USF senior receiver Ed Alcin, who has struggled to get on the field in four years with the Bulls, will play his final season of college football at Division II Fort Hays State in Kansas.

Alcin, who is graduating from USF this summer, will be reunited with his receivers coach from Chamberlain High, Al McCray, who is now the receivers coach at Fort Hays and confirmed the transfer on Saturday. McCray has had good luck with his former players -- former Middleton star O.J. Murdock, who started his college career at South Carolina, is also at Fort Hays and led the team with eight touchdown receptions last season.

Alcin should have a much easier time getting on the field at Fort Hays -- he totaled four catches for 48 yards with the Bulls, including one catch for 5 yards last season. Even with depth issues at receiver -- Carlton Mitchell skipped his senior year to enter the NFL draft, and A.J. Love (knee) and Sterling Griffin (ankle) are recovering from serious offseason injuries -- he wasn't likely to see significant playing time for the Bulls. ... Read more

If there was something glaringly missing from USF's first eight oral commitments for 2011, it was size, as none of the future Bulls weighed in at more than 205 pounds. That changed Friday as David "Boo" Simon, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound offensive tackle from Bay Minette, Ala., committed to the Bulls during a campus visit, his father confirmed Friday night.

Simon had 12 scholarship offers, as impressive academically as they are from a football standpoint, with Stanford and Vanderbilt among his top suitors, along with Maryland and Mississippi State. He's rated as a  three-star recruit by both Scout.com and Rivals.com, with the latter ranking him as the nation's No. 63 offensive tackle. He's a rare out-of-state recruit for the Bulls, but Bay Minette is only about an hour northwest of Pensacola, so he won't be too far from home. ... Read more

USF missed out on another potential late addition to its football team as junior college linebacker Glen Stanley, who had USF in his final two after being released from his letter of intent to USC, told ESPN.com he'll play at Florida State this fall.

Stanley had talked about visiting USF on Friday, but the Bulls never got a release to speak with the well-traveled linebacker, who played at Bowling Green and Eastern Arizona before signing with USC and had expressed an interest in staying close to family in Ocala. USF coach Skip Holtz will announce all of his new additions and departures on Wednesday afternoon when the Bulls report for preseason camp.

With many NFL preseason camps opening up this week and the last remaining draft picks signing, undrafted rookies are losing their roster spots, and former USF punter Delbert Alvarado has been released by the Dallas Cowboys.

The Bulls still have 13 former players on NFL rosters going into camp, and it's reasonable to think that at least half should make the final cuts for the upcoming NFL season: veterans Mike Jenkins (Cowboys), Kawika Mitchell (Bills), Stephen Nicholas (Falcons) are almost assured of spots, as are high draft picks Jason Pierre-Paul (Giants), Nate Allen (Eagles) and Jerome Murphy (Rams).

Rookies Carlton Mitchell (Browns) and George Selvie (Rams) and second-year linebacker Tyrone McKenzie (Patriots) should stick as well, but others face tougher odds -- returning players with limited experience like Marc Dile (Bucs), Chad Simpson (Bills) and Taurus Johnson (Dolphins), and undrafted rookie Kion Wilson (Chargers). Veteran cornerback Anthony Henry remains a free agent, unsigned after playing last season with Detroit. ... Read more