Frankly, I’d forgotten Matt Grothe was just a junior, but the South Florida quarterback will return to school for his senior season.

“I’m coming back next year, ” he said. “I guess I’ll just come back and play well next year and hopefully go out with a bang my senior year.”

Grothe is having arguably the best season of his career at USF through 11 games. His passing yards (2,486), passing touchdowns (15), completion percentage (63.5) and passing efficiency rating (136.01) are all above his 2006 and ’07 totals in the 11-game span.

Grothe hasn’t lost a fumble this season. He had lost four to this point in 2006 and three in 2007. But can still improve through the air. He has just as many interceptions this season (12) as he did his prior two at USF through 11 games.

I was even more surprised when reminded USF destructive defensive end George Selvie was also a junior, yet less surprised to see he’s not sure what he’s doing.

While Grothe definitely will return, USF officially announced it would submit the paperwork with the NFL Draft advisory committee for junior defensive end George Selvie, who is projected as a first-round pick.

Selvie, who purchased an insurance policy before the season in case he suffered a career-ending injury, has said he won’t make a decision whether he will return for his senior season until after USF’s bowl game.