USF Scandal

TAMPA – During the past year, University of South Florida leaders have overhauled the academic support for student-athletes and made scholastic success among players a top priority.

NCAA data released this week shows that job may be harder for some sports than others.

Just 56 percent of football players who entered USF between 1998 and 2001 graduated in six years. That compares with the national average of 67 percent in Division 1-A football.

It’s also the worst graduation rate among Big East football teams.

In men’s basketball, it’s worse. At USF, the graduation rate among student-athletes in that sport was 42 percent, compared to the national Division I average of 62 percent.

USF’s graduation rates among student-athletes in those sports have fallen while national averages have improved. NCAA figures from last year showed that USF’s football players had a graduation rate of 61 percent. That rate dropped five percentage points this year.

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