The second-year quarterback is tied with Quinton Flowers for most appearances on the National Award Watch List in program history;
USF increases total to nine at the start of 2024 season
TAMPA, AUGUST 15, 2024 – National recognition for the outstanding quarterback from South Florida continues to grow Byrum Brown (Raleigh, NC), as he was due to Manning Award Watchlistwhich marks his fifth place on the national awards list entering the 2024 season and ties him with Quinton Flowers (2014-17) for the most awards in program history.
The Manning Award, named after Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning and his sons Peyton (Tennessee) and Eli (Ole Miss), both Super Bowl winners, has been given to the best college quarterback in America since 2004 and is the only quarterback award that takes bowl performance into account.
Brown matched Flowers’ 2017 season record and was named to the same five watch lists for the Davey O’Brien, Johnny Unitas And Manning Quarterback awards and the Walter Camp And Maxwell Awarded as College Player of the Year.
With the latest announcement, the Bulls will be on nine national award lists beginning with the 2024 season, the most since 13 lists prior to the 2017 season. Flowers led the team with five national award lists and set 42 USF program records. He led the Bulls to a 10-2 record and 17 weeks in the top 25.
Brown will face several other top quarterbacks in the country during the first six weeks of the 2024 season. He will face Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe on Sept. 7 in Tuscaloosa (7 p.m./ESPN) and Miami quarterback Cam Ward on Sept. 21 (TBA) at Raymond James Stadium. Memphis quarterback Seth Hennigan comes to Raymond James Stadium on Oct. 11 for a big ESPN game Friday in prime time (7 p.m.).
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The second-year quarterback set season records for passing yards (3,292), touchdowns (26), completions (276) and completion percentage (64.6%) in his first season as head coach at USF and tied the Bulls’ game record with five touchdown passes in Memphis. Alex Golesh‘s offense. He also led the Bulls with 809 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground and joins LSU’s Jayden Daniels, the winner of the 2023 Heisman Trophy and the Davey O’Brien Award, as the only players in FBS football to have over 3,000 yards passing and over 800 yards rushing.
Brown’s 4,101 total yards in 2023 are the second-best single-season performance in program history, with only Quinton Flowers better, and he enters the 2024 season sixth on the Bulls’ all-time passing charts (3,696). A six-time AAC honoree in the conference’s weekly awards, Brown was key to the Bulls’ program-best performance, a six-win improvement capped by a 45-0 victory over Syracuse in the Boca Raton Bowl. He led the Bulls to comeback wins at UConn and Navy, and his 517 total yards in a win over Rice (including 435 passing) are the second-best total in program history.
USF returns 19 starters in 2024 (nine on offense, eight on defense and two specialists) from a team that set 12 team and 16 individual program records while going 7-6 (a program-best turnaround after six games) and earning a 45-0 victory in the Boca Raton Bowl against Syracuse in 2023.
The Bulls return their record-breaking starting quarterback Brown, who accounted for 85 percent of their rushing yards, 84 percent of their receiving yards, and four key starters on the offensive line. On defense, USF returns nine of its top 11 tacklers, led by Shuler, who had a team-best 97 stops and 8.5 tackles for loss in 2023.
The Bulls open the season on August 31 against Bethune-Cookman at Raymond James Stadium before away games at Alabama (September 7) and Southern Mississippi (September 14) and a home game against Miami (September 21).
BULLS ON PRE-SEASON PRIZE LISTS FOR NATIONAL AWARDS (9)
Maxwell Prize Byrum BrownQB
Walter Camp Prize Byrum BrownQB
Davey O’Brien Award Byrum BrownQB
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Byrum BrownQB
Manning Prize Byrum BrownQB
Biletnikoff Prize Sean AtkinsWR
Comeback Player of the Year Jason VaughnEN
Doak Walker Award Nay’Quan WrightRB
Outland Trophy Zane HerringOG
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and concluded its 27th season in 2023 with a program-best six-game turnaround and a win in the Boca Raton Bowl under the new head coach. Alex Golesh. USF has completed construction of a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023, and a $340 million on-campus stadium and football operations center are scheduled to be completed by 2027. The Bulls have had 16 winning seasons, been named All-America 16 times (including twice by consensus, the most recent in 2021) and first-team All-Conference 32 times. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft, and the Bulls have made 11 bowl games (going 7-4). They made six consecutive appearances from 2005-10, a program record, and made four straight bowl games from 2015-18. USF posted two consecutive 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, with the team setting a new program record at 11-2 in 2016 and finishing both seasons in the Top 25. During the 2016 and 2017 seasons, USF was ranked in the Top 25 for 20 consecutive weeks (a program record) and even reached No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings during the 2007 season.
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