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Byrum Brown threw three touchdown passes and rushed for 98 yards - in the first half - and South Florida rolled to a 54-26 victory over Charlotte on Friday night in the Bulls' American Athletic Conference opener. South Florida (4-1, 1-0) took a 7-0 lead 59 seconds into the game on a 37-yard touchdown run by Cartevious Norton, who played for Charlotte (1-4, 0-2) last season. Brown connected with Jeremiah Koger for a 38-yard touchdown and Mudia Reuben for a 10-yard score. Jair Murphy blocked a punt in the end zone between the touchdown tosses and the Bulls led 23-0 after one quarter.

Nico Gramatica's 43-yard field goal and Brown's 18-yard scoring strike to Chas Nimrod led to a 33-7 advantage at halftime. Brown had a 1-yard touchdown toss to Evan Dangler before scoring on a 13-yard run to up the lead to 47-18 in the fourth quarter. Nykahi Davenport added a 7-yard TD run with 43 seconds left. Brown completed 19 of 34 passes for 211 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions. He also rushed for 162 yards on 17 carries. Grayson Loftis completed 2 of 11 passes for minus-1 yard for the 49ers before he was replaced by Zach Wilcke, who totaled 150 yards on 14-for-18 passing. Wilcke had a 2-yard touchdown toss to E. Jai Mason and a 16-yarder to Derrick Eley in the fourth quarter. C.J. Stokes had a 1-yard touchdown run. - South Florida/AP College Football

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09/20/25 - Tae Meadows, rJr/2027, Auburn, 5-10, 200 (DS#52 RB) + More +

Tae Meadows rushed up the middle for a 20-yard touchdown with 45 seconds remaining and Troy scored all its points in the fourth quarter to beat Buffalo 21-17 on Saturday. Tucker Kilcrease rushed for a 6-yard TD to complete a 14-play, 75-yard drive to get the Trojans (2-2) on the scoreboard then threw a 10-yard scoring pass to RaRa Thomas to trail 17-13 with six minutes to go. Troy went three-and-out on its next possession but got the ball back with 2:33 remaining on the 50. Nine plays later Meadows scored the go-ahead points.

Buffalo (2-2) reached the Troy 28 with eight seconds left but a fourth-and-1 pass into the end zone by Gunnar Gray was batted down. Gray played the rest of the way for starting quarterback Ta'Quan Roberson who left with a lower-leg injury in the third quarter after Al-Jay Henderson had put the Bulls up 14-0 with a 22-yard run. James McNeil finished a 71-yard drive with a 1-yard score in the first quarter and a 7-0 halftime lead. Jack Howes' 39-yard field goal made it 17-0 at the start of the fourth quarter. Kilcrease was 14-of-24 passing for 148 yards and he rushed for 50 more. RaRa Thomas had five catches for 78 yards. Roberson was 9-of-15 passing for 104 yards and Gray 5 of 13 for 49. Henderson rushed for 76 yards on 22 carries. - Troy/AP College Football

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09/20/25 - Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, Auburn, 6-3, 232 (DS#7 QB) + More +

Byrum Brown threw four touchdown passes, South Florida scored five touchdowns in the third quarter, and the Bulls blew past FCS-opponent South Carolina State 63-14 on Saturday. Brown completed 14 of 20 passes for 236 yards, Chas Nimrod caught four passes for 119 yards with two TDs, and Sam Franklin ran for 91 yards with two touchdowns on four carries. South Carolina State took the opening kickoff and drove 70 yards downfield before Mac Harris picked off a pass and returned it 93 yards for a South Florida touchdown. Harris had 10 total tackles, four of them solo, and two sacks.

The Bulls (3-1) led 21-7 at halftime and blew the game open in the third quarter, scoring 35 points, with their defense forcing the Bulldogs to go three-and-out three times in four drives. In the third, Chas Nimrod caught touchdown passes of 42 and 22 yards from Brown, Nykahi Davenport ran 43 yards for a score, Ashton Mosley returned a blocked punt 4 yards for a touchdown and Sam Franklin wrapped up the quarter with a 30-yard touchdown run. Franklin's 54-yard run midway through the fourth quarter made it 63-14. The Bulldogs scored on a 1-yard run by Kacy Fields in the second quarter and a 17-yard run by Julian Milligan in the fourth. William Atkins IV was 18 of 28 passing for 151 yards for the Bulldogs (2-2). South Florida improved to 29-1 all-time against FCS opponents. - AP College Football

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09/08/25 - Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, Auburn, 6-3, 232 (DS#7 QB) + More +

WEEK 2 AMERICAN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Byrum Brown, Sr., QB, South Florida,...Brown finished with 329 yards of total offense - the most of any player in the American in Week 2 - to lead South Florida to an 18-16 win at No. 13 Florida for the Bulls' second consecutive win against a top-25 opponent. He completed 23 of 36 passes for 263 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 66 yards on 17 carries. Brown engineered an eight-play, 87-yard game-winning drive as he moved the Bulls from their own 11 to the Gator 2-yard line to set up the game-winning field goal as time expired. - American Conference Football

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09/08/25 - Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, Auburn, 6-3, 232 (DS#7 QB) + More +

Ohio State, Penn State and LSU remained the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday, Oregon is back in the top five and South Florida is ranked for the first time in seven years. There was some movement inside the top 10, but the biggest changes came from Nos. 11 to 25. Ohio State, whose 70-0 win over Grambling was among a bevy of weekend blowouts, received 57 of the 65 first-place votes from the media panel. Penn State got five first-place votes and LSU two. No. 4 Oregon, which thrashed Oklahoma State, received the other first place-vote and flip-flopped with Georgia. The Bulldogs' uninspired win over FCS foe Austin Peay caused them to slip to No. 6 behind Miami.

Texas, Notre Dame, Illinois and Florida State round out the top 10, with the latter two teams in the top 10 for the first time this season. Oklahoma earned a five-rung promotion to No. 13, its highest ranking in two years, after its win over Michigan. The Wolverines dropped to No. 23. Tennessee jumped seven spots to No. 15, and No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 17 each moved up three. The biggest upward mover was No. 18 South Florida, which was eight spots out of the Top 25 last week. The Bulls pulled the upset of the day with their 18-16 win over then-No. 13 Florida. That followed their 34-7 home win over then-No. 25 Boise State. - AP College Football

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09/08/25 - Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, Auburn, 6-3, 232 (DS#7 QB) + More +

WEEK 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: South Florida's Byrum Brown was 23 of 36 for 263 yards and he ran for a team-best 66 yards in the Bulls' 18-16 win over then-No. 13 Florida. He led the Bulls on an eight-play, 87-yard drive that set up the game-winning field goal as time expired; Army QB Cale Hellums made his first start because of an injury to starter Dewayne Coleman and rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on a program-record 41 carries in a 24-21 win at Kansas State; Texas' Arch Manning passed for 295 yards and accounted for five TDs in a 38-7 win over San Jose State; Iowa State's Kyle Konrardy kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1:52 to play to give Iowa State a 16-13 victory over Iowa. It was his second straight game-winning kick in the final two minutes against Iowa, both from 54-yards. - AP College football

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09/06/25 - Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, Auburn, 6-3, 232 (DS#7 QB) + More +

Nico Gramatica hit a 20-yard field goal as time expired and South Florida stunned No. 13 Florida 18-16 on Saturday to give the Bulls consecutive wins against ranked opponents to start the season. Gramatica missed a 58-yarder with 2:52 remaining but got a chance to redeem himself after Florida defensive lineman Brandon Bett spit at a South Florida player on the Bulls' next possession. Bett was ejected with a little more than two minutes to play, and the Bulls (2-0) got 15 yards and an automatic first down to spark an 87-yard drive.

It was the latest setback for embattled Florida coach Billy Napier, whose team is 1-1 for the fourth consecutive year. The Gators looked as though they would rally after freshman Vernell Brown III returned a punt 40 yards to set up DJ Lagway's lone touchdown pass. But the Gators flopped down the stretch, an all-too-familiar feeling during Napier's tenure. Napier's play-calling was scrutinized as much as Lagway's rehabilitated throwing shoulder, and the Gators found themselves trailing 15-9 in the fourth quarter following a defensive breakdown and a safety caused by a poor snap. - South Florida/AP College Football

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09/01/25 - Rayshawn Pleasant, rJr/2027, Auburn, 5-11, 200 (DS#39 CB) + More +

WEEK 1 SEC CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rayshawn Pleasant, DB/KR, Auburn,...Making his Auburn debut, he returned his only kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown to increase Auburn's lead from one score to two with 00:43 left in the third quarter...The kickoff return TD was the third of Pleasant's career, all coming in the last two seasons, and was the fourth TD of his career (one INT return)...He is the only FBS player with three kickoff return TDs in the last two seasons and is one of three active FBS players with three or more kickoff return TDs in their career...It marked Auburn's first kick return TD since the 2019 season and was the longest kick return TD since Tre Mason's 100-yard return vs. Washington State in 2013. - SEC Football

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CB Rayshawn Pleasant, Auburn
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09/01/25 - Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, Auburn, 6-3, 232 (DS#7 QB) + More +

WEEK 1 AAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Byrum Brown, Sr., QB, South Florida,...Accounted for 253 yards of total offense with two rushing touchdowns in a 34-7 win against No. 25 Boise State. Completed 16 of 24 passes for 210 yards and rushed for 43 yards on 14 attempts. - American Conference Football

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08/28/25 - Byrum Brown, rJr/2027, Auburn, 6-3, 232 (DS#7 QB) + More +

Quarterback Byrum Brown ran for two touchdowns, Keshaun Singleton caught a 45-yard touchdown pass on a fake punt and South Florida routed No. 25 Boise State 34-7 on Thursday night in the opener for both teams. South Florida beat a Top 25 opponent for the first time since topping then-No. 22 Navy 52-45 on Oct. 28, 2016. They had lost 18 straight against ranked teams.

Brown was 16 of 24 for 210 yards and added 43 yards on the ground. Cartevious Norton had an 8-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Singleton had five catches for 93 yards and a touchdown, while Chas Nimrod had three catches for 96 yards. Boise State’s Maddux Madsen was 25 of 46 for 225 yards with a touchdown pass to Chris Marshall. Boise State lost three fumbles and failed to convert on fourth down three times in USF territory. Latrell Caples led Boise State with four catches for 58 yards. - AP College Football

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09/03/24 - Rayshawn Pleasant, rJr/2027, Auburn, 5-11, 200 (DS#39 CB) + More +

WEEK 1 AAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rayshawn Pleasant, So., CB, Tulane,...Pleasant had the defensive highlight of Week 1 in The American as part of Tulane's 52-0 shutout against Southeastern Louisiana, in which the Green Wave defense limited the Lions to 201 yards of offense and only 99 passing yards. Pleasant led the way a spectacular 100-yard interception return for a touchdown, becoming only the second American Athletic Conference player to go end-to-end on a pick six and the first since East Carolina's Josh Hawkins against Tulsa Oct. 17, 2015. - AAC Football

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CB Rayshawn Pleasant, Auburn
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08/31/24 - Payton Thorne, rSr/2025, Auburn, 6-2, 207 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Payton Thorne threw for 322 yards and four touchdowns in the first half, and Auburn opened its season with a 73-3 victory over in-state FCS opponent Alabama A&M on Saturday night. Thorne wasted no time in taking advantage of his new wide receivers, tossing two touchdowns to Penn State transfer KeAndre Lambert-Smith and another one to highly touted freshman Cam Coleman in the first quarter. Fellow freshman receiver Perry Thompson added a 70-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter.

Auburn's big offensive night started with a 34-yard touchdown run from Jarquez Hunter on the fourth play of the game. Thorne scored his rushing touchdown from 4 yards out in the second quarter, and Damari Alston added a 2-yard score just before halftime. Malcolm Simmons, another Auburn freshman receiver, scored two touchdowns in the third quarter on a blocked punt and a 55-yard reception. California transfer Sam Jackson V added a 42-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. Alabama A&M quarterback Cornelious Brown IV threw for 182 yards in the loss. The Bulldogs only converted two of their 16 third-down tries and missed two short field goals. - AP College Football

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QB Payton Thorne, Auburn
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08/29/24 - Rayshawn Pleasant, rJr/2027, Auburn, 5-11, 200 (DS#39 CB) + More +

Rayshawn Pleasant had a 100-yard pick-6, Darian Mensah threw a pair of touchdown passes and Tulane rolled to a 52-0 rout of Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. Pleasant picked off Eli Stewart's pass in the corner of the end zone, ran along the left sideline for about 40 yards before cutting up the middle for a score that put the Green Wave up 21-0 just before halftime. It was just the second 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in American Conference history.

Mensah opened the scoring with an 11-yard TD pass to Yulkeith Brown. Mensah's 12-yard scoring throw to Alex Bauman made it 42-0 early in the fourth quarter. Mensah was 10-of-12 passing for 205 yards. Makhi Hughes ran for 59 of the Green Wave's 241 yards rushing that included a scoring run. Ty Thompson had a pair of short-yardage TD runs and Arnold Barnes III added another on the ground. Sawyer was 14-of-19 passing for 99 yards. Antonio Martin Jr. added 68 yards rushing on 13 carries for the Lions. - AP College Football

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CB Rayshawn Pleasant, Auburn
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12/27/23 - KeAndre Lambert-Smith, rSr/2025, Auburn, 6-1, 190 (DS#27 WR) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION: KeAndre Lambert-Smith,...Has started 39 career games and owns 126 receptions for 1,721 yards and 11 touchdowns as a Nittany Lion...Lambert-Smith is 12th all-time at Penn State in career receptions (126)...He is tied 17th in receiving touchdowns (17) and ranks 17th in receiving yards (1,721)...The Virginia native has 23 career receptions of 20+ yards, four touchdown receptions of 50+ yards and three career touchdown receptions of 70+ yards. - Penn State Football

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WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith, Auburn
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03/01/23 - Jalen McLeod, rSr/2025, Auburn, 6-2, 241 (DS#20 OLB) + More +

App State football released its 2023 schedule featuring a Power Five rematch in Chapel Hill and a Tuesday home game. The Mountaineers are coming off a 6-6 2022 season and will get a fresh start in 2023 with a new slate of games. The season kicks off at Kidd Brewer Stadium Sept. 2 against Gardner-Webb. The two teams last faced off in 2018, where App State won 72-7. After the home opener, the Mountaineers will travel to Chapel Hill Sept. 9 to take on North Carolina. Last season was a game to remember, as UNC narrowly won 63-61. This matchup will be the most anticipated non-conference game as the Tar Heels will have 2022 ACC Player of the Year, sophomore Drake Maye at quarterback. Maye had 353 pass yards and five total touchdowns in his last matchup against App State.

The Mountaineers travel back home Sept. 16 for Family Weekend against historic rival East Carolina. The two last faced off in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium in 2021, where App State won 33-19. App State finishes its non-conference slate by traveling west to Wyoming Sept. 23. The Mountaineers played the Cowboys in 2015, and App State protected The Rock with a 31-13 victory. The Sun Belt Conference schedule highlights include hosting Coastal Carolina Oct. 10 and Marshall Nov. 4. App State last hosted both teams in 2021, where both games came down to the wire with 31-30 and 30-27 victories for the Black and Gold. - The Appalachian

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OLB Jalen McLeod, Auburn
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