Senior defensive end returned a fumble 70 yards for a touchdown in 44-30 win at Navy;
Bulls grab a weekly player of the week honor for a program-record third straight week;
Quarterback Brown named to Honor Roll for second time, earns third weekly recognition
TAMPA, OCT. 2, 2023 – Senior defensive end Tramel Logan (Miami) was named the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, making it a program-record three straight AAC Player of the Week awards for a Bulls team that had not seen an offensive or defensive player honored since 2018.
Meanwhile, redshirt freshman quarterback Byrum Brown (Raleigh, N.C.) earned conference recognition for the third straight week, earning AAC Weekly Honor Roll consideration for the second time a week after being named the Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
Logan joined graduate safety Daquan Evans (Orlando) who was named AAC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 3 and Brown who earned AAC Offensive Player or the Week honors for Week 4. Evans was the first defensive player to earn the honor since 2017 and Brown the first offensive player to do so since 2018. USF did earn special teams Player of the Week honors in 2020 and 2021.
It marked the first time in program history that players earned AAC Player of the Week honors in three straight weeks. The three total offensive or defensive players of the week so far on the season are the program’s most since posting four (two offense and two defense) in 2017. The Bulls also grabbed four special teams weekly honors that year for a program high of eight awards on the season.
Logan logged four tackles and a big defensive touchdown in the Bulls’ 44-30 victory at Navy on Saturday that snapped a 19-game road losing skid, marked USF’s first-ever win in Annapolis and gave the Bulls a 2-0 start in conference play for the first time since 2018. With Navy threatening to tie the score early in the fourth quarter, Logan recovered a Navy fumble and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown, giving the Bulls a 37-23 lead. It was the first fumble return touchdown for a South Florida player since the 2018 season when Vincent Davis took one back at UMass.
Brown completed 76 percent of his passes for 338 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions while leading five touchdown drives of 67 yards or longer at Navy. His 88-yard touchdown pass to Sean Atkins marked the fourth-longest pass play in program history and he guided USF to back-to-back 40-plus point games for the first time since 2017, having passed for 435 yards and two touchdowns and accounted for 517 yards of total offense the week before in a 42-29 victory over Rice.
After two conference games, Brown leads the league in conference games in passing yards (773), passing yards per game (386.5), touchdowns (5), interceptions (0), and total offense (414.0) while ranking second in pass efficiency (205.4) and third in completion percentage (76%). He has guided USF’s offense to 43 points and 516 yards per game in conference play, to rank second in both categories.
The Bulls (3-2; 2-0 AAC) hit the road again Saturday when they take on conference newcomer UAB (1-4; 0-1 AAC) in a 4:00 p.m. kick at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala. The game will be televised on ESPN2 and can be heard on 102.5 FM and Bulls Unlimited on TuneIn radio.
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 26th season in 2022 while completing construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections, including 2021 consensus All-American kick returner Brian Battie, and had 32 first-team all-conference selections. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and has made 10 bowl game appearances (going 6-4 in those games), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and most recently making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. The Bulls 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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