Quinton Flowers Named 2016 CFPA National Performer Of The Year

TAMPA, FL – After its first double-digit win season and first-ever season-ending ranking in the Top 25, the national recognition keeps coming for the USF football team.

This time, the spotlight was on junior quarterback Quinton Flowers, who was named the 2016 College Football Performance Awards National Performer of the Year.

The CFPA provides the most scientifically rigorous awards in college football, according to the association’s website. “Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams,” it states.

Flowers upended the USF record books during the 2016 season. He broke single-season records for total touchdowns (42), total yards (4,337) rushing yards (1,530), rushing touchdowns (18) and passing touchdowns (24). He also ranked in the Top 20 nationally in 10 offensive categories.

The 1,530 rushing yards picked up rank as the fifth-most ever by an FBS quarterback and were second only to Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson of Louisville among quarterbacks on the season. Flowers also ranked fourth in the national with an average of 7.73 yards per carry and was ranked No. 10 in total offense, producing 334 yards per game.

Flowers anchored the USF offense that also shattered school records for a single season: touchdowns (77), total yards (6,650), rushing yards (3,714) and scoring (569 points). The Bulls offense also ranked fourth in the nation in scoring offense (43.8 points per game) and continued a nation-leading streak of 17 straight games scoring at least 30 points.

Previous CFPA National Performer of the Year award winners include Alabama’s Derrick Henry, Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, Florida State’s Jameis Winston and USC’s Matt Barkley. Flowers will receive a trophy with a 22-inch K-9 crystal tower topped with an 8-inch K-9 crystal football.

Video and image via USF Athletics YouTube channel