Former Bulls wide receiver becomes first Bull to score in Super Bowl, Reiter earns USF record third Super Bowl title in Chiefs victory over 49ers
 
TAMPA, FEB. 12, 2024 – BayMade Bulls Marquez Valdes-Scantling (St. Petersburg) and Austin Reiter (Bradenton) celebrated back-to-back Super Bowl titles with the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday night in Las Vegas as the Chiefs downed the San Francisco 49ers in overtime, 25-22.
 
Valdez-Scantling (2016-17), a wide receiver who owned USF's single season receiving yards record (879) until Sean Atkins broke it this season, caught a big 16-yard touchdown pass that gave the Chiefs their first lead in the third quarter. He became the first Bull to score in the Super Bowl before finishing with three catches for 20 yards and a touchdown. Valdes-Scantling started 13 games on the year (playing in 20) and made 29 catches for 443 yards and two touchdowns.
 
Reiter (2011-14), a former Chiefs starter and current reserve center, made his USF program-record fourth appearance on a Super Bowl team with the Chiefs (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) and won his USF record third Super Bowl Championship (2019, 2022, 2023).

Valdes-Scantling, who also won a Super Bowl with the Chiefs last season, joined Reiter and Jason Pierre-Paul (2012 N.Y. Giants, 2020 Tampa Bay) as the third Bull to win multiple Super Bowls. The victory by Reiter and Valdes-Scantling brings USF's number of Super Bowl titles won to 15 by 11 different players.

For the 11th time in the last 13 Super Bowls, a USF player was a member of a team playing in the NFL's Big Game. The Bulls have had a total of 15 players on Super Bowl teams, making 22 total appearances. Impressive numbers, considering USF just completed its 27^th season playing football.

  2023         LVIII           Austin Reiter*                         OL            Kansas City Chiefs                      W, 25-22
2023         LVIII           Marquez Valdes-Scantling     WR           Kansas City Chiefs                     W, 25-22
2022         LVII            Austin Reiter                          OL            Kansas City Chiefs                      W, 38-35
2022         LVII            Marquez Valdes-Scantling     WR           Kansas City Chiefs                     W, 38-35
2021         LVI             Mitchell Wilcox                         TE            Cincinnati Bengals                       L, 23-20    
2020         LV              Jason Pierre-Paul                  DE           Tampa Bay Buccaneers                W, 31-9
2020         LV              Austin Reiter                            OL            Kansas City Chiefs                       L, 31-9
2019         LIV             Austin Reiter                         OL            Kansas City Chiefs                      W, 31-20
2019         LIV             Kofi Amichia*                           OL            San Francisco 49ers                    L, 31-20
2017         LII              Eric Lee                                   DE           New England Patriots                    L,41-33
2016         XLX            Kayvon Webster                    DB           Denver Broncos                           W, 24-10
2015         XLIX           B.J. Daniels*                           QB           Seattle Seahawks                         L, 28-24
2014         XLVIII         Kayvon Webster                      DB           Denver Broncos                             L, 43-8
2014         XLVIII         B.J. Daniels*                          QB           Seattle Seahawks                         W, 43-8
2012         XLVI           Jason Pierre-Paul                  DE           New York Giants                          W, 21-17
2012         XLVI           Jacquian Williams                 LB            New York Giants                          W, 21-17
2011         XLV            Sampson Genus*                   C              Green Bay Packers                     W, 31-25
2008         XLII            Kawika Mitchell                     LB            New York Giants                          W, 17-14
2005         XXXIX        J.R. Reed                                DB           Philadelphia Eagles                      L, 24-21
2003         XXXVII       Ryan Benjamin                      LS            Tampa Bay Buccaneers               W, 48-21
2002         XXXVI        Kenyatta Jones                     OL            New England Patriots                  W, 20-17
2002         XXXVI        Scott McCready*                   WR           New England Patriots                  W, 20-17
* practice squad
 
TOTALS: 15 players, 22 total appearances, 11 Super Bowl Champions, 3 two-time Champions
 
ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 26th season in 2022 while completing construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections, including 2021 consensus All-American kick returner Brian Battie, and had 32 first-team all-conference selections. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and has made 10 bowl game appearances (going 6-4 in those games), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and most recently making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. The Bulls 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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