing on five occasions and 60 yards on four occasions ... Also had two receptions for 22 yards, both coming against NC State. 2007: One of the top true freshman running backs in college football ... Showed a wealth of potential ... Led team with 12 rushing TDs ... Also had one receiving TD ... TD total established a new USF freshman record and was one shy of tying the USF single-season rushing TD record ... Compiled 645 yards on 138 carries ... Needed 85 more yards to break the USF freshman rushing yards record ... Averaged 4.7 yards per carry ... Eclipsed 50 yards on five occasions and in the final three games of the regular season ... Scored two TDs on four occasions ... Two outings with 100 yards or more ... Rushed for 134 yards against Syracuse and 140 the next week against Louisville ... Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after the Louisville game when he also had two TDs ... Rushed for 82 yards on just six carries in first game of his career against Elon ... Also recorded season best 48-yard run against Elon ... Ran for 74 yards on 21 carries at Auburn ... Scored five TDs – four rushing and one receiving – in first three games ... Also had scoring runs against UCF and Rutgers ... After his breakout game in the season opener, a reporter asked him about breaking numerous tackles on two big runs and he said that his style was,“Built Ford tough.” ... ESPN commentator Dick Vitale, who has a home near Ford’s hometown of Sarasota, is a huge fan of the running back and has hyped his skills on telecasts and Mike and Mike in the Morning. SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL: A five-star recruit, he ran for a state record 2,836 yards with 37 touchdowns in his 2004 senior season ...The most prolific runner ever in talent-rich SarasotaBradenton area ... Joined Travis Henry (Tennessee Titans/Denver Broncos) as the only two Florida high school players to rush for 200-plus yards in 11 consecutive games ... Had a high of 368 against Naples Lely ... Ranked 17th-best running back in the nation out of high school by SuperPrep ... Class 5A Player of the Year in 2004...Originally a 2005 Alabama signee out of high school, he attended Hargrave Military Academy and played for the school’s postgraduate team ... Coached at Sarasota by Bob Perkins. PERSONAL: Born October 3, 1986 ... Cousin to former USF receiver Amarri Jackson, their mothers are sisters ... Near-death experience as a child when he almost drowned off the shores of Lido Beach in his hometown ... Amazingly he was rescued by the hook from a local fisherman ... Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

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G-GS 12-4 11-1 23-5

ATT 138 102 240

YDS 645 407 1,062

AVG 4.7 4.0 4.4

TD LONG 12 48 vs. Elon 5 25 vs. Memphis 17 48 vs. Elon

REC 2 2 4

YDS 12 22 34

TD 1 0 1

GARVIN Josh

#69 | Offensive Guard | 6-4 | 294 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Lakeland, Fla. | Lake Gibson HS

Coach Scott on Garvin “Josh spent last year as a redshirt and was on scout team. He’s getting a chance to get in there, get some quality reps and quality opportunities to improve and get better. He’s doing that. He, along with the many in the group, are young and inexperienced, but they are all learning and developing.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. LAKE GIBSON HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as 97th-best offensive tackle in the country Scout. com... Named 5A second team all-state... First-team all-district and all-county in 2007... Participated in the FACA North/South game in 2008...Also lettered in track (2 years) and weightlifting (1 year) ... Chose USF over Baylor and North Carolina ... Coached by Keith Demyer ... Also garnered interest from Alabama and Florida State. PERSONAL: Born September 11, 1989 ... Son of Cynthia Garvin ... Product of the same high school as Matt Grothe ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social sciences.

GEANEY Chase

#50 | Linebacker | 6-0 | 203 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | St.Thomas Aquinas

Coach Blackwell on Geaney “Geaney adds depth to our group. He is an extremely hard worker, who is very physical.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL: Saw action at inside and middle linebacker as well as defensive end ... Compiled 65 total tackles, including 50 solo stops in 2007... Led Aquinas to the 5A State Championship title in 2007 with a 15-1 overall record ... Earned All-Broward County honorable mention honors in 2007 ... Recorded 57.5 tackles, including 10 tackles for loss as a junior ... Helped the Raiders to a 12-2 overall record in 2006, including an appearance in the 5A State Championship game at Dolphins Stadium ... Majoring in pre-business.

Genus Sampson

#62 | Offensive Line | 6-1 | 314 | Junior

>> Lake City, Fla. | Columbia HS

2008: Moved back to offensive line after the season ... Worked in reserve role at defensive tackle throughout 2008 campaign ... Played in all 13 games, starting on five occasions ... Worked in rotation with sophomore Terrell McClain ... Collected nine tackles, two assisted and seven solo. 2007: True freshman provided depth on the offensive line, while receiving time in six games. COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL: Second team all-state ... Outstanding offensive lineman award at Columbia as a junior and senior ... Selected to Florida’s North-South Shrine Bowl ... Gainesville Sun all-area first team as a junior and senior ... Sixth in state in powerlifting as a junior ... 420 bench and 305 power clean ... National Honors Society ... Coached by Danny Green. PERSONAL: Born May 2, 1988 in Lake City, Fla. ... Given name is Sampson Maurice Genus ... Son of Sampson and Addie Genus ... Two brothers (Denzel and Glenn) and two sisters (Marcia and Carla) ... Cousin Jerome Carter played for the St. Louis Rams ... Last name is pronounced JEAN-us ... Majoring in criminology.

GRISSOM Cory

#46 | Defensive End | 6-2 | 289 | Redshirt Freshman

>> LaGrange, Ga. | Troup County HS

Coach Patrick on Grissom “Cory is a big-body guy that has a lot of tools. We are trying to refine those skills and get him to develop at least three moves: one pass, one speed rush, one good power rush and counters on each. One of his focuses this spring was to work on his lowering his pad level and coming off on the ball to be a dominant force at nose, especially in the run game. We really want Cory to provide us with a solid, reliable two-deep at nose tackle.” 2008: Played in one game against FIU, registering two tackles ... Considered the most promising defensive lineman among the 2008 newcomers ... Sidelined by an ankle injury after the FIU game ... USF applied for a medical-redshirt after the season. TROUP COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: Rated the 64th-best defensive tackle in the country by Rivals.com and 66th by Scout.com ... Fell in love with USF after coming down to Tampa for the West Virginia game ...Tremendous burst off the ball and overall quickness ... Had 13 sacks, five forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as a senior ... Named all-region 2007... Won team award for best defensive lineman in 2007...Three-year football letterwinner... Also lettered in wrestling (2 years) ... Chose USF over Arkansas, North Carolina and Southern Miss. PERSONAL: Born June 9, 1990 ... Raised by Jackie Jennings ... Full first name is Ticory, but goes by “Cory” ... Majoring in criminology.

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grothe Matt

#8 | Quarterback | 6-0 | 203 | Senior

>> Lakeland, Fla. | Lake Gibson HS 2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl MVP 2008 Phil Steele All-BIG EAST Third Team 2006 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year 2006 Sporting News BIG EAST Freshman of the Year 2006 Sporting News Honorable Mention All-American

Coach Canales on Grothe “He has a much better understanding of what defenses are doing and he’s become Phillip Rivers in the film room. He is really and truly starting to understand the entire game. I am very proud of him and the strides he has made during his last spring.” 2008: Three-year starter posted the best statistical season of his career ... Posted career bests in touchdown passes (18), passing yards (2,911), completions (240) and passing yards per game (223.9) ... The dual-threat QB also ran for a team-best 591 yards and four touchdowns ... Led the BIG EAST in total offense (269.4) and ranked No. 21 nationally ... One of two players in conference history to account for 10,000 career yards of total offense ... Currently has 10,282 career yards of total offense, which only trails former-WVU quarterback Pat White (10,529) by 287 yards ... Already owns the BIG EAST record for total plays in a career with 1,611 ... Will enter senior season (2009) with a chance to break BIG EAST records for touchdowns responsible for (currently 70, record 103), completions (currently 674, record 735) and passing yards (currently 8,157, record 9,956) ... Named a third-team All-BIG EAST selection by Phil Steele. 2007: One of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in college football ... One of only three players in NCAA FBS to rush for at least 850 yards and throw for at least 2,500 yards ... The others were Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour ... Broke the USF career rushing record for quarterbacks in the 22nd game of his career (Cincinnati - 2007) ... The Lakeland native also broke the single-season QB rushing record in the ninth game of 2007 (Cincinnati) ... Finished season with 872 rushing yards ... Broke his own single-season record of 622, which he set as freshman in 2006 ... Also surpassed the USF single-game passing record with 382 yards against Cincinnati ... Only player in USF history to throw for 5,000 yards and rush for 1,400 yards ... Rushed for career-high and USF quarterback record 146 yards against UConn, which was the ninth-best rushing day by a QB in BIG EAST history and the fifth-best day by a BIG EAST QB during 2007 ... Three 100-yard rushing games in one season is a USF quarterback career record ... During the Rutgers game became the eighth player in USF history to rush for 1,000 career yards ... He is just the second USF quarterback to accomplish the feat ... Rushed for 100 yards in back-to-back games against UCF & FAU ... Just the second USF quarterback to have back-to-back 100-yard rushing days ... No USF QB has done it in three straight games. 2006: Took over in the first half of the season opener vs. McNeese State when Pat Julmiste bruised a knee, and he never let go of the job ... Twice won BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors while making a name nationally as well ... Broke all of Marquel Blackwell’s freshman records at USF, an accomplishment previously thought un-doable ... 2,576 passing yards, 622 rushing yards, 3,198 total yards and nine rushing TDs are all USF freshman records for a quarterback ... 63.7 completion percentage is a USF record, regardless of class ... Led USF to come-from-behind wins in each of the first three games, including a win at UCF, where he was 21-of-31 for 302 yards and three TDs ... Also ran for 71 yards and won BIG EAST Player of the Week ... Nearly pulled off a fourth-straight come-from-behind win at Kansas, when USF lost 13-7, while driving right up to the final gun ... Looked like he would do it yet again the next week against Rutgers, but a two point conversion that would have tied the game at 22-22 with under a minute was dropped by the receiver ... Named 2006 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and USF’s Offensive MVP and Rookie of the Year ... One of the top freshmen players in the entire nation, he was second in the nation among freshmen in total offense ... Had led all freshmen in that category for the entire season before he was forced from the Papajohns. com Bowl with an injury ... Named The Sporting News BIG EAST Freshman of the Year as

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well as the publication’s BIG EAST all-freshman team ... Also named an honorable mention Freshman All-America by The Sporting News ... Also among the top freshmen in passing yards and pass efficiency. 2005: Impressed coaches as a scout team quarterback while utilizing his redshirt season. LAKE GIBSON HIGH SCHOOL: Class 4A Player of the Year and a finalist for Florida’s Mr. Football ... Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year for the State of Florida ... Atlanta Journal Constitution Super Southern 100 ... First team Class 4A all-state as a junior and senior ... Led team to state title game against Armwood High ... Lakeland Ledger Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... Ranked 21st-best prospect in Florida by Tampa Tribune and 23rd by Orlando Sentinel ... Ranked 24th dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com ... 93rd overall prospect in Florida according to Rivals.com ... Threw for 2,700 yards and ran for 1,250 as a senior ... 33 passing touchdowns and 15 rushing touchdowns ...Passed for 2,004 yards as a junior, along with 1,100 rushing yards ... 25 passing touchdowns as a junior and 14 more on the ground ... Coached by Keith DeMyer. PERSONAL: Born September 8, 1986 ... Son of Matt and Brenda Grothe ...Two younger brothers, Chris and David ... An avid outdoorsman, he enjoys both hunting and fishing ... Last name is pronounced Growth-ee ... Majoring in criminology.

>> They Said It... “I’ve said this many times -- Matt Grothe is the most underrated quarterback in the country. He’s as good as anyone out there, anyone you can name.” Pitt LB & First Team All-Big East Performer Scott McKillop “A defensive coordinators nightmare.” ESPN’s Chris Fowler “Matt Grothe is a gamer. He has showed if throughout his career.” ESPN Analyst Jesse Palmer “Tough and Gritty... Matt Grothe can distribute the ball around the field.” ESPN Analyst Chris Spielman “He’s probably the best quarterback we’ve seen so far this season because of the running ability. He’s basically another running back for them. He’s not scared to take a hit. He just lowers his shoulder and tries to run over people.” Kansas Cornerback Chris Harris “He’s a magician.” Syracuse LB Mike Mele “Grothe, he’s a heck of a player. He’s a competitor and he’s got a lot of heart. He’s a tough kid. I hit him one time and he just got back up and smiled at me.” Louisville DL Earl Heyman “He offers a combination of skills that no other Big East quarterback can match. He gives, you from a defensive perspective, so many things that you have to concern yourself with. There’s a lot of detail things that he causes [you to concern yourself with] that maybe the average drop-back quarterback doesn’t cause. When Matt scrambles, he’s not looking to dump it off to the back. He will if he needs to, but he wants to put the ball down the field. He wants to make big plays.” Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly “It’s so much fun watching Grothe improvise out of the pocket and make plays that few other QBs would even try.” ESPN.com Blogger Brian Bennett

Year 2006 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 13-12 13-13 13-13 39-38

CAREER PASSING STATS CMP-ATT-INT PCT 202-317-14 63.7 232-392-14 59.2 240-380-14 63.2 674-1,089-42 61.9

YDS 2,576 2,670 2,911 8,157

TD 15 14 18 47

QB EFF 138.76 121.04 147.41 131.34

Year 2006 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 13-12 13-13 13-13 39-38

CAREER RUSHING STATS ATT GAIN LOSS NET 178 802 180 622 198 1,138 266 872 146 830 239 591 522 2,770 685 2,085

AVG 3.5 4.4 4.0 4.0

TD LONG 9 26 at UCF 10 80 at Pitt 4 38 vs. Pitt 23 80 at Pitt

Career Game-by-Game Stats & Notes - 2008 Date Opponent Aug. 30 UT Marin Sept. 6 at UCF Sept. 12 Kansas Sept. 20 at FIU Sept. 27 at NC State Oct. 2 PITT Oct. 18 SYRACUSE Oct . 25 at Louisville Oct. 30 at Cincinnati Nov. 15 RUTGERS Nov. 23 UCONN Dec. 6 at West Virginia Dec. 20 vs Memphis Totals Games played: 13

Rush Pass No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Notes 4 19 0 20 6-8-96 96 2 22 Career single-game high with a passing efficiency rating of 258.3. 20 54 0 16 23-40-2 346 3 46 First time in his career he passed for 300 yards in back-to-back games 11 30 1 28 32-45-0 338 2 37 Led the Bulls to greatest comeback - down 17 points - in USF history 11 48 0 16 14-22-0 136 0 30 Remained undefeated against Florida schools during his career 9 68 0 16 20-29-0 259 1 38 Set personal best by completing first11 passes, 15-18 for 208 yards in first half 11 25 1 27 11-21-1 129 1 38 Streak of 110 passes without an interception was snapped against the Panthers 10 72 1 20 19-26-0 248 3 40 Amassed 320 yards and four TDs before leaving early against versus the Orange 10 -27 0 8 30-40-2 344 2 34 The first time Grothe had thrown for 300 yards in three different games in one season 8 54 0 38 13-31-3 174 0 47 Grothe will be happy to see Coach Joe Tresey on the USF sidelines this season 13 50 0 23 28-43-3 292 1 22 Piled up big yards in air while adding 50 yards on the ground 15 51 0 11 9-18-1 124 0 32 Career win number 25 for the Bulls singal caller 9 64 1 19 18-33-2 189 0 30 First career game played in steady snow 15 83 0 32 17-24-0 236 3 26 Engineered scoring drives on 7-of-8 possessions, surpassed 10,000 yards of total offense 146 591 4 38 240-380-14 2911 18 47 Avg per rush: 4.0 Pass efficiency: 135.77 All purpose avg/game: 46.5 Total offense avg/gm: 269.4

2007 Date Opponent Sept. 1 ELON Sept. 8 at Auburn Sept. 22 North Carolina Sept. 28 WVU Oct. 6 at Florida Atlantic Oct. 13 UCF Oct. 18 at RUTGERS Oct. 27 at CONNECTICUT Nov. 3 CINCINNATI Nov. 10 at Syracuse Nov. 17 LOUISVILLE Nov. 24 at PITT Dec. 31 vs Oregon Totals Games played: 13

Rush Pass No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Notes 8 22 0 9 23-39-0 238 2 27 9-for-13 with a TD in the second half as Bulls’ pulled away in the season opener 18 31 1 27 18-27-0 184 1 23 6-of-8 for 75 passing yards and a TD pass in leading comeback in 4th quarter and OT 12 35 0 13 17-30-0 230 1 32 Torched the ‘Heels for 230 yards in just three quarters under center 13 38 0 16 11-20-2 135 1 55 Career best streak of 136 passes without an INT was snapped in upset of No. 5 WVU 14 120 1 32 17-27-1 122 0 29 Ran for and passed for over 100 yards for the first time in his career 16 100 2 26 15-28-0 212 2 34 Accounted for four touchdowns vs. UCF, ran for 100 yards in back-to-back games 18 58 1 19 17-34-1 247 1 33 Surpassed 1,000 career rushing yards 25 146 1 53 16-30-2 189 0 35 Set career high, 146 rushing yards, the ninth most by a BIG EAST QB at the time 22 75 1 10 31-54-4 382 1 51 Tallied career high with 382 yards through the air while totaling over 400 yards of offense 14 73 1 16 15-22-1 181 2 34 Efficient and done early in the Bulls 31-point win 12 67 1 31 17-23-1 194 2 30 Workman-like effort in leading the Bulls to 55-17 win 12 67 1 80 17-23-0 159 0 27 Broke off 80-yard TD run on opening play of the second half to give USF the lead for good 14 40 0 22 18-35-2 197 1 27 Just the second time in his career he left a game with an injury (consussion) 198 872 10 80 232-392-14 2670 14 55 Avg per rush: 4.4 Pass efficiency: 121.04 All purpose avg/game: 67.1 Total offense avg/gm: 272.5

2006 Date Opponent Sept. 2 MCNEESE STATE Sept. 9 FIU Sept. 16 at UCF Sept. 23 at Kansas Sept. 29 RUTGERS Oct. 7 UCONN Oct. 14 at North Carolina Oct. 22 at Cincinnati Nov. 4 PITTSBURGH Nov. 11 SYRACUSE Nov. 18 at Louisville Nov. 25 at WEST VIRGINIA Dec. 23 East Carolina Totals Games played: 13

Rush Pass No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Notes 10 58 1 16 9-13-0 171 2 64 Relieved Pat Julmiste in first half and has not missed a start since 16 82 0 15 15-28-2 174 1 29 The first of two career wins against the Golden Panthers. 21 73 0 26 21-31-1 302 3 51 Torched the Knights for three aerial touchdowns to three different receivers 18 66 1 14 17-32-2 196 0 29 A freshman year loss he would dramatically avenge in 2007 14 61 2 22 16-25-2 241 1 35 Two-point conversion pass fell to ground after nearly completing late comeback bid 15 82 3 16 12-15-0 146 1 34 Found the endzone three times on the ground for the first and only time to date 12 38 0 8 14-21-0 158 1 34 Average game in the first of two wins over the Tar Heels 7 22 0 10 11-21-1 47 0 11 Frigid temps led to trying game that he would bounce back from the next week 12 51 1 24 19-25-2 180 1 46 Defense controlled, Grothe hit eight receivers in win over bowl-eligible Panthers 8 45 0 13 25-35-1 364 2 79 Won second BIG EAST Player of the Week award following big passing day 15 -18 0 6 15-31-1 237 1 44 Only been held to negative rushing yards twice in career, both times at Louisville 23 47 1 14 22-30-2 279 1 39 Named BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and USF Offensive MVP after regular season finale 7 15 0 9 6-10-0 81 1 37 RB Ben Williams did the work with two TDs, Grothe left with broken fibula 178 622 9 26 202-317-14 2576 15 79 Avg per rush: 3.5 Pass efficiency: 138.76 All purpose avg/game: 48.9 Total offense avg/gm: 246.0

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Harris

hampton

Aaron

Patrick

#98 | Defensive Line | 6-4 | 260 | Senior

#41 | Defensive End | 6-3 | 225 | Sophomore

>> Williston, Fla. | Williston HS

>> Lithonia, Ga. | Martin Luther King HS

2008: Played in six games as a backup at defensive end ... Collected five tackles including a sack assist for a loss of three yards. 2007: Used his redshirt year. MARTIN LUTHER KING HIGH SCHOOL: Region’s defensive player of the year as a senior when he had 77 tackles, including 10 sacks and 19 tackles for loss ... Also caused five fumbles and recovered three ... Blocked one punt and one field goal ... All-DeKalb County and an allregion player as a junior and senior ... Honorable mention all-state as a senior ... Recruited by Auburn, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Purdue and Maryland ... Coached by Cory Jarvis. PERSONAL: Born April 14, 1989 ... Given name is Patrick Lamar Hampton ... Son of James and Toya Hampton ... Has one brother and one sister... Majoring in pre-business administration.

Year 2008

G-GS 6-0

UT 4

AT 1

TT TFL 5 0.5-3

INT 0

PBU 0

FR 0

TD 0

Coach Patrick on Harris “Nobody is more knowledgeable about the defensive game that Aaron Harris. Even with the new package we have put in, he is still that guy. He is someone that we can move around a bit because he is capable of learning every position. He has all the tools and it is remarkable because he isn’t our heaviest in terms of weight. One of his focuses this spring, just like everyone, was learning how to play with his face-in-his-hands and at full tilt on every snap, every down and in every situation. He’s the same as many of these guys, leverage and low pad level are very important. He can really capitalize on those tools and blow up in terms of production. Aaron is also a leader now. He is working on that, like man of the seniors, and he is someone our team will look to during the off-season and next fall.” 2008: Played in all 13 games, starting all but the Kansas game ... Tallied 13 solo tackles and 10 assisted stops for a combined total of 23 ... Also had 4.5 tackles for loss (-15 yards) and one sack (-5 yards) ... Single-game high six tackles, including 2.5 TFL against Louisville ... Managed to stay healthy and provide consistent play in the middle all season. 2007: Collected 25 tackles during regular season with 9.5 (or 38 percent) going for a loss ... Second on the team with 5.5 sacks ... Played in 11 games, sat out last two regular season games with an ankle injury ... Collected three sacks for -25 yards in the win over UCF ... Also had two TFL against Elon and West Virginia ... Two pass breakups on the season ... Singlegame high of four tackles against Elon. 2006: Played in 10 games and earned six starts, including the final five games of the season ... 10 tackles on the year. WILLISTON HIGH SCHOOL: Class 3A first team all-state ... Played in Florida North-South All-Star Game ... All-area ... 81 tackles, 12 sacks and 15 tackles for loss as a senior ... Team defensive MVP ... Played power forward on the Williston HS basketball team. PERSONAL: Born July 11, 1988 ... Raised by Curtis and Janice Harris ... One sister, Jennifer Brown ... Proud uncle to Tiara Brown ... Cousin, Dexter Wallace, played at Bowling Green... Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2006 2007 2008 Total

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G-GS 10-6 12-11 13-12 35-29

UT 2 16 13 31

AT 8 9 10 27

TT 10 24 23 57

TFL 0.5-0 9.5-50 4.5-15 14.5-65

SACKS 0-0 5.5-40 1-5 6.5-45

HAWKINS

Hester

Jeff

Jessie

#89 | Tight End | 6-4 | 247 | Redshirt Freshman

#87 | Wide Receiver | 6-0 | 180 | Senior

>> Ocala, Fla. | Vanguard HS 2008: Utilized redshirt season.

VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as 35th-best tight end in the country by Scout.com ... Ranked as the 48th-best tight end by ESPN.com ... One of the state’s top tight end prospects ... USF believes he can step in and contribute early ... Vanguard offense was not built around tight end, yet he still had 12 catches for 221 yards ... Averaged 18 yards per catch ... Also collected 22 pancakes ... Worked in part-time role on defense recording four sacks, 14 TFL, 51 tackles, two forced fumbles and one recovered fumble ... 13 catches for 195 yards and one touchdown as junior ...Team captain as a junior and senior ... Also played defensive end and had 14 tackles and one interception ... Wrestled and competed in track ... First player to commit in the 2008 class ... Coached by Will Yancey at Vanguard ... Chose USF over UCF, Georgia Tech and Maryland. PERSONAL: Born December 1, 1989 ... Son of Jim and Kathy Hawkins ... Goes by the nickname “Hawk” ... One sister, Kirsten ... Majoring in international studies.

HERMANN Zach

#61 | Offensive Guard | 6-3 | 304 | Junior

>> Oldsmar, Fla. | East Lake HS

Coach Simmonds on Hermann “Zach is a two-year starter with 20-something starts already under his belt. He’s a hard-nose, throw-back type of player for us. He gives great effort every day and we love him because he is the type of guy that will get a block on the guy in front of him any way possible.” 2008: Played in seven games, starting five ... Missed a large chunk of the season with a foot injury ... Started the first 16 games of his career before the injury ... Returned to starting lineup in the final two games of the season against West Virginia and Memphis ... Worked almost exclusively at right guard ... Graded out at 76% on the season while recording 41 total knockdown points ... Graded out at a season-best 80% in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl ... Also recorded a season-high 14 knockdown points against Memphis ... Graded out at 75% or higher against UT-Martin, UCF, Rutgers and West Virginia. 2007: Redshirt freshman started every game of his first college season ... Perhaps the biggest surprise in terms of his consistency ... Named honorable mention The Sporting News Freshman All-American ... Graded out at 72 percent, which was the third best mark on the offensive line during the regular season ... Collected 70 knockdown blocks through 12 games with single game high of 11 against Cincinnati. 2006: Impressed coaches while he utilized his redshirt season. EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL: First team all-county in St. Petersburg Times ... Also named allSuncoast and all-district ...Three-year letterman ...Team’s offensive MVP in 2005, allowing no sacks ... Had 72 pancakes ... All-district and honorable mention all-county as a junior ... Also competed in track & field (shot put and discus) ... Won district and county shot put titles in 2004 ... Coached by Bob Hudson. PERSONAL: Born October 20, 1987 in Gainesville, Fla. ... Honor roll student and a Chamber of Commerce Student of the Month in high school ... Son of Eileen and Mark Hermann ... Has two sisters ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

>> Belle Glade, Fla. | Glades Central HS

Coach McGeoghan on Hester “Jessie was really starting to understand the nuances of football; he is one of the biggest route tacticians in the BIG EAST and maybe the country in terms of learning all the routes and how they work together within an offense. He is a guy who understands everyone’s position and is like the point guard of the perimeter. He is a great asset to have at the position and really helps out a lot as far as being a calming influence on the group.” 2009: Enters the season third among returning receivers in both yards and receptions. 2008: Second-team All-BIG EAST according to Phil Steele and Rivals.com ... Named USF Offensive MVP by staff and teammates ... Had a breakout season in 2008 ... Lead team with 54 receptions, the second-most by a USF wideout in a single season ... In the midst of a USF record streak of 22 consecutive games with a reception ... Piled up 579 receiving yards - the second-best single-season total in USF history - and three TD scores ... Enters 2009 season sixth on USF career touchdown reception list with seven and fifth in career receptions with 92 ... Pulled in seven or more receptions on four occasions ... The only USF receiver to surpass 100-yards receiving in a game during 2008 season ... Pulled in 10 receptions for 110 yards against Rutgers to tie the USF single-game record for receptions ... Seven receptions for 56 yards against Kansas ... Eight receptions for 74 yards at Louisville ... Seven receptions for 68 yards against NC State. 2007: Redshirt sophomore had breakout season with 35 receptions, 418 yards and four TDs ... Tied for team lead in TD receptions (4) ... Part of a young and talented receiving group along with Carlton Mitchell, A.J. Love and Dontavia Bogan ... Reeled in single-game high of six receptions on two occasions – Auburn and UConn ... His final reception against Auburn was an 18-yard TD that sealed the overtime win ... Also had TDs against UCF, Rutgers and Cincinnati ... Highest yardage output was 64 against Auburn ... Reception in 10 straight games. 2006: Opted to use a redshirt season. 2005: One of five true-freshmen to play for USF, he appeared in nine games with a start vs. UCF... Had three catches for 37 yards ... Two of those catches came for 19 yards in regular season finale vs. West Virginia ... Also had a catch at Miami. GLADES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Tampa Tribune ranked him 38th-top prospect in Florida ... Ranked as the 57th-best receiver in the nation by Rivals.com, which ranked him 76th-best player in Florida, regardless of position ... Ranked as 97th top prospect in Florida by Orlando Sentinel ... Played senior year at Glades Central after two years at Wellington High ... First team all-county and all-conference ... Ran sprints for track team. PERSONAL: Born November 1, 1986 in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Son of former Florida State (198184) great Jessie Hester, who played for the Raiders (1st round pick), Falcons, Colts and Rams, as well as the Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL) between 1984-95 ... Hester Sr. led the Seminoles in receiving in 1983 and 1984 when he had a combined 73 receptions and 15 touchdowns ... Mother is Lena Hester ... Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2005 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 9-1 13-3 13-4 35-8

REC 3 35 54 92

YDS 37 418 579 1,034

AVG 12.3 11.9 10.7 11.2

TD 0 4 3 7

LONG 18 vs. Miami 28 (UCF, Rutgers) 27 at Cincinnati 28 (UCF, Rutgers)

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HILL

JACkson

Anthony

Jatavious

#96 | Defensive Line | 6-4 | 290 | Freshman

#77 | Offensive Line | 6-4 | 270 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Belle Glade, Fla. | Glades Central HS

>> Pensacola, Fla. | Pensacola HS

Joined the USF program in spring 2009. PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star recruit at defensive tackle ... Ranked 91st-best prospect in Florida in the 2008 recruiting class according to Rivals.com ... Rated 51st-best prospect at defensive tackle in the 2008 class by Rivals.com ... Rated 37th best prospect at defensive tackle in the 2008 class by Scout.com ... Had 65 tackles and eight sacks during his senior season ...Recorded 70 tackles and 9.5 sacks as a junior while battling a shoulder separation ... Named to the 3A All-Star game following his junior season ... Garnered PrepStar All-Region honors as a senior ... Hails from the same high school as rising junior nose tackle Terrell McClain ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

Coach Scott on Jackson “Jatavious is a guy that has a lot of ability. He has a lot of potential but he is still a long way from truly developing as an offensive lineman. He has the tools to be pretty good, he just has to keep working and keep developing and we will see what happens. He is still young and really just getting a feel for the position at this level. He is working and has it in him to be a good one.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. GLADES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOOL: Talented recruit capable of playing on the offensive or defensive line...Originally signed with Florida State as part of the 2007 class ... Chose USF over offers from Florida State, Clemson, Ole Miss and West Virginia ... Ranked as the 43rdbest offensive guard prospect nationally by Scout.com ... Three-time all-state selection and two-time first team all-county choice ... Named 46th-best player in the state by the Orlando Sentinel as a senior ... Tallied nine sacks and 25 tackles for loss as a senior... Helped lead team to the 2006 State Championship over Pensacola Pine Forest ... Coached by Willie Snead at Glades Central ... Also earned one varsity letter in basketball. PERSONAL: Born November 15, 1988 in Pahokee, Fla. ... Raised by grandmother Delores Smith ... Has an older brother, Barry ... Middle name is Limorris ... Usually goes by “Jay” ... Name is pronounced Juh-tay-vee-us ... Attended same high school as Jessie Hester.

JOSEPH

hine

Sabbath

Chaz

#43 | Linebacker | 6-0 | 230 | Junior

#79 | Offensive Line | 6-4 | 292 | Sophomore

>> Miami, Fla. | Central HS

Lithia, Fla. | Newsome HS

Coach Simmonds on Hine “Chaz turned down scholarships on the I-AA level to come to USF. He’s an effort guy. He will give maximum effort on every snap. He has a way to go on his technique, but with offensive linemen technique can always improve. He’s always trying to work that craft and perfect it.” 2008: Played in seven games, primarily as a reserve. 2007: Utilized redshirt season. NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year starter and multiple award winner at Newsome HS ... First team all-county ... Second team all-state ... East Hillsborough All-Star ... Team captain ... Also member of National Honors Society ... Honor roll student all four years.

PERSONAL: Born October 5, 1988 in Fayetteville, N.C. ... One of four children to Charlie and Janine Hine ... Two younger brothers, Jared and Seth, and younger sister, Michela ... Majoring in pre-business.

Coach Blackwell on Joseph “Sabbath has great coverage skills. He does a really nice job understanding routes. We need him to keep coming in the run game. He had a good spring. He is in a battle with Chris Robinson and Donte Spires for outside positions, which will likely carry over to fall camp.” 2008: Played in 12 games, working regularly at weakside linebacker ... Recorded 19 tackles, two tackles for loss, one interception and one quarterback hurry ... First career interception came at Cincinnati ... Career-high five tackles in season-opener against UT Martin ... Also collected four tackles against Cincinnati. 2007: Worked in a reserve role at linebacker ... Collected 14 tackles, all solo tackles ... Single-game high of four tackles against Pitt ... Also had three tackles against Syracuse and UCF. 2006: Utilized redshirt season. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Had 11 sacks among his 68 tackles in 2005 ... Also returned an interception for a touchdown ... Class 6A first team all-state ... All-Dade County in Miami Herald for Classes 4A-6A ... As a junior he had 95 tackles, six sacks, three fumble recoveries and two interceptions, including one for a touchdown ... Also blocked three kicks ... Ranked 10th-best senior in Miami by Miami Herald ... Played in Dade County All-Star Game and the Dade-Broward a ll-star game ... Coached by Tony Saunders. PERSONAL: Born December 29, 1987 in Miami, Fla. ... Raised by Marie Castor ... Two sisters, Jessica and Gabriel ... Two brothers, Daniel and Mario ... Majoring in criminology.

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2008 University of South Florida Football prospectus

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 12-0 12-0 24-0

UT 14 11 25

AT 0 8 8

TT 14 19 33

TFL 0-0 2-9 2-9

INT 0-0 1-33 1-33

PBU 0 0 0

kelly

Ketchel

Richard

Andrew

#85 | Tight End | 6-5 | 240 | Junior

#39 | Fullback | 6-0 | 249 | Junior

>> Bushnell, Fla. | South Sumter HS

>> Shalimar, Fla. | Choctawhatchee HS

Coach Franks on Kelly “Richard is a big guy. A great blocker for us. We are looking to use him in a variety of different ways where he can be running back, an H-back where we can move him around. He has very good hands and we would like to use him out of the backfield and match him up on defensive lineman and linebackers. He gives us a lot of options.”

2008: Worked in a reserve role, playing in six games and starting at tight end in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl Game. 2007: Worked in a reserve role. 2006: Utilized redshirt season.

2008: Played in 13 games, earning the start against Cincinnati ... Considered the bruiser in talented and deep backfield ... Carried the ball 23 times for 115 yards and one rushing score ... Sixth on the team in carries and rushing yards ... Also reeled in three receptions for 15 yards and a touchdown ... First career touchdown came on the ground against Syracuse ... First career receiving TD came against Louisville ... Career-high eight carries for 39 yards against UCF. 2007: Part of the true-freshman class that received time in 2007 ... Worked primarily on special teams, but also appeared at fullback in USF’s three-back set ... One carry for one yard against Louisville. SOUTH SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL: A first-team all-state choice in Class 2A, he had 1,200 yards on 145 carries, including 16 touchdowns ... Also a solid pass catcher, he had 15 receptions for 285 yards with one TD ... Leesburg Daily Commercial Offensive Player of the Year ... Played in Florida North-South All-Star Game in Lakeland ... First team all-Lake/Sumter Counties by Orlando Sentinel, as well as second team all-Central Florida ... Ranked 15th-best fullback by Scout.com ... Team captain and a member of the FACA District 8 All-Star team ... Joins a long list of South Sumter players to choose USF, including former linebackers Ben Moffitt and Sam Miller ... Also recruited by Florida State and Alabama ... Coached by Inman Sherman. PERSONAL: Born October 3, 1987 in Leesburg, Fla. ... Son of Brenda Kelly ... Nicknamed “LeeLee” ... Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 11-0 13-1 24-1

ATT 1 23 24

YDS 1 115 116

AVG 1.0 5.0 4.8

TD LONG 0 1 vs. Louisville 1 14 (UT-Martin, UCF) 1 14 (UT-Martin, UCF)

CHOCTAWHATCHEE HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 80th tight end in nation by Scout.com ... 32 catches for 455 yards as a senior ... All-area and All-Northwest Florida ... 15 receptions for 190 yards as a junior ... Team captain ... Three-year starter in football and basketball ... Averaged 15 points in basketball, where he was also all-area ... Coached by Bobby Moore. PERSONAL: Born November 24, 1987 in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. ... Son of Carolyn and Terry Ketchel ... Father played football at Duke University from 1973-76 ... Has one brother ... Majoring in political science.

LANARIS Michael

#55 | Linebacker | 6-1 | 230 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Lake Mary, Fla. | Lake Mary HS

Coach Blackwell on Lanaris “Mike plays extremely hard. He is a guy that needs to learn how to control his body with fundamentals and techniques. I think he can play at this level. He is a young guy, who really works hard at it.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 Preseason Top-100 Florida High School Football Prospects ... 2007-2008 Lake Mary Male Athlete of the Year... Team captain in 2007... Recorded 234 tackles, 20 for losses, in upperclassman campaigns as linebacker ... Five forced fumbles, two recovered, four blocked kicks and seven sacks ... One career interception ran back 17 yards for a touchdown ... Lettered three years in varsity football and baseball ... Starting varsity catcher in 2007 and 2008 ... 2008 voted team player of the year ... Won offensive player of the year batting .465 ... National Honor Society Inductee ... Grade point average of 3.77 ... Received honor roll and Principal honors. PERSONAL: Born March 29, 1990... Son of Mark and Brenda Lanaris... Sister attends UCF ... Former teammates with Southern California standout linebacker Keith Rivers... Worked with Episcopal Youth Group and also worked football summer camp at Lake Mary ... Majoring in pre-business.

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LANDI

LOVE

Evan

A.J.

#12 | Quarterback | 6-3 | 214 | Redshirt Freshman

#11 | Wide Receiver | 6-2 | 210 | Junior

>> Coral Springs, Fla. | Coral Springs Charter HS

2008: Utilized redshirt season ...Won the Golden Bull Award for Offense, which is given to the top scout team player as voted on by the coaching staff. CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: Versatile athlete that can excel on either side of the ball...Will get look at quarterback and defensive back ... Ranked the 107th-best quarterback prospect in the country by Scout.com ... 2A first team all-state as a defensive back ... Threw for 11 touchdowns and scored four times on the ground during senior season ... Also had three interceptions and 60 tackles as safety... As a junior was All-Broward County second team offense after threw for 1,352 yards, with 10 TD while rushing 22 times for 124 yards and four TD ... Limited amount of play on defense as junior but still came up with two interceptions ... Tested out with a 32-inch vertical during high school career ... In addition to QB duties, also played wide receiver, safety and punter ... Multi-sport talent is an accomplished athlete in basketball, hockey and baseball ... Held a 4.0 GPA... Chose USF over Wisconsin and South Carolina.

PERSONAL: Born April 15, 1990 ... Son of Michael and Dee Landi ... One sister, Justine, who plays volleyball at Louisville ... Goes by the nickname “E” ... Name is pronounced Land-ee.

>> Bradenton, Fla. | Southeast HS

2008: Only receiver on the team to start all 13 games ... Third on the team in receptions (31) and receiving yards (370) ... Averaged 11.9 yards per catch ... Scored two touchdowns ... Also had two rushes for 15 yards ... Single-season best five receptions for 83 yards in the win over Kansas ... Also reeled in a 37-yard TD catch against the Jayhawks ... 26 of 31 catches came in the first eight games ... Six games with at least three receptions. 2007: Took advantage of opportunity to play when injuries depleted the wide receiving corps late in the season ... Displayed tremendous promise and earned a more prominent role for future seasons ... Ended the season with eight catches for 111 yards and one touchdown ... First career catch against Cincinnati ... Contributed three catches for 48 yards against Syracuse, also had 33-yard reception against Louisville ... Scored a fourth quarter touchdown and had 23 receiving yards in the Sun Bowl. 2006: Utilized redshirt season. SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL: Excelled as a receiver and defensive back ... Teammate of USF defensive lineman David Fonua. PERSONAL: Born December 7, 1987 ... Raised by Debra and Anthony Love ... Has a twin sister, Angela, that attends Florida State ... One other sister, Alexis ... Cousin, Peter Warrick, was a standout at Florida State and in the NFL ... Majoring in communication.

Lejiste

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 7-0 13-13 20-13

REC 8 31 39

YDS 111 370 481

AVG 13.9 11.9 12.3

TD 1 2 3

LONG 36 at Syracuse 38 vs. Pitt 38 vs. Pitt

Jon

#12 | Defensive Back | 6-0 | 190 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Delray Beach, Fla. | Atlantic Community HS

Coach Tresey on Lejiste “A very hard worker, a dedicated kid, it is really important to him and he is getting better every day, we expect him to be a big contributor next year.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. ATLANTIC COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL: Hard-hitting defensive back that played for one of the top high school programs in the state ... Versatile skills could land him at corner or safety ... Rated the 109th-best cornerback in the country by Scout.com ... 3.2 GPA ... As a junior, he racked up 55 tackles and two interceptions ... Fumble recovery for a TD ... First team all-district ... Second team all-county ... Preseason top 100 in Florida ... ESPN national safety list ... Also competed in track where he has high jumped six feet, four inches ... Four-year letterwinner ... Chose USF over West Virginia, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Kentucky and UCF. PERSONAL: Born February 2, 1990 ... Raised by Roujon and Sainvilla Lejiste ... Three sisters: Rose, Erin and Lucy .... God-brother, Brian Flauder, played for Georgia Tech ... Name is pronounced lah-gist ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

2008 University of South Florida Football prospectus

Luberice Kenneth

#34 | Tight End | 6-0 | 235 | Senior

>> Delray Beach, Fla. | Spanish River HS

2008: Played in every game ... Worked primarily on special teams ... Served as up-back on punts. 2007: Utilized redshirt season. SPANISH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL: Played linebacker for Spanish River High ... Also wrestled in high school ... As a senior, 2006, he won districts and regionals in his weight class ... Elected to student government three times ... Honor roll three times. PERSONAL: Born August 6, 1987 ... Son of Frantz and Roselene Luberice ... Goes by the nickname “Ziggy” ... Last name is pronounced Lube-reese ... Majoring in biomedical sciences ... One of eight USF student-athletes named to the 2008 BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.

Marshall

mccASKILL

Craig

Keith

#94 | Defensive End | 6-5 | 260 | Junior

#91 | Defensive Tackle | 5-11 | 263 | Sophomore

>> Fort Walton Beach, Fla. | Pearl River CC | Choctawhatchee HS Coach Patrick on Marshall “Craig Marshall has an opportunity, like everyone on our defensive line. Even George Selvie knows this... Everyone’s job is up for grabs on every single snap. Even though Marshall is slotted at the No. 1 left end, we see it as first guy in and then the second guy. We have to be able to rotate players without any drop in production. We are counting on Craig to develop into an-every down player, someone that can be a force in running and passing situations. We need Craig to take it to another level and develop more strength this off-season and convert that over to the field. Learn to play lower and with better leverage. He is a tremendous pass rusher, but he needs to develop into an every-down guy that is tremendous against the run as well.” 2008: Junior-college transfer that earned time in all 13 games, starting twice ... Knack for being involved in game-changing plays ... Racked up 14 solo tackles and five assisted stops ... Also had 5.5 tackles for a loss, one sack, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and one interception ... Started for George Selvie against NC State and tallied one tackle for loss, one sack, one forced fumble and one interception ... Also recovered a fumble against Syracuse and Louisville ... Recorded tackles for loss in five different games ... Single-game high three tackles against FIU. PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: One of three Pearl River teammates to sign with the Bulls in 2008, along with Theo Wilson and Kion Wilson... Speedy and strong defensive end, who should push for time opposite of All-American George Selvie ... Rated as the 30th-best junior college propsect ... Finished year with 41 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and an interception... Redshirted his first season at Pearl River and came to USF with three years of remaining ... All-Northwest Florida as a sophomore, junior and senior. PERSONAL: Born February 10, 1988 ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

YEAR 2008

G-GS 13-2

UT 14

AT 5

TT 19

TFL 5.5-15

SACKS INT 1-8 1-5

>> Tallahassee, Fla. | Godby HS

Coach Patrick on McCaskill “Mr. McCaskill is guy with a ton of tools. He has some really long arms. He pushes George Selvie in terms of being the quickest off-the-ball... as well as Bedford. He needs to continually develop and be more consistent in his play. His focuses this spring were playing at a lower pad level, using his face-in- his-hands and using more leverage. We know that we can move Keith around inside. He is one of our best movers when we stunt, mix and blitz. He has a tremendous upside that has all of us excited. I hope he continues to develop at the rate that he has at the three-technique. Even from winter to spring, you can see where his strength and confidence have improved. It has enabled us to have a strong two-deep on the inside. He got after it in the weight room this winter. His arms are the length of a guy that stands 6-5. We have to teach him to use those from the ground up, couple that with his quick get-off so that he can defeat blocks more consistently. He can be a great player for us.” 2008: Pressed into regular duty on the depleted defensive line ... Saw action in 12 games ... Five solo tackles and one assisted ... Also recorded 3.5 tackles for a loss and two sacks ... Broke up one pass and forced one fumble against Syracuse ... Collected a sack in back-to-back games against Pitt and Syracuse. 2007: Utilized redshirt season ... Began working as a defensive tackle. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL: Recorded 95 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, eight sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries during junior campaign as a defensive end ... Entered USF as a linebacking prospect ... Also received interest from N.C. State, Illinois and Ole Miss. PERSONAL: Born September 11, 1987 ... Son of Phyllis and Nathaniel McCaskill ... Brother Kevin, is also on the USF football team ... One other older brother, Nevin ... Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2008

G-GS 12-0

UT 5

AT 1

TT 6

TFL 3.5-17

SACKS PBU 2-15 2

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McGowan

mcCAskill

Mike

Kevin

#70 | Offensive Line | 6-5 | 285 | Sophomore

#66 | Offensive Center | 6-2 | 304 | Sophomore

>> Boca Raton, Fla. | West Boca Raton HS

>> Tallahassee, Fla. | Godby HS

Coach Scott on McCaskill “Kevin has come along. He’s definitely working hard. He’s getting in there and competing. He is doing some better things. He’s young so he’s still developing and learning. Kevin has made some strides and is doing some good things. He has a long way to go but he’s on the right way.”

Coach Scott on McGowan “Mike is coming off an injury. He’s getting back out there and shaking off the rust. Because he’s so early in his development and coming off the injury, he is having to shake of a lot of rust. He really is learning the position.”

2008: Earned limited time in four games on the offensive line.

2008: Earned time against Syracuse before a knee injury ended his season.

2007: Utilized redshirt season.

2007: Utilized his redshirt season ... Moved from high school position of tight end to the offensive line.

GODBY HIGH SCHOOL: 95th-ranked prospect in Florida’s 2006 recruiting class by Orlando Sentinel ... Ranked 13th-best center in the nation by Rivals.com ... 23rd by Scout.com ... Chosen to play in CaliFlorida All-Star Game ...Third team all-state in Class 3A.

WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL: PERSONAL: Majoring in communication.

PERSONAL: Born September 11, 1987 in Tallahassee ... Son of Phyllis and Nathaniel McCaskill ... Given name is Kevin Derell McCaskill ... Brother, Keith, is also on the USF football team ... One other brother, Nevin ... Majoring in political science.

mccLain Terrell

#97 | Nose Tackle | 6-3 | 306 | Junior

>> Pensacola, Fla. | Pensacola HS

2008: Played in 12 games with a starting role on nine occasions ... Battled injuries during early portion of the season ... Emerging talent for the Bulls ... Totaled 19 solo stops and 13 assisted tackles ... Also contributed 3.5 tackles for loss and three sacks ... Forced a fumble against Pitt ... Single-game high four tackles on three occasions – UCF, Louisville and Cincinnati. 2007: True freshman earned time in the regular rotation on the defense’s interior line ... Collected seven tackles, five solo and three tackles for loss ... Also recovered a fumble ... Collected a sack and fumble recovery against Syracuse. PENSACOLA HIGH SCHOOL: Class 3A first team all-state ... MVP in Max Emfinger Shreveport All-American Bowl Game ... Also won MVP of Pensacola East-West All-Star Game ... 44thranked defensive tackle by Rivals.com ... 63rd by Scout.com ... Rivals ranked him 73rd among all positions in the state of Florida ... 65 tackles with eight sacks as a senior ... Also recruited by Alabama, Auburn, Florida, NC State and South Carolina. PERSONAL: Born July 20, 1988 ... Son of Perry and Lynn McClain ... One brother, Jerome, and one sister, Tiffany ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 12-0 12-9 24-9

UT 6 19 25

AT 2 13 15

TT 8 32 40

TFL 4-9 3.5-22 7.5-31

SACKS 0-0 3-21 3-21

2008 University of South Florida Football prospectus

FR 1 0 1

MILLER

mitchell Carlton

Joel

#37 | Running Back | 6-0 | 185 | Sophomore

#2 | Wide Receiver | 6-4 | 212 | Junior

>> Lutz, Fla. | Gaither HS

>> Tampa, Fla. | Wharton HS

2008: Played in 10 games, almost exclusively on special teams ... Racked up seven tackles on coverage units, including two against both Syracuse and Memphis. WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered all four years in football ... Ran track freshman year ... Ran for 2,700 yards over his final two seasons ... Reached the endzone 20 times in his last two seasons ... Made first-team all-county his junior and senior year ... Selected to third-team all state his junior year ... Won most valuable player award for Wharton HS ... Honor roll student ... Decided to attend USF via walk on tryouts ... Attended Citadel in the fall of 2007 before coming to USF campus for the spring 2008 semester. PERSONAL: Born on August 22, 1988 ... Son of Paul and Kathy Miller ... Majoring in prebusiness administration. YEAR 2008

G-GS 10-0

UT 5

AT 2

TT 7

TFL 0

SACKS 0

FR 0

Coach McGeoghan on Mitchell “He can flat fly – he has all the tools, all the ability. He is very diligent in his route running and his assignments. He is getting better, I see him improving everyday, he comes out here, works early and stays late. Carlton Mitchell is just a very talented guy who is big, tall, athletic and has all the gifts you want in a receiver.” 2008: Played in 13 games, starting three ... Had at least one reception in 10 games, including the final seven contests of the season ... Finished year with 28 receptions for 405 yards and one touchdown ... Averaged team-high 14.5 yards per reception ... Topped 60 yards receiving on four occasions ... Reeled in three or more catches on six occasions ... Single-game high 77 yards against Cincinnati ... Long reception of the year was a 47-yard juggling catch against the Bearcats ... Also had a 46-yard reception against UCF ... Ran the ball once for a gain of seven yards. 2007: A rising star with as much talent as any receiver to come through USF ... Set USF freshman records for receptions (37), receiving yards (537), and was one shy of tying the touchdown record of five ... The previous freshman record for receptions was 28 and yards was 469 by Johnny Peyton in 2004 ... Only receiver on the 2007 squad to record a 100-yard receiving game – he had two ... Went for 107 yards against UCF and 110 against Cincinnati ... Also second on the team in yards per reception at 14.5 ... Made SportsCenter’s “Top-10 Plays” on the night of the West Virginia game (Sept. 28) after his 55-yard catch and score against the Mountaineers ... Mitchell tip-toed the sideline after catching the ball on a crossing route before easily scoring ... It was his first career TD ... Single-game high seven receptions against Cincinnati ... Also had four rushes for 17 yards ... Ran the 400 and competes in long jump for the USF track team. 2006: Impressed coaches while he used his redshirt season. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL: 19th-best player in Tampa Bay area by St. Petersburg Times ... Ranked 64th-best player in Florida by Rivals.com and 55th best receiver in the nation ... 87th-best player in Florida according to Scout.com ... Honorable mention all-county in Tampa Tribune ... Had nine catches for 207 yards as a junior ... Three-year letterman in football and basketball. PERSONAL: Born April 6, 1988 in Gainesville, Fla. ... Son of Angela Mitchell and Carl Mitchell, who played pro basketball in Europe ... Mother Angela is the “cut-man” for boxer Antonio Tarver ... Has one sister ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 13-5 13-3 26-8

REC 37 28 65

YDS 537 405 942

AVG 14.5 14.5 14.5

TD 4 1 5

LONG 75 vs. UCF 47 at Cincinnati 75 vs. UCF

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murphy

MURRAY

Jerome

Demetris

#3 | Cornerback | 6-1 | 190 | Senior

#21 | Running Back | 5-10 | 205 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Buford, Ga. | Buford HS

>> Elizabeth, N.J. | Elizabeth HS

Coach Tresey on Murphy “Has the potential to be an all-conference player – he has very good ability, he has a motor. If it is important to him, which I think it is going to be, he will have a heck of a season for us.” 2008: Played in 13 games, starting 11 ... Ranked second on team with 67 tackles ... Arguably the biggest hitter on the roster ... Also second on the team with two interceptions and third with five pass breakups ... Also contributed 3.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks ... Single-game high nine tackles in back-to-back games against Kansas and UCF ... Recorded five or more tackles on eight occasions ... A regular on kick returns early in the season, but was only kicked to on one occasion ... Lone kick return of the season was for 38 yards against UT Martin.

2007: The Bulls’ top option at nickel back in 2007 ... One of the team’s fastest players ... Coaches love his play-making ability ... Forced two fumbles and intercepted two passes during his first season of regular time ... Also returned kicks for USF, averaging 24.3 yards per attempt ... His longest return of the season was 59 yards against Auburn to set up the Bulls’ final score in regulation ... Ended up 19 yards shy of breaking the USF single-season record for return years ... Piled up 560 yards on 23 kickoff returns ... Broke the century mark for return yards against Auburn (111) and UConn (121) ... Also returned two punts ... Single-game high for tackles was seven against West Virginia ... Also forced a fumble against the Mountaineers ... Five pass breakups ... Forced a fumble on the opening kickoff of the game against Cincinnati that led to a three-yard touchdown by Nate Allen.

Coach Franks on Murray “Demetris Murray is a young guy. He lost some weight and trimmed down a little bit. Very quick, smart player with good feet. He just has to get in the offense and learn more and more and learn to a point where he can execute any play that we run.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top running backs in Georgia... Ranked the 49th best running back in the country by Rivals.com and 67th by Scout.com... Georgia 2A State Player of the Year... Helped Buford to an undefeated record and a Georgia 2A state championship as a senior... As a junior, had 143 rushing attempts for 1,090 yards, averaging 7.6 yards per carry with 20 touchdowns... Chose USF over Wake Forest and Maryland. PERSONAL: Born January 3, 1990 ... Raised by Tracey Hunter and Dennis Murray ... One of six children ... Cousin, Garrison Hearst played for several years in the NFL ... Name is pronounced Deh-meetris ... Majoring in pre-business administration.

PeRKINS Cameron

2006: 20 tackles and a fumble recovery in 13 games ... Season-high five tackles came in season opener vs. McNeese State ... Fumble recovery came vs. Syracuse.

#35 | Cornerback | 5-10 | 180 | Senior

2005: Utilized his redshirt season.

>> Pensacola, Fla. | Woodham HS

ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL: Second team all-state ... All-county ... 89 tackles and eight interceptions as a senior ... 580 receiving yards with seven touchdowns ... Also had one defensive touchdown ... Played basketball and ran track ... Coached by Geoffrey Weiner ... His high school defensive coordinator – Jamil Jackson – played for current USF director of high school operations Rich Rachel at Rutgers.

Coach Tresey on Perkins “A guy that we look to have a role on special teams, we think he can be very important to us on special teams. He’s worked very hard this spring as far as learning the defense and if he keeps getting better, you never know what is in store for him.”

PERSONAL: Born January 13, 1987 in Elizabeth, N.J. ... Son of Lorraine Murphy and Douglas Lee ... Has an older brother, Kieon ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

2008: Walk-on contributed regularly on special teams ... Piled up six tackles, including two against UCF. 2007: Worked in a reserve role.

YEAR 2006 2007 2008 Totals

G-GS 13-0 12-1 13-11 38-12

UT 14 30 54 98

AT 6 7 13 26

TT 20 37 67 124

TFL 1-1 1-11 3.5-10 5.5-22

SACKS 0-0 0-0 0.5-1 0.5-1

INT-YDS 0-0 2-0 2-11 4-11

FR-FF 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-2

PERSONAL: Born January 18, 1986 ... Cousin of running back Shawn Cannon ... One brother, Courtney, and two sisters, Amanda and Brittany ... Raised by Danita Perkins ... Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2008

2008 University of South Florida Football prospectus

G-GS 11-0

UT 4

AT 2

TT 6

TFL 0

SACKS 0

FR 0

plancher

Petrov

Moise

Ilia

#3| Running Back | 5-9 | 200 | Senior

#36 | Punter | 5-11 | 203 | Senior

>> Naples, Fla. | Barron Collier HS

>> Tampa, Fla. | Tampa Bay Tech HS 2008: Did not play in any games. 2007: Utilized redshirt season.

Coach Franks on Plancher “Mo has so many strengths. He’s a smart player. He has great change of direction. We call it C.O.D. He can make you miss. Mo has some great feet, cutting ability. He is a smart guy. He is very sharp in blitz pick up. He’s a very reliable guy, who you can trust when you put him on the field.”

2006: Had one punt for 25 yards for the Bulls. TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-state punter in Florida’s Class 4A ... Also named twice to Tampa Tribune’s all-Hillsborough county team ... Had 34 punts for a 50.1 average in 2005 senior season. PERSONAL: Born October 27, 1987 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria ... Son of Valeri and Sonia Petrov ... Name is pronounced Eel-ee-uh Pet-trof ... Majoring in chemistry.

2008: Played in 11 games and started three ... Led team with six rushing touchdowns ... Third on the team with 322 rushing yards ... Quickly moved up the depth chart in the opening games of the season ... Began season with 115 total yards against UT Martin and UCF ... Also had two touchdowns against UT Martin ... Racked up 40 or more yards on four occasions ... Carried the ball at least five times in 10 games ... Also had four catches for 21 yards ... Longest run of the season was a 34-yard score in the opener against UT Martin. 2007: Successfully returned from ACL injury suffered in 2006 season opener ... Rushed 10 times for 17 yards in crowded backfield ... Single-game high eight rushes for 16 yards against Syracuse. 2006: Had four carries for 26 yards, including a 16-yard effort on his final attempt before a torn ACL ended his season during the opening drive of the McNeese State game ... Was granted a medical hardship redshirt for the season. 2005: Gained great insight into USF offense as a redshirt and took plenty of reps with the number one offense in the spring.

BARRON COLLIER HIGH SCHOOL: Class 5A honorable mention all-state ... Finished second in Southwest Florida with 1,661 rushing yards on 193 carries ... Scored 16 rushing touchdowns ... Had 362 yards on 27 carries with one touchdown in 35-0 win over Gulf Coast ... 362 yards was school and county record ... 211-yard game on 17 carries with three touchdowns in 48-7 win over Golden Gate ... Ran for four TDs and 173 yards in 56-0 victory against Palmetto Ridge ... Had 23 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns in win over Cape Coral ... 1,454 yards as a junior when he was third team all-state ... Also ran track. PERSONAL: Born January 9, 1987 in Naples, Fla. ... Son of Ilana and Wilson Plancher ... The youngest of four brothers ... Name is pronounced Moses PLAN-chur ... Majoring in psychology.

YEAR 2006 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 1-0 6-0 11-3 18-3

ATT 4 10 69 83

YDS 26 17 322 365

AVG 6.5 1.7 4.7 4.4

TD LONG 0 16 vs. McNeese St. 0 6 vs. Syracuse 6 34 vs. UT-Martin 6 34 vs. UT-Martin

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Richardson

POPEK

Patrick

Mark

#80 | Wide Receiver | 6-0 | 175 | Sophomore

#74 | Offensive Tackle | 6-7 | 305 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Pensacola, Fla. | Woodham HS

>> Plant City, Fla. | Plant City HS

Coach Simmonds on Mark “He looks the part. You want your offensive lineman to have the stature and the build that Mark has, but what he is trying to do is catch up intensity wise. He shows flashes of being able to be a serious player for us and we need that to happen sooner, rather than later.”

Coach McGeoghan on Richardson “Patrick Richardson is really progressing well, he has stepped up big time and done some really nice things with the football. He is very smooth, he has a great stride, he runs great routes and we’re looking for him to really make some big plays this year.”

2008: Utilized redshirt season.

2008: Played in 10 games during the first significant action of his young career ... Seven receptions for 68 yards, including three catches for 42 yards against Rutgers ... Also had a pair of receptions for 14 yards against UCF.

PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL: Among the more college-ready athletes in signing class ... Mammoth offensive lineman who was rated the 83rd best offensive tackle in the country by Scout.com ... Named 5A second team all-state ... Ranked 12th best player in Tampa/St. Pete area by the St. Pete Times ... Chose USF over Illinois and Vanderbilt ... Two varsity football letters ... Selected to various all-state teams including All-Suncoast and all-county. PERSONAL: Born August 31, 1990 ... Son of Dennis and Sharon Popek ... Last name is pronounced PO-peck ... Majoring in criminology.

2007: Utilized redshirt season. WOODHAM HIGH SCHOOL: First team all-Northwest Florida in Pensacola News Journal ... Nominated for Wendy’s High School Heisman ... Played in Pensacola East-West All-Star Game ... 30 catches for 500 yards in senior season ... 48 catches for 860 yards as a junior ... Also accomplished in track & field as a junior ... 45-1/2 in triple jump (5th in region) and 6-4 high jump (5th in region) ... Coached by Mike Smith. PERSONAL: Born September 5, 1988 ... Attended the same high school as CB Cameron Perkins ... Majoring in criminology ... Named to the 2008 BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.

powe Darren

#75 | Offensive Line | 6-3 | 260 | Sophomore

>> Mayo, Fla. | Lafayette HS 2008: Played in three games as a reserve. 2007: Utilized redshirt season.

LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL: First team all-state in Class A...78 tackles, including 16 for losses ... Eight sacks ... Most Outstanding Defensive Player and a co-captain on team ... Attended same high school as 2008 graduate Marcus Edwards ... Coached by Joey Pearson ... Lettered four times in football and three in basketball ... Cousin of NFL first-round pick Reggie McGrew ... Recruited by Cincinnati, East Carolina and Southern Miss. PERSONAL: Born July 22, 1989 ... Raised by Dennis and Priscilla Powe ... Two sisters: Kimberly and Monica ... Last name is pronounced Po ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

2008 University of South Florida Football prospectus

YEAR 2008

G-GS 10-0

REC 7

YDS 68

AVG 9.7

TD 0

LONG 18 vs. Rutgers

Samuels

Robinson

Aston

Chris

#20 | Wide Receiver | 5-10 | 177 | Junior

#49 | Linebacker | 6-3 | 245| Senior

>> Belle Glade, Fla. | Glades Central HS

>> Bunnell, Fla. | Flagler Palm Coast HS

Coach Blackwell on Robinson “He makes plays. When we play live, he shows the ability to make plays. That being said, he needs to be more consistent and that is an area where he is working hard. Chris had a good spring, probably the best spring he has had since he’s been here.” 2008: Played in 12 games, starting one ... Worked at both defensive end and linebacker ... Tallied 16 tackles on the season, including a single-game best five against UT Martin ... Also had a tackle for loss, two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry. 2007: Successfully transitioned from linebacker to defensive end ... Battled injury early in the season but returned to play in 11 games ... Collected eight tackles, three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup. 2006: Played in all 13 games, but did all of his damage as a super-sub ... Finished second on the team with seven sacks, among his nine tackles for loss ... 28 total tackles ... Caused a huge fumble to give USF its first TD at seventh-ranked West Virginia when George Selvie scooped it up and ran it in ... Forced fumble came on sack of Pat White ... Also forced a fumble on a sack to seal the win at UCF on the Knights’ final down of the game ... Four forced fumbles tied USF record (Ben Moffitt, 2005, George Selvie 2006) ... West Virginia performance came when he was forced into LB role when Pat St. Louis went out with a knee and ankle injury in the first quarter ... Had five tackles in the game.

2008: Medical redshirt. 2007: Earned playing time in 10 games ... One of the most explosive offensive weapons on USF team ... The fastest running back on the team, owns all-time USF running back record with 4.42 40-yard dash ... Rushed 18 times for 167 yards ... Earned more reps late in the season ... First career 100-yard game came on two carries for 101 against Syracuse ... First run vs. the Orange went for 75 yards ... Also had four receptions for 21 yards. 2006: Earned Offensive Golden Bull Award as the top scout team player, while utilizing his redshirt season. GLADES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Second team all-state in 2005 in Class 3A ... Ran for 1,553 yards in senior season for a 119-yard per game average ... 8.2 yards per carry ... Had 21 touchdowns ... Ran for 253 yards and two touchdowns on just 13 carries at Jensen Beach ... Just three days earlier in a make-up game against Palm Beach Central, he ran for 141 yards and four touchdowns ... Had 133 yards against Riverdale ... Carried for 128 yards in state semifinals loss to Sarasota Booker ... 126-yard effort against Clewiston. PERSONAL: Born October 5, 1987... Younger brother of former Bull Jamaal Jenkins ... Born October 5, 1987 in Pahokee, Fla. ... Son of Travella and Anthony Samuels ... Majoring in communication.

2005: Utilized his redshirt season. FLAGLER PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOL: Had 57 tackles and three interceptions as a senior ... 15 catches for 350 yards as a tight end ... Had nine touchdowns as a senior with two interceptions, three rushing and four receiving ... Also played basketball and baseball.

YEAR 2007

G-GS 10-0

ATT YDS AVG TD LONG 21 167 8.0 0 75 at Syracuse

REC 4

YDS TD 21 0

PERSONAL: Born January 26, 1987 ... Son of Clarence and Patricia Robinson ... Majoring in criminology.

YEAR 2006 2007 2008 Totals

G-GS 13-0 11-0 12-1 36-1

UT 22 6 10 38

AT 6 2 6 14

TT 28 8 16 52

TFL 9-68 0-0 1-1 10-69

SACKS 7-61 0-0 0-0 7-61

INT-YDS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

FF-FR 4-2 0-0 0-1 4-2

SANCHEZ Armando

#51 | Linebacker | 5-11 | 220 | Redshirt Freshman

>> St. Petersburg, Fla. | Northeast HS

Coach Blackwell on Sanchez “Armando is very athletic. He is still learning how to play coming off last year’s injury. Everything is new to him. He made some strides this spring but he has a ways to go.” 2008: Utilized redshirt season. NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL: Versatile athlete who played quarterback and safety at Northeast HS and projects as an outside linebacker in college... Ranked the 57th-best weakside linebacker in the country by Scout.com ... Ranked 15th-best player in Tampa/St. Pete area by the St. Pete Times ... Over 100 tackles as a senior ... Also competed in track and threw the shot 53 feet as a junior ... Had a 3.9 GPA and was ranked 33rd in a class of 311. PERSONAL: Born June 11, 1990 ... Son of Armando and Suzanne Sanchez ... Two brothers: Auggie and Andres ... One sister, Lauren ... Goes by the nickname “Mando” ... Majoring in communication.

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Selvie George

#95 | Defensive End | 6-4 | 250 | Senior

>> Pensacola, Fla. | Pine Forest HS

2008 AFCA All-America First Team 2008 Walter Camp All-America Second Team 2008 All-BIG EAST Coaches First Team 2008 ESPN All-BIG EAST First Team 2008 Phil Steele All-BIG EAST First Team 2008 Rivals All-BIG EAST Second Team 2008 Tampa Tribune All-BIG EAST Team 2007 NCAA Consensus All-American 2007 AFCA All-America First Team 2007 AP All-America First Team 2007 ESPN.com All-America First Team 2007 FWAA All-America First Team 2007 Walter Camp All-America First Team 2007 Rivals All-America First Team 2007 Sportsline.com All-America First Team 2007 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year 2007 Bill Willis Award Winner 2007 Tampa Bay Sports Club Amateur Athlete of the Year 2007 All-BIG EAST First Team - Consensus 2006 Sporting News Freshman All-America 2008: Will enter the 2009 season as the nation’s leader in career tackles for loss and second in career sacks ... Led all NCAA players in career tackles for loss throughout his junior season ... Already the USF career leader in tackles for loss and sacks ... Became the first two-time, first-team All-American in USF history as selected by the American Football Coaches Association ... Also a second-team All-American according to the Walter Camp Foundation ... A consensus first team All-BIG EAST selection ... Tallied 43 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks ... Set opponents back 72 yards on TFL and 38 yards on sacks ... TFL numbers came while facing a double team on 79 percent of running plays ... Sack total was achieved while squaring off against double team 53 percent of the time ... Played in 12 games and started 11, but really missed the majority of three games with an ankle injury ... Also forced one fumble and logged two fumble recoveries ... A late-season candidate for the Nagurski Award, Hendricks Award, Lombardi and Lott trophies ... Registered at least a tackle for loss in nine games ... Single-game best four tackles for loss and two sacks against Louisville ... Also had multiple TFL against FIU and West Virginia. 2007: Consensus First Team All-American (AFCA, AP, ESPN.com, FWAA, Walter Camp, Rivals, CBSSportsline.com) ... 2007 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year ... Followed in footsteps of Warren Sapp, Terrell Suggs and Julius Peppers by winning the Bill Willis Award, which is given annually to the top defensive lineman by the Touchdown Club of Columbus ... Named Tampa Amateur Male Athlete of the Year by the Sports Club of Tampa Bay ... Also a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy ... Posted the greatest defensive season in USF history ... Led the country with 31.5 tackles for loss and needed just one more to break the NCAA record ... TFL total established new USF and BIG EAST single-season records ... Also ranked second in sacks with 14.5 after leading the country in the category for the majority of the season ... Tied for the USF career record with 20 sacks through 26 career games ... Collected three or more TFL in six games ... 59 total tackles, 46 solo, three forced fumbles, 13 quarterback hurries and one blocked kick ... Established USF single-game records with six tackles for loss and four sacks in the season-opener against Elon ... Did not slow down the next week with 3.5 TFL and 1.5 sacks against Auburn ... Named Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week after recording five TFL and three sacks in a win against North Carolina ... Collected eight tackles, two for loss, and one sack in win over West Virginia ... Also had four TFL outings against UCF and Cincinnati, while collecting three against Syracuse.

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2006: Started all 13 games at right end and led all linemen (third overall on team) with 84 tackles, 15 for loss and 5.5 sacks ... Eight tackles, including 3.5 for loss, a nine-yard TD recovery and a forced fumble in the WVU win ... Season-high 10 tackles at Cincinnati ... Two sacks vs. Florida International ... Nine tackles in wins over FIU and North Carolina ... USF’s Defensive Rookie of the Year ... Named a freshman All-American by The Sporting News as well as to the publication’s BIG EAST all-freshman team ... He was the National Defensive and the BIG EAST Player of the Week after USF’s win at West Virginia.

2005: Utilized redshirt season ...Won USF’s Overachiever Award for his outstanding work in the strength and conditioning program. PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL: Class 3A second team all-state ... 55 tackles with six sacks ... Super Senior in Pensacola News Journal ... Emerald Coast all-star ... Coached by Jerry Pollaro ... Also participated in weightlifting. PERSONAL: Born March 6, 1987 ... Son of George and Twana Selvie ... Moved several times while following father’s military career during childhood ... A Buick rolled off a car jack and onto his head as a infant ... Still has a dent in his head from the accident to this day ... Recruited to play center but was shifted to defensive end during first season in green and gold ... Majoring in communication. YEAR 2006 2007 2008 Totals

G-GS 13-13 13-13 12-11 38-37

UT 56 46 30 132

AT 28 13 13 54

TT 84 59 43 186

TFL 15-56 31.5-139 13.5-72 60-267

SACKS 5.5-24 14.5-87 5.5-38 25.5-111

Active Career Tackles For Loss Leaders 1. George Selvie 2. Everette Brown 3. Eric Norwood 4. Dexter Davis 5. Jammie Kirlew

USF Florida State South Carolina Arizona State Indiana

60 46.5 43.5 39 37

Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.

27.5 25.5 23 22.5 22

Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.

Active Career Sack Leaders 1. Dexter Davis 2. GEORGE SELVIE 3. Everette Brown 4. Jan Jorgensen 5. Brandon Williams

Arizona State USF Florida State BYU Texas Tech

QBH 9 13 3 25

FF-FR 4-2 3-0 1-2 8-4

>> They Said It...

Career Game-by-Game Stats

“George Selvie is an All-American. He’s probably the best rush end in the country. The guy just comes and comes and comes and comes.” West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart

2008 Games played: 12 SACKS Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Aug. 30 UTM 1 2 3 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 1 Sept. 6 at UCF 5 0 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Sept. 12 KU 4 0 4 1.0-11 1.0-11 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 Sept. 20 at FIU 3 2 5 2.0-7 1.0-6 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Sept. 27 PITT 2 0 2 1.0-18 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oct. 18 SYRACUSE 2 4 6 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oct . 25 at Louisville 4 3 7 4.0-14 2.0-11 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 Oct. 30 at Cincinnati 2 1 3 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 1-0 0-0 0 0 Nov. 15 RUTGERS 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Nov. 23 UCONN 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Dec. 6 at West Virginia 3 1 4 1.5-9 0.5-4 1 1-0 0-0 0 0 Dec. 20 vs Memphis 1 0 1 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Totals 30 13 43 13.5-72 5.5-38 1 2-0 0-0 3 5

Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2007 Games played: 13

Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sept. 1 ELON 7 3 10 6.0-25 Sept. 8 at Auburn 3 1 4 3.5-11 Sept. 22 NC 5 1 6 5.0-23 Sept. 28 WVU 7 1 8 2.0-4 Oct. 6 at Florida Atlantic 1 2 3 1.0-10 Oct. 13 UCF 5 0 5 4.0-19 Oct. 18 at RUTGERS 2 0 2 0.0-0 Oct. 27 at CONNECTICUT 3 2 5 2.0-16 Nov. 3 CINCINNATI 5 2 7 4.0-19 Nov. 10 at Syracuse 3 0 3 3.0-11 Nov. 17 LOUISVILLE 3 0 3 0.0-0 Nov. 24 at PITT 2 0 2 1.0-1 Dec. 31 vs Oregon 0 1 1 0.0-0 Totals 46 13 59 31.5-139

SACKS No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk 4.0-21 1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1.5-5 0 0-0 0-0 3 0 3.0-18 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1.0-1 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.0-10 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1.0-11 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2.0-16 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1.0-5 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 14.5-87 3 0-0 0-0 13 0

Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

2006

Games played: 13 Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sept. 2 MCNEESE STATE 1 2 3 0.5-9 Sept. 9 FIU 9 0 9 5.0-14 Sept. 16 at UCF 3 5 8 0.0-0 Sept. 23 at Kansas 4 5 9 0.0-0 Sept. 29 RUTGERS 3 2 5 0.0-0 Oct. 7 UCONN 1 1 2 0.0-0 Oct. 14 at North Carolina 5 4 9 1.0-3 Oct. 22 at Cincinnati 4 6 10 1.0-2 Nov. 4 PITTSBURGH 2 0 2 0.0-0 Nov. 11 SYRACUSE 6 0 6 1.0-3 Nov. 18 at Louisville 4 1 5 0.0-0 Nov. 19 at WEST VIRGINIA 7 1 8 3.5-16 Dec. 23 vs East Carolina 7 1 8 3.0-9 Totals 56 28 84 15.0-56

Sacks No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk 0.5-9 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2.0-7 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 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 2 0 1.0-3 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1.0-2 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1.0-3 1 1-0 0-0 1 1 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 5.5-24 4 2-0 0-0 9 1

Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

“When you see #95 across from you he draws instant attention.” ESPN Analysts Chris Folwer “He’s a one-man wrecking crew,” West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart “Defensive end George Selvie is a monster and if you see a gold helmet and a #95 jersey in UC’s backfield, that could be a bad omen.” Scott Springer GoBearcats.com Contributor “Matt Grothe is a gamer. He has showed if throughout his career.” ESPN Analysts Jesse Palmer “I was amazed. When you watch him on film he (Selvie) is just dominating. It is amazing . He is that kind of player that jumps out on tape. He is just that classic-type NFL style player, speed, outside edge rusher that makes the most of his athletic ability and completely disrupts an offense.” ESPN Analyst Rod Gilmore “The South Florida defensive end is a joy to watch because of his relentless effort -- unless you happen to play for the opposing offense.” ESPN.com Blogger Brian Bennett “There’s some guys in the National Football League that don’t want to line up against Selvie. He is that good. He’s the quickest D-Lineman that I can remember off the ball, and not just on the pass. He’s something.” Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano “Selvie is a disruptive pass rusher who pitches camp in the opponents backfield. He’s a fast, fluid athlete who can line up in a three-point stance or stand over tackles” Sports Illustrated’s Tony Pauline “Selvie is a pass rushing force who makes plays behind the line of scrimmage with regularity. His playing style remind many of Simeon Rice and like the former All Pro, Selvie is an early first-round pick.” Sports Illustrated’s Tony Pauline

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Sherman

Sims

Jason

#1 | Wide Receiver | 6-4 | 207 | Junior

>> Jacksonville, Fla. | First Coast HS

Coach McGeoghan on Sherman “Sherman is doing some nice things. He is a big, physical receiver and he is catching the ball fairly well. He is going to come out here and really add some depth for us in the screen game and the run game. He is going to be a guy that can go down the perimeter and make a big play for us as a physical body.” 2008: Reserve wide receiver logged time against FIU, N.C. State and Syracuse. 2007: Redshirt freshman played in a reserve role ... First career reception was a 16-yard pickup against Louisville ... Pressed into regular rotation in final three regular-season games as the Bulls’ wide receiving corps battled injuries.

Jacob

#64 | Offensive Tackle | 6-5 | 285 | Junior

>> Winter Park, Fla. | Winter Park HS

Coach Simmonds on Sims “Jacob Sims is coming off finger surgery. He started most of the year last year, despite breaking his finger mutiple times, and he’s going to be involved, but right now we are just trying to get him healthy and bring him back in a limited capacity.” 2008: Young and rising star on the USF offensive line ...Took advantage of the opportunity to learn from a senior-laden class ... Played in 12 games and started 10 ... Started at both right guard and left tackle ... Graded out well at 76% on the season despite minimal experience ... Recorded 40 overall knockdown points ... Had a season-high 13 knockdown points against Cincinnati ... Graded out at 70% or higher in all but one appearance during the season ... Led the offensive line in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl, grading out at 87% ...Also graded out at 80% or higher against UT-Martin, UCF, Kansas and Rutgers.

2006: Spent season contributing on scout team while utilizing his redshirt. 2007: Worked in a backup role. FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 52nd among wide receivers nationally by Rival and the 62nd best player in Florida ... A solid basketball player, he picked up football in his senior season ... Climbed 27 spots in Rivals rankings from pre-season to post-season ... Had 16 receptions for 450 yards and three touchdowns in senior season ... Coached by Marty Lee ... Runs a 4.4 forty-yard dash. PERSONAL: Born March 27, 1988 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Raised by Sandra Weston ... Three siblings: Leon, Jamica and Tanesha ... Given name is Jason Peter Sherman ... Nicknamed J. Sherm ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

Shields Andreas

#48 | Tight End | 6-6 | 220 | Redshirt Freshman

>> Tampa, Fla. | Wharton HS 2008: Utilized redshirt season.

WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 63rd best tight end in the country by Scout.com... Ranked 16th best player in Tampa/St. Pete area by the St. Pete Times ... First team all-conference (2007), honorable mention All-State ... Coached by Dave Mitchell ... Chose USF over FAU and FIU ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

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2006: Worked on scout team and utilized his redshirt season. WINTER PARK HIGH SCHOOL: Class 6A third team all-state in 2005 ... Captain of the 2005 Metro District and 6A, Region I Champion Winter Park team ... A two-way starter on the lines ... Helped lead team to 12-2 record in 2005 and state semi-finals in 6A ... Lost to eventual state champions on a field goal as time expired ... Played offensive and defensive lines in 2005 Central Florida All-Star Game ... Led team in sacks and tackles for loss ... First team all-Metro, all-Orange County and all-Friday Night Football ... Second team all-Central Florida...Named team’s Outstanding Offensive Lineman and Most Valuable Defensive Player. PERSONAL: Born February 24, 1988 ... High school grade point average of 3.9 ... Sprint Scholar-Athlete ... Majoring in general business administration ... One of eight USF studentathletes named to the 2008 BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.

sinclair Charlton

#31 | Defensive Back | 5-11 | 190 | Sophomore

>> Jacksonville, Fla. | Mandarin HS

Coach Tresey on Sinclair “Cha-cha, he doesn’t have a lot of experience but has been getting a lot of reps this spring. He looks like a guy that we could plug in at the nickel spot and again has a lot of upside.” 2008: Reserve defensive back made his mark on special teams with five tackles and a touchdown ... TD came on a punt block against Pitt ... Did not register more than one tackle during any single game ... Enrolled in USF for the spring semester of 2008 and participated in workouts and practices.

STowell Tyler

#14 | Wide Receiver | 6-4 | 185 | Redshirt Freshman

>> St. Petersburg, Fla. | Northside Christian HS 2008: Utilized redshirt season.

NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: Named 2008 Athlete of the Year as well as Scholar Athlete of the Year...St. Pete Times All-County Academic/Athletic Team ... Named team co-captain in 2007... Also lettered in basketball, track and weightlifting. PERSONAL: Born March 29, 1990 ... Son of Wayne Stowell and Vivian Stowell ... One sister: Jenny Stowell ...Majoring in pre-mathematics education.

MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOL: Florida Times Union Super 11 and Super 24 pick ... Top 24 players are selected postseason, while Super 11 are a preseason team ... Had 90 tackles with five sacks in 2006 ... Two interceptions and one fumble recovery ... First team all-First Coast...52nd at his position by Rivals.com and 82nd overall in Florida ... Ranked 76th nationally at his position by Scout.com and 93rd overall prospect in Florida ... Four-year letterman ... Team defensive MVP and Most Athletic as a senior ... Coached by J.D. Hall. PERSONAL: Born September 7, 1988 ... Son of Ray Sinclair, who played running back for the Seattle Seahawks and Davidson College ... Mom is Michele Sinclair ... Brother Gerard is a linebacker at South Carolina ... Cousin Roderick Brown played for N.C. State and Arizona Cardinals, while another cousin, Roosevelt Williams, played for Tuskegee, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns.

SPires Donte

#56 | Linebacker | 6-3 | 222 | Senior

>> Tampa, Fla. | Pearl River CC | Plant HS Coach Blackwell on Spires “He was rusty coming back missing last season. He is in that three way battle with Robinson and Joseph. He brings a lot of athleticism to the table. He got better every day. I was impressed with how he got back into the flow of things. I was concerned early, but by the end of the spring he was really starting to show up. 2008: Chose to focus solely on academics during fall 2008. 2007: Saw action in 12 games ... Logged 16 total tackles, including 13 solo stops and three tackles for a loss ... Recorded his first career tackle as a Bull against North Carolina ... Posted a career-high with four total tackles against Louisville ... Chalked up a sack for a loss of eight yards against Pittsburgh. PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Originally signed with USF out of Plant High in 2005, but attended Pearl River Community College for two years, where he played one season... First team Gridwire All-America for Pearl River in 2006...Also earned JUCO all-state...Top defensive player for a team that reached the Junior College National Championship Game (Pilgrim Bowl) in 2006 ... Coached by Tim Hatten.

taylor Jamar

#33 | Running Back | 5-9 | 200 | Junior

>> Lakeland, Fla. | Lakeland HS

2008: Played in 11 games and started twice ... Arguably the best running back at the conclusion of the season ... Ran the ball 62 times for 300 yards and three touchdowns ... Logged six games with 30 or more yards rushing ... Biggest game of the season was a 72 yard outburst against Kansas that included a game-changing 20-yard touchdown ... Also scored against NC State and UConn ... Longest run of the season was a 29-yard gain against Memphis ... Also contributed four tackles on special teams. 2007: Third-string running back played a significant role for USF ... True freshman rushed for 147 yards on 47 carries and two touchdowns ... Eight receptions for 71 yards, including a 34-yard catch against Syracuse ... Played in all 13 games, started against UCF ... Single-game high of 58 yards rushing against West Virginia, including a 19-yard touchdown run in win over the Mountaineers ... Popped off a 54-yard run against UConn. LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL: A hard-running fullback rushed for 1,062 yards and 13 touchdowns his senior year ... Sun Sentinel Top 100 in the state of Florida ... No. 9 running back ... FSWA Third Team ... All-county first team ... Class 5A third team all-state ... Lakeland Ledger first team all-county ... Originally signed and participated in 2007 spring drills at Alabama ... received an NCAA waiver to immediately play at USF. PERSONAL: Born February 23, 1988 ... Raised by Leatah Mae Jones and Willie Taylor ... Two sisters: Leanna and Shaquita ... One brother, Shadrick ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

YEAR 2007 2008 Total

G-GS 13-1 11-2 24-3

ATT 47 62 109

YDS 147 300 447

AVG 3.0 4.8 4.1

TD LONG 2 54 at UConn 3 29 vs. Memphis 5 54 at UConn

REC 8 1 9

YDS TD 71 0 -1 0 70 0

H.B. PLANT HIGH SCHOOL: Third team all-state as a high school senior in 2004 when he had 133 tackles, including 101 solo stops and 11 tackles for loss...Had two sacks...Second team all-Suncoast and First Team all-Western Conference...First team all-county as well...Finalist for Hillsborough County’s Guy Tophy and Golden Helmet awards...Three-year letterman... Coached by Bob Weiner ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science. GoUSFBulls.com

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Quenton

#68 | Long Snapper | 5-10 | 205 | Sophomore

>> Tampa, Fla. | Plant HS 2008: Did not participate in any games. >

#2 | Cornerback | 5-10 | 183 | Sophomore

>> Fort Myers, Fla. | North Fort Myers HS

2007: Utilized his redshirt season.

Coach Tresey on Washington “An experienced veteran, he just has to work hard and get better to put himself in position to have a very good season.”

H.B. PLANT HIGH SCHOOL: Was a member of the 2006 Plant Panther State Championship team ... Lettered in football three times ... Plant’s starting long snapper ... Member of the National Honors Society ... All-county honorable mention.

2008: Rising cornerback played in 12 games, starting one ... Contributed 15 tackles, one tackle for loss and one blocked punt ... Blocked punt led to a touchdown against Pittsburgh ... Single-game highs of four tackles against Louisville and Memphis.

PERSONAL: Born December 18, 1988 ... Son of Steve and Dorthy Walsh ...Majoring in preathletic training.

2007: Utilized his redshirt year.

Warren Jeremiah

#55 | Offensive Line | 6-4 | 320 | Sophomore

>> >>Panama City, Fla. | Bay HS

2008: Saw action in seven games as a reserve offensive lineman ... Made collegiate debut against UT-Martin ... Also played against Kansas, NC State, Syracuse, Cincinnati and Rutgers.

NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL: Had 12 interceptions (231 yards) with four touchdowns in 2006, including five games with two interceptions in each ... Two interceptions for touchdowns (both for 33 yards) against Cape Coral Baker ... Caught a 53-yard TD pass and returned an interception for a 45-yard TD against Cape Coral Mariner ... 20-yard interception return for a TD against Charlotte High ... Second team all-state in Class 5A ... First team all-district and all-conference ... MVP of Lee County North-South All-Star Game ... 57 tackles, one fumble recovery and 11 passes defended in 2006 ... 26 receptions for 474 yards with five touchdowns ... Had 40-yard TD catch in Class 5A Region Final against Bradenton Manatee ... Also played basketball and ran track ... Coached by James Iandoli...Team finished 11-2. PERSONAL: Born June 6, 1989 in Sarasota, Fla. ... Given name is Quenton Dean Washington ... Nicknamed “Q” ... Son of Michael and Mary Washington ... Two brothers, Mike and Reshad ... Majoring in pre-business administration.

2007: Utilized redshirt season ... Enrolled at USF in January 2007 and participated in spring practice. BAY HIGH SCHOOL: Class 3A honorable mention all-state ... All-county as a junior and senior ... 58 tackles with six sacks as a senior ... 32-0 as a senior in wrestling, he finished sixth in the state as a junior...Two-time district champ ... Also accomplished in shot put and discus ... Won district and regional titles in both events three times ... Had 10 varsity letters in football, wrestling and track and field. PERSONAL: Born September 20, 1987 ... One of seven children to Gloria and Jimmy Warren ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science.

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YEAR 2008

G-GS 12-1

UT 12

AT 3

TT 15

TFL 1-2

SACKS INT-YDS 0 0

FF-FR 0-1

Wilson

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Kion

Justin

#42 | Linebacker | 6-2 | 235 | Senior

#84 | Wide Receiver | 6-1 | 203 | Sophomore

>> Jacksonville, Fla. | Pearl River CC | Raines HS

>> Fort Pierce, Fla. | Fort Pierce Central HS 2008: Did not participate in any games.

FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: Played two positions, quarterback, as a senior, and wide receiver, as a junior ... Lettered in basketball, football, and track ... Team captain for all three teams ... Honor roll all four years ... District champ in the high jump (6’4”) ... Originally signed with the Division II Lincoln University in Missouri ... Decided to attend USF via walk on tryouts ... Lacerated his kidney during his senior campaign. PERSONAL: Born November 27, 1988 ... Raised by Edward and Mozell Walker ... Majoring in pre-athletic training.

Wilson Jeffrey

#83 | Wide Receiver | 6-0 | 170 | Sophomore

>> Miramar, Fla. | Everglades HS

2008: Worked primarily on the scout team ... Earned playing time in the season opener against UT Martin. EVERGLADES HIGH SCHOOL: Named most outstanding wide receiver as a senior ... Team captain ... Attended high school football powerhouse Miami Northwestern before transferring to Everglades HS ... Member of the 2006 Everglades High School Gators, which went on a 10-0 district run.

Coach Blackwell on Wilson “I am really, really, really pleased with his spring. His work ethic, he plays with a nasty attitude. He has great vision and instinct. He has the potential to be an impact player.” 2008: Played in 13 games, starting 11 ... Third on the team with 66 tackles during his first season as a Bull ... Also registered 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and two pass break-ups ... Piled up double-digit tackle numbers against Cincinnati (11), UConn (12) and West Virginia (11) ... Playing time and leadership role increased throughout the season. PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: One of three Pearl River teammates to sign with Bulls in 2008, along with Theo Wilson and Craig Marshall... Signed with USF prior to spring semester and has been on campus since January 2008 ... 98 tackles, seven tackles for loss and one sack during nine games as a sophomore at Pearl River ... Accounted for 117 tackles, two interceptions and six sacks as a freshman ... Played weak-side linebacker at PRCC ... Attended Jacksonville’s Raines High School ... He was rated as a four-star recruit by Scout and a three-star recruit by Rivals ... Miami and Louisville also heavily recruited Wilson ... Coached by Tim Hatten at PRCC. PERSONAL: Born October 24, 1986 ... Raised by Glenda Marshall ... One of nine children, five brothers and three sisters ... Brother Darious played Division II football ... Uncle Eliott Walker played for the San Francisco 49ers and in the Arena Football League ... Cousin Cleveland Pratt played for Tampa Bay Storm of the AFL ... Majoring in communication. YEAR 2008

G-GS UT 13-11 40

AT 26

TT 66

TFL 3.5-14

SACKS 1-7

PBU 2

FF-FR 1-2

PERSONAL: Born September 26, 1987... Raised by his mother, Laurie Hepburn, and grandmother, Ruby Wilson. ... Majoring in elementary education.

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Young

Theo

Jerrell

#1 | Safety | 6-2 | 205 | Sophomore

#9 | Wide Receiver | 6-0 | 207 | Senior

>> St. Petersburg, Fla. | Gibbs HS

>> Dunedin, Fla. | Pearl River CC | Dunedin HS Coach McGeoghan on Wilson “Theo Wilson can do a lot of things, he can screen for you, he can run, he can block, he can return the ball, he can return punts. He is very versatile and very physical. He is good after the catch, not afraid to go in the middle, good ball skills, a very talented young man.”

Coach Tresey on Young “Jerrell Young is another young man who didn’t play a lot until the Bowl Game last year. He is a kid that has his priorities on getting better. It is important for him to improve and get game reps. He works to get better everyday and has a lot of upside.”

2008: Began season as a cornerback before switching to wide receiver ... Played in nine games, missing four with a knee injury ... Registered three tackles ... Also ran the ball once and completed a 14-yard pass to Matt Grothe in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl ... Returned eight punts for 103 yards and a touchdown ...TD came against UT Martin on a partially blocked punt that he took back 67 yards ... Returned one kickoff 13 yards.

2008: Reserve safety earned more time as the season progressed ... Played in 13 games and started at strong safety in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl against Memphis ... Finished season with 25 tackles, including 12 in the final two games and single-game best seven against Memphis ... Led team with 11 special teams tackles, including eight on kickoff coverage ... Also recorded one tackle for loss and one pass breakup.

PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE: One of three Pearl River teammates to sign with Bulls in 2008, along with Craig Marshall and Kion Wilson ... Spent his first year at Southwest Mississippi Community College before transferring to Pearl River ... Versatile player who can play quarterback, wide receiver or defensive back ... The multi-dimensional Wilson finished the season with 265 passing yards with two TD, 153 rushing yards with four TD, and 120 receiving yards and a score ... Coached by Tim Hatten at PRCC.

2007: Utilized his redshirt season.

DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOL: While at Dunedin HS, he racked up 6,000 all-purpose yards from 2003-05 ... Named all-county from 2005-06 and was part of the 2005 district championship team ... Also lettered in track (2 years) and baseball (1 year).

PERSONAL: Born September 24, 1987... Son of Annie and Leroy Young ... Cousin of former Cincinnati Bengal Peter Warrick ... One brother, Leroy and a sister, Tee Jackson. ... Majoring in political science.

GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL: Team MVP as a senior in football, track and basketball ... Rushed for 1,583 yards and 16 touchdowns ... Also recorded 122 tackles and six interceptions ... First team all-state ... City and Sun Coast District Champion in the 100 and 200-yard dash ... Qualified for state in 100 and 200 yard sprints.

PERSONAL: Born January 12, 1987 ... Majoring in interdisciplinary social science ... Raised by Clara Mae Smith. YEAR 2008

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G-GS 13-1

UT 17

AT 8

TT 25

TFL 1-1

SACKS 0

PBU 1

FF-FR 0-0

Atkins Gerard

Tight End | 6-5 | 225 | 2009 Signee

>> St. Petersburg, Fla. | Dixie Hollins HS DIXIE HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 99th-best prospect at tight end by Scout.com ... Played both tight end and wide receiver, also saw time on defense ... Logged five touchdown grabs as a junior ... Also recorded two interceptions, returning one 99 yards for a touchdown ... Hails from the same high school as Head Coach Jim Leavitt and former prolific USF-back Andre Hall.

BARRINGTON Sam

Linebacker | 6-3 | 220 | 2009 Signee

>> Jacksonville, Fla. | Terry Parker HS

TERRY PARKER HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star prospect at linebacker ... Rated 37th-best prospect among inside linebackers by Rivals.com ... Ranked 65th-best prospect in Rivals.com Florida Preseason Top 100 list ... Rated 18th-best prospect at middle linebacker by Rivals.com ... Ranked 47th-best prospect at outside linebacker according to ESPN ... A four-year starter that played on both sides of the ball at Terry Parker HS ... Logged 1,188 yards rushing and 17 rushing touchdowns on 108 carries as a senior ... Selected to play in the 2008 Florida All-Star game ... Also added more than 109 tackles, five sacks, one interception, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and six pass break-ups while playing multiple linebacker positions ... Recorded 104 tackles including 74 solo stops, three sacks and three forced fumbles during his junior season ... A gifted athlete at the linebacker position that flashes a good burst of speed when closing on the ball vertically ... Shows good hands and upper-body strength and utilizes his long wingspan to separate blockers and string the run out to the sideline ... Chose USF over Miami, Purdue and Illinois, among others.

DIXON Ricardo

Cornerback | 5-11 | 168 | 2009 Signee

>> Hallandale, Fla. | Hallandale HS

HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star prospect at cornerback ... Ranked 13th-best prospect at cornerback by ESPN ... Rated 33rd-best prospect at cornerback by Scout.com ... Ranked 67th-best prospect in the Florida preseason Top 100 according to Rivals.com ...Rated 49thbest prospect at cornerback by Rivals.com ... Displays good transitional quickness and great vertical speed ... Logged 52 tackles, 12 pass breakups and six interceptions, returning one for a touchdown as a senior ... Recorded 50 tackles, one interception and 30 pass breakups during his junior season ... Selected to play in the Hawaii All-Star Football Classic as well as the Dade/ Broward and Under Armour All-American games following his senior campaign ... Also a first team all-state selection and a second team Reebok Florida Phenom honoree... Runs a 4.4 forty-yard dash ... Chose USF over Ole Miss, Rutgers, Tennessee, Auburn and West Virginia... Hails from the same high school as fellow 2009 signee Victor Marc.

2009 Newcomers BATTLES Bradley

Running Back | 5-9 | 179 | 2009 Signee

>> Marianna, Fla. | Marianna HS

MARIANNA HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 16th-best prospect among athletes by Rivals.com ... Ranked 192nd-prospect in Rivals.com Rivals250 ... Rated 26th-best prospect in the Florida Preseason Top 100 by Rivals.com ... Ranked 64th-best prospect at running back by Scout.com ... Rated 22nd-best prospect at running back by ESPN ... Saw action on both sides of the ball and on special teams at Marianna HS ... Scored 15 touchdowns as a senior ... Also recorded 54 tackles and two interceptions while playing safety ... Logged 2,100 yards rushing on 275 carries with 25 touchdowns during his junior campaign ... Also had 11 catches for 133 yards and two receiving scores ... Defensively had 70 tackles, two interceptions, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery as a junior ... Also recorded seven punt returns for 150 yards and two touchdowns and four kick returns for 120 yards ... A Class 2A first team selection at defensive back following his senior season ... Voted first team All-State as a junior ... Runs a 4.5 fortyyard dash ... Boasts a 35.5-inch vertical leap ... Recruited by Assistant Coach Mike Canales ... Chose USF over Louisville, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Colorado.

BASS Jamar

Offensive Guard | 6-4 | 290 | 2009 Signee

>> Apopka, Fla. | Hutchinson CC (Kan.) | Apopka HS HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Ranked 62nd best junior college prospect in Rivals. com Junior College Top 100 ... Projects at either left guard or left tackle for USF ... Redshirted at Fort Scott Community College after graduating from Apopka HS ... Transferred to Northwest Mississippi Community College the following year before landing at Hutchinson Community College as a redshirt sophomore ... Earned All-Jayhawk Conference honors in 2008 ... Bench presses 385 pounds and squats 615 ... Chose USF over Illinois, UAB, Southern Mississippi and Middle Tennessee, among others.

FoRte Julius

Defensive End | 6-2 | 235 | 2009 Signee

>> St. Petersburg, Fla. | Boca Ciega HS

BOCA CIEGA HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star prospect at defensive end ... Rated 47th-best prospect at defensive end by Scout.com ... Ranked 42nd-best weak side defensive end by Rivals.com ... Tough and productive defensive end that displays good quickness to the ball ... Displays solid straight-line speed and short-area change-of-direction skills ... Recorded 95 tackles, 34 tackles for a loss, 14 sacks, three caused fumbles and an interception returned for a touchdown as a senior ... Finished his junior season with 50 tackles, 11 sacks, four caused fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one blocked field goal for a touchdown ... Saw action at defensive end, defensive tackle and offensive tackle for Boca Ciega HS ... Garnered second team Class 4A honors as a receiver following his senior season ... Benches 315 pounds and squats 415 ... 35-inch vertical leap ... Core GPA 3.5 ... Also lettered in basketball ... Chose USF over Louisville, Kentucky, Ole Miss and North Carolina State, among others.

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2009 Newcomers GIDDiNS Ryne

Defensive End | 6-2 | 235 | 2009 Signee

>> Seffner, Fla. | Armwood HS

ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: Four-star recruit at defensive end ... Ranked fourth best weakside defensive end in the nation by Rivals.com and 61st best prospect overall ... Rated 12thbest defensive end according to Scout.com ... Ranked fifth-best defensive end by ESPN ... Rated second in pass rushing among defensive ends by Rivals.com and was the 15th-best Florida prospect in Rivals.com preseason list ... One of the nine best prospects in the Tampa area according to the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times ... Plays out of a low sprinters stance and can be explosive off the ball ... Displays lateral quickness and an ability to slip around the block to make an inside charge ... A solid wrap-up tackler with good closing speed ... Three-year starter and team captain at Armwood HS ... Coached by Sean Callahan ... Recorded 75 tackles, six sacks, five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two fumbles returned for touchdowns, 21 quarterback hurries, 10 pass breakups and 18 tackles for a loss as a senior ... Compiled 98 tackles, 21 tackles for a loss and 21 sacks as a junior becoming Armwood High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time sack leader ... First team Reebok Florida Phenom selection as a senior ... Earned CSTV National Defensive Player of the Year , USA Today and Parade Magazine first-team All-America honors following his senior campaign ... Also named to the 2008 EA Sports All-America team ... Selected for the 2008 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Two-time first team all-county selection by both the Times and the Tribune ... Also voted a two-time defensive player of the year by the Times ... Named Bright House Sports Network Defensive MVP of the Year as a junior and was a Class 4A first team All-State and All-Sun Coast selection ...Runs a 4.55 in the 40-yard dash ... Received more than 70 scholarship offers, chose USF over USC, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Auburn, Clemson, North Carolina and Tennessee.

GRIFFIN Sterling

Wide Receiver | 6-1 | 174 | 2009 Signee

Opa Locka, Fla. | Miami Monsignor Pace HS

MIAMI MONSIGNOR PACE HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 135th best prospect at wide receiver by Scout.com ... Ranked 70th best prospect at wide receiver by ESPN ... A three-year starter at wide receiver for Miami Monsignor Pace HS ... Caught 37 passes for 779 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior ... Finished his junior season with 35 catches for 970 yards and 10 touchdowns ... Also saw time at safety recording 35 tackles and one interception in his high school career ... Named one of the Top 25 Players in Miami-Dade County by the Miami Herald in 2008 ... A tall, lean wide receiver with long arms and smooth athleticism ... Has good initial quickness off the line and possesses solid top-end speed ... A polished route-runner, who does a good job of creating leverage by attacking defenders ... Carried a 3.7 GPA ... Runs a 4.5 forty-yard dash ... Also lettered in track where he finished second in the FHSAAA Championships in the 400m (48.47) ... Chose USF over Mississippi, Pittsburgh, Purdue and Kansas State, among others ... Attended the same high school as fellow 2009 signes Derrick Hopkins and Kayvon Webster.

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GRIFFITHS Chase

Linebacker | 6-3 | 213 | 2009 Signee

>> Tallahassee, Fla. | North Florida Christian HS

NORTH FLORIDA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 43rd-best prospect at strong side linebacker by Scout.com ... Rated 73rd-best prospect at inside linebacker by Rivals.com ... Fundamentally sound and does a good job maintaining gap integrity on the inside ... Displays above average redirection skills in mirroring backs between the tackles and possesses good coverage skills ... Has played both linebacker and defensive end ... Had 120 tackles, 14 tackles for a loss, four sacks and four forced fumbles as a junior ... Led North Florida Christian to the 2007 state championship game ... Garnered first team Class 1A honors as a senior ... All-Big Bend Honorable Mention following his junior season ... Runs a 4.6 forty-yard dash ... Earned a 3.7 GPA ... Chose USF over Rutgers, Auburn, Florida State and N.C. State.

Hopkins Derrick

Wide Receiver | 5-7 | 160 | 2009 Signee

>> Opa Locka, Fla. | Miami Monsignor Pace HS MIAMI MONSIGNOR PACE HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 149th best prospect as an athlete by ESPN ... Recorded 22 receptions for 350 yards and two touchdowns as a senior ... Also returned one kick for a touchdown ... Has played on both sides of the ball and on special teams ... Returned four punts for touchdowns and two kickoffs for touchdowns during his junior campaign ... Scored a total of 10 touchdowns and added two interceptions playing primarily defensive back ... Dynamic return specialist and slot receiver with blazing speed ... Possesses sudden change-of-direction and lateral agility skills ... A two-time first team AllDade County selection ... Also lettered in track running a 10.25 in the 100-meter ... Posted the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best 200 time with a 20.97 to capture the Class 2A title ... Runs a 4.3 forty-yard dash ... Chose USF over Kansas State, Auburn, Texas A&M and LSU among others, also heavily recruited by many major programs as a track athlete ... Attended the same high school as 2009 signees Sterling Griffin and Kayvon Webster

JACQUES Steve

Offensive Guard | 6-4 | 280 | 2009 Signee

Hollywood, Fla. | South Broward HS

SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 49th-best offensive guard in the country by Scout.com and 51st best offensive guard prospect by Rivals.com ... Ranked 99th-best prospect in Florida by Rivals.com ... Broward County’s 16th best prospect according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel ... Powerful offensive lineman with impressive upper body strength ... Three-year starter at South Broward High School ... Coached by Alan Held ... Saw action at both offensive guard and defensive tackle ... As a senior anchored an offensive line that allowed South Broward to rush for 1,937 yards and average 273.4 yards of total offense per game ... Garnered first team Class 6A honors in 2008 ... First team all-county selection and a second team Reebok Florida Phenom selection during his senior campaign ... Second-team all-county selection as a junior ... Bench presses 405 and squats 575 ... Boasts a 3.7 grade point average ... Also lettered in wrestling qualifying for the state tournament in the heavyweight division after finishing his junior season with a 36-6 overall record ...Recruited by USF Assistant Coach Larry Scott ... Chose USF over Auburn, West Virginia and South Carolina.

JENKINS Jaquez

Safety | 6-2 | 177 | 2009 Signee

>> St. Petersburg, Fla. | Lakewood HS

LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 73rd-best prospect in the Florida Preseason Top 100 by Rivals.com ... Rated 36th-best prospect at safety by Rivals.com ... Played safety, wide receiver, quarterback and saw time as a return specialist ... Played mostly quarterback his senior season ... Recorded more than 1,300 yards passing with 19 touchdowns and rushed for 500 yards and five scores in seven games as a senior ... Also had 28 tackles, one interception and a forced fumble through seven games during his senior campaign ... Compiled 700 yards passing, 400 yards rushing, 350 yards receiving and 200 yards on kick returns as a junior ...Also logged 50 tackles and one interception on defense ... A Class 4A honorable mention selection as a senior ... Quick on run support and a physical tackler at safety ... Tremendous leaping ability and timing make him an interception threat.

JOYER Kamran

Center | 6-3 | 317 | 2009 Signee

>> Zephyrhills, Fla. | Wesley Chapel HS WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 65th best prospect at offensive guard by Rivals. com ... Rated 50th best prospect at offensive guard by Scout.com ... A solid offensive guard that uses his hands well in all phases of blocking ... Excels in pass protection ... Has played offensive guard, offensive tackle and center ... Recorded between 60 and 70 pancake blocks during his junior campaign ... One of the nine best prospects in the Tampa area according to the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times ... A third team Reebok Florida Phenom selection during his senior season ... Named first team all-conference and second team all-state as a junior ... Benches 425 pounds and a 295 pound power clean ... Also lettered in weightlifting and track and field.

2009 Newcomers LaMAR Lindsey

Running Back | 5-9 | 160 | 2009 Signee

>> Tampa, Fla. | Hillsborough HS

HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL: Amassed more than 3,300 yards in his high school career as a starting running back and return specialist ... Projected to play running back, slot receiver and kickoff/punt return specialist at the collegiate level ... Ranked 57th-best prospect at wide receiver by Scout.com ... Rated 21st-best all-purpose back by Rivals.com ... A versatile athlete that shows good vision finding the seams and great acceleration slicing through the defense... Excels at making defenders miss with great stop-start and jump-cut skills ...Rushed for 1,319 yards and 18 touchdowns on 121 carries as a senior, averaging 11-yards per carry ... Also logged eight catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns during his senior campaign ... Rushed for 938 yards and eight touchdowns while battling a knee injury as a junior ... Garnered first team All-Hillsborough County honors as a senior ... Also a Class 4A third team selection as a senior ... Lettered in track, where he won the regional championship in both the 100-meter (10.35) and 200 (21.41) events as a junior .. Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds... Boasts a 3.4 GPA ... Chose USF over South Carolina, Michigan, Louisville and Boston College, among others.

LATTIMORE Devekeyan “DeDe”

Linebacker | 6-1 | 225 | 2009 Signee

>> Athens, Ga. | Cedar Shoals HS

CEDAR SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 15th-best prospect at strong linebacker by Scout. com ... Rated 13th-best prospect at inside linebacker according to ESPN ... Rated 66th-best prospect at inside linebacker by Rivals.com ... Ranked 71st on Rivals.com Georgia Postseason Top 75 list ... Played on both sides of the ball at Cedar Shoals HS as a running back and linebacker ... Finished his senior season with 46 tackles, nine tackles for a loss, four sacks and four forced fumbles ... Named to the 2008 Georgia All-Star team and the All-Northeast Georgia team ... Also garnered Defensive player of the year honors in Region 8-AAAA ... Rushed for 631 yards and six touchdowns on 88 carries as a junior ... Also had 118 total tackles, 18 tackles for a loss, 12 sacks and 18 quarterback hurries in 10 games ... Does a good job of pressing seams and closing on the ball ... A solid tackler with the ability to make plays down-field ... Bench presses 315 pounds and squats 475 ... 31-inch vertical jump ... Runs a 4.5 forty-yard dash.

MARC Victor

Athlete | 5-11 | 208 | 2009 Signee

>> Hallandale, Fla. | Hallandale HS HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 71st-best prospect in the Florida Preseason Top-100 by Rivals.com ... Rated 55th-best prospect among athletes by Rivals.com ... Ranked 19th-best prospect at running back by ESPN ... Ranked the 63rd-best prospect at running back by Scout. com ... Played primarily quarterback in high school ... Boasts a strong arm with good accuracy at quarterback ... Rugged and sturdy as a back but also has smooth, fluid change-of-direction skills ... Extremely quick and has a proven ability to make defenders miss ... Threw for 854 yards with eight touchdowns completing 42-percent of his passes (45-of-107) ... Also recorded 478 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 83 carries while leading Hallandale HS to a 6-3 record during his senior campaign ... Selected to play in the Under Armour All-American game following his senior season ... Runs a 4.4 forty-yard dash ...Also lettered in baseball ... Chose USF over Rutgers, Kansas State, Boston College, Clemson and West Virginia... Hails from the same high school as fellow 2009 signee Ricardo Dixon. GoUSFBulls.com

2009 Newcomers McGhin John

Offensive Guard | 6-3 | 291 | 2009 Signee

>> Tallahassee, Fla. | Florida HS

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 142nd-best prospect at offensive tackle by Scout.com ... Ranked 80th-best prospect at offensive guard by ESPN ... Helped lead Florida HS to an 11-2 record in 2008 ... Anchored an offensive line that aided the Seminoles in amassing 2,009 yards passing for 18 touchdowns and 3,321 yards rushing for 45 scores as a senior ... Garnered first team Class 2B honors and was a first team all-district selection following his senior season ... Named Big Bend Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2008 ... A third team Reebok Florida Phenom selection ... Finished his junior season with a 12-1 overall record, helped Florida HS to 1,507 yards passing and 10 touchdowns through the air as well as 3,797 yards rushing and 41 rushing scores as part of the offensive line ... Can play any position on the line and projects to contribute to the left side at either guard or tackle ... Solid pass protector with good upper body strength ... Coached by Jarrod Hickman ... Boasts a 3.5 GPA ... Chose USF over Iowa State, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Georgia Tech.

NICHOLAS Ivan

Safety | 5-10 | 180 | 2009 Signee

>> Jacksonville, Fla. | Robert E. Lee HS

ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 133rd best prospect at safety by Scout.com ...Younger brother of former USF star and two-year NFL veteran Stephen Nicholas ... Played mostly safety but saw some action at linebacker for Robert E. Lee HS ... A playmaker on the defensive side of the ball ... Finished his senior season with 84 tackles, 12 tackles for a loss, three sacks, two punt blocks and two fumble recoveries ... Logged 98 tackles, four interceptions, seven sacks, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery as a junior ... Named to the first-team all-first coast team as a senior ... Coached by Randy Glass and Myrick Anderson.

SAGER Luke

Defensive End | 6-4 | 240 | 2009 Signee

>> Niceville, Fla. | Niceville HS

NICEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 54th among weakside defensive ends by Rivals.com ... Ranked 54th among defensive ends by ESPN ... Ranked 134th best prospect at defensive end by Scout.com ... Saw action across the defensive line ... An active defender with good size and ability ... Uses his hands well and moves well laterally ... Projects at the threetechnique or defensive end in college ... Recorded more than 40 tackles and nine sacks as a senior ... Finished his junior season with 45 tackles and eight sacks ... Selected to play in the North/South All-Star game in 2008 ... Honorable mention All-County selection as a junior ... Runs a 4.8 forty-yard dash ... Benches 345 pounds and squats 500 ... Has a 29-inch vertical leap ... Carries a 3.1 GPA .

SAVALA Carlos

Offensive Tackle | 6-6 | 310 | 2009 Signee

>> Fontana, Calif. | College of the Desert | Kaiser HS COLLEGE OF THE DESERT: Served a short stint in the Navy out of high school ... Twotime all-state and all-conference performer at the College of the Desert ... Designated a preseason All-American in 2008 and opened his sophomore season by not allowing a sack in his first four starts ... Garnered second team all-conference honors and was named to the JC All-American All-Star game as a sophomore ... Helped the Roadrunners amass 1,751 yards rushing for a conference-best 29 rushing touchdowns ... Named to the Region III AllCalifornia first team as a freshman. KAISER HIGH SCHOOL: An All-CIF Division III selection as a senior and a first team AllSunkist league honoree following his junior season.

PIERRE-PAUL Jason

Defensive End | 6-6 | 265 | 2009 Signee

>> Deerfield Beach, Fla. | Fort Scott CC (Kan.) | Deerfield Beach HS FORT SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Five-star prospect at defensive end ... Ranked sixth best junior college prospect according to Rivals.com ... Amassed 49 tackles, 14 sacks, 19 tackles for a loss, two forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery as a freshman at College of the Canyons ... Earned first team All-WSC and All-America honors following his freshman season ... Transferred to Fort Scott Community College in Kansas after his freshman year ... Teammate of fellow signee Jacquain Williams at Fort Scott ... Finished his sophomore season with 70 tackles, 10.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... Named Jayhawk Conference Defensive Player of the Week after recording 10 unassisted tackles, two tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in one game ... Garnered first team All-Jayhawk and first team All-America honors following the 2008 season ... Runs a 4.5 forty-yard dash ... Chose USF over Florida, Miami, Florida State, Kansas State, Arizona and Nebraska and Oklahoma State.

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STIRRUPS Leslie

Defensive Tackle | 6-3 | 275 | 2009 Signee

>> Tampa, Fla. | East Mississippi CC | Hillsborough HS EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Four-star prospect at defensive tackle... Played at Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pearl River Community College for one season recording 30 tackles, 6.5 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble ... Rising seniors Theo Wilson and Kion Wilson and rising junior Craig Marshall also played at Pearl River Community College before starting their careers at USF ...Transferred to East Mississippi Community College in 2007 ... Recorded 71 tackles, 11 tackles for a loss, two sacks, a blocked punt and a blocked field goal at East Mississippi ... Earned JUCO defensive player of the week honors after recording eight total tackles, two tackles for a loss, one sack, one pass breakup and one blocked PAT ... Named first team All-MACJC team in 2008. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the Rivals250 by Rivals.com in 2006 ... Ranked 10th-best prospect among defensive tackles in 2006 by Rivals.com ... Rated 20th-best prospect in the state of Florida in 2006 according to Rivals.com ... Ranked 30th-best prospect at defensive tackle by Scout.com in 2006 ... Finished his senior season with 57 tackles, four sacks and six tackles for a loss ... Recorded 56 tackles, 12 tackles for a loss and six sacks as a high school junior ... First team All-Sun Coast selection as a senior.

Thompson Demi

Defensive Tackle | 6-1 | 245 | 2009 Signee

>> Longwood, Fla. | Lake Mary HS

LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked 124th best prospect at defensive end by Scout.com ... Rated 44th among weakside defensive ends by Rivals.com ... Ranked 31st among defensive end prospects by ESPN ... A productive player that does a good job of using his hands ... Moves well laterally and is a solid tackler ... Had 27 solo tackles, 15 tackles for a loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in six games of action during his junior season ... Selected to play in the Central Florida All-Star game following his senior campaign ...Coached by Scott Perry... Bench presses 335 pounds and squats 515 ... Boasts a 3.4 GPA ... Chose USF over Cincinnati, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Purdue, among others ... Hails from the same high school as rising sophomore linebacker Michael Lanaris.

THornton Kyrhi

Nose Tackle | 6-3 | 300 | 2009 Signee

>> Panama City, Fla. | Hargrave Military Academy (Va.) | Bay Senior HS HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY: Three-star prospect at defensive tackle ... Ranked 16th among prep school prospects according to Rivals.com. BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 73rd-best defensive tackle in the class of 2008 by Rivals.com ... Ranked 20th-best prospect at defensive tackle in 2008 by ESPN ... Good-sized defensive tackle with solid straight-line speed ... Displays the ability to take a smart pursuit angle and can be a productive pass rusher ... Saw action at both fullback and defensive tackle ...Recorded 678 yards rushing with 10 touchdowns as a high school senior ... Also had two catches for 37 yards and a touchdown ... Made 49 tackles including 46 solo stops, two sacks, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery during his senior campaign ... Named to the Orlando Sentinel Top-100 following his senior season ... Runs a 4.8 forty-yard dash ... Benches 365 and squats 400.

Virgin Isaac

Quarterback | 6-4 | 235 | 2009 Signee

Fort Pierce, Fla. | Westwood HS

WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 91st-athlete prospect by ESPN ... Rated 68th-best prospect at tight end by Scout.com, but projects at quarterback for USF ... Possesses good foot speed and agility ... Shows good downfield strength and throws well on the run and off balance ... Amassed 2,811 yards passing in his high school career ...Threw for 1,641 yards and 15 touchdowns with only four interceptions as a senior ... Also rushed for 317 yards and seven touchdowns ... Led Westwood HS to the District 13-4A title as a senior ... Saw action at both quarterback and tight end ... Earned Class 4A honorable mention as a senior ... Has the ability to throw the ball close to 70 yards flat-footed ... Coached by Waides Ashmon ... Also lettered in basketball.

2009 Newcomers WEBSTER Kayvon

Defensive Back | 5-11 |181 | 2009 Signee

>> Opa Locka, Fla. | Miami Monsignor Pace HS

MIAMI MONSIGNOR PACE HIGH SCHOOL: Rated 28th-best prospect among safeties by Rivals. com ... Ranked 29th-best prospect among safeties by Scout.com ... Ranked 71st on the Rivals.com Florida Preseason Top 100 list ... Rated 32nd-best prospect as an athlete by ESPN ... Saw action on both sides of the ball and as a return specialist for Miami Monsignor Pace HS ... Caught 30 passes for 500 yards and eight touchdowns during his junior season ... Also recorded 65 tackles, four sacks, seven forced fumbles and 10 fumble recoveries ... Returned a kick for a touchdown as a junior ... Two-time first team All-Dade selection ... The entire package when it comes to versatility in a football player ... Has good size and plays bigger than his physical dimensions ... Quick on run support from the safety position and drives through the ball carrier or receiver when making tackles ... Has the speed to catch a play from behind and flush the quarterback out of the pocket in blitz coverage ... Runs a 4.4 forty-yard dash ... Has a 33-inch vertical leap ... Carried a 3.0 GPA ... Also lettered in track ... Chose USF over Miami, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Syracuse, Florida and Auburn, among others ... Attended the same high school as 2009 signees Sterling Griffin and Derrick Hopkins.

WilLiams Jaquain

Linebacker | 6-4 | 225 | 2009 Signee

>> Riverview, Fla. | Fort Scott CC (Kan.) | Riverview HS FORT SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Recorded 72 tackles, 12 tackles for a loss, an interception and a forced fumble at Fort Scott in 2008 ... Was named KJCCC Defensive Player of the Week after recording eight solo stops, three assisted tackles, one tackle for a loss, an interception and five solo tackles on special teams to lead Fort Scott to the first shutout against Coffeyville Community College since 1998 ... Garnered NJCC first team All-America honors following his sophomore season ... Logged 60 tackles including 11 tackles for a loss as a freshman at Fort Scott ... Runs a 4.5 forty-yard dash ... Played at Fort Scott with fellow 2009-signee Jason Pierre-Paul.

WiLLIAMS Kevin

Athlete | 5-10 | 175 | 2009 Signee

>> St. Petersburg, Fla. | Los Medanos College (Calif.) | Gibbs HS LOS MEDANOS COLLEGE: One of the top junior college corners and punt/kick returners in the country ... In 2007, made 38 tackles in 10 games, also had three interceptions and 21 pass breakups ... Last year at Los Medanos he registered 27 pass breakups, four interceptions, two sacks, a forced fumble and had one fumble recovery ... He also had 34 kick returns, averaging 40.3 yards, while scoring two touchdowns. GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL: All-Pinellas county selection out of GIbbs HS ... Clocked at 4.34 in the 40-yard dash.

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2008 Season Review << Schedule & Results

Date Opponents (TV) Results Aug. 30 UT Martin (ESPN Regional) W, 56-7 Sept. 6 at UCF (ESPN2) W, 31-24 (OT) Sept. 12 #13/11 Kansas (ESPN2) W, 37-34 Sept. 20 at FIU (ESPNU) W, 17-9 Sept. 27 at NC State (ESPNU) W, 41-10 Oct. 2 Pitt (ESPN) L, 26-21 Oct. 18 Syracuse (BIG EAST Network) W, 45-13 Oct. 25 at Louisville (BHSN) L, 24-20 Oct. 30 at Cincinnati (ESPN) L, 24-10 Nov. 15 Rutgers (BIG EAST Network) L, 49-16 Nov. 23 UConn (ESPN) W, 17-13 Dec. 6 at West Virginia (ESPN2) L, 13-7 2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Dec. 20 vs Memphis (ESPN2) W, 45-14

Attendance 48,058 46,805 58,755 16,717 57,583 50,307 51,384 40,384 31,175 47,216 42,422 48,019 25,205

Score by quarters USF Opponents

1st 108 54

2nd 80 95

3rd 85 31

4th 79 80

OT 7 0

Total 359 290

2008 big east standings Team Record Pct Home Away Streak Record Pct Home Away Streak Cincinnati 6-1 .857 4-0 2-1 W5 11-3 .786 6-0 5-2 L1 West Virginia 5-2 .714 3-1 2-1 W1 9-4 .692 6-1 2-3 W2 Pittsburgh 5-2 .714 2-1 3-1 W2 9-4 .692 4-2 5-1 L2 Rutgers 5-2 .714 3-0 2-2 W5 8-5 .615 5-2 2-3 W7 Connecticut 3-4 .429 1-2 2-2 L2 8-5 .615 4-2 3-3 W1 USF 2-5 .286 2-2 0-3 L1 8-5 .615 4-2 3-3 W1 Louisville 1-6 .143 1-3 0-3 L5 5-7 .417 4-4 1-3 L5 Syracuse 1-6 .143 1-2 0-4 L3 3-9 .250 2-4 1-5 L1

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Team Statistics

USF TEAM STATISTICS USF SCORING 359 Points Per Game 27.6 FIRST DOWNS 291 Rushing 120 Passing 155 Penalty 16 RUSHING YARDAGE 2150 Yards gained rushing 2508 Yards lost rushing 358 Rushing Attempts 518 Average Per Rush 4.2 Average Per Game 165.4 TDs Rushing 24 PASSING YARDAGE 3115 Att-Comp-Int 407-255-15 Average Per Pass 7.7 Average Per Catch 12.2 Average Per Game 239.6 TDs Passing 18 TOTAL OFFENSE 5265 Total Plays 925 Average Per Play 5.7 Average Per Game 405.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 49-1126 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 46-437 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-90 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.0 FUMBLES-LOST 16-10 PENALTIES-Yards 111-882 Average Per Game 67.8 PUNTS-Yards 49-1934 Average Per Punt 39.5 Net punt average 36.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:42 3RD-DOWN Conversions 82/172 3rd-Down Pct 48% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/14 4th-Down Pct 43% SACKS BY-Yards 23-155 MISC YARDS 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 44 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 16-25 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES 45-58 78% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 32-58 55% PAT-ATTEMPTS 43-44 98% ATTENDANCE 298142 Games/Avg Per Game 6/49690 Neutral Site Games

Opp. OPP 260 20.0 213 72 106 35 1238 1588 350 436 2.8 95.2 12 2501 378-201-10 6.6 12.4 192.4 16 3739 814 4.6 287.6 57-1292 10-109 15-209 22.7 10.9 13.9 13-7 96-791 60.8 79-3252 41.2 33.9 29:15 69/188 37% 3/11 27% 29-241 -12 31 14-16 0-1 30-34 88% 20-34 59% 30-30 100% 240683 6/40114 1/25205

Mo Plancher

2008 Offensive Stats >> Rushing Totals

GROTHE, Matt FORD,Mike PLANCHER,Moise WILLIAMS,Ben TAYLOR,Jamar KELLY,Richard GREGORY,Grant BOGAN,Dontavia LOVE,A.J. ALCIN,Edner JOHNSON,Taurus PADILLA,Mike CANNON,Shawn MITCHELL,Carlt DANIELS,BJ WILSON,Theo TEAM Total Opponents

GP 13 11 11 13 11 13 13 13 13 7 13 3 7 13 2 9 7 13 13

Att Gain 146 830 102 417 69 340 71 323 62 329 23 115 16 58 2 23 2 15 1 11 4 13 4 10 3 7 1 7 3 10 1 0 8 0 518 2508 436 1588

Loss Net 239 591 10 407 18 322 15 308 29 300 0 115 18 40 0 23 0 15 0 11 2 11 0 10 0 7 0 7 8 2 7 -7 12 -12 358 2150 350 1238

Avg 4.0 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.8 5.0 2.5 11.5 7.5 11.0 2.8 2.5 2.3 7.0 0.7 -7.0 -1.5 4.2 2.8

TD 4 5 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 12

Long 38 25 34 45 29 14 11 20 10 5 11 6 5 7 7 0 0 45 35

Avg/G 45.5 37.0 29.3 23.7 27.3 8.8 3.1 1.8 1.2 1.6 0.8 3.3 1.0 0.5 1.0 -0.8 -1.7 165.4 95.2

Passing totals

G Eff. Cmp-Att-Int GROTHE, Matt 13 135.77 240-380-14 GREGORY,Grant 13 83.68 10-20-1 DANIELS,BJ 2 224.48 4-5-0 WILSON,Theo 9 217.60 1-1-0 TEAM 7 0.00 0-1-0 Total 13 134.17 255-407-15 Opponents 13 117.43 201-378-10

Pct Yds. 63.2 2911 50.0 104 80.0 86 100.0 14 0.0 0 62.7 3115 53.2 2501

TD 18 0 0 0 0 18 16

Lng 47 18 36 14 0 47 93

Avg./G 223.9 8.0 43.0 1.6 0.0 239.6 192.4

receiving totals G No. Yds HESTER,Jessie 13 54 579 JOHNSON,Taurus 13 38 498 LOVE,A.J. 13 31 370 MITCHELL,Carlton 13 28 405 BOGAN,Dontavia 13 26 354 EDWARDS,Marcus 13 19 259 HILL,Cedric 13 16 194 WILLIAMS,Ben 13 14 175 BUSBEE,Ben 13 7 99 RICHARDSON,Pat 10 7 68 PLANCHER,Moise 11 4 21 KELLY,Richard 13 3 15 PUPELLO,Trent 10 2 26 FORD,Mike 11 2 22 ALCIN,Edner 7 2 17 GROTHE, Matt 13 1 14 TAYLOR,Jamar 11 1 -1 Total 13 255 3115 Opponents 13 201 2501

Avg 10.7 13.1 11.9 14.5 13.6 13.6 12.1 12.5 14.1 9.7 5.2 5.0 13.0 11.0 8.5 14.0 -1.0 12.2 12.4

TD 3 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 16

Long 27 42 38 47 36 38 27 35 21 18 8 8 14 20 17 14 2 47 93

Avg/G 44.5 38.3 28.5 31.2 27.2 19.9 14.9 13.5 7.6 6.8 1.9 1.2 2.6 2.0 2.4 1.1 -0.1 239.6 192.4

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Maikon Bonai

2008 Special Teams Stats << punt returns No. Yds EDWARDS,Marcus 34 262 WILSON,Theo 8 103 RICHARDSON,Pat 2 28 WASHINGTON, Quenton 1 12 BRYANT,Daniel 1 6 SINCLAIR, Charlton 0 26 Total 46 437 Opponents 10 109

punting Avg 7.7 12.9 14.0 12.0 6.0 0.0 9.5 10.9

TD 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0

Long 39 67 29 0 6 26 67 35

No. Yds ALVARADO,Delbert 48 1905 GROTHE, Matt 1 29 Total 49 1934 Opponents 79 3252

Avg 39.7 29 39.5 41.2

Long 55 29 55 67

TB 2 0 2 7

FC I20 20 16 0 1 20 17 9 15

Field goals FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 ALVARADO,Delbert 1-4 25.0 0-0 1-1 BONANI,Maikon 15-21 71.4 0-0 7-8

30-39 0-0 5-5

40-49 0-3 3-7

50-99 0-0 0-1

kick returns No. Yds BOGAN,Dontavia 29 770 JOHNSON,Taurus 12 232 HILL,Cedric 4 40 WILLIAMS,Ben 2 30 MURPHY,Jerome 1 38 WILSON,Theo 1 16 Total 49 1126 Opponents 57 1292

Avg 26.6 19.3 10.0 15.0 38.0 16.0 23.0 22.7

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Long 71 40 21 19 36 16 71 91

Avg 0.0 5.5 -6.0 7.0 5.0 33.0 40.0 9.0 13.9

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Long 0 11 0 7 5 33 40 40 58

Avg 1.5 7.0 3.3 35.5

TD 0 0 0 1

Long 3 7 7 64

interceptions No. Yds WILLIAMS, Carlton 3 0 MURPHY,Jerome 2 11 WILSON,Kion 1 -6 MCKENZIE, Tyrone 1 7 MARSHALL,Craig 1 5 JOSEPH,Sabbath 1 33 ALLEN,Nate 1 40 Total 10 90 Opponents 15 209

Fumble Returns No. Yds WILSON,Kion 2 3 MARSHALL,Craig 1 7 Total 3 10 Opponents 2 71

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Blkd 0 0 0 1

Field goal Sequence USF UTM 46 UCF (20),46,42 KU 41,(34),(23),(43) FIU (20),21 NC State 44,(20),(32),(44) PITT 42 Syracuse (31) Louisville (32),(24) Cincinnati (49) RUTGERS 42,(22),54 UCONN (29) West Virginia - Memphis (23),(37) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Opponents (38) (30),(28) 40 (32) (35),(31) (43),(24) (34) (32) (21),(35) (45),(42),48 -

Lg 20 49

Blk 1 3

Dontavia Bogan

2008 Offensive Stats >> all-Purpose yards G Rush BOGAN,Dontavia 13 23 JOHNSON,Taurus 13 11 GROTHE, Matt 13 591 HESTER,Jessie 13 0 EDWARDS,Marcus 13 0 WILLIAMS,Ben 13 308 FORD,Mike 11 407 MITCHELL,Carlton 13 7 LOVE,A.J. 13 15 PLANCHER,Moise 11 322 TAYLOR,Jamar 11 300 HILL,Cedric 13 0 KELLY,Richard 13 115 WILSON,Theo 9 -7 BUSBEE,Ben 13 0 RICHARDSON,Pat 10 0 MURPHY,Jerome 13 0 ALLEN,Nate 13 0 GREGORY,Grant 13 40 JOSEPH,Sabbath 12 0 ALCIN,Edner 7 11 SINCLAIR, Charlton 12 0 PUPELLO,Trent 10 0 WASHINGTON, Quenton 12 0 PADILLA,Mike 3 10 MCKENZIE, Tyrone 13 0 CANNON,Shawn 7 7 BRYANT,Daniel 2 0 MARSHALL,Craig 13 0 DANIELS,BJ 2 2 WILSON,Kion 13 0 TEAM 7 -12 Total 13 2150 Opponents 13 1238

scoring Rec 354 498 14 579 259 175 22 405 370 21 -1 194 15 0 99 68 0 0 0 0 17 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3115 2501

PR KOR IR 0 770 0 0 232 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 103 16 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 38 11 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 437 1126 90 109 1292 209

Tot 1147 741 605 579 521 513 429 412 385 343 299 234 130 112 99 96 49 40 40 33 28 26 26 12 10 7 7 6 5 2 -6 -12 6918 5349

Avg/G 88.2 57.0 46.5 44.5 40.1 39.5 39.0 31.7 29.6 31.2 27.2 18.0 10.0 12.4 7.6 9.6 3.8 3.1 3.1 2.8 4.0 2.2 2.6 1.0 3.3 0.5 1.0 3.0 0.4 1.0 -0.5 -1.7 532.2 411.5

TD FGs BONANI,Maikon 0 15-21 JOHNSON,Taurus 6 0-0 PLANCHER,Moise 6 0-0 FORD,Mike 5 0-0 WILLIAMS,Ben 5 0-0 GROTHE, Matt 4 0-0 TAYLOR,Jamar 3 0-0 HESTER,Jessie 3 0-0 ALVARADO,Delbert 0 1-4 HILL,Cedric 2 0-0 LOVE,A.J. 2 0-0 KELLY,Richard 2 0-0 BUSBEE,Ben 2 0-0 MITCHELL,Carlton 1 0-0 BOGAN,Dontavia 1 0-0 WILSON,Theo 1 0-0 SINCLAIR, Charlton 1 0-0 TEAM 0 0-0 Total 44 16-25 Opponents 31 14-16

|---------------- PAT-------------- | Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP 31-32 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 0-0 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 12-12 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 0-0 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 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 43-44 0-0 0 0-0 0 30-30 0-0 0 0-1 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1

Points 76 36 36 30 30 24 18 18 15 12 12 12 12 6 6 6 6 4 359 260

total offense G GROTHE, Matt 13 FORD,Mike 11 PLANCHER,Moise 11 WILLIAMS,Ben 13 TAYLOR,Jamar 11 GREGORY,Grant 13 KELLY,Richard 13 DANIELS,BJ 2 BOGAN,Dontavia 13 LOVE,A.J. 13 JOHNSON,Taurus 13 ALCIN,Edner 7 PADILLA,Mike 3 CANNON,Shawn 7 WILSON,Theo 9 MITCHELL,Carlt 13 TEAM 7 Total 13 Opponents 13

Plays 526 102 69 71 62 36 23 8 2 2 4 1 4 3 2 1 9 925 814

Rush 591 407 322 308 300 40 115 2 23 15 11 11 10 7 -7 7 -12 2150 1238

Pass 2911 0 0 0 0 104 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 3115 2501

Total 3502 407 322 308 300 144 115 88 23 15 11 11 10 7 7 7 -12 5265 3739

Avg/G 269.4 37.0 29.3 23.7 27.3 11.1 8.8 44.0 1.8 1.2 0.8 1.6 3.3 1.0 0.8 0.5 -1.7 405.0 287.6

Jesse Hester

2008 Stats << Rushing

GROTHE, Matt FORD,Mike PLANCHER,Moise WILLIAMS,Ben TAYLOR,Jamar KELLY,Richard GREGORY,Grant BOGAN,Dontavia LOVE,A.J. WR ALCIN,Edner JOHNSON,Taurus PADILLA,Mike MITCHELL,Carlton CANNON,Shawn DANIELS,BJ WILSON,Theo TEAM

Season 146-591/4 102-407/5 69-322/6 71-308/5 62-300/3 23-115/1 16-40/0 2-23/0 2-15/0 1-11/0 4-11/0 4-10/0 1-7/0 3-7/0 3-2/0 1--7/0 8--12/0

Receiving

HESTER,Jessie WR JOHNSON,Taurus WR MITCHELL,Carlton WR LOVE,A.J. WR BOGAN,Dontavia WR EDWARDS,Marcus WR HILL,Cedric TE WILLIAMS,Ben RB BUSBEE,Ben TE RICHARDSON,Pat WR PUPELLO,Trent TE FORD,Mike RB PLANCHER,Moise RB ALCIN,Edner WR KELLY,Richard RB GROTHE, Matt QB TAYLOR,Jamar RB

Punt returns EDWARDS,Marcus WILSON,Theo RICHARDSON,Pat WASHINGTON,Queton BRYANT,Daniel

Kick returns BOGAN,Dontavia JOHNSON,Taurus HILL,Cedric MURPHY,Jerome WILLIAMS,Ben WILSON,Theo

UTM 4-19/0 15-61/2 8-65/2 6-70/1 5-41/0 2-15/0 3-4/0 - 1-10/0 1-11/0 - 2-9/0 - 2-5/0 1--8/0 - 2--2/0

FIU 11-48/0 14-24/2 6-22/0 1-0/0 12-56/0 2-18/0 - 1-20/0 - DNP - DNP - DNP DNP - 2--4/0

ST 9-68/0 11-64/1 7-40/1 9-40/0 5-3/1 3-16/0 1-2/0 - - - - DNP - 1-2/0 2-10/0 - -

PITT 11-25/1 14-73/0 6-14/0 2-3/0 - - 1-1/0 - - DNP 1-0/0 DNP - - DNP DNP DNP

SYR 10-72/1 11-51/0 7-31/0 6-25/1 3-32/0 4-16/1 1-9/0 1-3/0 - - - 2-1/0 - - DNP DNP 1--1/0

LOU CIN RUTGERS 10--27/0 8-54/0 13-50/0 5-13/0 DNP 1-2/0 DNP 8-47/1 5-7/0 7-14/0 17-79/0 4-12/1 2-8/0 DNP DNP - 4-11/0 - - - 4-3/0 - - - - - - DNP DNP - - 1--2/0 1-2/0 DNP DNP DNP - - - DNP - - DNP DNP DNP DNP 1--7/0 - DNP DNP DNP

UCONN 15-51/0 8-20/0 - 5-18/1 7-38/1 - - - - DNP - DNP - DNP DNP - 2--4/0

WVU MEMPHIS 9-64/1 15-83/0 14-62/0 8-34/0 DNP 7-31/1 7-30/0 6-18/1 8-11/0 4-30/0 - - 6-21/0 - - 1-5/0 - - 1-11/0 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1--1/0

Season 54-579/3 38-498/6 28-405/1 31-370/2 26-354/1 19-259/0 16-194/2 14-175/0 7-99/2 7-68/0 2-26/0 2-22/0 4-21/0 2-17/0 3-15/1 1-14/0 1--1/0

UTM 3-50/2 1-10/0 - 4-57/0 3-79/0 - 1-17/0 - - - - - 1-7/0 1-0/0 - - -

UCF KU 2-19/0 7-56/0 6-143/1 7-82/1 3-65/0 4-25/0 2-16/0 5-83/1 1-4/0 2-22/0 1-7/0 3-41/0 4-62/2 2-17/0 - 1--1/0 - 1-13/0 2-14/0 - - - DNP - - - 1-17/0 DNP - - - - 1--1/0 -

FIU 3-32/0 2--4/0 - 3-56/0 - 1-3/0 1-6/0 1-20/0 1-9/0 - 1-14/0 - 1-0/0 DNP - - -

ST 7-68/0 1-23/0 4-41/1 2-17/0 - 3-77/0 2-27/0 - - - - 2-22/0 - - - - -

PITT 3-34/1 2-9/0 - 2-44/0 2-21/0 - 2-21/0 - - DNP - - - DNP - - -

SYR 1-17/0 3-29/2 3-69/0 4-21/1 - 3-27/0 1-12/0 3-65/0 - - - - - - 1-8/0 - -

LOU CIN 8-74/0 3-47/0 6-94/0 2-23/0 2-34/0 4-77/0 3-13/0 - 4-49/0 2-17/0 1-5/0 - 1-22/0 - - 1-6/0 2-29/1 - 1-9/0 - 1-12/0 DNP - DNP DNP - DNP DNP 1-3/1 1-4/0 - - - DNP

RU 10-110/0 3-27/1 1-9/0 2-6/0 3-43/0 2-18/0 - 5-59/0 - 3-42/0 DNP - 2-14/0 - - - DNP

UCONN 3-17/0 1-22/0 1-5/0 1-30/0 2-18/0 1-32/0 - - - DNP - - - DNP - - -

WVU MEMPHIS 3-33/0 1-22/0 - 4-40/1 2-20/0 4-60/0 3-27/0 4-50/0 3-51/1 3-41/0 1-8/0 1--1/0 1-11/0 1-5/0 2-21/0 1-14/0 2-34/1 DNP 1-3/0 - DNP - DNP - - - 1-14/0 - -

Season 34-262 8-103 2-28 1-12 1-6

UTM 7-124 1-67 1-29 - 1-6

UCF KU 1--1 4-26 - - 1--1 - - - DNP DNP

FIU 1-11 2-1 - - DNP

ST 1-0 1-6 - - DNP

PITT 2-21 DNP DNP 1-12 -

SYR 5-32 DNP - - DNP

LOU CIN 3-4 1-1 DNP 2-16 - - - - DNP DNP

RU 1-0 - - DNP DNP

UCONN 2-2 - DNP - DNP

WVU MEMPHIS 3-26 3-16 DNP 2-13 DNP - DNP DNP

Season 29-770 12-232 4-40 1-38 2-30 1-16

UTM - - - 1-38 - -

UCF KU 2-42 1-17 3-61 4-64 - - - - - - - -

FIU 1-16 - - - - -

ST 2-55 1-19 - - 1-11 1-16

PITT 5-97 1-16 - - - DNP

SYR 1-25 1-40 - - - DNP

LOU CIN 4-119 5-88 1-8 - - - - - - - DNP -

RUTGERS 2-58 1-24 2-12 - 1-19 -

UCONN 2-135 - 2-28 - - -

WVU MEMPHIS 2-47 2-71 - - - - DNP -

UTM 1-0 - - - - - -

UCF KU - - - - - - - - DNP - - - - 1-40

FIU - 1-0 - - - - -

ST - 1-11 - 1-5 - 1-7 -

PITT - - - - - - -

SYR - - - - - - -

LOU CIN - - - - 1--6 - - - - 1-33 - - - -

RUTGERS 2-0 - - - - - -

UCONN - - - - - - -

WVU MEMPHIS - - - - - - - -

Interception returns WILLIAMS,Carlt MURPHY,Jerome WILSON,Kion MARSHALL,Craig JOSEPH,Sabbath MCKENZIE,Tyrone ALLEN,Nate

UCF KU 20-54/0 11-30/1 DNP 1-3/0 9-50/1 6-15/0 1--1/0 - 5-9/0 11-72/1 8-39/0 - - - - - - - - DNP - - DNP DNP 1-7/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - DNP

Season 3-0 2-11 1--6 1-5 1-33 1-7 1-40

2009 University of South Florida Football prospectus

Kion Wilson

2008 Defensive Stats >> |-------------------------------- Tackles----------------------------- | |----- Sacks----- | |----------------Pass Def.-----------------| DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH 27 MCKENZIE, Tyrone 13 68 48 116 14.5-35 1.0-8 1-7 8 2 3 MURPHY,Jerome 13 54 13 67 3.5-10 0.5-1 2-11 5 . 42 WILSON,Kion 13 38 28 66 3.5-14 1.0-7 1--6 2 . 32 WILLIAMS, Carlton 13 41 15 56 2.0-10 1.0-7 3-0 6 . 5 ALLEN,Nate 13 38 15 53 2.0-9 1.0-7 1-40 . 1 95 SELVIE,George 12 30 13 43 13.5-72 5.5-38 . 5 3 7 GACHETTE,Louis 13 28 9 37 1.0-1 . . . . 97 MCCLAIN,Terrell 12 19 13 32 3.5-22 3.0-21 . . 1 90 BUIE,Jarriett 13 16 15 31 8.0-38 5.0-32 . 2 3 6 ROBERTS,Tyller 13 21 9 30 1.0-4 . . 6 . 1 YOUNG,Jerrell 13 17 8 25 1.0-1 . . 1 . 98 HARRIS,Aaron 13 13 10 23 4.5-15 1.0-5 . . . 94 MARSHALL,Craig 13 14 5 19 5.5-15 1.0-8 1-5 1 . 43 JOSEPH,Sabbath 12 11 8 19 2.0-9 . 1-33 . 1 17 VERPAELE,Danny 7 11 6 17 1.0-1 . . 3 . 53 MOMPREMIER,Brouce 6 9 8 17 1.0-1 . . 1 . 49 ROBINSON,Chris 12 10 6 16 1.0-1 . . 2 1 2 WASHINGTON, Quenton 12 12 3 15 1.0-2 . . . . 96 GENUS,Sampson 13 5 4 9 . . . . 1 30 WILLIAMS,Ben 13 5 3 8 . . . . . 37 MILLER,Joel 10 5 2 7 . . . . . 35 PERKINS,Cameron 11 4 2 6 . . . . . 91 MCCASKILL,Keith 12 5 1 6 3.5-17 2.0-15 . 2 . 4 BUTLER,Tyson 11 3 2 5 1.0-2 . . . . 41 HAMPTON, Patrick 6 4 1 5 0.5-3 0.5-3 . . . 31 SINCLAIR, Charlton 12 3 2 5 . . . . . 33 TAYLOR,Jamar 11 2 2 4 . . . . . 58 BEDFORD,David 7 . 4 4 0.5-3 0.5-3 . . . 40 HESS,Houston 2 2 2 4 . . . . . 21 WILSON,Theo 9 1 2 3 . . . . . 56 PEOPLES,Marvin 12 . 2 2 0.5-0 . . . . 46 GRISSOM,Cory 1 1 1 2 . . . . . 2 MITCHELL,Carlt 13 2 . 2 . . . . . 4 BRYANT,Daniel 2 . 1 1 . . . . . 57 MCQUEEN,Alonzo 7 1 . 1 . . . . . 47 WATKINS,LaDre 1 1 . 1 . . . . . 45 SETSER,Eric 12 1 . 1 . . . . . 5 LOVE,A.J. 13 1 . 1 . . . . . 27 TEACHEY,Justin 5 1 . 1 . . . . . 8 GROTHE, Matt 13 1 . 1 . . . . . 15 GREGORY,Grant 13 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 SHERMAN,Jason 4 1 . 1 . . . . . 80 RICHARDSON,Pat 10 1 . 1 . . . . . 24 CANNON,Shawn 7 1 . 1 . . . . . 25 ALVARADO,Delbe 13 1 . 1 . . . . . 86 MCELWAIN,Shane 9 1 . 1 . . . . . 99 FONUA,David 1 . 1 1 . . . . . 3 PLANCHER,Moise 11 1 . 1 . . . . . TM TEAM 7 . . . . . . . . Total 13 505 264 769 75-285 23-155 10-90 44 13 Opponents 13 616 282 898 75.0-351 29-241 15-209 30 11

|--------- Fumbles--------- | |-------Blkd ---------| Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf . . . . . . . . 2-3 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7-10 9 1 2 10-71 11 4 1

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George Selvie

2008 Season Review >> St. pete bowl mvp Matt grothe (below) Postseason Awards AFCA All-America First Team - George Selvie All-BIG EAST Coaches Team First Team-Tyrone McKenzie, George Selvie Second Team - Marc Dile, Cedric Hill, Matt Huners, Carlton Williams ESPN All-BIG EAST Team First Team - Tyrone McKenzie, George Selvie, Carlton Williams 2008 magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl MVP Matt Grothe Phil Steele All-BIG EAST Teams First Team - Tyrone McKenzie, George Selvie, Carlton Williams Second Team - Dontavia Bogan (KR), Jessie Hester, Ryan Schmidt Third Team - Matt Grothe, Cedric Hill, Taurus Johnson, Jerome Murphy Rivals First Team - Tyrone McKenzie Second Team - Jake Griffin, Jessie Hester, George Selvie Tampa Tribune All-BIG EAST First Team - Tyrone McKenzie, George Selvie, Carlton Wiliams Walter Camp All-America Second Team - George Selvie

USF Program Awards

Rookie - Kion Wilson Strength & Conditioning Overachiever –Mark Popek Golden Bull Award (Scout Team) - Defense - Charlton Sinclair Offense - Evan Landi Scholar Athlete Award - Jake Sims Green & Gold (Top Walk-On)- Shawn Cannon Lee Roy Selmond Award (Courage) – Brouce Mompremier First Teamer Award- Ben Williams Coaches Award - Matt Huners Defensive Front Seven - George Selvie Offensive Lineman - Marc Dile Special Teams Player - Maikon Bonani Offensive Playermaker of the Year - Matt Grothe Defensive Playmaker of the Year - Carlton Williams Offensive MVP - Jessie Hester Defensive MVP - Tyrone McKenzie Team Captains - Jake Griffin, Tyrone McKenzie, Carlton Williams, Marcus Edwards, Ben Williams

2009 University of South Florida Football prospectus

Theo Wilson

2008 Season Review >> 2008: No. 19/21 USF 56, UT Martin 7 Raymond James stadium • tampa, Fla. august 30, 2008 • 7 pm • espn regional USF 1-0 • Ut martin 0-1 Scoring by quarters 1 No. 19/21 USF 28 UT Martin 0 Attendance: 48,058

2 7 0

3 7 7

4 14 0

F 56 7

Time: 3:30

First Quarter USF - Hester 18 yd pass from Grothe (Alvarado kick). Time left: 9:58. Drive: 5 plays, 31 yards, 2:14. (USF 7, UTM 0). USF - Ford 4 yd run (Alvarado kick). Time left: 6:24. Drive: 4 plays, 56 yards, 1:24. (USF 14, UTM 0). USF - Ford 6 yd run (Alvarado kick). Time left: 3:12. Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards, 2:10. (USF 21, UTM 0) USF - Williams 12 yd run (Alvarado kick). Time left: 0:27. Drive: 4 plays, 37 yards, 1:15. USF 28, UTM 0). Second Quarter USF - Hester 22 yd pass from Grothe (Alvardo kick). Time left: 1:55. Drive: 7 plays, 45 yards, 2:46. (USF 35, UTM 0). Third Quarter USF - Plancher 34 yd run (Alvarado kick). Time left: 5:18. Drive: 4 plays, 43 yards, 2:03. (USF 42, UTM 0). UTM - Miller 64 yd fumble recovery (Hansen kick). Time left: 2:27. (USF 42, UTM 7). Fourth Quarter USF - Wilson 67 yd punt return (Alvarado kick). Time left: 11:39. (USF 49, UTM 7). USF - Plancer 13 yd run (Alvarado kick).Time left: 2:20. Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 4:28. (USF 56, UTM 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 Third Down Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

UTM 6 28-59 38 9-26-1 97 13-37.8 0-0 7-134 1-33 11-93 0-0 1-11 1-14 0-0 28:38

USF 25 52-300 220 14-19-1 520 1-43.0 10-226-1 1-38 1-0 5-25 3-3 1-8 7-12 1-1 31:22

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - - Matt Grothe felt good about No. 19 USF ‘sseason opener, and not just because the Bulls faced an outmatched opponent in tiny TennesseeMartin. In the days leading up to Saturday night’s game, the junior quarterback and teammates harped on a lesson learned from a meteoric rise - and fall - in 2007. Don’t take any opponent for granted. “I kind of saw it coming, just (because of) the things that happened here last year,” Grothe said after the Bulls scored on its first four possessions, bucking a tendency to play up - or in some cases, down - to the level of competition in a 56-7 rout at Raymond James Stadium. “It would be nice,” he added,“if all of them were like that.” USF climbed as high as No. 2 in the country before plummeting from national championship contention with three straight losses in the Big East last season. And while no one dared try to compare facing Tennessee-Martin to playing Rutgers, Connecticut or Cincinnati, the Bulls struggled for stretches of season-opening wins over Elon and McNeese State the previous two years and didn’t want to begin with another sluggish performance. Mission accomplished. Grothe threw TD passes of 18 and 22 yards to Jessie Hester and Mike Ford scored on runs of 4 and 6 yards, helping the Bulls build a 35-0 halftime lead. A 12-yard scoring run by Benjamin Williams finished a school-record 28-point first quarter. Tennessee-Martin, sixth in the Ohio Valley Conference a year ago, opened on the road against a Bowl Championship Subdivision team for the fourth time in five seasons and has been outscored 162-23 in those games. The Skyhawks won’t face another high-profile opponent until they visit Auburn on Nov. 8, but the large checks FCS schools typically receive for playing games like these make the trips more than worthwhile. “I was happy with how we played,” USF coach Jim Leavitt said. “I do recognize that we’ve got different teams ahead. None of you have to share that with me. I recognize that, and I think our team does, too. I’m sure that Tennessee-Martin will do good in their league, but that’s not what we’re going to be facing.” Cade Thompson, one of two returning Tennessee-Martin quarterbacks who threw for over 1,000 yards last season, started but had little success moving the ball against a defense led by USF All-American end George Selvie. Backup Dexter Anoka played, too, but was unable to get the ball to the end zone, either. There were only a couple of highlights for the Skyhawks, both involving defensive back Dontrell Miller, who had a second-quarter interception and later picked up a thirdquarter fumble by USF backup quarterback B.J. Daniels and ran 64 yards for Tennesee-Martin’s only TD. Thompson finished 6-of-19 for 25 yards and one interception, while Dexter was 3-of-7 for 13 yards for the Skyhawks, who were outgained 520 yards to 97, with nearly half of Tennessee-Martin’s production coming in the fourth quarter. Miller returned his interception 33 yards to the USF 30. Four plays later, the Skyhawks punted from the 36. In addition to sloppy performances in the past two openers, Leavitt said the Bulls were driven by recollections of their final game of last season - a lopsided loss to Oregon in the Sun Bowl. “We talked a lot. They took it upon themselves, and they wanted to come out and start real strong and play well,” the coach said.“Our last game that everybody remembers was our bowl game, and that wasn’t a lot of fun. So it was kind of important to get out and play good football.”

UT martin Rushing Daryl Bourne

Att Yds

11 10 3 7 0 0 0

TD Int 25 1 13 0

Lg 9 11

Receiving No Yds Trace McDermott 2 9 Mike Hicks 1 11 Jeremy Buchanan 1 8 Brandyn Young 1 7 Linzy Patterson 1 7 E.J. Daniel 1 3 Roren Thomas 1 -2 Daryl Bourne 1 -5

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 9 11 8 7 7 3 0 0

Punting No Yds Adam Ivery 12 467 Cade Thompson 1 24 Punt Returns No Yds None

Avg 38.9 24.0

Lg 54 24

Kickoff Returns No Yds Trace McDermott 1 15 Roren Thomas 4 68 Kyron Malone 1 31 D.J. Milller 0 0 Anthony Ivy 1 20

Lg 15 27 31 0 20

Passing Cade Thompson Dexter Anoka

34 25 9 5 -2 -4 -8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Miguel Barnes Trace McDermott Brandyn Young Roren Thomas Dexter Anoka Cade Thompson

8 7 4 4 1 3 1

Att Cmp Yds 19 6 0 7 3 0

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9 - D.J. Miller, Assisted Tackles: 3 - D.J. Miller, Total Tackles: 12 - D.J. Miller Sacks: 1 - Roscoe Bratton, Interceptions: 1 - D.J. Miller

usf

Rushing Ben Williams Mo Plancher Mike Ford Jamar Taylor Matt Grothe Richard Kelly Ed Alcin A.J Love Mike Padilla Shawn Cannon Grant Gregory Team B.J. Daniels Passing Matt Grothe Grant Gregory B.J. Daniels

Att Yds 6 70 8 65 15 61 5 41 4 19 2 15 1 11 1 10 2 9 2 5 3 4 2 -2 1 -8 Att Cmp Yds 8 6 96 7 4 0 4 4 0

TD 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TD Int 2 0 38 1 86 0

Lg 45 34 6 19 20 14 5 10 6 5 4 0 0 Lg 22 15 36

Receiving No Yds A.J. Love 4 57 Dontavia Bogan 3 79 Jessie Hester 3 50 Cedric Hill 1 17 Taurus Johnson 1 10 Moise Plancer 1 7 Edner Alcin 1 0

TD 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Lg 18 36 22 17 10 7 0

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 1 43

Avg 43.0

Lg 43

Punt Returns No Yds Pat Richardson 1 29 Daniel Bryant 1 6 Marcus Edwards 7 124 Theo Wilson 1 67

Lg 29 6 39 67

Kickoff Returns No Yds Jerome Murphy 1 38

Lg 38

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5 - Tyrone McKenzie, Assisted Tackles: 3 - Kion Wilson, Total Tackles: 5 - Tyrone McKenzie, Chris Robinson, Sabbath Joseph, Sacks: 1 - Tyrone McKenzie, Interceptions: None

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Taurus Johnson

2008 Season Review << 2008: No. 17/18 USF 31, UCF 24 - OT bright house networks stadium • Orlando, Fla. Sept. 6, 2008 • 7 p.m. • espn2 USF 2-0 • UCF 1-1 Scoring by quarters 1 No. 17/18 USF 10 UCF 7

2 0 3

Attendance: 46,805

3 14 0

4 OT 0 7 14 0

F 31 21

Time: 3:39

First Quarter USF - Plancher 14 yd run (Alvarado kick). Time left: 10:43. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 1:58. (USF 7, UCF 0). UCF - Burnett 91 yd kickoff return (Cattoi kick). Time left: 10:32. (USF 7, UCF 7). USF - Alvarado 20 yd field goal. Time left: 4:31. Drive: 12 plays, 82 yards, 5:55. (USF 10, UCF 7). Second Quarter UCF - Cattoi 38 yd field goal. Time left: 2:49. Drive: 10 plays, 27 yards, 4:48. (USF 10, UCF 10). Third Quarter USF - Hill 18 yd pass from Grothe (Alvarado kick).Time left: 12:43. Drive: 5 plays, 78 yards, 2:17. (USF 17, UCF 10). USF - Hill 27 yd pass from Grothe (Alvardo kick). Time left: 1:38. Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards, 1:27. (USF 24, UCF 10). Fourth Quarter UCF - Rabazinski 13 yd pass from Greco (Cattoi kick). Time left: 2:46. Drive: 4 plays, 38 yards, 0:38. (USF 24, UCF 17). UCF - Ross 31 yd pass from Greco (Cattoi kick). Time left: 1:40. Drive: 2 plays, 35 yards, 0:29. (USF 24, UCF 24). Overtime USF - Johnson 25 yd pass from Grothe (Alvardo kick) 4 plays, 0 yards, 0:11. (USF 31, UCF 24). 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

USF 25 44-158 346 23-41-2 504 6-45.8 2- -2 5-103 0-0 7-58 0-0 0-0 9-19 1-1 33:30

UCF 12 28-76 150 17-32-0 226 9-40.9 3-71 5-171-1 2-27 12-148 0-0 3-22 5-16 0-1 26:30

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - - The evening began with Moise Plancher learning he would make his first start in two years. It ended with No. 17 South Florida beating Central Florida 31-24 in overtime, and the running back paying tribute to the late cousin who was on his mind all night. Ereck Plancher, a UCF freshman receiver who died during offseason conditioning drills, was remembered with a moment of silence before the game. His teammates are honoring him by wearing decals on their helmets, and the initials “EP” are painted on the Knights’ field behind the end zone where Moise scored a first-quarter touchdown. “I was just proud to wear Plancher on the back of my jersey representing my cousin. ... I didn’t know I was going to start. It meant a lot to me,” said Moise, who had mixed emotions about facing Ereck’s team. “Especially (Friday) when we came to look at the field. It’s pretty hard,” he added.“I just tried to stay focused. I had a lot of support, family and friends.” Matt Grothe threw for 346 yards and three touchdowns, including a 25-yarder to Taurus Johnson in overtime, to pace the victory in the final scheduled meeting between the rivals whose campuses are barely 100 miles apart. UCF’s Michael Greco threw touchdown passes of 13 yards to Corey Rabazinski and 31 yards to Rocky Ross within a span of 66 seconds to make it 24-all with 1:40 remaining in regulation. The game went into overtime after South Florida’s Delbert Alvarado hooked a 42-yard field goal attempt to the left in the closing seconds. “We knew it would be a heck of a game. It is hard to beat a team four times in a row,” Bulls coach Jim Leavitt said. Grothe put South Florida (2-0) ahead with his TD throw to Johnson, who had six catches for 143 yards, on third down. UCF’s bid to extend the game to a second OT was stopped inches shy when the Bulls’ Tyrone McKenzie and Brouce Mompremier tackled Greco for a 5-yard gain on fourth-and-6 from the 21. UCF coach George O’Leary thought Greco had the first down, but said the final play was not the difference. “When you have the opportunity to make plays you have to make plays,” O’Leary said.“Their quarterback made those plays.” Moise Plancher gained 27 yards on his first carry of the game, then capped South Florida’s opening drive with a 14-yard TD run. He started because Mike Ford sat out with an ankle injury and finished with 55 yards on nine carries. Grothe completed 23 of 40 passes, including scoring throws of 18 and 27 yards to Cedric Hill. He set up the TDs that enabled the Bulls to pull away from a 10-10 halftime tie, with completions of 46 yards to Carlton Mitchell and 37 yards to Johnson. UCF (1-1) stayed close, thanks to Joe Burnett’s 91-yard kickoff return, but didn’t get much going offensively until scoring after an interception and Burnett’s 35-yard punt return set up the TDs that forced overtime. Although the series has been a hit with alumni and fans who like the idea of earning so-called “Interstate 4” bragging rights, USF no longer feels it has anything to gain by playing UCF on annual basis. Instead, coach Jim Leavitt has set his sights on building a rivalry with Miami. The Bulls and Hurricanes have met once, in 2005, and are scheduled to play five consecutive seasons on Thanksgiving weekend beginning next year. USF won the first three games of the series by a combined 119-43, including a 64-12 blowout last year that left Grothe boasting that the Bulls didn’t run up the score, but were simply that much better than the Knights. This one wasn’t nearly as easy. UCF answered the Bulls’ first touchdown on the ensuing kickoff, when Burnett burst through an opening in USF’s coverage and brought a sellout crowd of 45,805 to its feet by outracing the pursuit to the end zone. Nick Cattoi’s 38-yard field goal made it 10-10 at the half, however UCF mistakes began catching up with the Knights in the third quarter. At one point, UCF had 108 yards total offense and 104 yards in penalties, including a costly blocking in the back call that wiped out what would have been a 63-yard interception return for a touchdown by Johnell Neal. The Knights finished with 12 penalties for 149 yards. The last one, for a false start, left them facing fourth-and-6 on the last play of the game. “I have never seen so many penalties against one team,” Burnett said.“We just need to be able to keep our composure and play through what is going on. ... The penalties really hurt us.”

USF

Rushing Matt Grothe Moise Plancher Richard Kelly Jamar Taylor Carlton Mitchell Ben Williams

TD 0 1 0 0 0 0

Lg 16 27 14 5 7 0

TD Int 3 2

Lg 46

Receiving No Yds Taurus Johnson 6 143 Cedric Hill 4 62 Carlton Mitchell 3 65 Jessie Hester 2 19 A.J. Love 2 16 Pat Richardson 2 14 Tyler Roberts 1 17 Marcus Edwards 1 7 Dontavia Bogan 1 4 Jamar Taylor 1 -1

TD 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 42 27 46 13 8 8 17 7 4 2

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 6 275 Punt Returns No Yds Pat Richardson 1 -1 Marcus Edwardss 1 -1

Avg 45.8

Lg 52

Kickoff Returns No Yds Taurus Johnson 3 61 Dontavia Bogan 2 21

Lg 25 42

Passing Matt Grothe

Att Yds 20 54 9 50 8 39 5 9 1 7 1 -1 Att Cmp Yds 40 23 346

Lg 0 0

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9 - Jerome Murphy, Assisted Tackles: 2 - Tyrone McKenzie, Brouce Mompremier, Total Tackles: 9 - Jerome Murphy, Sacks: None, Interceptions: None

2009 University of South Florida Football prospectus

uCf

Rushing Michael Greco Ronnie Weaver Latavius Murray Brandon Davis Team Passing Micahel Greco

Att Yds 6 51 17 28 2 2 1 0 2 -5 Att Cmp Yds 32 17 150

TD 0 0 0 0 0 TD Int 2 0

Lg 31 11 2 0 0 Lg 31

Receiving No Yds Rocky Ross 8 90 Brian Watters 3 35 Corey Rabazinski 2 19 Ronnie Weaver 2 -1 Sidney Haynes 1 5 Khymest Williams 1 2

TD 1 0 1 0 0 0

Lg 31 14 13 0 5 2

Punting No Yds Blake Clingan 9 368

Avg 40.9

Lg 52

Punt Returns No Yds Joe Burnett 3 71

Lg 35

Kickoff Returns No Yds Joe Burnett 3 135 Khymest Williams 1 14 Darin Baldwin 1 22

Lg 91 14 22

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Lawrence Young, Jason Venson, Cory Hogue, Assisted Tackles: 2 Lawrence Young, Jason Venson, Total Tackles: 8 - Lawrence Young, Jason Venson, Sacks: 1 - Lawrence Young, Cory Hogue, Torrell Troup, Interceptions: 1 - Johnell Neal, Bruce Miller

Nate Allen

2008 Season Review >> 2008: No. 19/18 USf 37, No. 13/11 Kansas 34 Raymond james stadium • Tampa, Fla. sept. 12, 2008 • 8 pm • Espn2 USF 3-0 • kansas 2-1

Scoring by quarters 1 No. 13/11 Kansas 10 No. 19/18 USF 0 Attendance: 58,755

2 10 10

3 0 17

4 14 10

F 34 37

Time: 3:31

First Quarter KU - Wilson 36 yd pass from Reesing (Branstetter). Time left: 8:51. Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards, 3:19. (KU 7, USF 0). KU - Branstetter 30 yd field goal. Time left: 1:44. Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards, 4:56. (KU 10, USF 0). Second Quarter USF - Bonani 34 yd field goal. Time left: 9:58. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 3:18. (KU 10, USF 3). KU - Branstetter 28 yd field goal. Time left: 6:53. 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:05. (KU 13, USF 3). KU - Reesing 4 yd run (Branstetter kick). Time left: 3:24. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:20. (KU 20, USF 3). USF - Grothe 28 yd run (Bonani kick). Time left: 2:14. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards, 1:10. (KU 20, USF 10). Third Quarter USF - Bonani 23 yd field goal. Time left: 9:30. Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards, 5:09. (KU 20, USF 13). USF - Johnson 21 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time left: 4:22. Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards, 3:19. (KU 20, USF 20). USF - Taylor 13 yd run (Bonani kick). Time left: 1:09. Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 1:58. (USF 27, KU 20). Fourth Quarter USF - Love 37 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time left: 13:59. Drive: 2 plays, 36 yards, 0:44. (USF 34, KU 20). KU - Wilson 18 yd pass from Reesing (Branstetter kick). Time left: 9:51. Drive 13 plays, 78 yards, 4:08. (USF 34, KU 27) KU - Quigley 14 yd pass from Reesing (Branstetter kick). Time left: 5:32. Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, 2:10. (USF 34, KU 34). USF - Bonani 43 yd field goal. Time left: 0:00. Drive: 2 plays, 1 yard, 0:30. (USF 37, KU 34). Team Statistics KU FIRST DOWNS 22 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 21-61 PASSING YDS (NET) 373 Passes Att-Comp-Int 51-34-1 TOTAL OFFENSE 72-434 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-33 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-44.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-69 Third-Down Conversions 10-18 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 Possession Time 28:13

USF 25 29-120 338 45-32-0 74-458 0-0 4-26 5-81 1-40 5-34.0 2-0 8-50 8-17 0-1 31:47

TAMPA, Fla. - South Florida coach Jim Leavitt had a hunch about Maikon Bonani that turned out to be right. The freshman’s third field goal, a 43-yarder as time expired Friday night, gave the 19th-ranked Bulls a 37-34 victory over No. 13 Kansas in a game both viewed as an opportunity to make a strong case for more national attention. Bonani, making his college debut, also converted kicks of 34 and 23 yards after missing badly on a 41-yard attempt in the second quarter, justifying Leavitt’s decision to use him instead of junior Delbert Alvarado. Alvarado, USF’s kicker the past two seasons, was 1-for-4 on field goal attempts in the team’s first two games. “I knew it was the right thing to do,’’ Leavitt said.“Maikon’s a very good kicker. He certainly showed that tonight.” Matt Grothe threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns for USF (3-0), which overcame a 17-point deficit to take a 34-20 lead before Kansas’ Todd Reesing tied the game with two fourth-quarter TD passes. Reesing had the Jayhawks (2-1) on the move again when safety Nate Allen intercepted a deep throw that would have moved Kansas into field goal range, then returned it 40 yards to the Kansas 27 with 30 seconds remaining. Bonani kicked the game-winner two plays later. “He’s a great kicker. We saw it in practice,” Allen said. “We had confidence in him sitting over there. We didn’t think it was going to overtime, and he nailed it.” Grothe won the matchup of undersized quarterbacks who elevated their teams into the national spotlight with TD passes of 21 yards to Taurus Johnson and 37 yards to A.J. Love during an 18-minute stretch in which USF outgained the Jayhawks 346 yards to 15 to climb out of its big hole and take a 34-20 lead. A week after throwing for a career-best 412 yards against Louisiana Tech, Reesing went 34-of-51 for 373 yards and three touchdowns. Johnathan Wilson caught two TD passes and finished with nine receptions for 160 yards, while Kerry Meier had 11 catches for 120 yards for Kansas. “I like the way the kids displayed character and fought back,” Kansas coach Mark Mangino said. “But we put ourselves in that position, so hopefully this is a learning experience.” The Jayhawks and Bulls were two of college football’s biggest surprises of 2007, with both climbing as high as No. 2 in the country before dropping out of contention for a spot in the BCS championship game. This season is about establishing that they can be major players on the national stage for years to come. Kansas lost for just the second time in 16 games with Reesing as its starting quarterback, the other a neutral-site loss to Missouri. The Jayhawks scored on their first two possessions, building a 10-0 lead, and Reesing’s 4-yard TD run made it 20-3 late in the second quarter. Grothe began USF’s comeback with a 28-yard TD run. Reesing, who looked unstoppable until USF limited Kansas to 9 yards in the third quarter, rallied his team with TD passes of 18 yards to Wilson and 14 yards to Angus Quigley with 5:32 remaining. “It’s a tough loss,” Reesing said. “We had all the confidence in the world that we were going to drive down and score (at the end). ... We had a chance for a big play, and the ball was a little underthrown. The safety made a heck of a play.” Meanwhile, a relieved Leavitt played down the significance of winning the matchup of ranked teams. “It’s so early. I don’t think one game makes a season,” he said.“Our players have to keep it in perspective.”

KAnsas Rushing Angus Quigley

Att Yds

20 8 13 4

Rushing Jamar Taylor Matt Grothe Moise Plancer Mike Ford

Passing Todd Reesing

Att Cmp Yds 51 34 373

TD Int 3 1

Lg 56

Passing Matt Grothe

Receiving No Yds Kerry Meier 11 120 Johnathan Wilson 10 171 Angus Quigley 4 19 Dezmon Briscoe 3 36 Jake Sharp 2 10 Daymond Patterson 2 -3 Jocques Crawford 1 10 Tim Biere 1 10

TD 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 26 56 14 22 11 1 10 10

Punting No Yds Alonso Rojas 6 265 Punt Returns No Yds None

Avg 44.2

Lg 51

Receiving No Yds Taurus Johnson 7 82 Jessie Hester 7 56 A.J. Love 5 83 Carlton Mitchell 4 25 Marcus Edwards 3 41 Dontavia Bogan 2 22 Cedric Hill 2 17 Ben Busbee 1 13 Ben Williams 1 -1

TD 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 23 13 37 7 23 16 10 13 0

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 5 170

Avg 34.0

Lg 49

Kickoff Returns No Yds Marcus Herford 3 33

Lg 14

Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 4 26

Lg 9

Kickoff Returns No Yds Taurus Johnson 4 64 Dontavia Bogan 1 17

Lg 21 17

Jocques Crawford Todd Reesing Jake Sharp

22 15 13 11

USF

0 0 1 0

3 4 9 5

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 12 -James Holt, Assisted Tackles: 2 - Mike Rivera, Total Tackles: 13 - James Holt, Sacks: 1 - James Holt, Mike Rivera, Interceptions: None

Att Yds 11 72 11 30 6 15 1 3 Att Cmp Yds 45 32 338

TD 1 1 0 0 TD Int 2 0

Lg 20 28 6 3 Lg 37

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Jerome Murphy, Assisted Tackles: 3 - Carlton Williams, Tyrone McKenzie, Total Tackles: 9 - Jerome Murphy, Sacks: 1 - George Selvie, Aaron Harris, Interceptions: 1 - Nate Allen

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2008 Season Review << 2008: No. 12/16 USf 17, FIU 9 FIU stadium • MIAMI, fla. sept. 20, 2006 • 5 pm • ESPNU & ESPN360.com USF 4-0 • FIU 0-3 Scoring by quarters No. 12/16 USF FIU

1 7 0

Attendance: 16,717

2 3 0

3 0 0

4 7 9

F 17 9

Time: 3:32

First Quarter USF - Ford 2 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 6:25. Drive: 13 plays, 99 yards, 5:19. (USF 7, FIU 0). Second Quarter USF - Bonani 20 yd field goal. Time: 14:15. Drive: 12 plays, 60 yards, 5:02. (USF 10, FIU 0). Third Quarter None. Fourth Quarter USF - Ford 1 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 13:10. Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 3:07. (USF 17, FIU 0). FIU - Penerton safety. Time: 2:20. (USF 17, FIU 2). FIU - Reams 1 yd run (Rivest kick). Time: 0:53. Drive: 4 plays, 63 yards, 1:27. (USF 17, FIU 9). 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

USF 21 49-184 136 14-22-0 320 4-178 3-12-0 1-16-0 1-0-0 8-53 2-1 1-6 5-13 0-1 32:18

FIU 9 34-72 117 11-21-1 189 8-327 2-7-0 3-59-0 0-0-0 10-65 0-0 2-12 3-15 2-2 27:42

MIAMI, Fla. (AP) -- South Florida got two scares Saturday night, and survived both. Mike Ford ran for two short touchdowns and the 12th-ranked Bulls spoiled FIU’s debut in its new on-campus stadium, winning 17-9 in a game marred by a frightening scene involving Bulls starting linebacker Brouce Mompremier. Mompremier who was airlifted to a downtown Miami hospital after colliding with a teammate in the third quarter but apparently escaped catastrophic injury. He was expected to remain hospitalized overnight for tests and observation, but was regaining movement in his arms and legs. South Florida officials said Mompremier - a Miami native who had family at the stadium for his homecoming - was experiencing tingling in his neck and shoulders, and doctors at the stadium originally feared he suffered a spinal injury.“I was going for the ball. He was going for the hit. His helmet hit my hip,” said South Florida safety Carlton Williams, who was also shaken up on the play.“I was devastated - but I felt better once I heard he was OK.” Matt Grothe completed 14 of 22 passes for 137 yards for South Florida (4-0), but was held without a passing or rushing touchdown for just the second time in his 30-game career. The Bulls led 17-0 with 2 1/2 minutes remaining, yet needed to recover an onside kick with 50 seconds left to hold off FIU (0-3), which came in as a four-touchdown underdog. “We really, really played with everything we had,” FIU coach Mario Cristobal said. “Effort was not questioned today.” FIU came in ranked last among all FBS schools in total offense (178.5 yards per game) and scoring (5.0), but got a 61-yard catch-and-run from Wayne Younger to T.Y. Hilton with 2:03 remaining, setting up Julian Reams’ 1-yard TD run - the Golden Panthers’ first offensive touchdown this season. South Florida’s A.J. Love recovered the onside kick with 50 seconds left, and the Bulls held on. Mompremier got hurt with 6:43 left in the third quarter, remaining on the turf for about 20 minutes. Players from both teams met at midfield, kneeling for moment of prayer before Mompremier was driven off the field.“He’s a fierce competitor,” USF linebacker Kion Wilson said.“I saw he didn’t want to stay down, but as a safety precaution he was told to stay down.” USF’s Jerome Murphy intercepted a pass on the first play after Mompremier’s injury, and Ford rushed in from 1 yard out early in the fourth for a 17-0 lead that seemed safe. It wasn’t. Ford got tackled in the end zone for a safety with 2:20 left, and FIU then made it plenty interesting after Hilton - who had the only other TD for FIU this season, a punt return in the opener against Kansas - set up Reams’ touchdown.“We got the win,” Grothe said, “but we should have played a lot better.” Amid all the opening-of-the-facility buzz, it didn’t take long for South Florida to set a FIU Stadium record that’ll never be broken - a 99-yard scoring drive. The Bulls fumbled the ball away on their first possession, started their second series on the USF 1, and needed 13 plays before Ford rushed in from 2 yards out for first points ever recorded at the stadium. FIU safety Jeremiah Weatherspoon forced the turnover on the opening drive and knocked the ball loose twice on the next drive as well, but USF kept possession and took the early lead. From there, though, FIU’s defense held tough, keeping the upset hope alive. “We played with a lot of passion, a lot of energy that helped us out,” Weatherspoon said.“We just made a few mistakes that cost us.” The stadium is on the same site as FIU’s previous football home, a 7,000-seat facility that was more suited for high school games than big-time college football. The current structure - which still lacks a scoreboard on one end, isn’t yet enclosed on the visitors’ side and will eventually have a massive field house attached to it - was built in 16 months. Building FIU into a winner is taking a bit longer. The Golden Panthers have lost 26 of 27 games since the start of the 2006 season, but have long pointed to the opening of the stadium as the first significant step toward a turnaround. And recruits in talent-rich South Florida are quickly taking notice; a slew of players from the Miami area have already committed to enroll at FIU next fall, and plenty more attended the stadium’s debut. Hanging close to a nationally ranked team wasn’t a consolation prize, Cristobal said.“Our guys are as down as they can possibly be,” Cristobal said.“But it does say something. It does say that we can do some things that can make us have a successful season.” Brouce Mompremier is in stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He can move his arms and legs. He has some tingling in his shoulders. He is undergoing a CT Scan and MRI on his neck.

USF

Rushing Jamar Taylor Matt Grothe Mike Ford Mo Plancher Dontavia Bogan Richard Kelly Ben Williams Team

TD 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 19 16 6 12 20 11 0 0

TD Int 0 0

Lg 30

Receiving No Yds A.J. Love 3 56 Jessie Hester 3 32 Taurus Johnson 2 -4 Ben Williams 1 20 Trent Pupello 1 14 Ben Busbee 1 9 Cedric Hill 1 6 Marcus Edwards 1 3 Moise Plancher 1 0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 30 18 1 20 14 9 6 3 0

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 4 178 Punt Returns No Yds Theo Wilson 2 1 Marcus Edwards 1 11

Avg 44.5

Lg 55

Kickoff Returns No Yds Dontavia Bogan 1 16

Lg 16

Passing Matt Grothe

Att Yds 12 56 11 48 14 24 6 22 1 20 2 18 1 0 2 -4 Att Cmp Yds 22 14 136

Lg 5 11

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5 - Carlton Williams, Danny Verpaele, Assisted Tackles: 4 -Tyrone McKenzie, Total Tackles: 8 - Carlton Williams, Sacks: 1 - George Selvie, Interceptions: 1 - Jerome Murphy

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FIU

Rushing Julian Reams Wayne Younger Paul McCall A’mod Ned Team Jeremy Dickens Passing Paul McCall Wayne Younger

Att Yds 12 30 6 22 8 15 6 13 1 -2 1 -6 Att Cmp Yds 13 8 46 8 3 71

TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 TD Int 0 1 0 0

Lg 10 9 8 8 0 0 Lg 13 61

Receiving No Yds Greg Ellingson 3 21 Junior Mertile 2 22 Jason Frierson 2 6 T.Y. Hilton 1 61 Eric Kirchenberg 1 7 Franklin Brown 1 3 Julian Reams 1 -3

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 10 13 5 61 7 3 0

Punting No Yds Carlos Munera 7 293 Dustin Rivest 1 34

Avg 41.9 34.0

Lg 60 34

Punt Returns No Yds T.Y. Hilton 2 7

Lg 4

Kickoff Returns No Yds T.Y. Hilton 3 59

Lg 32

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Jeramiah Weatherspoon, Assisted Tackles: 7 - Bryant Scott, Total Tackles: 11 - Bryant Scott, Sacks: 1 - Rob Mitchell, Interceptions: 1 - None

Craig Marshall

2008 Season Review >> 2008: No. 13/14 USf 41, NC State 10 carter-finley stadium • Raleigh, n.c. sept. 27, 2008 • 7:30 pm • ESPNU USF 5-0 • Nc State 2-3 Scoring by quarters 1 No. 13/14 USF 14 NC State 3 Attendance: 57,583

2 17 7

3 0 0

4 10 0

F 41 10

Time: 3:25

First Quarter USF - Taylor 1 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 11:33. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards, 3:27. (USF 7, ST 0). ST - Czajkowski 32 yd field goal. Time: 7:51. Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards, 3:34. (USF 7, ST 3). USF - Mitchell 9 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time: 4:37. Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 3:08. (USF 14, ST 3). Second Quarter USF - Ford 1 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 12:18. Drive: 13 plays, 81 yards, 5:11. (USF 21, ST 3). USF - Safety. Time: 10:38. (USF 23, ST 3). USF - Safety. Time: 7:55. (USF 25, ST 3). USF - Bonani 20 yd field goal. Time: 2:31. Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards, 5:17. (USF 28, ST 3). ST - Brown 1 yd run (Czajkowski, J. kick).Time: 1:06. Drive: 3 plays, 47 yards, 1:15. (USF 28, ST 10). USF - Bonani 32 yd field goal. Time: 0:00. Drive: 4 plays, 49 yards, 0:58. (USF 31, ST 10). Third Quarter None. Fourth Quarter USF - Bonani 44 yd field goal. Time: 13:54. Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards, 2:26. (USF 34, ST 10). USF - Plancher 10 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 9:49. Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 2:39. (USF 41, ST 10). 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

USF NC State 29 13 48-245 27-26 275 239 21-33-0 9-32-3 520 265 3-42.7 2-41.5 2-6-0 0-0-0 5-101-0 6-163-0 3-23-0 0-0-0 10-100 11-69 0-0 0-0 1-8 0-0 7-14 5-14 1-1 0-3 35:47 24:13

Raleigh, N.C. (AP) -- South Florida certainly didn’t need All-American George Selvie against outmanned North Carolina State. Matt Grothe gave the Bulls’ defense plenty of cushion. The 13th-ranked Bulls had an easy time of it for once, routing NC State 41-10 on Saturday night behind 259 yards passing, a touchdown and a perfect start from their junior quarterback. “That’s the first time we’ve had a complete game,” USF defensive coordinator Wally Burnham said.“It’s about time.” Grothe completed his first 11 passes, Jamar Taylor and Mike Ford added 1-yard touchdown runs and the Big East’s only nationally ranked team had the look of a legitimate contender even without Selvie. The star defensive lineman was in uniform but sat out with an ankle injury, one of three members of the Bulls’ starting front seven who didn’t play. “Our guys really wanted to step up and play because we had so many guys who were down,” USF head coach Jim Leavitt said. The Bulls (5-0) scored touchdowns on their first three possessions, recorded two safeties, built a 31-10 halftime lead and had 354 of their 514 total yards in the first half against a Wolfpack team seeking its second straight upset of a top-15 team. Grothe wasn’t about to let that happen. Standing tall behind an offensive line that kept him well-protected, he completed passes to six different receivers -- most of whom were wide open -- during his perfect start against a defense that was missing its top playmaker, injured linebacker Nate Irving. “We knew we could do some things, watching them all week on film,” Grothe said.“It was just a matter of doing it. Today was one of those days. ... Whenever we put some points on the board early, we normally play well.” His first incompletion came with 33 seconds left in the first quarter when he overthrew A.J. Love down the left sideline, but by then, it didn’t matter -- the Bulls led 14-3 and were well on their way to a blowout. Each of their previous three wins were decided by eight or fewer points. Grothe completed 20 of 29 passes, threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Carlton Mitchell and rushed nine times for 68 yards. He exited after Moise Plancher’s 10-yard touchdown run with 9:49 left stretched the lead to 31. “They have a great offense for [Grothe], and he fits their scheme,” NC State defensive end Willie Young said.“There are lots of times I thought we had him trapped and sacked, and he got away out of the pocket and made the plays. ... They send five wide and run the linebackers off, and he makes a 15-yard scramble. He found the seams and makes that offense go.” Andre Brown had a 1-yard scoring run and Harrison Beck, replacing the injured Russell Wilson, was 9-of-32 for 239 yards with three interceptions in his first start this season for NC State (2-3), which was coming off an overtime upset of then-No. 15 East Carolina. A downpour that began midway through the first half led to some ugly halftime stats for the Wolfpack. South Florida outgained NC State 307-22 at one point midway through the second and by halftime had surpassed the 320 total yards they gained last week at Florida International. Had Beck not connected on passes covering 48 and 41 yards, the Wolfpack would have had negative total yards through 30 minutes. Coach Tom O’Brien’s team at halftime had minus-33 yards rushing and 63 total yards -- numbers deflated by a pair of fouled-up long snaps that led to USF safeties on consecutive series. A fourth-down snap sailed over punter Bradley Pierson’s head and into the end zone for two points and a loss of 27 yards, and the Wolfpack’s next possession ended similarly when a snap from the 17 got past Beck and he kicked it through the back of the end zone for another safety. “I was looking at the defense ... I looked down to snap it and it came up and caught me off guard,” Beck said.“I didn’t want them to score a cheap touchdown off a fumble recovery. ... If I fall on it, it might come out and they fall on it and turn into a touchdown. So I just kicked the dang thing out of bounds.” Maikon Bonani kicked field goals covering 20, 32 and 44 yards for South Florida. Josh Czajkowski had a 32-yarder for NC State.

USF

Rushing Matt Grothe Mike Ford Ben Williams Moise Plancher Richard Kelly B.J. Daniels Jamar Taylor Grant Gregory Shawn Cannon

TD 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

Lg 16 17 12 10 7 7 3 2 2

TD Int 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 38 16 0

Receiving No Yds Jessie Hester 7 68 Carlton Mitchell 4 41 Marcus Edwards 3 77 Cedric Hill 2 27 Mike Ford 2 22 A.J. Love 2 17 Taurus Johnson 1 23

TD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 15 16 38 15 20 12 23

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 3 128 Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 1 0 Theo Wilson 1 6

Avg 42.7

Lg 52

Kickoff Returns No Yds Taurus Johnson 1 19 Theo Wilson 1 16 Dontavia Bogan 2 55 Ben Williams 1 11

Lg 0 0 34 11

Passing Matt Grothe Grant Gregory B.J. Daniels

Att Yds 9 68 11 64 9 40 7 40 3 16 2 10 5 3 1 2 1 2 Att Cmp Yds 29 20 259 3 1 16 1 0 0

Lg 0 0

NC State

Rushing Andre Brown Jamelle Eugene Curtis Underwood T.J. Graham Harrison Beck Team Passing Harrison Beck

Att Yds 9 39 8 27 4 17 1 -1 3 -24 2 -32 Att Cmp Yds 32 9 239

TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 TD Int 1 3

Lg 16 8 13 0 1 0 Lg 49

Receiving No Yds Owen Spencer 3 94 Andre Brown 2 85 Steven Howard 1 41 Jay Smith 1 7 Goerge Bryan 1 7 T.J. Graham 1 5

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 48 49 41 7 7 5

Punting No Yds Bradley Pierson 2 83

Avg 41.5

Lg 48

Punt Returns No Yds None

Kickoff Returns No Yds T.J. Graham 6 163

Lg 47

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9 - Jeremy Gray, Assisted Tackles: 7 - Ray Michel, Total Tackles: 13 - Ray Michel, Sacks: None, Interceptions: None

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Jerome Murphy, Assisted Tackles: 5 -Tyrone McKenzie, Total Tackles: 6 - Jerome Murphy, Sacks: 1 - Craig Marshall, Interceptions: 1 Jerome Murphy, Tyrone McKenzie, Craig Marshall

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Tyrone McKenzie

2008 Season Review << 2008: Pitt 26, No. 10 USf 21 Raymond James stadium • Tampa, Fla. oct. 2, 2008 • 7:30 pm • ESPN USF 5-1 • Pitt 4-1 Scoring by quarters Pitt No. 10/10 USF

1 7 7

Attendance: 50,307

2 10 0

3 0 7

4 9 7

F 26 21

Time: 3:35

First Quarter USF - Sinclair 26 yd blocked punt return (Bonani kick). Time: 8:07. (USF 7, PITT 0). PITT - Baldwin 52 yd pass from Stull (Lee kick). Time: 5:54. Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards, 2:13. (USF 7, PITT 7). Second Quarter PITT - McCoy 6 yd run (Lee kick). Time: 4:59. Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards, 7:54. (PITT 14, USF 7). PITT - Lee 35 yd field goal. Time: :22. Drive: 8 plays, 31 yards, 4:07. (PITT 17, USF 7). Third Quarter USF - Grothe 1 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 9:27. Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 5:33. (PITT 17, USF 14). Fourth Quarter PITT - Lee 31 yd field goal. Time: 9:40. Drive: 17 plays, 82 yards, 8:02. (PITT 20, USF 14). USF - Hester 22 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time: 5:57. Drive: 9 plays, 86 yards, 3:43. (PITT 20, USF 21). PITT - McCoy 3 yd run (Stull pass failed). Time: 4:43. Drive: 3 plays, 60 yards, 1:14. (PITT 26, 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

Pitt 24 45-146 228 28-17-0 374 4-29.8 1-15 3-64 1-0 5-26 2-2 4-41 4-13 1-2 36:54

USF 14 35-116 129 21-11-1 245 5-44.4 3-59 6-113 0-0 11-84 0-0 2-13 3-9 0-1 23:06

TAMPA (AP) -- LeSean McCoy ran for two touchdowns and Bill Stull threw for another as Pittsburgh upset No. 10 South Florida 26-21 On Oct. 12. The Panthers (4-1, 2-0 Big East) have beaten the last three nationally ranked teams they have faced, including No. 23 Cincinnati and No. 2 West Virginia in 2007.They have won two of the last three games with South Florida (5-1, 0-1) in Tampa. Stull finished 16-for-27 for 228 yards. Quarterback Matt Grothe accounted for most of South Florida’s offense, but the Bulls didn’t score any points on offense in the first half. Grothe was 11-of-20 for 129 yards and rushed 11 times for 25 yards, including a 1-yard keeper for a TD in the third. Grothe threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jessie Hester in the fourth quarter to give the Bulls a 22-20 lead. But Pittsburgh came right back to take the lead, covering 60 yards on three plays in a quick drive that ended with a 3-yard run by McCoy. The 2-point attempt failed. McCoy, a sophomore, rushed 28 times for a game-high 142 yards, his second straight game over 100. Mike Ford ran 14 times for 73 yards for the Bulls. South Florida struggled in the first half with the offense was held to just 77 yards. Grothe was 5-of-12 with an interception.The pick by Don DeCicco was the first interception for Grothe in 107 passes and just his third in six games. The Bulls had a 42-yard field goal attempt blocked by Greg Williams, and on their next field goal attempt, South Florida faked the kick but backup quarterback Grant Gregory failed to convert on fourth down. The Bulls scored first when Quenton Washington broke through untouched and blocked a punt by Dave Brytus. Charlton Sinclair picked up the fumble, returning it 27 yards for the score. However, Pittsburgh scored on its next drive with Stull hitting receiver Jonathan Baldwin for a 52-yard touchdown pass. The Panthers took a 14-7 lead on a 6-yard run by McCoy and extended the lead to 10 when Conor Lee hit a 35-yard field goal with 22 seconds left in the first half. Lee’s 31-yard field goal made it 20-14 in the fourth. All-America junior defensive end George Selvie did not start for the second straight game for South Florida, although he entered the game with 10:22 left in the second quarter and recorded two tackles, one for a loss. South Florida forced two fumbles, both recovered by linebacker Kion Wilson, the first two of his career.

PITT

Rushing LeSean McCoy Dorin Dickerson LaRod Stephens Greg Cross Conredge Collins Bill Stull Team

TD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 26 16 7 5 5 0 0

TD Int 1 0 0 0

Lg 52 0

Receiving No Yds Conredge Collins 4 25 Oderick Turner 3 60 LaRod Stephens 3 33 LeSean McCoy 3 23 Jonathan Baldwin 2 59 Nate Byham 1 24 Cedric McGee 1 4

TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Lg 11 38 16 13 52 24 4

Punting No Yds Dave Brytus 3 119 Punt Returns No Yds Aaron Berry 1 15

Avg 39.7

Lg 49

Kickoff Returns No Yds LaRod Stephens 3 64

Lg 23

Passing Bill Stull Dave Brytus

Att Yds 28 142 1 16 9 11 2 8 1 5 3 -18 1 -18 Att Cmp Yds 27 16 228 1 1 0

Lg 15

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 12 - Scott McKillop, Assisted Tackles: 1 - Seven Players, Total Tackles: 12 - Scott McKillop, Sacks: 2 - Scott McKillop, Interceptions: 1 - Dom DeCicco

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USF

Rushing Mike Ford Matt Grothe Moise Plancer Ben Williams Grant Gregory Taurus Johnson Passing Matt Grothe

Att Yds 14 73 11 25 6 14 2 3 1 1 1 0 Att Cmp Yds 21 11 129

TD 0 1 0 0 0 0 TD Int 1 1

Lg 14 27 5 5 1 0 Lg 38

Receiving No Yds Jessie Hester 3 34 A.J. Love 2 44 Dontavia Bogan 2 21 Cedric Hill 2 21 Taurus Johnson 2 9

TD 1 0 0 0 0

Lg 22 38 15 15 6

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 5 222

Avg 44.4

Lg 47

Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 2 21 Quenton Washington 1 12

Lg 12 12

Kickoff Returns No Yds Dontavia Bogan 5 97 Taurus Johnson 1 16

Lg 3 16

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 10 - Tyrone McKenzie, Assisted Tackles: 5 - Tyrone McKenzie, Total Tackles: 15 - Tyrone McKenzie, Sacks: 1 - Jarriett Buie, Keith McCaskill, Interceptions: None

Matt Grothe

2008 Season Review >> 2008: No. 19/20 USf 45, Syracuse 13 Raymond James stadium • Tampa, Fla. oct. 18, 2008 • Noon • big east network USF 6-1 • Syracuse 1-6 Scoring by quarters Syracuse No. 19/20 USF

1 3 14

Attendance: 51,384

2 10 7

3 0 14

4 0 10

F 13 45

Time: 3:14

First Quarter USF - Williams 1 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 9:00. Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards, 2:48. (USF 7, SU 0). SU - Shadle 43 yd field goal. Time: 5:36. Drive: 9 plays, 33 yards, 3:24. USF 7, SU 3). USF - Johnson 7 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time: 2:09. Drive: 8 plays, 82 yards, 3:27. (USF 14, SU 3). Second Quarter SU - Brinkley 24 yd run (Shadle kick). Time: 14:54. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 2:15. (USF 14, SU 10). USF - Grothe 11 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 3:24. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:22. (USF 21, SU 10). SU - Shadle 24 yd field goal. Time: 0:04. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 3:20. (USF 21, SU 13).

TAMPA (AP) -- The early start failed to slow down Matt Grothe. The junior quarterback threw three touchdown passes and ran for another and No. 19 South Florida topped Syracuse 45-13 on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn’t his performance that had him drained.“It’s getting up at seven in the morning,” Grothe said of the Bulls’ noon kickoff.“I’m still tired from that. When I’m not so worried about football, I play better. I was more worried about getting up early.” Grothe, who was also the team’s leading rusher with 72 yards, finished 19for-26 for 248 yards. His second touchdown pass in the third quarter was the 40th of his career, good for second in the history of South Florida. He is 17 shy of the program record set by Marquel Blackwell from 1999-2002. “Matt played extremely well,” South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said. “He did a real good job and there were even some passes that could’ve been caught.” The Bulls (6-1, 1-1 Big East) seemed to be back on track after a disappointing loss to Pittsburgh on Oct. 2, which knocked them out of the top 10 in the polls. However, South Florida is still in the hunt for its first Big East title. “We played well today,” Grothe said.“We didn’t play as bad as [against Pittsburgh] everyone made it out to seem -- we just didn’t finish. Today was different, and we’re wanting to win the Big East. We want to be BCS eligible.” Running back Ben Williams also had a 1-yard rushing touchdown, finishing with 25 yards. South Florida pulled away in the third following a sack and a forced fumble by defensive tackle Aaron Harris and a recovered fumble by Craig Marshall. That set up a 2-yard touchdown pass from Grothe to A.J. Love. After forcing a punt, the Bulls went up 34-13 after a 9-yard pass from Grothe to receiver Taurus Johnson. Johnson, who had two touchdown receptions, had three catches for 29 yards. “We didn’t do a very good job in the first half, especially on defense,” Leavitt said.“But we spent more time on South Florida than on Syracuse this week, which we thought would be really important to be successful.” The Bulls have outscored their opponents 59-7 in the third quarter this season. South Florida improved defensively, allowing Syracuse just 9 yards of offense in the second half and keeping it from picking up a first down. “We made just a slight adjustment that allowed them to do what we know they can do,” defensive coordinator Wally Burnham said. Running back Curtis Brinkley was the Orange’s lone bright spot, rushing for a team-high 112 yards on 20 attempts and a touchdown. It was his fifth 100-yard plus game of the season. “I honestly think we can play with them guys, but the score shows what the game was,” Brinkley said. Quarterback Cameron Dantley struggled to get drives going in the second half, going 11-of-27 for 129 yards in the game. “We went dormant on offense,” Syracuse coach Greg Robinson said.“I’m disappointed, I really am. I thought that it’d be a better football game than it turned out to be.” The Bulls opened the scoring early in the first quarter. A 20-yard Grothe screen pass to Williams set up a 1-yard score by Williams on the next play. Syracuse (1-6, 0-3) had a 43-yard field goal by Patrick Shadle on the next drive. South Florida scored on its next drive with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Grothe to Johnson. The Orange answered on the first play of the second with a 24-yard touchdown run by Brinkley, but Grothe added an 11-yard touchdown run. The Bulls led 21-13 at the half following a 24-yard field goal by Shadle. Bulls kicker Maikon Bonani added a 31-yard field goal in the fourth, and Richard Kelly had a 2-yard score late in the fourth. All-American defensive end George Selvie, who has been nursing an ankle injury, made his first start since Sept. 27 at N.C. State. He finished with two tackles and a sack. Linebacker Brouce Mompremier also started his first game since suffering a serious neck injury in the Sept. 20 win at Florida International, in which he had to be airlifted off the field. Mompremier finished with two tackles. South Florida is 4-0 against Syracuse since it joined the Big East in 2005. It is the only team the Bulls are undefeated against in the conference.

Third Quarter USF - Love 1 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time: 6:53. Drive: 1 play, 1 yard, 0:02. (USF 28, SU 13). USF - Johnson 9 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time: 0:12. Drive: 10 plays, 74 yards, 5:00. (USF 35, SU 13).

SYRACUSE

Fourth Quarter USF - Bonani 31 yd field goal. Time: 10:39. Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 4:07. (USF 38, SU 13). USF - Kelly 2 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 1:39. Drive: 13 plays, 69 yards, 7:52. (USF 45, SU 13).

Passing Cam Dantley

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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

SU 11 27-101 129 11-27-0 230 7-50.4 1-0 6-135 0-0 6-52 1-1 0-0 3-15 0-0 25:49

USF 26 46-239 248 19-26-0 487 2-45.0 5-32 2-65 0-0 6-35 1-1 4-21 5-9 1-1 34:11

Rushing Curtis Brinkley Antwon Bailey Cam Dantley

Att Yds 20 112 3 10 4 -21

USF

TD 1 0 0

Lg 35 6 0

TD Int 0 0

Lg 28

Receiving No Yds Lavar Lobdell 4 37 Curtis Brinkley 2 26 Mike Owen 2 22 Donte Davis 2 16 Marcus Sales 1 28

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 18 17 12 13 28

Punting No Yds Rob Long 7 353 Punt Returns No Yds Ryan Howard 1 0

Avg 50.4

Lg 67

Kickoff Returns No Yds Randy McKinnon 2 43 Mike Holmes 4 92

Lg 27 26

Receiving No Yds A.J. Love 4 21 Carlton Mitchell 3 69 Ben Williams 3 65 Taurus Johnson 3 29 Marcus Edwards 3 27 Jessie Hester 1 17 Cedric Hill 1 12 Richard Kelly 1 8

TD 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Lg 9 40 35 13 11 17 12 8

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 9 - Mike Holmes, Assisted Tackles: 4 - Jake Flaherty, Total Tackles: 11 - Mike Holmes, Jake Flaherty, Sacks: None, Interceptions: None

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 2 90

Avg 45.0

Lg 45

Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 5 32

Lg 13

Kickoff Returns No Yds Taurus Johnson 1 40 Dontavia Bogan 1 25

Lg 40 25

Att Cmp Yds 27 11 129

Lg 0

Rushing Matt Grothe Mike Ford Jamar Taylor Moise Plancher Ben Williams Richard Kelly Grant Gregory Dontavia Bogan Mike Padilla Team Passing Matt Grothe

Att Yds 10 72 11 51 3 32 7 31 6 25 4 16 1 9 1 3 2 1 1 -1 Att Cmp Yds 26 19 248

TD 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 TD Int 3 0

Lg 20 17 25 10 8 7 9 3 1 0 Lg 40

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5 - Tyrone McKenzie, Assisted Tackles: 4 - George Selvie, Total Tackles: 7 - Tyrone Kenzie, Sacks: 2 - Jarriett Buie, Interceptions: None

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Ben Busbee

2008 Season Review << 2008: Louisville 24, No. 14 USf 20

papa John’s cardinal stadium • louisville, ky. oct. 25, 2008 • 3:30 p.m. • bright house sports network USF 6-2 • louisville 5-2 Scoring by quarters No. 14/14 USF Louisville

1 0 0

Attendance: 40,384

2 6 14

3 7 0

4 7 10

F 20 24

Time: 3:03

First Quarter None. Second Quarter USF - Bonani 32 yd field goal. Time: 14:14. Drive 12 plays, 57 yards, 5:15. (USF 3, LOU 0). LOU - Long 69 yd pass from Cantwell (Payne kick). Time: 13:56. Drive 1 play, 69 yards, 0:18. (LOU 7, USF 3). LOU - Cantwell 1 yd run (Payne kick). Time: 0:50. Drive: 6 plays. 42 yards, 3:09. (LOU 14, USF 3). USF - Bonani 24 yd field goal. Time: 0:02. Drive: 6 plays, 63 yards, 0:48, (LOU 14, USF 6). Third Quarter USF - Kelly 3 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick). Time: 3:05, Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 3:07. (LOU 14, USF 13). Fourth Quarter LOU - Payne 34 yd field goal. Time: 14:01. Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards, 4:04. (LOU 17, USF 13). USF - Busbee 15 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick).Time: 9:22. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 4:39. (USF 20, LOU 17). LOU - Long 24 yd pass from Cantwell (Payne kick). Time: 7:07. Dive: 6 plays, 63 yards, 2:15 (LOU 24, USF 20). 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

USF 21 24-8 344 30-40-2 352 6-205 3-4 5-127 1-6 14-109 0-0 3-17 4-11 0-0 28:31

UofL 20 41-111 212 12-21-1 323 6-251 2-15 4-110 2-0 7-55 0-0 5-42 5-13 0-0 31:29

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Louisville made a case that it’s as likely as any team to win the Big East. The Cardinals knocked off No. 14 South Florida with a strong run defense, and a career day from a receiver who had been injured for most of the season. They also got some help from the Bulls, who committed 14 penalties for 109 yards. Hunter Cantwell threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Scott Long, their second scoring connection of the game, with 7:07 left in the fourth quarter to give Louisville a 24-20 victory Saturday. The Bulls (6-2, 1-2) had a chance to get the ball back for one last drive with 1:19 left in the fourth quarter, but a defensive holding on a missed field goal by Louisville allowed the Cardinals to play keepaway. South Florida’s Matt Grothe threw for 344 yards and two touchdowns, but he also was picked off twice. His fourth-quarter interception gave the Cardinals (5-2, 1-1) the ball at USF 27 and allowed Louisville to run out the clock. Grothe spread the ball around to 11 receivers, connecting with Ben Busbee and Richard Kelly for second-half touchdowns that gave USF a 20-17 lead in the fourth quarter. Cantwell threw for 212 yards and ran in Louisville’s other touchdown from the 1. Long’s two touchdown catches and 134 yards receiving were career highs. He missed the Cardinals’ first four games with a broken foot. How good was it for Cantwell to have him back? “Very nice,” the quarterback said. “Everyone has been telling how good he was, that he was a game breaker, and he showed it today.” Long’s game was also memorable for a slip up that could have cost the Cardinals. An accurate pass from Cantwell bounced off Long’s shoulder pads and was picked off by linebacker Kion Wilson, leading to Kelly’s touchdown. “Hunter came over to me and said, ‘you’re still the guy,’ and that meant a lot to me,” Long said. Cantwell kept his word, throwing him the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. With Pittsburgh losing to Rutgers on Saturday and UConn knocking off Cincinnati, the Big East race is muddled behind first-place West Virginia. The Cardinals are in the thick of the chase, having bounced back well following a disappointing first season under coach Steve Kragthorpe. “No doubt, it’s a big win to get us back on track,” defensive lineman Earl Heyman said. The Bulls had been averaging 195 rushing yards per game, but the Cardinals held them to 8. Linebacker Jon Dempsey, the Cardinals’ leading tackler for the season, had nine tackles and a sack. Heyman and Adrian Grady sacked Grothe twice each. “We just didn’t protect enough,” USF coach Jim Leavitt said. With Heyman dragging him down by his jersey, Grothe threw his second interception of the day, giving the Cardinals the final possession with 3:03 to play. “He was just trying so hard to make something happen,” Leavitt said.“I know you can’t throw the interception, but that poor guy was just ... he didn’t want to take a sack.” The Cardinals contained Grothe’s running but when Louisville’s pass rushers didn’t pressure him, he had an easy time making completions. He was 30-for-40. The Bulls struck first with a 32-yard field goal by Maikon Bonani in the second quarter but the Cardinals hit back with Cantwell’s first touchdown to Long, a 69-yarder that was a career long for both players, and Long’s first career touchdown catch. Cantwell ran the ball in for Louisville’s second touchdown of the quarter with less than a minute to go before halftime. The Bulls drove 63 yards in 48 seconds but had to settle for another Bonani field goal from 24 yards with 2 seconds left in the half that made it 14-6. Grothe threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Kelly late in the third quarter to make it 14-13 and his 15-yarder to Busbee with 9:22 left in the fourth quarter gave USF a 20-17 lead. The home team has won five straight games in the series.

USF

Rushing Ben Williams Mike Ford Jamar Taylor Matt Grothe

Att Yds 7 14 5 13 2 8 10 -27

TD 0 0 0 0

Lg 9 8 10 8

Passing Matt Grothe

Att Cmp Yds 40 30 344

TD Int 2 2

Lg 34

Receiving No Yds Jessie Hester 8 74 Taurus Johnson 6 94 Dontavia Bogan 4 49 A.J. Love 3 13 Carlton Mitchell 2 34 Ben Busbee 2 29 Cedric Hill 1 22 Trent Pupello 1 12 Pat Richardson 1 9 Marcus Edwards 1 5 Richard Kelly 1 3

TD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Lg 17 31 34 8 22 15 22 12 9 5 3

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 6 205 Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 3 4

Avg 34.2

Lg 45

Kickoff Returns No Yds Dontavia Bogan 4 119 Taurus Johnson 1 8

Lg 35 8

Lg 3

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - Nate Allen, Assisted Tackles: 3 - Tyrone McKenzie, George Selvie, Total Tackles: 9 - Tyrone McKenzie, Sacks: 2 - George Selvie, Interceptions: 1 - Kion Wilson

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LOU

Rushing Vic Anderson Brock Bolen Doug Beaumont Bilal Powell Team Hunter Cantwell Passing Hunter Cantwell

Att Yds 18 64 9 47 2 8 5 6 2 -4 5 -10 Att Cmp Yds 21 12 212

TD 0 0 0 0 0 1 TD Int 2 1

Lg 17 12 12 3 0 6 Lg 69

Receiving No Yds Scott Long 5 134 Bilal Powell 3 30 Brock Bolen 2 30 Vic Anderson 1 15 Doug Beaumont 1 3

TD 2 0 0 0 0

Lg 69 15 16 15 3

Punting No Yds Cory Goettsche 6 251

Avg 41.8

Lg 49

Punt Returns No Yds Doug Beaumont 1 15 Andrew Robinson 1 0

Lg 15 0

Kickoff Returns No Yds Doug Beaumont 3 75 Vic Anderson 1 35

Lg 31 35

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 6 - Jon Dempsey, Assisted Tackles: 3 - Adrian Grady, Jon Demspey, Total Tackles: 9 - Jon Dempsey, Sacks: 2 - Earl Heyman, Adrian Grady, Interceptions: 1 - Woodny Turenne, Johnny Partick

Sabbath Joseph

2008 Season Review >> 2008: Cincinnati 24, No. 23/24 USf 10 nippert stadium • cincinnati, ohio oct. 30, 2008 • 7:30 p.m. • espn USF 6-3 • Cincinnati 6-2 Scoring by quarters 1 No. 23/24 USF 7 Cincinnati 10 Attendance: 31,175

2 0 7

3 3 0

4 0 7

F 10 24

Time: 3:08

First Quarter UC - Goebel 2 yd run (Rogers kick). Time: 8:51. Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, 1:07. (UC 7, USF). USF - Plancher 1 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 7:10. Drive: 4 plays, 82 yards, 1:37. (USF 7, UC 7). UC - Rogers 32 yd field goal. Time: 3:42. Drive: 7 plays, 49 yards, 3:22. (UC 10, USF 7). Second Quarter UC - Gilyard 26 yd pass from Pike (Rogers kick). Time: 9:17. Drive: 12 plays, 91 yards, 4:12. (UC 17, USF 7). Third Quarter USF - Bonani 47 yd field goal. Time: 9:23. Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards, 1:48. (UC 17, USF 10). Fourth Quarter UC - Barwin 1 yd pass from Pike (Rogers kick). Time: 14:31. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 3:51. (UC 24, USF 10). 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

USF 19 39-182 174 13-31-3 356 4-36.2 3-17 3-183 1-33 8-40 1-0 2-15 4-14 1-3 30:32

UC 23 37-115 281 20-28-1 396 4-43.0 0-0 5-336 3-58 6-36 2-2 2-12 5-10 0-0 29:28

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) -- Playing with a soft cast protecting his broken left forearm, junior Tony Pike had one of his finest games Thursday night, throwing a pair of touchdown passes and steadying Cincinnati’s offense in a 24-10 victory over No. 24 South Florida. Pike was sharp in his second game back since he broke his non-passing arm, which is held together by a plate and six screws. A black wrap covered the removable cast that hides a 4-inch scar from the operation and softens the blows. He took several rattling hits and hung in there until the middle of the fourth quarter. Cincinnati (6-2, 2-1 Big East) looked back to normal with an experienced quarterback running the no-huddle, spread offense again. Facing one of the conference’s toughest defenses, Pike was 20-of-28 for 281 yards and two touchdowns, including a 1-yard pass to Connor Barwin that put the Bearcats up 24-10 early in the fourth quarter. South Florida (6-3, 1-3) was the last Big East team ranked in the Top 25, a measure of the conference’s struggles so far.The Bulls readily acknowledged that if they didn’t win this one, they likely would have no chance for the league title. Not even a steady quarterback could pull them through. Junior Matt Grothe came into the game on a surge, throwing at least two touchdown passes in each of the last three games. He had only five interceptions all season, a sign of his dependability. But against the Bearcats, Grothe threw three - two of them deflected - against a defense that pressured him steadily. His toughest play was a tackle, pulling down Mike Mickens after a 58-yard interception return.The senior cornerback’s 13th career interception set a Cincinnati record and set up its first touchdown. Grothe was 13-of-31 for 174 yards, but couldn’t connect on his two most important throws. He misfired on a fourth-and-goal pass from the 5-yard line with 7:56 left, then had a fourth-down pass batted down in the end zone on the next possession, essentially ending it. Cincinnati’s biggest problems have been at quarterback, where no one can stay healthy. Senior Dustin Grutza broke his right leg in the second game of the season. Pike, his junior backup, broke his forearm two games later, forcing redshirt freshman Chazz Anderson to start a couple of games. Pike returned on Saturday against Connecticut, but had to leave at halftime because his left hand went numb. He did fine in warmups Thursday and started the game. In the latest medical twist, Anderson was dropped from backup to emergency status because he was bothered by a sprained knee suffered earlier in the season. Zach Collaros, another redshirt freshman, took over for Pike midway through the fourth quarter and finished it off with running plays. The pell-mell changes at quarterback bogged down Cincinnati’s offense, which failed to convert any of its 25 third-down chances in the last two games. Mardy Gilyard turned a short pass from Pike into a 26-yard touchdown in the second quarter, leaving Cincinnati up 17-7 at halftime. Maikon Bonani’s 47-yard field goal cut it to 17-10 in the third quarter.

USF

Rushing Ben Williams Matt Grothe Mo Plancher Richard Kelly Taurus Johnson Theo Wilson

TD 0 0 1 0 0 0

Lg 18 38 32 3 0 0

TD Int 0 3

Lg 47

Receiving No Yds Carlton Mitchell 4 77 Jessie Hester 3 47 Taurus Johnson 2 23 Dontavia Bogan 2 17 Ben Williams 1 6 Richard Kelly 1 4

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 47 27 12 11 6 4

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 4 145 Punt Returns No Yds Theo Wilson 2 16 Marcus Edwards 1 1

Avg 36.2

Lg 38

Kickoff Returns No Yds Dontavia Bogan 5 88

Lg 20

Passing Matt Grothe

Att Yds 17 79 8 54 8 47 4 11 1 -2 1 -7 Att Cmp Yds 31 13 174

Lg 12 1

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 8 - Carlton Williams, Assisted Tackles: 4 - Kion Wilson, Total Tackles: 11 - Carlton Williams, Kion Wilson, Sacks: 1 - Kion Wilson, Terrell McClain, Interceptions: 1 - Sabbath Joseph

Rushing John Goebel Jacob Ramsey Zach Collaros Team Tony Pike Passing Tony Pike

Att Yds 17 78 15 43 2 11 1 -2 2 -15 Att Cmp Yds 28 20 281

TD 1 0 0 0 0 TD Int 2 1

Lg 22 7 9 0 0 Lg 48

Receiving No Yds Dominic Goodman 5 57 Mardy Gilyard 4 98 John Goebel 3 43 D.J. Woods 3 30 Ben Guidugli 2 38 Marcus Barnett 1 8 Jacob Ramsey 1 6 Connor Barwin 1 1

TD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Lg 24 48 30 15 33 8 6 1

Punting No Yds Kevin Huber 4 172

Avg 43.0

Lg 53

Punt Returns No Yds None

Kickoff Returns No Yds Mardy Gilyard 2 42 John Goebel 1 23

Lg 23 23

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 5 - Brandon Underwood, Assisted Tackles: 4 - Brandon Underwood, Total Tackles: 9 - Brandon Underwood, Sacks: 2 - Corey Smith, Lamonte Nelms, Interceptions: 1 - Lamonte Nelms, Mike Mickens, DeAngelo Smith

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Carlton Williams

2008 Season Review << 2008: RUTGERS 49, USf 16 RAYMOND JAMES stadium • TAMPA, Fla. NOV. 15, 2008 • Noon • big east network USF 6-4 • RUTGERS 5-5

Scoring by quarters Rutgers USF

1 0 0

Attendance: 47,216

2 21 10

3 14 6

4 14 0

F 49 16

Time: 3:35

First Quarter None. Second Quarter RU - Teel 3 yd run (San San kick). Time: 13:25. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 5:02. (RU 7, USF 0). USF - Bonani 22 yd field goal. Time: 10:15. Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 3:10. (RU 7, USF 3). RU - McCourty 30 yd interception return (San San kick). Time: 5:21. (RU 14, USF 3). USF - Williams 5 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 2:59. Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards, 2:22. (RU 14, USF 10). RU - Corcoran 2 yd pass from Teel (San San kick). Time: 0:26. Drive: 6 plays, 41 yards, 2:33. (RU 21, USF 10). Third Quarter RU - Martinek 1 yd run (San San kick). Time: 9:44. Drive: 12 plays, 82 yards, 5:16. (RU 28, USF 10). USF - Johnson 10 yd pass from Grothe (Bonani kick fumbled). Time: 6:53. Drive: 9 plays, 52 yards, 2:51. (RU 28, USF 16). RU - Gravies 28 yd pass from Teel (San San kick). Time: 0:26. Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 2:30. (RU 35, USF 16). Fourth Quarter RU - Britt 93 yd pass from Teel (San San kick). Time: 12:57. Drive: 2 plays, 94 yards, 0:59. (RU 42, USF 16). RU - Martinek 2 yd run (San San kick). Time: 3:32. Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards, 5:44. (RU 49, USF 16). 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

RU 20 35-127 294 30-19-2 421 3-38.0 0-0 3-89 3-56 5-50 0-0 4-38 10-14 0-0 32:48

USF 25 28-76 328 48-31-3 404 2-40.0 1-0 6-113 2-0 10-100 3-3 2-16 6-12 1-1 27:12

TAMPA (AP) -- Mike Teel threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns to help surging Rutgers rout South Florida 49-16 on Saturday for the Scarlet Knights’ fourth consecutive victory. Kenny Britt had his fourth straight 100-yard game receiving, scoring on a 93-yard pass play early in the fourth quarter. Rutgers (5-5, 4-2 Big East) also forced six turnovers to hand USF (6-4, 1-4) its fourth loss in five games. Britt finished with eight receptions for 173 yards. It was his sixth 100-yard performance of the season, 12th overall - moving him into third place on the career conference list for 100-yard games behind Larry Fitzgerald (14) and Antonio Bryant (13). Jason McCourty returned one of his two interceptions 30 yards for a second-quarter touchdown, and the Scarlet Knights recovered three fumbles - all in Rutgers territory - to frustrate Matt Grothe and the rest of USF’s offense. Grothe, one of the nation’s top dual-threat quarterbacks, completed 28 of 43 passes for 292 yards and one touchdown. He also rushed for a team-best 50 yards on 13 carries, but hurt his team with three interceptions. The Scarlet Knights beat the Bulls for the third straight season. Rutgers won 22-20 in Tampa two years ago when South Florida had a failed two-point conversion in the closing seconds, and took another close one in 2007, prevailing 30-27 at home when USF was ranked second in the country. Rutgers’ four-game winning streak is the longest in the Big East and has revived a season that looked bleak when the Scarlet Knights stumbled to a 1-5 start. One of the biggest differences has been turnovers: Rutgers has forced 13 in its five victories compared to none in its five losses.

Rutgers Rushing Joe Martinek Kordell Young Tim Brown Kenny Britt Domenic Natale Team Mike Teel

TD 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

Lg 26 18 6 4 0 0 3

TD Int 3 2 0 0

Lg 93 0

Receiving No Yds Kenny Britt 8 173 Tiquan Underwood 4 49 Tim Brown 3 29 Shamar Graves 2 41 Jack Corcoran 1 2 Mike Teel 1 0

TD 1 0 0 1 1 0

Lg 93 20 14 28 2 0

Punting No Yds Ted Dellaganna 3 114 Punt Returns No Yds None

Avg 38.0

Lg 40

Kickoff Returns No Yds Jason McCourty 3 89

Lg 59

Passing Mike Teel Kordell Young

Att Yds 21 98 6 36 1 6 2 1 1 0 1 -1 3 -13 Att Cmp Yds 29 18 294 1 1 0

Rushing Matt Grothe Ben Williams Mo Plancher Grant Gregory Taurus Johnson Mike Ford Passing Matt Grothe

Att Yds 13 50 4 12 5 7 4 3 1 2 1 2 Att Cmp Yds 43 28 292

TD 0 1 0 0 0 0 TD Int 1 3

Lg 23 5 5 11 2 2 Lg 22

Receiving No Yds Jessie Hester 10 110 Ben Williams 5 59 Dontavia Bogan 3 43 Pat Richardson 3 42 Taurus Johnson 3 27 Marcus Edwards 2 18 Mo Plancher 2 14 A.J. Love 2 6 Carlton Mitchell 1 9

TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Lg 22 20 16 18 13 10 8 12 9

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 2 80

Avg 40.0

Lg 51

Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 1 0

Lg 0

Kickoff Returns No Yds Ben Williams 1 19 Dontavia Bogan 1 58 Taurus Johnson 1 24 Cedric Hill 2 12

Lg 19 39 24 7

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - Devin McCourty, Kevin Malast, Assisted Tackles: 1 - five players, Total Tackles: 8 - Devin McCourty, Sacks: 3 - Ryan D’Imperio, Interceptions: 2 - Jason McCourty

2009 University of South Florida Football prospectus

USF

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 11 - Louis Gachette, Assisted Tackles: 3 - Tyller Roberts, Total Tackles: 11 - Louis Gachette, Sacks: 1 - Carlton Willaims, Terrell McClain, Interceptions: 2 - Carlton Williams

Aaron Harris

2008 Season Review >> 2008: USf 17, UCONN 13 RAYMOND JAMES stadium • TAMPA, Fla. NOV. 23, 2008 • 8 p.m. • ESPN USF 7-4 • UCONN 7-4 Scoring by quarters UConn USF

1 0 7

Attendance: 42,422

2 3 3

3 7 0

4 3 7

F 13 17

Time: 3:20

First Quarter USF - Williams 3 yd run (Bonani kick).Time: 12:37. Ddrive: 5 plays, 30 yards, 2:23. (USF 7, UConn 0). Second Quarter USF - Bonani 29 yd field goal.Time: 12:57, Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards, 3:52. (USF 10, UConn 0). UConn - Teggart 21 yd field goal. Time: 0:28. Drive: 12 plays, 41 yards, 6:46. (USF 10, UConn 3). Third Quarter UConn - Gaulden 43 yd pass from Lorenzen (Teggart kick). Time: 2:49. Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 7:03. (UConn 10, USF 10). Fourth Quarter USF - Taylor 25 yd run (Bonani kick). Time: 12:36. Drive: 5 plays, 48 yards, 2:24. (USF 17, UConn 10). UConn - Teggart 35 yd field goal. Time: 9:19. Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 3:17. (USF 17, UConn 13).

UConn 16 43-139 119 10-24-0 258 5-38.0 1-1 4-73 1-27 10-78 2-1 2-12 6-16 0-1 33:40

USF 11 37-123 124 9-18-1 247 5-37.6 2-2 4-163 0-0 10-78 0-0 2-14 6-13 0-1 25:41

TAMPA (AP) -- USF’s swarming defense was every bit as tough as Connecticut’s Donald Brown figured it would be. The Bulls slowed down the nation’s leading rusher Sunday night, limiting the UConn star to 96 yards on 28 carries and keeping him out of the end zone to end a three-game Big East losing streak with a 17-13 victory.“Coming in here, we knew they were a good rushing defense,” Brown said.“Despite their record in conference, they’re a really good team.” Jamar Taylor ran 25 yards for a touchdown, snapping a fourth-quarter tie and helping USF (7-4, 2-4) improve its bowl prospects. Benjamin Williams also scored on a 3-yard run after Dontavia Bogan returned the opening kickoff deep into UConn territory, one of several special teams lapses that hurt the Huskies.“It’s not too hard to figure out or explain the mistakes or missed opportunities. ... We ended up making more mistakes and giving them the short field. We couldn’t gain the short field all evening and because of that, we came out on the disappointing end,” Connecticut coach Randy Edsall said. USF finished off the Huskies, stopping a potential go-ahead drive in the closing minutes by forcing a fumble by quarterback Tyler Lorenzen. Lorenzen tied it 10-all late in third quarter with a 43-yard TD pass to Ellis Gaulden on a flea-flicker play. He answered Taylor’s touchdown with a field goal drive that trimmed UConn’s deficit to 17-13, then had UConn (7-4, 3-3) on the move again when Lorenzen fumbled just before his knee touched down after he scrambled for a first down on 4th-and-4 inside the USF 30.“They were relentless. ... I thought they played so hard all the way through,” Bulls coach Jim Leavitt said of his defense. Brown began the night leading the nation in rushing at 153.70 yards per game, but rarely found much running room against a defense determined to redeem itself after being dominated during a 49-16 loss to Rutgers the previous week. UConn, coming off a 39-14 rout of Syracuse, didn’t get anything going offensively until late in the second quarter when USF gambled on fourth-and-1 from its own 45 and Matt Grothe was stopped for no gain on a quarterback sneak. Lorenzen scrambled for 10 yards on third-and-9, Brown bolted 13 yards around right end and Lorenzen converted another third down with a 7-yard completion to Anthony Sherman before the drive stalled at the USF 4 and the Huskies settled for a field goal that trimmed their deficit to 10-3. Grothe threw his ninth interception in the past four games, costing USF an opportunity to build onto the lead just before the half. UConn pulled even when Jordan Todman took a handoff from Brown on a reverse before flipping the ball back to Lorenzen, who had Gaulden running all alone down the middle of the field. The pass hung in the air long enough for USF defenders Nate Allen and Tyller Roberts to close in on the receiver, but Gaulden made the catch between them and twisted away from Allen inside the 5.“At first, I’m like, `Oh, my God.Where’s the ball? When’s it coming down?” Gaulden said.“But it finally came down to my hands and I did my best to get in the end zone.” Lorenzen, playing his second game since returning from a broken foot that sidelined him for four games, completed 10 of 24 passes for 119 yards and no interceptions. Grothe, playing on a sore left ankle that limited his practicing time during the week, was 9-of-18 for 124 yards. He also led USF with 51 yards rushing on five attempts.

UConn

Rushing Donald Brown Tyler Lorenzen A. Sherman Jordan Todman Team

Att Yds 28 96 9 24 2 16 3 4 1 -1

Passing Tyler Lorenzen

Att Cmp Yds 24 10 119

USF

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 13 13 14 10 0

TD Int 1 1

Lg 43

Passing Matt Grothe

Receiving No Yds A. Sherman 4 45 Kashif Moore 2 7 Ellis Gaulden 1 43 Donald Brown 1 11 D.J. Hernandez 1 8 Andre Dixon 1 5

TD 0 0 1 0 0 0

Lg 28 6 43 11 8 5

Receiving No Yds Jessie Hester 3 17 Dontavia Bogan 2 18 Marcus Edwards 1 32 A.J. Love 1 30 Taurus Johnson 1 22 Carlton Mitchell 1 5

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 6 11 32 30 22 5

Punting No Yds Desi Cullen 5 190 Punt Returns No Yds Jasper Howard 1 1

Avg 38.0

Lg 48

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 5 188

Avg 37.6

Lg 53

Lg 1

Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 2 2

Lg 1

Kickoff Returns No Yds Jordan Todman 4 73

Lg 35

Kickoff Returns No Yds Dontavia Bogan 2 135 Cedric Hill 2 28

Lg 71 21

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 12 - Scott Lutrus, Assisted Tackles: 2 - Scott Lutrus, Robert Vaughn, Total Tackles: 12 - Scott Lutrus, Sacks: 1 - J.Williams, Kendall Reyes, Interceptions: 1 - Aaron Bagsby

Rushing Matt Grothe Jamar Taylor Mike Ford Ben Williams Team

Att Yds 15 51 7 38 8 20 5 18 2 -4 Att Cmp Yds 18 9 124

TD 0 1 0 1 0 TD Int 0 1

Lg 11 25 8 11 0 Lg 32

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 15 - Tyrone McKenzie, Assisted Tackles: 3 - Kion Wilson, Total Tackles: 16 - Tyrone McKenzie, Sacks: 1 - Jarriett Buie, Terrell McClain, Interceptions: None

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Mike Ford

2008 Season Review << 2008: West Virginia 13, Usf 7 milan puskar stadium • MORGantown, W. Va. dec. 6, 2008 • 8 p.m. • ESPN USF 7-5 • WVU 8-4

Scoring by quarters USF West Virginia

1 0 7

Attendance: 48,019

2 7 3

3 0 3

4 0 0

F 7 13

Time: 3:11

First Quarter WVU - Urban 12 yd pass from White (McAfee kick). Time: 10:05. Drive: 11 plays, 58 yards, 4:55. (WVU 7, USF 0). Second Quarter USF - Grothe 6 yd run (Bonani kick).Time: 11:05. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:55. (USF 7, WVU 7). WVU - McAfee 45 yd field goal. Time: 0:00. Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 0:33. (WVU, 10, USF 7). Third Quarter WVU - McAfee 42 yd field goal. Time: 12:23. Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards, 1:49. (WVU 13, USF 7). Fourth Quarter None. 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 Conversions Fourth Down Conversions Time of Possession

MORGANTOWN, W.V. (AP) -- Matt Grothe’s fourth down pass intended for Taurus Johnson fell incomplete as the University of South Florida’s last minute drive stalled as Pat White threw a touchdown pass in his final home game and West Virginia mustered enough offense on a snowy field to beat USF 13-7 Saturday night. Preseason Big East favorite West Virginia (8-4, 5-2) earned a share of second place with Pittsburgh and Rutgers, behind champion Cincinnati. USF (7-5, 2-5) lost four of its final five games. The Bulls outgained the Mountaineers 326-280 and had plenty of opportunities, but couldn’t score after halftime. USF took over at its 32 with 5:36 remaining. Matt Grothe threw 16 yards to A.J. Love and ran for 14 more on the next play to the West Virginia 25. After J.T. Thomas sacked Grothe and the Taurus Johnson was called for a false start, Grothe threw 19 yards to Marcus Edwards for a first down to the 15. But Grothe threw three incompletions and West Virginia ran out the clock. West Virginia wore white road jerseys and pants in honor of White, who holds 16 school, Big East and NCAA records. Most of the 48,019 in attendance wore white and waved white flags. The whiteout also included snow showers that continued throughout the game. Playing healthy against USF for the first time since his freshman season, White couldn’t find the seams that helped him become the top rushing quarterback in major college history last month. He was limited to 40 yards on 15 carries and remains 81 yards shy of a third consecutive 1,000-yard season. White completed 14 of 23 passes for 141 yards, including a 12-yard TD toss to tight end Tyler Urban in the first quarter. The Bulls drove into West Virginia territory on its first four drives. But safety Sidney Glover stopped two of them, he recovered Mike Ford’s fumble at the 5 and intercepted Grothe in the end zone. Grothe got the Bulls on the board with a 6-yard run early in the second quarter. West Virginia’s Pat McAfee kicked a 43-yard field goal as time ran out for a 10-7 halftime lead. Ellis Lankster intercepted Grothe at the South Florida on the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter, resulting in McAfee’s 42 yarder.

USF USF 21 38-167 189 18-33-2 356 4-32.5 3-26 2-47 0-0 7-80 1-1 2-15 11-16 0-1 30:28

WVU 22 40-139 141 14-23-0 280 4-45.5 0-0 2-59 2-8 3-25 2-1 1-6 7-15 0-0 29:32

Rushing Matt Grothe Mike Ford Ben Williams Jamar Taylor

Att Yds 9 64 14 62 7 30 8 11

Passing Matt Grothe

Att Cmp Yds 33 18 0

Lg 19 14 9 8

TD Int 189 2

Lg 30

Passing Pat White

Receiving No Yds Dontavia Bogan 4 50 Marcus Edwards 3 41 Jessie Hester 3 33 Carlton Mitchell 2 20 A.J. Love 3 27 Ben Busbee 1 14 Ben Williams 1 5 Cedric Hill 1 -1

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 30 19 20 16 16 14 5 0

Receiving No Yds Jock Sanders 5 38 Alric Arnett 3 31 Noel Devine 3 21 Tito Gonzales 1 22 Dorrell Jalloh 1 17 Tyler Urban 1 12

TD 0 0 0 0 0 1

Lg 26 15 9 22 17 12

Punting No Yds Pat McAfee 4 182

Avg 45.5

Lg 55

Punting No Yds Delbert Alvarado 4 130 Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 3 26

Avg 32.5

Lg 39

Punt Returns No Yds None

Kickoff Returns No Yds Ellis Lankster 2 59

Lg 3

Kickoff Returns No Yds Dontavia Bogan 2 47

Lg 29

Lg 13

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - Tyrone McKenzie, Jerome Murphy, Assisted Tackles: 6 Kion Wilson, Total Tackles: 11 - Tyrone McKenzie, Kion Wilson, Sacks: 1 - Nate Allen, Interceptions: None

WEST VIRGINIA

TD 1 0 0 0

2009 University of South Florida Football prospectus

Rushing Noel Devine Pat White Jock Sanders Team

Att Yds 17 90 15 40 6 24 2 -15

Att Cmp Yds 23 14 141

TD 0 0 0 0 TD Int 1 0

Lg 14 20 6 0 Lg 26

Defensive Leaders Unassisted Tackles: 7 - Brandon Hogan, Assisted Tackles: 4 - Three players, Total Tackles: 9 - Brandon Hogan, Pat Lazear, Sacks: 1 - J.T. Thomas, Interceptions: 1 Sidney Glover, Ellis Lankster

The White Helmet Debut

2008 Season Review >> 2008 magicJack ST. PETERSBURG BOWL usf 45, mEMPHIS 14 Scoring by quarters Memphis USF

1 7 14

Attendance: 25,205

2 7 10

3 0 10

4 0 7

F 14 41

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 Memphis First Downs 15 Rushes-Yards 30-60 Passing Yards 172 Comp-Att-Int 18-35-0 Total Yards 238 Punts-Avg. 4-42.1 Punt Returns 0-0 Kickoff Returns 8-137 Interception Returns 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 Sacks By 3-23 Third Down Conversions 5-15 Fourth Down Conversions 0-2 Time of Possession 25:16

USF 29 49-232 264 20-30-0 496 4-45.5 0-0 2-59 2-8 3-25 1-1 1-6 7-13 0-1 34:44

tROPICANA fIELD • sT. pETERSBURG, FLA. dec. 20, 2008 • 4:30 • ESPN2 USF 8-5 • mEMPHIS 6-7

St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP) --For anyone who thought it might be difficult for Matt Grothe and the University of South Florida to get excited about playing in 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 came on a swing pass that Steele turned into a 49-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 the 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 USF 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 they stumbled badly in the Big East and winded 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

TD 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

Lg 19 14 11 29 10 9 11 5 0

TD Int 3 0

Lg 26

Receiving No Yds Carlton Mitchell 4 60 Taurus Johnson 4 40 Dontavia Bogan 3 51 Ben Busbee 2 34 Ben Williams 2 21 Jessie Hester 1 22 Matt Grothe 1 14 Cedric Hill 1 11 Marcus Edwards 1 8 Patrick Richardson 1 3

TD 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 19 26 30 21 12 22 14 11 8 3

Punting No Yds Matt Grothe 1 29 Delbert Alvarado 1 43 Punt Returns No Yds Marcus Edwards 3 15 Theo Wilson 2 13

Avg 29.0 43.0

Lg 29 43

Lg 16 1

Kickoff Returns No Yds Dontavia Bogan 2 71

Lg 56

Passing Matt Grothe

Att Yds 9 64 14 62 7 31 4 30 6 21 6 18 1 11 1 5 1 -1 Att Cmp Yds 34 17 236

Memphis Rushing Curtis Steele Brandon Ross Arkelon Hall E. Williams C. Robinzine Charlie Jones Brett Toney Passing Arkelon Hall Brett Toney Steven Black

Att Yds 12 48 7 11 3 6 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 -3 Att Cmp Yds 31 15 154 3 3 18 1 0 0

TD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TD Int 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 13 6 0 2 1 2 4 Lg 49 11 14

Receiving No Yds Duke Calhoun 6 39 Steven Black 4 23 Deven Onarheim 3 15 Carlos Singleton 2 32 Curtis Steele 1 49

TD 1 0 0 0 0

Lg 11 9 11 21 49

Punting No Yds B Sutherland 8 337

Avg 42.1

Lg 56

Punt Returns No Yds None

Kickoff Returns No Yds D.A. Griffin 6 107 M Grandberry 2 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

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