George Floyd Usf. Floyd grew up in Houston, Texas. George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died in police custody Monday, went to college at South Florida State College in Avon Park.

Floyd accepted a basketball scholarship at South Florida Community College (now South Florida State College) to play for George Walker, who grew up near Houston and was an assistant coach with the.
Members of the Ole Miss and USF football teams and athletic departments participated in unity walks in their respective college towns Saturday..
A demonstrator holds a sign with George Floyd's likeness on it as people gather to protest the death of Floyd, on Tuesday, near the White House in Washington. As tensions and looting escalated on the fringe of their campus late Saturday and early Sunday, more USF coaches took to social media in response to the national unrest over the death of George Floyd. Demonstrators will be gathering in South Florida Wednesday as protests continue over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.