Bulls in the NFL: Week 5

Bulls in the NFL: Week 5

By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer

TAMPA, OCT. 13, 2020 – Jason Pierre-Paul has brought a lot to the table as a Buccaneer since 2018, especially taking down quarterbacks.

Jason Pierre-PaulThrough 31 games with the Bucs, JPP has totaled 25.0 sacks and needs one more to move into the team's all-time top 10. Only two players in Tampa Bay history – Simeon Rice and legendary Lee Roy Selmon – have reached the 25-sack mark faster than the former USF star, according to the Buccaneers Senior Writer/Editor Scott Smith. Learn more HERE.

Pierre-Paul has posted at least one sack in six of his past seven games, including the Bucs' 20-19 loss at Chicago in last Thursday's Week 5 matchup. He forced a fumble while sacking Bears QB Nick Foles and finished with four total tackles.

JPP leads Tampa Bay and he's tied for seventh in the NFL with 4.0 sacks this season. The Bulls' highest NFL Draft selection (15th overall, 2010) now has 83.5 career sacks, which rank him 11th among active players.

Johnson Helps Browns Get to 4-1
One week after leading Cleveland's potent rushing attack, D'Ernest Johnson made an impact once again with a huge 28-yard gain late in the fourth quarter of the Browns' 32-23 win over the Indianapolis Colts.

Johnson's play was really clutch, considering the Browns were faced with a third-and-9 situation at their own 43 and held a 29-23 lead as the two-minute warning approached. Johnson took time off the clock with three more carries on the drive and the Browns sealed their fourth straight victory with a field goal.
 

USF's career all-purpose yards leader finished the game with eight rushes for 32 yards (4.0 ypc) and one reception for 4 yards. Johnson has 132 total rushing yards (6.0 ypc) through five games of his second NFL season. 

Read all about Johnson's incredible journey from working on a fishing boat in Key West to making his NFL dream become a reality HERE.

Find out how other former USF standouts fared in Week 5 of the 2020 NFL season below.
  • C AUSTIN REITER: The fifth-year pro made all 72 snaps on offense and was on the field for four more special teams plays in the Kansas City Chiefs' 40-32 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. Reiter has started in all five of Kansas City's games this season.
  • WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING: The third-year pro and the Green Bay Packers had a bye week. Season stats – 12 catches for 210 yards (17.5 ypc) and a touchdown in four games.
  • DT DEADRIN SENAT: The third-year pro was inactive for Atlanta's 23-16 loss to Carolina. Season stats – three tackles in two games.
  • RB MARLON MACK: The fourth-year pro's season unfortunately came to a close after he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in Week 1.
 
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The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 23rd season (20th at the FBS level) in 2019. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 14 All-America selections and 29 first-team all-conference selections and has seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft. USF has made 10 bowl games appearances (going 6-4 in those games) and posted a program record six straight appearances from 2005-2010. The Bulls most recently made four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18 and posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
                                                                                
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