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Bulls in the NFL: Week 13 Update

December 04, 2018

By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer

TAMPA, DEC. 4, 2018 – Jason Pierre-Paul added another chapter to his stellar first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 13.

The former USF standout extended his sack streak to three games and made three solo tackles in the Buccaneers' 24-17 home win over Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers. JPP has recorded at least one sack in nine of 12 games and had a six-game sack streak going earlier in the season.

Pierre-Paul is currently tied for fourth in the NFL with 11.5 sacks this season, just five more away from matching Warren Sapp's franchise record set in 2000. Only three players in Buccaneers history have registered more sacks in a single season. Check out the list HERE.

JPP ranks 12^th among active players with 70 career sacks (89^th in NFL history). As a Bull, he had a solid 2009 season with 45 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks en route to Pro Football Weekly All-America first team honors. JPP became the highest draft pick in USF history when he was selected 15th overall in 2010.

Find out how other former USF stars fared in Week 13 of the NFL season below.

• RB MARLON MACK: After clearing concussion protocol, Mack Attack rushed eight times for 27 yards and had a 6-yard reception while seeing 29 snaps of action in Indianapolis' 6-0 loss to Jacksonville. Season stats – 583 rushing yards (5.0 ypc), four touchdowns; 12 receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown in eight games (seven starts).
• WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING: The first-year pro made his ninth straight start, catching two passes for 19 yards and rushing twice for 29 yards with a long of 21 yards in Green Bay's 20-17 loss to Arizona. Season stats – 27 receptions for 432 yards (16.0 ypc) and two touchdowns; two rushes for 29 yards (14.5 ypc); one kickoff return for 21 yards and two special teams tackles in 12 games (nine starts).
• DT DEADRIN SENAT: The third-round draft pick totaled three tackles (two solo) in Atlanta's 26-16 loss to Baltimore. Season stats – 23 tackles (13 solo) in 11 games (two starts).
• LB AARON LYNCH: The fifth-year pro posted three tackles (two solo) in Chicago's 30-27 overtime loss to the New York Giants. Season stats – 15 tackles (12 solo), 3.0 sacks and one interception in 11 games (three starts).
• DT TERRELL MCCLAIN: The eighth-year pro played 37 snaps in Atlanta's 26-16 loss to Baltimore. Season stats – 16 tackles (nine solo) and a sack in 12 games (five starts).
• C AUSTIN REITER: The third-year pro played seven snaps on special teams in Kansas City's 40-33 win over Oakland. Season stats – seven games (four starts).
• DE MIKE LOVE: The first-year pro earned a spot on the Buffalo Bills' active roster on Tuesday.
• DT BRUCE HECTOR: The first-year pro is on the Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad. Season stats – one tackle, half-sack in six 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.
• CB DEATRICK NICHOLS: The first-year pro is on the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad. Season stats – one tackle in two games.
• RB QUINTON FLOWERS: USF's former record-breaking quarterback is on the Cincinnati Bengals' 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.
• DE ERIC LEE: The second-year pro is on the Detroit Lions' practice squad. Season stats – two tackles (one solo) in five games with Lions.

 
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