Bulls in the NFL: Week 2
By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer
TAMPA, SEPT. 17, 2019 – Former standout USF lineman
Austin Reiter is paving the way for one of the most potent offenses in the NFL this season.
The fourth-year pro made his second straight start at center for Kansas City, which generated 464 yards in a 28-10 win over the Oakland Raiders in Week 2. Superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 443 yards and had four touchdown passes in the second quarter of the Chiefs' second straight victory.
With Reiter providing solid protection, Kansas City leads the NFL with 405.5 passing yards per game. The Chiefs also rank third in total offense (477.5 ypg) and fourth in scoring offense (34.0 ppg).
Reiter has started six games for the Chiefs since the beginning of last season after playing in 17 games for the Cleveland Browns from 2016-17. The Bradenton, Fla., native was rewarded by the Chiefs in December with a
two-year contract extension that will pay a maximum of $5.5 million and included a $1 million signing bonus.
Prior to being selected by Washington in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft, Reiter started 36 straight games at center for USF and played in 46 contests from 2011-14. Reiter was named to Phil Steele's American Athletic All-Conference Third Team in 2014 after helping Marlon Mack post the fourth 1,000-yard rushing season in program history.
Find out how other former USF stars fared in Week 2 of the NFL season below.
- RB MARLON MACK: The third-year pro started, rushed for 51 yards and caught two passes for 12 yards in the Indianapolis Colts' 19-17 win over Tennessee. Season stats – 225 rushing yards and a touchdown on 45 attempts, two receptions for 12 yards in two starts.
- RB D'ERNEST JOHNSON: USF's career all-purpose yards leader had three receptions for 42 yards, including a 27-yard catch in his second NFL regular season game. Johnson also carried the ball three times for 8 yards in the Cleveland Browns' 23-3 win over the New York Jets on Monday Night Football. Season stats – four carries for 21 yards, five receptions for 65 yards and one kickoff return for 23 yards in two games.
- WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING: The second-year pro started and caught three passes for 19 yards with a long of 14 yards in Green Bay's 21-16 home victory over Minnesota. Season stats: seven receptions for 71 yards in two games (two starts).
- LB AARON LYNCH: The sixth-year pro totaled one tackle for loss and a pass breakup in the Chicago Bears' 16-14 victory at Denver. Season stats – two tackles (both TFLs), one sack and one pass breakup in two games.
- DT DEADRIN SENAT: Entering his second NFL season, Senat was inactive again for the Atlanta Falcons' 24-20 win over Philadelphia on Sunday Night Football.
- DE JASON PIERRE-PAUL: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2018 sack leader (12.5) is currently on the reserve/non-football injury list and will not be eligible to play or practice until after Week 6.
- DT BRUCE HECTOR: The second-year pro is on the Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad.
- DE MIKE LOVE: The second-year pro is on Buffalo's reserve/injured list after a strong performance in training camp. Love appeared in three games at the end of last season.
- G KOFI AMICHIA: The former Green Bay Packers draft pick is on the Carolina Panthers' reserve/injured list.
- CB MAZZI WILKINS: The NFL rookie from Tampa earned a spot on the Buccaneers' practice squad with a strong preseason.
- CB KAYVON WEBSTER: The seventh-year pro has a planned free agent visit with the New York Jets, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport.
- OTHER NOTABLE UNSIGNED FREE AGENTS: RB Quinton Flowers, DT Terrell McClain, CB Deatrick Nichols, LB Reshard Cliett.
ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
Having completed just its 22nd season of football, and 19th at the FBS level, the USF football program has earned 10 bowl appearances, including a current run of four straight, and owns a record of 6-3 in bowl games. The Bulls have appeared in the national top 25 rankings in each of the past three seasons, including a program record run of 20 straight weeks in the top 25, and in 2018 reached the program's 150th win faster than any FBS program in state of Florida history. USF has posted a pair of 10-plus win seasons in the last three years, including a program-record 11 wins (11-2) in 2016, and logged 15 winning seasons overall. Since first taking the field in 1997, the USF program has reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings (2007), seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft, 14 named All-American and 29 earn first-team all-conference selection.
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