2022 Football Roster
Dwayne Boyles
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Miami Central HS
2022 Honorable Mention All-AAC (Coaches)
2022 Phil Steele Preseason All-AACย Secondย Team
2022 Athlon Preseason All-AAC Third Teamย
2021 Pro Football Network All-Conference Second Team
2021 Athlon All-Conference Fourth Team
2021 Phil Steele Preseason All-Conference Second Team
2020 Athlon Preseason All-Conference Third Team
2020 Phil Steele Preseason All-Conference Third Team
2020 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
โข Finished his career with 54 career games played, a USF program record, and 43 career starts
โข His 320ย career tackles rank 6h all-time at USF
โข His 113ย tackles in 2022 rank 7th for a season at USF
โข Finished his career with 320ย tackles, 31.5 tackles for loss,ย 4 sacks, 5 forced fumbles,ย 5 fumbles recovered and 4 interceptions
2022: Honorable Mention All-AAC...captain...started all 12 games...led USF with 113ย tackles (7th all-time) and 10.0 tackles for loss while adding three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, a sack and an interception...posted six double-digit tackles games (five straight) and led the team in tackles in eight games...posted a career-best 15 tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble vs. Tulane (10.15)...logged 12 tacklesย and 1.5 TFL vs. ECU (10.1)...had 11 tackles at Cincinnati (10.8) and at Tulsa (11.18)...Posted 10 tackles at Houston (10.29) and at Temple (11.5)...recorded an interception and returned it 37 yards to go with four tackles at Florida (9.17)...posted seven tackles, forced a fumble and recovered two fumbles vs. UCF (11.26).
2021: Named to Pro Football Network's All-Conference Second Team and Athlon's Fourth Team...started all 12 games at linebacker...named a team captain...finished tied for second on the team with 68 tackles and was fourth with three tackles for loss...tied for the team lead with two interceptions and led the team with two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles...led the team in tackles in two games, including a career-high 14 tackles and a fumble recovery at ECU (10/28)...posted interceptions in back-to-back games, getting an interception to go with 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at SMU (10/2) and posting an interception and four tackle at Tulsa (10/16)...led USF with six tacklesย and on tackle for loss vs. Temple (10/23)...posted seven tackles at NC State (9/2) and eight vs. Florida (9/11)...forced two fumbles and recovered one vs. Cincinnati (11/12).
2020: Saw action in six of the Bulls nine games, starting all six games...missed three games (Notre Dame, Cincinnati and ECU)ย in the first part of the season due to COVID-19 protocols...finished second on the team with 44 tackles and 5.0 tackles for loss and led the team in tackles in two games...added an interception, a blocked kick, two pass break-ups and two quarterback hurries on the year...led the team with 13 tackles and two tackles for loss and added an interception in a 58-46 loss to UCF (11/27)...led the team with nine tackles and blocked a field goal attempt at Temple (10/17)...had seven tackles and a tackle for loss at Memphis (11/7)...posted six tackles vs. Tulsa (10/23).
2019: Played in 12 games and made 10ย starts at weakside linebackerโฆtotaled 75 tackles, 12.5 tackles for a loss, three sacks for a loss of 45 yards and two pass breakupsโฆled USF in total tackles (75), solo tackles (48) and tackles for loss (12.5)โฆranked 18th in The American with 6.2 tackles per gameโฆstood 12th in the league in tackles for lossโฆtied his career-high with 10 tackles vs. Memphis (11/23)โฆhad a career-high three tackles for a combined loss of 9 yards at UConn (10/5)โฆhad a sack for a loss of 10 yards vs. BYU (10/12)โฆmade at least five tackles in nine gamesโฆrecorded a sack against Temple (11/7)โฆposted one pass breakup against Cincinnati (11/16).
2018: Played in 12 games with two starts at weakside linebacker โ at Houston (10/27) and against Tulane (11/3)โฆtotaled 20 tackles, one tackle for loss, one pass breakup and one fumble recoveryโฆset a career high with 10 tackles and recovered a fumble against Tulane (11/3)โฆrecorded at least one tackle in seven games, including three stops in a win at UMass (10/6).
MIAMI CENTRAL HS: As a senior, totaled 37 tackles, 12 sacks and an interception while helping his team post a 9-3 record and regional semifinal appearanceโฆa relentless pass rusher who posted 23.5 sacks in his last two seasonsโฆplayed both defensive end and outside linebackerโฆposted three-sack games against Chaminade-Madonna (8/24) and Northwestern (10/20)โฆregistered two sacks in games against Booker T. Washington (8/31) and Palm Bay Heritage (11/10)โฆposted 56 tackles with 13 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks as a junior, including scoring a defensive touchdown.
PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 7, 1999, in Miami...son of Dwayne and Cheryl Boyles...has two younger sisters, Ilesia and Gabriello...his cousin, Sydney Simpson, played cornerback at UCF...earned his degree in integrated public relations and advertising in the fall of 2021...earned USF Athletics Honor Roll in the fall of 2020 and spring of 2021...a 2020 and 2021 AAC All-Academic team selection.
BOYLES' CAREER HIGHS
Tackles 15, vs. Tulane (10/15/22)
TFLsย 3.0, (2X) last vs. The Citadel (9/12/20)
Sacks 1.0, (3x),ย last vs. Tulane (10/15/22)
INT 1, (4X), last at Florida (9/17/22)
PBU 1, (10x), last vs SMU (11/12/22)
FF 2, vs. Cincinnati (11/12/21)
FR 2, vs. UCF (11/26/22)
Blocked Kick 1 (FG) at Temple (10/17/20)
BOYLES GAME-BY-GAME STATS
2022ย Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
BYU (8-6-2); Howard (4-3-1); @Florida (4-2-2); @Louisville (7-4-3); ECU (12-8-4); @Cinicinnati (11-4-7); Tulane (15-12-3); @Houston (10-7-3); @Temple (10-6-4); SMU (9-7-2); @Tulsa (11-9-2); UCF (7-5-2)
2021ย Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
NC State (7-3-4); Florida (8-4-4);ย Florida A&M (5-2-3); BYU (4-2-2); SMU (10-5-5); Tulsa (4-3-1); Temple (6-4-2); ECU (14-7-7); Houston (2-1-1)l Cincinatti (5-4-1), UCF (3-1-2)
2020 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
The Citadel (4-3-1); Notre Dame (DNP), Cincinnati (DNP), ECU (DNP), Temple (9-6-3); Tulsa (6-4-2); Memphis (7-4-3); Houston (5-4-1); UCF (13-7-6).
2019 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Wisconsin (3-1-2); Georgia Tech (7-6-1); South Carolina State (4-4-0); SMU (7-4-3); UConn (8-4-4); BYU (7-5-2); Navy (2-0-2); East Carolina (6-3-3); Temple (7-2-5); Cincinnati (7-4-3); Memphis (10-8-2); UCF (7-7-0)
2018 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
Elon (2-1-1); East Carolina (1-0-1); UMass (3-1-2); Houston (1-1-0); Tulane (10-6-4); UCF (1-0-1); Marshall (2-2-0).
