TAMPA, JULY 30, 2024 – South Florida football continued to see players recognized nationally on Tuesday when senior offensive guard Zane Herring(Madison, Fla.) was named to the Outland Trophy Watch List. The Outland Trophy has been awarded to the best college football interior lineman since 1946.
In his first season at USF after transferring from Florida State, Herring started 12 games at guard in 2023 and helped the Bulls offense rank No. 17 nationally producing 451.6 yards per game. The Bulls averaged 182 yards per game on the ground and saw quarterback Byrum Brown post the first 3,000-yard passing season in program history.
Herring has also earned preseason accolades from Lindy's and Athlon, which both picked him as a First Team All-AAC selection, and Phil Steele, who selected him Second Team All-AAC.
USF returns 19 starters in 2024 (nine on offense, eight on defense, and two specialists) from a team that set 12 team and 16 individual program records while going 7-6 (a program-best six-game turnaround) and claiming a 45-0 Boca Raton Bowl victory over Syracuse in 2023.
The Bulls return record-setting starting quarterback Brown, 85 percent of their rushing yards, 84 percent of their receiving yards and four primary starters on the offensive line. On defense, USF returns nine of its top 11 tacklers led by Shuler, who logged a team-best 97 stops to go with 8.5 tackles for loss in 2023.
The Bulls open the season Aug. 31 vs. Bethune-Cookman in Raymond James Stadium before road games at Alabama (Sept. 7) and Southern Mississippi (Sept. 14) and a home clash with Miami (Sept. 21).
BULLS ON PRESEASON NATIONAL AWARD WATCH LISTS
Maxwell Award Byrum Brown, QB
Outland Trophy Zane Herring, OG
Herring has also earned preseason accolades from Lindy's and Athlon, which both picked him as a First Team All-AAC selection, and Phil Steele, who selected him Second Team All-AAC.
USF returns 19 starters in 2024 (nine on offense, eight on defense, and two specialists) from a team that set 12 team and 16 individual program records while going 7-6 (a program-best six-game turnaround) and claiming a 45-0 Boca Raton Bowl victory over Syracuse in 2023.
The Bulls return record-setting starting quarterback Brown, 85 percent of their rushing yards, 84 percent of their receiving yards and four primary starters on the offensive line. On defense, USF returns nine of its top 11 tacklers led by Shuler, who logged a team-best 97 stops to go with 8.5 tackles for loss in 2023.
The Bulls open the season Aug. 31 vs. Bethune-Cookman in Raymond James Stadium before road games at Alabama (Sept. 7) and Southern Mississippi (Sept. 14) and a home clash with Miami (Sept. 21).
BULLS ON PRESEASON NATIONAL AWARD WATCH LISTS
Maxwell Award Byrum Brown, QB
Outland Trophy Zane Herring, OG
