| Sign Up | Google+

Maikon Bonani earns Big East special teams player of the week

Stay connected for news and updates

Al Messerschmidt

South Florida kicker was named the conference's best special teams player for the week following a five-field goal performance.

South Florida kicker Maikon Bonani was named Monday as the Big East Special Teams Player of the Week following his school-record five field goals in Saturday's 37-36 loss to the Syracuse Orange, as Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times writes.

The senior kicker accounted for 18 of the Bulls' 38 points, which included a season-long field goal of 47 yards. The 18 points are the most of any Big East kicker this season. Before going 5-for-5 against Syracuse, Bonani had gone 6-for-8 on field goals in the team's first seven games of the season. His previous career high was three field goals in a game, which he's done seven times in four seasons as USF's kicker.

It's a rare bit of good news in what has been an abysmal season for the Bulls. The loss to Syracuse was the team's sixth in a row. South Florida (2-6) can snap that losing streak on Saturday when they host Connecticut at 7 p.m. ET.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Recent Posts

The Next Read

There are 0 Comments. Add Yours. Loading

Shortcuts to mastering the comment thread. Use wisely.

C - Next Comment
X - Mark as Read

R - Reply
Z - Mark Read & Next

Shift + C - Previous
Shift + A - Mark All Read

Comment Settings

Live comment alert: Hide it!

Comments for this post are closed.

Photographs by cstreet.us, thelastminute, turtlemom nancy , fesek, kthypryn, justinwright, sue_elias, pointnshoot, and scrapstothefuture used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.