Countdown - 95 days, Jersey #95

[Brad]

As we count down the days to kickoff versus BYU, let's look at players that have worn the jersey of the same number.  Please add your comments or questions.

#95
Casey Loesch................................... 1999
Matt Groelinger............................2001-04
George Selvie..............................2006-09
Todd Chandler.............................2012-14
Marlon Gonzalez .............................. 2016

Bull Bits:

• Matt Groelinger shared the Green and Gold Pride award with Jason Bingham in 2000, awarded to the walk-on who best represents USF Football
• George Selvie was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the 7th round of the 2010 NFL draft, led the Bulls in sacks in 2007 and 2008, Holds USF records for most sacks in a game (4, tied with Shurron Pierson), season (14.5) and career (29).  Selvie also leads all time for most forced fumbles (9) in a career.  He is tied for second all time in games played (51) and was all-Big East three seasons ('07, '08, '09), including named the 2007 Big East Defensive Player of the Year.
• Todd Chandler was recipient of the 2011 Scout Team award

[bowman1]

Amazing that nobody has worn 95 since 2016 - Matos certainty has some big shoes to fill (assuming that he makes the final roster for the fall)

[SANJAY]

Selvie was also 2 time consensus all-american. Not bad for a 1 star center from the panhandle.

Chandler was a pretty solid player. 

[DELdaBull]

Selvie may be the best player we have ever had. Must be the best defensive player, right? 

[Outlaw]

Selvie was amazing. It was a true rags to riches story of good coaching and player development by building  an unknown player into a true superstar at the collegiate level. We have lacked that for a long time. Cjs amd his staff need to be the ones to do it and outshine all the other coaches since Cjl.

[cophbulls]

Groelinger was one of my tenants at some point a few years back, he always paid his rent. So, there's that

[Brad]

1 hour ago, DELdaBull said:

Selvie may be the best player we have ever had. Must be the best defensive player, right? 

Other names that come to mind for best defensive player, also come from a ways back:

J.R. Reed

Anthony Henry

Stephen Nicholas

Mike Jenkins

JPP

I'm sure there are others to consider.  Selvie definitely earned more national accolades than any other.

There for a while we created a number of very good linebackers and defensive players overall...

[SANJAY]

Back in the days if you showed up at USF in between positions you were sent to the defense. 

If you played QB in high school, and weren’t a D1 QB, you were sent to the defense or WR.

If you had real athletic ability you were sent to the defense.

Just the way it was. Not sure it would work in the current all offense game.

[bowman1]

2 hours ago, Outlaw said:

Selvie was amazing. It was a true rags to riches story of good coaching and player development by building  an unknown player into a true superstar at the collegiate level. We have lacked that for a long time. Cjs amd his staff need to be the ones to do it and outshine all the other coaches since Cjl.

Good recruiting as well - CJL and his staff spotted a diamond in Selvie, where everyone else saw a rock.

CJL’s staff was the best that we have had with digging into the 3rd and 4th layers of recruiting to find the guys overlooked by the bigger programs.  Then, they put those guys into positions (at least on defense) where they could be successful 

[Outlaw]

9 hours ago, Brad said:

Other names that come to mind for best defensive player, also come from a ways back:

J.R. Reed

Anthony Henry

Stephen Nicholas

Mike Jenkins

JPP

I'm sure there are others to consider.  Selvie definitely earned more national accolades than any other.

There for a while we created a number of very good linebackers and defensive players overall...

Who developed all them players again?