Bulls in the NFL: Week 8

Bulls in the NFL: Week 8

By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer

TAMPA, NOV. 3, 2020 – Fired up about facing his former team, Jason Pierre-Paul once again proved to be a defensive force for the Buccaneers on Monday Night Football.

Pierre-Paul chased down Giants all over the field while totaling a season-high seven tackles (five solo) and a sack in Tampa Bay's 25-23 victory at New York.

JPP has registered at least one sack in six of eight games so far this season for the NFC South-leading Bucs (6-2). He's currently tied for fifth in the NFL with 6.5 sacks.
 

An 11-year NFL veteran, Pierre-Paul ranks 11th among active NFL players with 86.0 career sacks and 27.5 of those have been recorded with the Buccaneers since 2018. Prior to returning to the Bay, JPP totaled the seventh-most sacks in Giants history (58.5) from 2010-17, was a two-time Pro Bowl selection and helped New York defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI.

As a Bull, Pierre-Paul earned 2009 First Team All-America honors from Pro Football Weekly in his lone season with USF. He decided to forego his senior season and became the highest NFL Draft pick in USF history, going 15th overall to the Giants in 2010.
 
Find out how other former USF standouts fared in Week 8 of the 2020 NFL season below.
  • WR MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING: The third-year pro had a 19-yard reception and a 4-yard rush while making his fifth consecutive start in Green Bay's 28-22 loss to Minnesota. Season stats – 16 receptions for 261 yards (16.3 ypc) and a touchdown; two carries for 13 yards in seven games (five starts).
  • RB D'ERNEST JOHNSON: The second-year pro totaled two carries for 6 yards and had a 5-yard reception while playing six offensive snaps in Cleveland's 16-6 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. Season stats – 29 carries for 142 yards (4.9 ypc); two receptions for 9 yards in eight games.
  • C AUSTIN REITER: The fifth-year pro played seven snaps in Kansas City's 35-9 win over the New York Jets. Reiter has started in five of the Chiefs' eight games this season.
  • DT DEADRIN SENAT: The third-year pro was on the field for seven plays in Atlanta's 25-17 win over Carolina. Season stats – three tackles (two solo) in four games.
  • RB MARLON MACK: #MackAttack's fourth NFL season unfortunately came to a close after he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in Week 1. Mack has stayed in Indianapolis throughout this season to help guide younger backs on the Colts' roster.
 
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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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