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2025 Third Team American All-Conference

2025: Started at center in all 13 games on the year...named Third Team All-Conference...key leader on a USF offense that ranked No. 3 in the nation in total offense (488.7 ypg), No. 5 in scoring offense (40.5 ppg), No. 13 in rushing offense (212.1 ypg), No. 5 in red zone offense (.936), No. 16 in first downs (309) and No. 17 in third down conversion percentage (.472)...blocked for 1,000-yard rusher Byrum Brown and four Bulls that ran for 350 yards.

2024: Played in all 13 games and started 10, including the last seven at center...also started three games at left guard...USF went 7-6 and won a bowl game for the second straight season...helped the Bulls run for 34 touchdowns on the ground, the second-most in program history, and log 2,343 yards on the ground, posting 190.6 yards per game to rank 28th nationally and fourth in the AAC...the Bulls posted four 300-yard or more rushing games, tied for the third-most in FBS...the Bulls had three running backs with at least 400 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns.

2023: Saw action in 11 games this season as a member of the two-deep on the offensive line.

2022: Saw action in two games, vs. Howard and at Tulsa.

2021: Redshirt season.

TRINITY PREP HS: Became Trinity Prep’s first FBS commitment since Michael Kalaman, who signed with Rutgers in 2012… coached by Mike Kruczek… as a senior in 2020, helped his team advance to the Class 3A, Region 2 quarterfinals… played on both sides of the ball in his prep career and earned Co-MVP honors at HotBed Recruiting’s Orlando Showcase…a three-sport athlete at Trinity Prep.

PERSONAL: Born March 20, 2003...son of Richard and Elizabeth Best...younger sister named Victoria Best...loves to fish, hunt, and spend time with the boys...earned his USF degree in Marketing...named to the USF Athletics Honor Roll in the spring and fall of 2024 and the fall of 2025.