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USF's Selvie Undecided About Senior Season

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By BRETT McMURPHY | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 11, 2008

TAMPA - University of South Florida defensive end George Selvie said today he will not make a decision whether to return for his senior year until after the Bulls' season is over.

Projected as a first-round NFL draft pick by ESPN.com, Selvie said he won't even consider his future until after the Bulls' bowl game.

"I won't start thinking about it until after the bowl game," Selvie said.

Before the season, Selvie said he took out an insurance policy through the NCAA that protects him if he suffers a career-ending injury. The policy was for only this season, but Selvie said he could renew it for next season if he returns.

Selvie will graduate in May.

"I don't even worry about it [the NFL] right now," Selvie said. "I just want to finish this season. I wanted a [Big East] championship, but now we have a chance to be best team in USF history [by winning 10 games].

"I just want to finish strong. If I finish strong, all that stuff [will] follow. I just want to play the best game I can for next three games and then make a decision at the end."

Selvie has missed parts of three games with a high ankle sprain. He said he is finally 100 percent healthy. He had 35 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and five sacks.

Last season as a sophomore, he led the nation with 31 1/2 tackles for loss – one shy of the NCAA record – and was second nationally with 14 1/2 sacks. Before the season, he said his goal was 20 sacks, but Selvie's numbers are down because of constant double-teams and his ankle injury.

According to USF's defensive coaches, Selvie has been double-teamed 44 percent of the time on pass plays this season and triple-teamed 9 percent.

"I wanted to have more plays [this season]," Selvie said. "I didn't really get double teamed until the end of last year. I didn't make as many plays as last year.

"That really doesn't matter, as long as we win – which we haven't done the last two games. I'm kind of disappointed in our performance this year. I got hurt; that's not an excuse, I should be still performing well.

"It's still frustrating at times. I have to deal with it."

Reporter Brett McMurphy can be reached at (813) 259-7928

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