TAMPA, FLA., Aug. 4, 2025 – USF Football quarterback Byrum Brown has been named to the Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List for the second time on his career.
Brown was among 45 players, two from the American Conference, named to the preseason watch list for the award. First presented in 1967, the Walter Camp Award is presented annually by the Walter Camp Football Foundation to the most outstanding player in college football.
Brown, who also earned recognition on the watch list entering the 2024 season, returns from an injury-shortened season last year that saw him miss all but two snaps in the final eight games. He started the first five games for the Bulls in 2024 and posted 836 yards passing and 269 yards rushing, leading the Bulls in both categories at the time of his injury.
In 2023, Brown joined Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels as the only players in the nation to pass for more than 3,000 yards and run for more than 800. He also set 12 USF records, including season marks for passing yards (3,292), touchdowns (26), and completion percentage (64.6%). He led the Bulls running for 809 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground, and his 4,101 total yards stand second all-time in USF history.
Brown enters the 2025 season standing fifth on the USF career passing (4,532), total offense (5,739), and touchdown pass (33) charts.
Brown was earlier named to the Shrine Bowl 1000, a watch list for the East-West Shrine Bowl college football all-star game played in January.
SOUTH FLORIDA 2025 AWARD WATCH LIST MEMBERS
• Walter Camp Player of the Year – Byrum Brown, QB
• Wuerffel Trophy – Christian Helms, WR
• Thorpe Award – De’Shawn Rucker, CB
• Shrine Bowl 1000 – Byrum Brown, QB, De’Shawn Rucker, CB & Jahlyn Shuler, LB
• All-State AFCA Good Works Team – Alex Golesh
• All-State AFCA Good Works Team – Christian Helms, WR
The Bulls will open their third season under head coach Alex Golesh in a nationally televised game on ESPN on Thursday, Aug. 28, vs. Boise State. That game is set for a 5:30 p.m. kickoff at Raymond James Stadium. USF, which is one of 15 programs to have won a bowl or playoff game in each of the last two seasons, returns 12 starters in 2025 (six on offense and six on defense).
Up Next:
USF will hold the annual Kickoff Luncheon on Aug. 20 at Armature Works in downtown Tampa. The annual event will feature head coach Alex Golesh and the entire USF team and coaching staff. Public tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
Tickets:
Season tickets for the 2025 USF football season tickets are on sale and may be purchased by calling 1-800-GoBulls or visiting this LINK.
Single-game tickets for the 2025 USF football season can be purchased by calling 1-800-GoBulls or visiting this LINK.
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
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. The Bulls are one of 15 programs to win a postseason game each of the last two years as head coach Alex Golesh became the first USF coach to record bowl victories in each of their first two seasons. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $349-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 one in 2024), 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). 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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