TAMPA, AUG. 27, 2024 – University of South Florida Football Head Coach Alex Golesh on Tuesday released the opening depth chart for the 2024 USF Football Season presented by Tampa General Hospital, his second at the helm of the Bulls.
 
The Bulls open the 2024 campaign Saturday at Raymond James Stadium when they take on Bethune-Cookman in a 7 p.m. kickoff. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and on 102.5 FM and Bulls Unlimited digital radio on the USF Bulls app. USF will look to build on a six-game turnaround in 2023 that culminated with a 45-0 rout of Syracuse in the Boca Raton Bowl. 
 
The Bulls enter 2024 with 28 graduates on the roster and 12 sixth-year players. The opening depth chart features 26 of those graduates and 10 sixth-year players.
 
USF saw players named to nine national award watch lists ahead of the 2024 season. It is the program's most since appearing on 13 ahead of the 2017 season, which USF finished 10-2 and ranked in the Top 25. Quarterback Byrum Brown (Raliegh, N.C.) appeared on five watch lists, tying Quinton Flowers (2017) for the most in program history, as he was named to the Davey O'Brien, Johnny Unitas and Manning quarterback award lists as well as the Walter Camp and Maxwel player of the year award lists. Wide receiver Sean Atkins (Viera) was named to the Biletnikoff Award watch list, b-backer Jason Vaughn (Miami) to the Comeback Player of the Year, Nay'Quan Wright (Miami) to the Doak Walker and guard Zane Herring (Madison) to the Outland Trophy watch lists.
 
USF returns 19 starters in 2024 (nine on offense, eight on defense, and two specialists) from a team that set 12 team and 16 individual program records while going 7-6 (a program-best six-game turnaround) and claiming a 45-0 Boca Raton Bowl victory over Syracuse in 2023.
 
The Bulls return record-setting starting quarterback Brown, 85 percent of their rushing yards, 84 percent of their receiving yards and four primary starters on the offensive line. On defense, USF returns nine of its top 11 tacklers led by linebacker Jhalyn Shuler, who logged a team-best 97 stops to go with 8.5 tackles for loss in 2023.
 
Following the Saturday's season-opener vs. Bethune-Cookman in Raymond James Stadium, the Bulls play road games at Alabama (Sept. 7) and Southern Mississippi (Sept. 14) before returning to Tampa for a home clash with Miami (Sept. 21).
 
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 27th season in 2023 with a program-best six-game turnaround and Boca Raton Bowl victory under first-year head coach Alex Golesh. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $340-million on-campus stadium and football operations center is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 16 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), as well as 32 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and the Bulls have made 11 bowl game appearances (going 7-4), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. USF 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 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings during the 2007 season.
 
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