TAMPA, FLA., Nov. 21, 2025 – USF Football wide receiver Christian Helms has been named the recipient of the Freddie Solomon Community Spirit Award presented by Premier Players Sports Foundation.
 
The award honors college football players who exemplify the values that defined Freddie Solomon: character, leadership, and an unwavering commitment to serving others. The Premier Players Sports Foundation and the Solomon Family are proud to uplift athletes who use their platform to make a difference on and off the fields. Notre Dame's Aamil Wagner and Kentucky's Josh Kattus were this year's other finalists.
 
"Every year our family is so honored to read about the great plays young people are making on and off the field," said Dee Solomon, wife of the late Freddie Solomon, an All-American at the University of Tampa and two-time NFL Super Bowl Champion. "It has been a great tradition for our family to come together in remembrance of Freddie and just know how proud he would be of these young men."
 
Helms, also on the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy watch list and nominated to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, embodies the spirit of the award. He is an athlete whose character, leadership, and service define him just as much as his on-field contributions. A Tampa native and former walk-on who earned a scholarship through relentless effort, Helms has appeared in 28 games over the past three seasons and emerged as one of the most respected leaders on the team.
 
Helms, who has been a special teams stalwart the last three seasons seeing action in more than 30 games, earned CSC Academic All-District honors and Hampshire Honor Society recognition. He is actively involved in numerous community service engagements, including advocacy and promoting awareness of organ donations through LifeLink. Among the many community service groups he has participated in supporting are Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, Parkinson's Moving Day, Children's Cancer Center and Pasco County Animal Services. He has also volunteered as a youth football coach among several community activities.
 
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 28th season in 2024 with its second-straight bowl victory in the Hawai'i Bowl. The Bulls are one of 15 programs to win a postseason game each of the last two years as head coach Alex Golesh became the first USF coach to record bowl victories in each of their first two seasons. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $349-million on-campus stadium and football operations center broke ground in the fall of 2024 and is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 17 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including one in 2024), as well as 33 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and the Bulls have made 12 bowl game appearances (going 8-4). 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.