The bull shark ranks among the more notorious ocean-dwellers in the world, particularly in warm, shallow waters like those along Florida’s Gulf Coast. It is easily provoked, has no qualms about biting humans and can even survive in freshwater systems as well as its natural ocean habitat.
It also makes for a cool moniker for USF’s 4-2-5 defense – a unit largely comprised of players who were relied upon heavily as freshmen and sophomores, and have since developed the confidence and versatility inherent in its amphibious namesake.
Linebacker Auggie Sanchez personifies the Bull Shark defense as well as anyone.