Four Bulls earn American All-Conference honors
TAMPA (December 1, 2021) – A quartet of players from the University of South Florida have earned postseason honors as the American Athletic Conference announced its 2021 All-Conference Teams on Wednesday.
Demetris Harris (Jacksonville) and Antonio Grier (Atlanta, Ga.) were named to the American All-Conference Second Team while Jaren Mangham (Detroit, Mich.) and Spencer Shrader (Lithia) earned Honorable Mention recognition.
Grier lands on the All-Conference Team for the second time in as many seasons. Harris, Mangham and Shrader each received All-Conference honors for the first time in their careers.
Harris started at left guard in all 12 games for the Bulls this season and has accumulated 41 career starts on the offensive line. His efforts helped South Florida run for a program-record 421 yards on October 23 in a 34-14 win over Temple.
Grier paced the USF defense this season with 92 total tackles and 52 solo tackles. He ranked fifth in the AAC in total tackles. The linebacker also had a team-best 9.0 tackles-for-loss, 3.0 sacks and four quarterback hurries. Grier's two interceptions and two forced fumbles tied for the team lead.
In his first season with the Bulls, Mangham rushed for a team-leading 671 yards and 15 touchdowns. His 15 touchdowns ranked third in the league and tied for second all-time in USF single-season history with Marlon Mack (2016). Mangham had a stretch of seven consecutive games with a rushing touchdown which also tied for second in team history.
Shrader, a semifinalist for the 2021 Lou Groza Place-Kicker Award, went 11-for-13 on the season in field goals and was perfect in 33 PATs. His two misses were from 48 and 51 yards. Shrader ranked second in the AAC in field goal percentage (84.6) and he nailed a career-long 52-yard attempt against Temple on October 23.
ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and will celebrate its 25th season in 2021 (22nd at the FBS level). USF has posted 15 winning seasons and is the fastest program in the state of Florida to reach 150 all-time wins. Bulls have earned 14 All-America selections, 29 first-team all-conference selections, and 30 USF players have been selected in the NFL Draft. USF has made 10 bowl game appearances (going 6-4 in those games) and posted a program-record six-straight 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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