Florida Atlantic's road game at Charlotte on Saturday afternoon is one of two games this season which will air on NFL Network

BOCA RATON — Florida Atlantic head coach Lane Kiffin is ready to break out his new recruiting tool Saturday afternoon.

FAU's road game against the Charlotte 49ers this weekend is the Owls' first game on NFL Network. The NFL-owned TV network agreed to broadcast 10 C-USA football games this season; each of the league’s 14 teams get at least one NFL Network game.

"I think that was a great deal, a great job by the conference to get that done,“ Kiffin said. ”A lot of people watch NFL Network so (it is a) very good thing for recruiting for the whole conference.“

FAU's regular-season finale, a home matchup with Southern Miss on Nov. 30, also airs on NFL Network. All C-USA games broadcast on NFL Network are also available through the NFL app.

Since Kiffin arrived after the 2016 season FAU has played on some of college football's biggest networks. FAU’s 2017 victory in the Boca Raton Bowl and the Owls’ road loss to UCF last September were each on ESPN.

Season-opening losses to Oklahoma and Ohio State the last two years both aired on Fox.

“We have a job to do: We need to go up to Charlotte and play really well,” said quarterback Chris Robison. “We’re not really worried about people seeing us or anything like that.”

Injury updates: Senior tight end Harrison Bryant looked fine in practice and should play against the 49ers. Bryant left last Saturday's victory over Wagner in the second quarter after taking a hit to the chest. Bryant suffered a similar hit earlier in the game.

Bryant has 15 receptions for 249 yards this season. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound tight end is expected to be a mid-round pick in next year's NFL Draft.

Kiffin’s lone update on Bryant's status this week was a standard "I hope he plays."

Kiffin added running back Malcolm Davidson has “looked good” in practice this week. Davidson has not played since Sept. 7 because of an undisclosed injury.

Davidson, nicknamed “The Stallion” for his speed, picked up 64 yards on eight carries against UCF that night.

Recruits’ roads home: At least two players who signed letter of intents with FAU in the 2019 recruiting cycle but never arrived on campus are still on the Owls' radar. Defensive tackle Brian Merritt, who is now at Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C., told The Post he remains in touch with FAU defensive line coach Lance Thompson and he is “for sure still coming.”

Merritt said a low ACT score prevented him from enrolling at FAU this season. The 6-foot lineman from Moultrie, Ga., has six tackles, including 1.5 for negative yardage, a sack and a fumble recovery this season.

JD Martin, a junior college athlete who signed with FAU in February out of Wetumpka, Ala., tweeted he could still play for the Owls. Martin is playing running back at East Central C.C. (Miss.) and has run for 363 yards and two touchdowns on 53 carries.

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