2025 South Florida Bulls football team

2025 South Florida Bulls football
2025 South Florida Bulls football
Conference	American Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 18
Record	2–0 (0–0 American)
Head coach	Alex Golesh (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Joel Gordon (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kodi Burns (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Orlando (3rd season)
Base defense	Multiple 3–3–5
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

Last updated September 08, 2025

2025 American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Navy	1	–	0	2	–	0
Memphis	0	–	0	2	–	0
North Texas	0	–	0	2	–	0
No. 18 South Florida	0	–	0	2	–	0
Temple	0	–	0	2	–	0
Tulane	0	–	0	2	–	0
Army	0	–	0	1	–	1
East Carolina	0	–	0	1	–	1
Florida Atlantic	0	–	0	1	–	1
Rice	0	–	0	1	–	1
Tulsa	0	–	0	1	–	1
Charlotte	0	–	0	0	–	2
UTSA	0	–	0	0	–	2
UAB	0	–	1	1	–	1
Championship: December 5, 2025
As of September 7, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 South Florida Bulls football team represents the University of South Florida (USF) as member of the American Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by third-year head coach Alex Golesh, the Bulls play home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Player	Position	Destination
Andrew Kilfoyl	OL	Bowling Green
Tawfiq Byard	S	Colorado
Ranod Smith	WR	Edward Waters
Chenellson Exume	DL	Florida Atlantic
Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen	WR	James Madison
Nikola Milovac	OL	Kennesaw State
Trey Dubuc	LS	New Mexico
Israel Carter	QB	Norfolk State
Cooper Evans	K	Northwestern State
Doug Blue-Eli	DL	Rutgers
Langston Long	LB	Toledo
Tyree Kelly	WR	UMass
Aamaris Brown-Bunkley	CB	UNLV
Eli Hiscock	LS	Wagner
John Cannon	K	Western Kentucky
Rashad Cheney	DL	Unknown
Immanuel Hickman	DE	Unknown

Incoming

Player	Position	Previous school
Thomas Shrader	OL	Appalachian State
Cartevious Norton	RB	Charlotte
Dre Butler	DL	Charlotte
Adam Zouagui	K	Davidson
Jacob Merrifield	DL	Florida Atlantic
Wyatt Sullivan	TE	Florida Atlantic
Izaiah Guy	CB	Georgia State
Chase Leon	P	Lamar
Boogsie Silvera	S	McNeese
Connor McLaughlin	OL	Stanford
Chas Nimrod	WR	Tennessee
Turner McLaughlin	LS	Tennessee Tech
Josh Celiscar	DE	Texas A&M
Jonas Duclona	DB	Wisconsin

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	5:30 p.m.	No. 25 Boise State *		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN	W 34–7	34,707
September 6	4:15 p.m.	at No. 13 Florida *		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	SECN	W 18–16	89,909
September 13	4:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Miami (FL) *	No. 18	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	The CW
September 20	12:00 p.m.	South Carolina State *		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN+
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Charlotte		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN2
October 10	7:30 p.m.	at North Texas		DATCU Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN2
October 18		Florida Atlantic		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL
October 25		at Memphis		Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Memphis, TN
November 6	7:30 p.m.	UTSA		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN/ESPN2
November 15	12:00 p.m.	at Navy		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	ESPN Networks
November 22		at UAB		Protective Stadium Birmingham, AL
November 29		Rice		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:**██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	RV	18
Coaches	—	RV	23
CFP	Not released																Not released

Game summaries

No. 25 Boise State

No. 25 Boise State Broncos (0–0) at South Florida Bulls (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Broncos	7	0	0	0	7
Bulls	0	10	14	7	31

at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida

Date: August 28
Game time: 5:30 PM EDT
Game weather: Sunny, 92 °F (33 °C)
Game attendance: 34,707
Referee: Nolan Dumas
TV announcers (ESPN): Matt Barrie (play-by-play), Tom Luginbill (analyst), and Harry Lyles Jr. (sideline reporter)
Box score

Game information

First quarter

BSU – Chris Marshall 6-yard pass from Maddux Madsen (Colton Boomer kick), 1:10. Broncos 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 38 yards, 4:35.

Second quarter

USF – Nico Gramatica 52-yard field goal, 12:39. Broncos 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 41 yards, 3:31.
USF – Byrum Brown 23-yard run (Nico Gramatica kick), 6:34. Bulls 10–7. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:10.

Third quarter

USF – Keshaun Singleton 45-yard pass from Locklan Hewlett (Nico Gramatica kick), 8:18. Bulls 17–7. Drive: 4 plays, 49 yards, 1:35.
USF – Byrum Brown 15-yard run (Nico Gramatica kick), 1:44. Bulls 24–7. Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards, 1:03.

Fourth quarter

USF – Cartevious Norton 8-yard run (Nico Gramatica kick), 13:26. Bulls 31–7. Drive: 5 plays, 43 yards, 2:09.
USF – Nico Gramatica 33-yard field goal, 3:29. Bulls 34–7. Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards, 3:05.

Statistics	BSU	USF
First downs	25	15
Plays–yards	86–378	55–372
Rushes–yards	38–122	28—117
Passing yards	256	255
Passing: comp–att–int	27–48–0	17–25–0
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	36:05	23:39

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Boise State	Passing	Maddux Madsen	25/46, 225 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Sire Gaines	9 rushes, 44 yards
	Receiving	Latrell Caples	4 receptions, 58 yards
South Florida	Passing	Byrum Brown	16/24, 210 yards
	Rushing	Alvon Isaac	3 rushes, 52 yards
	Receiving	Chas Nimrod	3 receptions, 96 yards

at No. 13 Florida

South Florida Bulls (1–0) at No. 13 Florida Gators (1–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	6	9	3	18
No. 13 Gators	3	6	0	7	16

at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida

Date: September 6
Game time: 4:15 PM EDT
Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 90 °F (32 °C) • Wind: NE at 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h)
Game attendance: 89,909
Referee: Steve Marlowe
TV announcers (SECN): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Fozzy Whittaker (analyst), and Morgan Uber (sideline reporter)

Game information

First quarter

FLA – Trey Smack 28-yard field goal, 5:39. Gators 3–0. Drive: 14 plays, 81 yards, 6:12.

Second quarter

USF – Nico Gramatica 38-yard field goal, 14:52. Tied 3–3. Drive: 15 plays, 55 yards, 5:47.
FLA – Trey Smack 36-yard field goal, 7:13. Gators 6–3. Drive: 13 plays, 57 yards, 7:39.
FLA – Trey Smack 41-yard field goal, 1:50. Gators 9–3. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:28.
USF – Nico Gramatica 25-yard field goal, 0:00. Gators 9–6. Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 1:50.

Third quarter

USF – Keshaun Singleton 66-yard pass from Byrum Brown (Nico Gramatica kick), 2:03. Bulls 13–9. Drive: 4 plays, 86 yards, 1:10.
USF – Team safety, 0:13. Bulls 15–9.

Fourth quarter

FLA – Eugene Wilson III 4-yard pass from DJ Lagway (Trey Smack kick), 12:29. Gators 16–15. Drive: 5 plays, 20 yards, 1:53.
USF – Nico Gramatica 20-yard field goal, 0:00. Bulls 18–16. Drive: 8 plays, 87 yards, 2:25.

Statistics	USF	FLA
First downs	20	20
Plays–yards	65–391	64–355
Rushes–yards	29–128	31–133
Passing yards	263	222
Passing: comp–att–int	23–36–0	23–33–1
Turnovers	0	1
Time of possession	25:47	34:13

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing	Byrum Brown	23/36, 263 yards, TD
	Rushing	Byrum Brown	17 rushes, 66 yards
	Receiving	Keshaun Singleton	2 receptions, 75 yards, TD
Florida	Passing	DJ Lagway	23/33, 222 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Jadan Baugh	18 rushes, 93 yards
	Receiving	Eugene Wilson III	7 receptions, 60 yards, TD

at No. 5 Miami (FL)

No. 18 South Florida Bulls (0–0) at No. 5 Miami Hurricanes (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Bulls	-	-	-	-	0
No. 5 Hurricanes	-	-	-	-	0

at Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida

Date: September 13
Game time: 4:30 PM EDT
TV: The CW

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	USF	MIA
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Miami (FL)	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

South Carolina State

South Carolina State Bulldogs (0–0) at South Florida Bulls (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldog	-	-	-	-	0
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0

at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida

Date: September 20
Game time: 12:00 PM EDT
TV: ESPN+

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	SCST	USF
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Carolina State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Charlotte

Charlotte 49ers (0–0) at South Florida Bulls (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	-	-	-	-	0
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0

at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida

Date: October 3
Game time: 7:00 PM EDT
TV: ESPN2

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	CLT	USF
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Charlotte	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at North Texas

South Florida Bulls (0–0) at North Texas Mean Green (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0
Mean Green	-	-	-	-	0

at DATCU Stadium • Denton, Texas

Date: October 10
Game time: 6:30 PM CDT
TV: ESPN2

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	USF	UNT
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
North Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Florida Atlantic

Florida Atlantic Owls (0–0) at South Florida Bulls (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	-	-	-	-	0
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0

at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida

Date: October 18

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	FAU	USF
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Florida Atlantic	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Memphis

South Florida Bulls (0–0) at Memphis Tigers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0
Tigers	-	-	-	-	0

at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee

Date: October 25

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	USF	MEM
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Memphis	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

UTSA

UTSA Roadrunners (0–0) at South Florida Bulls (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Roadrunners	-	-	-	-	0
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0

at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida

Date: November 6

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	UTSA	USF
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTSA	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Navy

South Florida Bulls (0–0) at Navy Midshipmen (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0
Midshipmen	-	-	-	-	0

at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland

Date: November 15
Game time: 12:00 PM EST

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	USF	NAVY
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Navy	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at UAB

South Florida Bulls (0–0) at UAB Blazers (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0
Blazers	-	-	-	-	0

at Protective Stadium • Birmingham, Alabama

Date: November 22

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	USF	UAB
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UAB	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Rice

Rice Owls (0–0) at South Florida Bulls (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	-	-	-	-	0
Bulls	-	-	-	-	0

at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida

Date: November 29

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	RICE	USF
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Rice	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References

↑ "USF Football Transfer Portal". ON3.
↑ "USF Bulls 2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.
↑ "USF Football Adds Two, Brings 2025 Class to 27 as Late Signing Period Opens". gousfbulls. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
↑ "2025 USF Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

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[1] "USF Football Transfer Portal". ON3.

[2] "USF Bulls 2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.

[3] "USF Football Adds Two, Brings 2025 Class to 27 as Late Signing Period Opens". gousfbulls. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

[4] "2025 USF Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

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2025 South Florida Bulls football team

Contents

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

No. 25 Boise State

at No. 13 Florida

at No. 5 Miami (FL)

South Carolina State

Charlotte

at North Texas

Florida Atlantic

at Memphis

UTSA

at Navy

at UAB

Rice

References