Was at the beach for a few hours, so I'm a little late with this, but USF sent out an e-mail this afternoon saying that freshman offensive tackle Thomas Edenfield, who was held out of USF's spring practice so he could focus on classwork, is no longer part of the Bulls football program.

Edenfield, one of the state's top offensive line prospects a year ago out of Jacksonville's Bartram Trail High School, redshirted his only season at USF. Leavitt said he's likely to attend a junior college next season. He's the ninth scholarship player to leave the Bulls since December, though the first on the offensive side of the ball.

Just last week, I'd talked with Edenfield's coach at Bartram Trail, and he'd been encouraged by a conversation he had with Edenfield about his academic progress and was thankful that Leavitt had given him the spring off to focus on his academics. On the whole, this isn't a surprising development, though it reinforces the idea that offensive tackle may be the thinnest position on USF's roster.

I would have said this was very likely before Edenfield's departure, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if walk-on Jake Sims, the rising sophomore who is currently atop the depth chart at right tackle, is put on scholarship this fall. USF can sign a full class of 25 players and will still have scholarships available out of the maximum 85, and a walk-on who has been in the program two years -- like Sims -- won't count against the 25 initial scholarships allowed each year. The Bulls will get a solid freshman this fall in Plant City's Mark Popek, but look for offensive tackle to be a major focus in recruiting next year.