Fortin Named Game 1 Starter for The Bulls
Sophomore quarterback is in his second season with USF after transferring from North Carolina
TAMPA, AUG. 23, 2021– Head Coach Jeff Scott has named sophomore quarterback Cade Fortin (Suwanee, Ga.) as the Bulls’ Game 1 starter for the 2021 season presented by Tampa General Hospital.
The Bulls will open the 2021 campaign with a Thursday night, primetime matchup at NC State on Sept. 2 in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on the ACC Network.
Fortin saw action in two games in the pandemic shortened 2021 season, his first at USF after spending his first two collegiate seasons at North Carolina. The 6-3, 221-pounder completed 4-of-8 passes for 39 yards and ran four times for 39 yards last season as he saw action at Cincinnati and vs. Tulsa. He led the Bulls on a 72-yard scoring drive vs. the Hurricane, going 2-of-2 for 25 yards through the air and running four times for 39 yards before leaving with an injury shortly before the drive was completed.
A former four-star rated prospect by ESPN.com, Fortin played in four games and made two starts as a true freshman at North Carolina, going 23-of-65 for 388 yards and a touchdown passing and running for 76 yards and a touchdown in 2018. He set career highs vs. NC State that year, going 19-of-40 passing for 276 yards and a touchdown, while also running for a touchdown vs. the Wolfpack.
USF’s 2021 home opener will be vs. Florida on Sat., Sept. 11 in a 1 p.m. kickoff on ABC. The game will mark the Gators’ first-ever trip to Raymond James Stadium to play the Bulls.
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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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