Byrum Brown

Byrum Brown (born September 29, 2004)^[1] is an American football quarterback who plays for the South Florida Bulls.

Byrum Brown

South Florida Bulls – No. 17
Position	Quarterback
Class	Redshirt Freshman
Personal information
Born:	(2004-09-29) September 29, 2004 (age 19)^[1] Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Career history
College	South Florida (2022–present)
High school	Rolesville (Rolesville, North Carolina)
Stats at ESPN.com

Early life

Brown was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Rolesville High School. In Brown's high school career he would complete 464 of his 758 passes for 8,122 yards and 87 touchdowns to 21 interceptions. Brown would also rush for 2,074 yards and 26 touchdowns.^[2] Brown would decide to commit to play college football at the University of South Florida.^[3][4]

College career

2022 Season

Brown made his first start in the 2022 season against Tulsa, where he would go on to complete 21 of his 25 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns, while also adding 76 yards and a touchdown on the ground, but the Bulls would fall to Tulsa 48–42.^[5] Brown finished the 2022 season, completing 36 of his 50 passes for 404 yards and five touchdowns to one interception, while also rushing for 179 yards and three touchdowns.^[6]

2023 Season

Heading into the 2023 season, Brown was named South Florida's starting quarterback.^[7] In week two of the 2023 season, Brown completed 20 of his 34 passing attempts for 197 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for two touchdowns, as he helped South Florida snap an eleven game losing streak beating Florida A&M.^[8] In week four, Brown had a breakout game completing 22 of his 29 pass attempts for 435 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 82 yards, as he helped the Bulls beat Rice.^[9] For his performance on the game, Brown was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week, Davey O'Brien Award "Great 8" Quarterbacks of the week, and the Manning Award "Stars of the Week".^[10][11][12] In week 5, Brown would help the Bulls snap a 19-game road losing streak by defeating Navy 44-30.^[13] In that game, he would complete 26 of his 34 pass attempts for 338 yards with 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. Brown would have another big game in a week 9 loss to the Memphis Tigers, completing 31 of his 39 pass attempts for 357 yards, 5 touchdowns and 1 interception, while rushing for 100 yards on 23 attempts. In the final game of the regular season, Brown would have 296 total yards of offense and 5 touchdowns in a 48-14 rout of the Charlotte 49ers, earning himself AAC Offensive Player of the Week for a 2nd time, and clinching a Bulls bowl game for the first time since 2018.^[14]

Brown finished the regular season having set and broken USF quarterback records. Brown surpassed USF's single season passing yards record previously set by Quinton Flowers and Matt Grothe while becoming the program's first 3,000 yard passer.^[15] Brown finished first in the AAC and 7th in FBS in total yards (3,823) and total yards per game (318.6), and was first in the AAC and 12th in FBS in points responsible for (17.3 ppg).^[16][17] Brown would join LSU's Jayden Daniels as the only quarterbacks in FBS to throw and rush for 3,000+ and 700+ yards on the season.^[14]

College statistics

Season	Games			Passing								Rushing
	GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
South Florida Bulls
2022	4	2	0–2	36	50	72.0	404	8.1	5	1	168.9	31	179	5.8	3
2023	12	12	6–6	257	401	64.1	3,078	7.7	23	11	142.0	189	745	3.9	11
Career^[18]	16	14	6–8	293	451	65.0	3,482	7.7	28	12	145.0	220	924	4.2	14

References

1. Wenzl, Vanessa (September 26, 2023). "USF Quarterback Byrum Brown: Offensive Player of the Week with National Honors". Crow's Nest St. Pete. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
2. "Byrum Brown Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
3. Stevens, Nick (July 2021). "Rolesville QB Byrum Brown commits to USF". High School OT. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
4. Steeg, Robert (July 2021). "Rolesville (N.C) Three-Star Quarterback Byrum Brown Commits to USF Football". The Daily Stampede. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
5. "Prince, Braxton guide Tulsa to 48–42 win over South Florida". AP News. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
6. "Byrum Brown 2022 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
7. Knight, Joey. "Byrum Brown to start at quarterback for USF in season opener". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
8. Knight, Joey. "USF tops FAMU to end 11-game losing streak. Now, about that other skid". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
9. Knight, Joey. "USF posts record day against Rice, ends 13-game conference skid". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
10. Knight, Joey. "USF's Byrum Brown has entered Quinton Flowers' stratosphere". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
11. McCullough, R. (26 September 2023). "Bulls QB Brown named AAC Offensive Player of Week, Simmons on AAC Honor Roll". WFLA. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
12. Wenzl, Vanessa (26 September 2023). "USF Quarterback Byrum Brown: Offensive Player of the Week with National Honors". The Crow's Nest. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
13. Vinsky, Noah (30 September 2023). "USF sinks Navy to snap 19-game road losing streak". The Oracle. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
14. "USF's Byrum Brown earns 6th AAC Honor". Wfla. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
15. "USF Football Clinches Bowl Eligibility With 48-14 Senior Day Win Over Charlotte". USF Athletics. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
16. . Archived from the original on 2023-11-28.
17. . Archived from the original on 2023-11-28.
18. "Byrum Brown College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

External links

• South Florida Bulls bio