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Bulls in the NFL: Week 7 Update

October 23, 2018

By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer

TAMPA, OCT. 23, 2018 – One NFL week after Marquez Valdes-Scantling posted his first 100-yard receiving game, fellow USF teammate Marlon Mack reached his own personal pro milestones.

Mack Attack set new single-game career highs with 19 carries for 126 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the Indianapolis Colts' 37-5 home victory over the Buffalo Bills last Sunday. Mack also set a new career high with 159 total yards after racking up 96 yards in the first half of his second straight start.

"It feels great to get your first 100-yard game," Mack said in a Colts.com report. "Shout-out to the O-line and the tight ends; those guys who helped me get there. So, cheers to them."



Mack's trips to the end zone started in the second quarter, when he caught a short pass and went the distance on a 29-yard touchdown reception. The Sarasota, Fla., native pumped the Colts' lead up to 14-0 on the next play with a successful carry up the middle for a two-point conversion.

Mack capped off his career day with a 20-yard touchdown run with 5:26 remaining in the fourth quarter, one of his five 10-plus yard plays in the game. Through three games (all starts), Mack has totaled 41 carries for 249 yards (6.1 ypc) in addition to four catches for 39 yards (9.8 ypc) in his second NFL season.

Selected by the Colts in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, Mack was a playmaking machine in his three-year career as a Bull (2014-16). The three-time first team all-conference selection rushed for at least 1,000 rushing yards in all three of his seasons at USF.

Mack ranks second in USF history with 3,609 rushing yards, 4,107 all-purpose yards and 32 rushing touchdowns. He also has a share of the USF record with five straight 100-yard rushing games, a feat also achieved by Quinton Flowers (2016) and recently matched by Jordan Cronkrite. Mack still owns the Bulls' season record with nine 100-yard rushing games (2015).

Find out how other former USF stars fared in Week 7 of the NFL season below.

• WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING: The first-year pro and the Green Bay Packers were on a bye. During the break, Valdes-Scantling showed his USF support by attending the Bulls' homecoming victory over UConn with Quinton Flowers last Saturday at Raymond James Stadium. Season stats – 12 receptions for 212 yards (17.7 ypc) and a touchdown, one kickoff return for 21 yards, two special teams tackles in six games (three starts).
• DE JASON PIERRE-PAUL: The ninth-year pro extended his sack streak to five games, finishing with three solo tackles and a sack in Tampa Bay's 26-23 overtime win over Cleveland. Season stats – JPP is tied for eighth in the NFL with 6.0 sacks and he's totaled 22 tackles (21 solo) and a forced fumble in six games (six starts).
• DT DEADRIN SENAT: Atlanta's third-round draft pick made four tackles (three solo) in a 23-20 win over the N.Y. Giants on Monday Night Football. Season stats – 18 total tackles (11 solo) in seven games (one start).
• DT BRUCE HECTOR: The first-year pro registered a tackle and a half-sack in Philadelphia's 21-17 loss to Carolina. Season stats – one tackle, half-sack in five games.
• DT TERRELL MCCLAIN: The eighth-year pro posted a tackle in Atlanta's 23-20 win over the N.Y. Giants. Season stats – nine tackles (seven solo) in seven games (five starts).
• LB AARON LYNCH: The fifth-year pro played 29 snaps but didn't record a tackle in Chicago's 38-31 loss to New England. Season stats – eight tackles (seven solo), two sacks and an interception in six games (one start).
• C AUSTIN REITER: The third-year pro played eight snaps on special teams in Kansas City's 45-10 victory over Cincinnati on Sunday night. Reiter has seen action in the past two games after being claimed off waivers by the Chiefs on Sept. 3.
• DE ERIC LEE: The second-year pro played 14 snaps on defense but did not record a tackle in Detroit's 32-21 win over Miami. Season stats – one tackle in three games.
• CB KAYVON WEBSTER: The sixth-year pro was placed on Houston's injured reserve on Oct. 9. Webster was injured during his season debut with the Texans in week 5.
• RB QUINTON FLOWERS: USF's former record-breaking quarterback is on the Cincinnati Bengals' practice squad. Flowers attended USF's conference win over UConn last Saturday with Marquez Valdes-Scantling last Saturday.
• CB DEATRICK NICHOLS: The first-year pro was waived by Arizona on Oct. 20 after being activated from the practice squad two days before. Season stats – one tackle in two games.
• DE MIKE LOVE: The first-year pro is on the Buffalo Bills' practice squad.
• LB NIGEL HARRIS: The second-year pro is on the Tennessee Titans' practice squad.
• LB RESHARD CLIETT: The sixth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft is on the Minnesota Vikings' practice squad.

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