Former Bulls linebacker earns post-graduate scholarship
TAMPA, FLA., MAY 23, 2025 – USF football linebacker and Tampa native Reggie Johnson II (Carrollwood Day HS) has been named by the McLendon Foundation among its 25th class of McLendon Scholars.
Johnson, who played three seasons for the Bulls and earned his undergraduate degree in business management last fall, was on off 11 student-athletes nationwide to earn a postgraduate scholarship from the Foundation, which is dedicated to developing the next generation of sports leaders. He is enrolled in the USF Muma College of Business Vinik Sport & Entertainment Management program.
As of the 2025-26 academic year, the McLendon Foundation has awarded over 150 scholarships, providing more than $1.75 million in financial support. This milestone reflects the Foundation’s steadfast commitment to empowering talent in sports and ensuring access to advanced educational opportunities.
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USF football will conduct summer workouts and fall camp before kicking off the 2025 season on Thursday, Aug. 28 vs. Boise State in Raymond James Stadium at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN. The Broncos will be the first of potentially three preseason Top 25-ranked non-conference opponents for the Bulls, who will also play at Florida (Sept. 6) and at Miami (Sept. 13).
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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. Head coach Alex Golesh posted a program-best six-game turnaround and a Boca Raton Bowl victory in his first season in 2023. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $340-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 two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), 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), 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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