Fortin announced as starting quarterback
Through a post on the @USFFootball Twitter account, sophomore quarterback Cade Fortin has been announced as the team’s starter as Week 1 against NC State approaches.
𝐐𝐁𝟏 – 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧#US2F 🤘 | #TimeToEat@cade410 pic.twitter.com/RGdNvTeS1a
— USF Football (@USFFootball) August 23, 2021
The Bulls are set to kick off their season against the Wolfpack on Sept. 2, and Fortin will be taking snaps from under center.
Up to this point, it was unclear whether freshman Timmy McClain, sophomores Jarren Williams and Katravis Marsh or Fortin would top the depth chart.
Through multiple reports and from coach Jeff Scott himself, Fortin progressed substantially in the offseason and had a strong spring and fall, positioning himself to take the job in 2021.
In USF’s spring game, Fortin finished 14-of-23 for 224 passing yards and two touchdowns, including a 50-yard heave to junior receiver Xavier Weaver on the first play from scrimmage.
The Bulls will open their 25th season against the NC State Wolfpack on Sept. 2 in Raleigh, NC.
More Stories
SoFlo Rodeo’s consulting company plans to cultivate ‘untapped potential’
“Untapped potential” was the phrase CEO and Founder of Biggest Fan Consulting Brandon Kaiser used to describe the South Florida basketball’s student section. The SoFlo Rodeo student section has been growing since its introduction in November. The backbone behind it has been Kaiser’s company that USF Athletics hired to instill the beginning of what could […]
SoFlo Rodeo: The hypemen behind the Herd
Freshmen Jazmyn Myers, Luke Zimmer and Eli Hermann teamed up with USF Athletics to create an organization called SoFlo Rodeo, which focuses on raising more attendance in student sections at games. Since their start in mid-November of last year, the trio has been able to attract hundreds of students to games. The group hit an […]
‘You can do it just like the men’: Former USF softball player paves the way for women in baseball
Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Gajownik played for USF softball from 2014-15, but now is in charge of running High-A Arizona Diamondback affiliate, the Hillsboro Hops. On Friday, Gajownik was announced as Minor League Baseball’s second woman manager in the MLB and the first at the High-A level. For Gajownik, the feeling of being named a High-A manager […]
OPINION: Women’s basketball should have been ranked in the Top 25 sooner
Women’s basketball cracked the USA TODAY/WBCA poll for the first time this season on Tuesday, coming in at the No. 25 slot. However, considering the strength of their schedule and their dominance over league play, there’s room to wonder why it took so long for the Bulls (19-4, 8-0 AAC) to finally gain entry into […]
USF basketball on the road: Women’s dominates, men’s loses close fight
As USF women’s and men’s basketball get into the thick of their conference schedules, each matchup will now make or break their opportunities for advancing into the postseason. Here is how both programs finished their matchups on Wednesday on the road. Women’s basketball – USF 89, Tulsa 68 Senior forward Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu put up […]
An in-depth look into USF football transfers
Despite losing notable players to the 2023 college transfer portal, South Florida football still snagged a handful of promising new signees of its own. Departed players like sophomore running back Brian Battie, junior kicker Spencer Shrader and sophomore wide receiver Jimmy Horn Jr. left the Bulls after receiving offers from other schools. Battie will make […]