ATTENDEES LINEUP

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UCF

Legendary television broadcaster Verne Lundquist will serve as the emcee next week as the American Athletic Conference holds its annual Summer Kickoff and Media Days July 15-16 in Newport, Rhode Island.Lundquist, who has served as a leading sports broadcaster for 56 years, will host The American’s signature preseason event for the second time in three years. He will join a group of 41student-athletes and 12 head coaches who will be on hand to mark the unofficial start of the 2019 college football season.This year’s attending players include Houston quarterback D’Eriq King, who scored 50 touchdowns in 2018 and has been tabbed as a Heisman Trophy candidate for the coming season. King is one of 12 all-conference selections form 2018 who will be in Newport as he joins center Jordan Johnson, safety Richie Grant and wide receiver Gabe Davis from UCF, tight end Josiah Deguara from Cincinnati, tight end Mitchell Wilcox from USF, wide receiver Pop Williams from Memphis, linebacker Shaun Bradley, wide receiver Isaiah Wright and offensive guard Jovahn Fair from Temple, defensive end Patrick Johnson from Tulane and linebacker Cooper Edmiston from Tulsa.Live coverage of The American’s Summer Kickoff and Media Days will begin Monday, July 15, 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 and Andy Gresh for coverage of one of the most highly anticipated events on the college football calendar.Coverage continues Tuesday, July 16, on the American Digital Network with the announcement of the conference’s preseason media poll. Commissioner Mike Aresco will give his annual remarks at 9 a.m., while Lundquist will moderate a series of roundtable discussions with The American’s head coaches as well as a student-athlete panel. Hali Oughton and Andy Gresh will anchor the Tuesday-morning coverage.ESPN3 will air a two-hour program from Newport as well Tuesday afternoon. Matt Schick and Rene Ingoglia will anchor the coverage, which will include interviews with all 12 head coaches, as well as Commissioner Aresco.Head Coach Josh HeupelGabriel Davis WRRichie Grant SJordan Johnson OLHead Coach Luke FickellJosiah Deguara TEChris Ferguson OTMorgan James OGBryan Wright LBHead Coach Randy EdsallLuke Magliozzi PMatt Peart OLEli Thomas LBDonovan Williams WRHead Coach Mike HoustonDeondre Farrier WRAlex Turner DTHead Coach Dana HolgorsenAymiel Fleming DLJosh Jones OLD’Eriq King QBDane Roy PHead Coach Mike NorvellAustin Hall LBPatrick Taylor RBPop Williams WRDustin Woodard OLHead Coach Ken NiumataloloMarcus Edwards DTFord Higgins CHead Coach Charlie StrongBlake Barnett QBKirk Livingstone DEGreg Reaves DEMitchell Wilcox TEHead Coach Sonny DykesRodney Clemons SHayden Howerton OLRichard Moore LBHead Coach Rod CareyShaun Bradley LBJovahn Fair OLChapelle Russell LBIsaiah Wright WRHead Coach Willie FritzDarius Bradwell RBP.J. Hall SPatrick Johnson DEHead Coach Philip MontgomeryCooper Edmiston LBTrevis Gipson DEChris Ivy OTCorey Taylor RB