USF Athletics

Senat Named To Outland Trophy Watch List

July 13, 2017

TAMPA, JULY 13, 2017 – Senior defensive lineman Deadrin Senat (Immokalee) was named to the Outland Trophy Watch list Thursday as the National College Football Awards continued announcements of preseason candidates for national recognition in college football.
 
Senat joins senior center Cameron Ruff (Rimington), senior quarterback Quinton Flowers (Maxwell), senior cornerback Deatrick Nichols (Bednarik), senior punter Jonathan Hernandez (Ray Guy) and sophomore tight end Mitchell Wilcox (Mackey) among six Bulls named to national awards watch lists, the majority of which are being announced over the next two weeks.
 
Senat was a second-team all-conference selection in 2016 and earned the team's Defensive MVP award. He started 12 games at defensive tackle and played in all 13, as he led USF defensive linemen and set a career high with 49 tackles. His 34 solo tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and a sack were also career highs and he made a career-high 10 tackles in the Bulls' win at Syracuse. One of the strongest Bulls, with the ability to squat 675 pounds, Senat brings 113 career tackles and 13 tackles for loss into his senior season. He has started 24 games at defensive tackle.
 
Senat was among nine players from the American Athletic Conference named to the watch list for the award, which annually recognizes the outstanding interior lineman in college football. The list includes 24 offensive tackles, 21 defensive tackles, 19 centers and 17 offensive guards among the 81 standout interior linemen named. Alabama offensive tackle Cam Robinson, who claimed the 2016 Outland Trophy, was selected in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft (No. 34 overall) by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
 
ABOUT THE AWARD
The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from three finalists who are a part of the annual FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. The winner of the 72nd Outland Trophy – named after the late John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn at the turn of the 20th century, will be announced live on ESPN at The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thurs., Dec. 7. For the third straight year, the show will air from the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. The Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, will be held on Jan. 10, 2018 in Omaha, Neb. Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will receive the Tom Osborne Legacy Award at the same banquet.
 
ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
USF finished the 2016 season ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press poll with a school-record 11 wins following the program's fifth-ever bowl victory in the Birmingham Bowl. The Bulls' 11-2 record marked the fifth-best winning percentage in FBS football in 2016 and one of just 11 teams to reach 11 wins. USF set nearly 40 team and individual records in 2016, including team records for total yards (6,650), rushing yards (3,714), touchdowns (77) and scoring (569). Junior quarterback Quinton Flowers was named the American Conference Offensive Player of the Year and led a school-record 10 players named to the all-conference team, six of which, including Flowers, will return in 2017.

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