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USF Men’s Basketball Alumni Chris Youngblood and Selton Miguel Sign NBA Contracts

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TAMPA, Fla., July 2, 2025 –Former University of South Florida men's basketball standouts and alumni Selton Miguel and Chris Youngblood have taken the next step in their careers by signing NBA contracts this week.

The 2023-24 AAC Champion Chris Youngblood has signed with the 2025 NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder as an unrestricted free agent. He averaged 15.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game during the 2023–24 season, earning 2023-24 AAC All-Conference First Team and AAC Co-Player of the Year honors while anchoring the Bulls' offense.

Selton Miguel, another key player in South Florida's 2023-24 AAC championship, has signed with the Utah Jazz as an unrestricted free agent. The guard averaged 12.6 points, 2.7 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game over two seasons at USF. He finished his USF career with 767 points. Miguel was named the AAC Sixth Man of the Year, AAC Most Improved Player, and AAC All-Conference Second Team honors for the 2023-24 season.

Miguel and Youngblood are the first USF players to sign NBA contracts since Dominique Jones (2010).

Looking Ahead: Summer League Coverage

WHAT: NBA 2K26 Summer League

WHEN: July 5-8 and 10–20, 2025

WHERE: Salt Lake City Summer League (July 5–8) and Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas (July 10-20).

DEBUT:

Chris Youngblood will play for the Oklahoma City Thunder's Summer League roster, first appearing July 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET against Memphis on ESPNU.

Selton Miguel will play for the Utah Jazz's summer league roster, which debuts July 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET vs. the Philadelphia 76ers on ESPN.

TV: All 76 Summer League games will be broadcast live on ESPN platforms (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+) and NBA.

LATEST: To view the schedule, follow their Summer League performances, or search for tickets, click here.

Tickets:

Men's basketball single-game and season tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls or by visitingUSFBullsTix.com.

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About USF Men's Basketball

South Florida men's basketball named Bryan Hodgson, 37, as the program's 12th head coach on March 24, 2025. Hodgson came to Tampa from Arkansas State, where he led the program to back-to-back 20-win seasons and its first postseason appearance since 1999 in his two seasons at the helm.

The program, entering its 55th season in 2025-26, most recently won the American Athletic Conference regular season championship in 2023-24 and has made 13 postseason appearances, including three NCAA Tournaments, nine NITs, and a CBI championship in 2019. Three former Bulls – Chucky Atkins, Charlie Bradley, and Rodenko Dobras – have had their jerseys retired and are members of the USF Athletic Hall of Fame. The Bulls play their home games at the 10,400-seat Yuengling Center on the USF Tampa campus.

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