PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the lineup of 39 student-athletes who will be on-hand in Newport, Rhode Island, next week for the conference’s annual Summer Kickoff and Media Days.



The 39 student-athletes will join The American’s 12 head coaches at Gurney’s Newport Resort and Marina July 17-18 for the first formal event of the 2017 football season. Legendary sports announcer Verne Lundquist will serve as the host of the event.



The American, which is the only FBS conference that returns its offensive and defensive players of the year from 2016, will have both of those players in attendance next week as USF quarterback Quinton Flowers and UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin are scheduled to head to Newport.



The American’s contingent includes 11 players who were named to the 2016 all-conference team, including five returning first-team selections. Three players who have been named to the 2017 Maxwell Award preseason watch list will be in attendance (Flowers, Memphis quarterback Riley Ferguson and Tulsa running back D’Angelo Brewer) as will two players named to the Bednarik Award watch list (Griffin and SMU defensive end Justin Lawler).



Live coverage of The American’s Summer Kickoff and Media Days will begin Monday, July 17, at 7 p.m. ET, as the American Digital Network originates from the event’s signature New England-style clambake. Hali Oughton will be joined by Andy Katz for red carpet-style coverage and interviews of arriving guests.



Coverage continues Tuesday, July 18, at 8:30 a.m. ET, on the American Digital Network with the announcement of the conference’s preseason media poll. Verne Lundquist will introduce commissioner Mike Aresco at 9 a.m. and will moderate a pair of roundtable discussions - a session with the East Division coaches at 9:45 a.m., and a segment with the West Division coaches at 11 a.m. Hali Oughton and Andy Gresh will anchor the Tuesday coverage.



A two-hour recap of the Summer Kickoff will be on ESPN3 Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET. Mike Couzens and Matt Chatham will anchor ESPN’s coverage. SiriusXM College Sports Nation (channel 84) will originate live from Newport Tuesday, beginning at 1 p.m.





ATTENDEES’ LINEUP

subject to change



Head Coach Scott FrostJordan Akins TEAaron Evans OLShaquem Griffin LBJamiyus Pittman NGHead Coach Luke FickellMike Boone RBKorey Cunningham OLJaylyin Minor LBHead Coach Randy EdsallLuke Carrezola DEJunior Joseph LBTommy Myers TEHead Coach Scottie MontgomeryJimmy Williams WRJordan Williams LBHead Coach Major ApplewhiteSteven Dunbar WRMatthew Adams LBHead Coach Mike NorvellGenard Avery LBRiley Ferguson QBAnthony Miller WRJonathan Cook DBHead Coach Ken NiumataloloDarryl Bonner RBD.J. Palmore LBHead Coach Charlie StrongQuinton Flowers QBAuggie Sanchez LBHead Coach Chad MorrisEvan Brown CJustin Lawler DECourtland Sutton WRBraeden West RBJordan Wyatt CBHead Coach Geoff CollinsSharif Finch DELeon Johnson OLKeith Kirkwood WRNick Sharga FBHead Coach Willie FritzAde Aruna DESherman Badie RBDontrell Hilliard RBParry Nickerson CBHead Coach Philip MontgomeryD’Angelo Brewer RBJesse Brubaker DEEvan Plagg OTKerwin Thomas CB