ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School WR Zay Jones 2 East Carolina Sr. 6-1 197 Austin, Texas/Stephen F. Austin WR Courtland Sutton SMU So. 6-4 215 Brenham, Texas/Brenham WR Keevan Lucas 2 Tulsa Sr. 5-10 195 Abilene, Texas/Abilene OT Kofi Amichia USF Sr. 6-4 297 Riverdale, Ga./McEachern OT Dion Dawkins 2 Temple Sr. 6-5 320 Rahway, N.J./Rahway OG Adam West Navy Sr. 6-3 297 Spring, Texas/Klein OG Blake Belcher Tulsa Sr. 6-5 304 Guthrie, Okla./Guthrie C Chandler Miller Tulsa So. 6-3 290 Bixby, Okla./Bixby TE Daniel Montiel Memphis Sr. 6-3 240 Arlington, Texas/Arlington QB Quinton Flowers USF Jr. 6-0 210 Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson RB Marlon Mack 1 1 USF Jr. 6-0 195 Sarasota, Fla./Booker RB James Flanders Tulsa Sr. 5-10 203 Midwest City, Okla./Midwest City DL Ed Oliver * Houston Fr. 6-2 290 Houston, Texas/Westfield DL Justin Lawler SMU Jr. 6-4 262 Pottsboro, Texas/Pottsboro DL Haason Reddick H * Temple Sr. 6-1 230 Camden, N.J./Haddon Heights DL Tanzel Smart 1 Tulane Sr. 6-1 304 Baton Rouge, La./Scotlandville Magnet LB Shaquem Griffin UCF Jr. 6-1 213 St. Petersburg, Fla./Lakewood LB Eric Wilson 2 Cincinnati Sr. 6-2 225 Redford, Mich./Northwestern LB Steven Taylor 2 Houston Sr. 6-1 225 Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill LB Genard Avery Memphis So. 6-2 230 Byhalia, Miss./Byhalia LB Nico Marley H 1 Tulane Sr. 5-10 208 Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay CB Howard Wilson Houston So. 6-1 185 DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto CB Horace Richardson SMU Sr. 6-0 201 Everman, Texas/Everman S Obi Melifonwu UConn Sr. 6-3 217 South Grafton, Mass./Grafton S Darrion Millines SMU Sr. 6-0 208 Boynton Beach, Fla./American Heritage K Jake Elliott 1 1 1 Memphis Sr. 5-10 165 Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township P Spencer Smith 2 1 Memphis So. 6-1 195 Newnan, Ga./East Coweta RS Tony Pollard Memphis Fr 5-11 200 Memphis, Tenn./Melrose * unanimous selection

ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School WR Noel Thomas UConn Sr. 6-1 202 Norwalk, Conn./St. Luke’s School WR Anthony Miller Memphis Jr. 5-11 190 Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers WR Rodney Adams H USF Sr. 6-1 190 St. Petersburg, Fla./Toledo OT Blake Copeland Navy Sr. 6-4 281 Muscle Shoals, Ala./Muscle Shoals OT Evan Plagg Tulsa Jr. 6-3 292 Guthrie, Okla./Guthrie OG Dominique Threatt USF Sr. 6-1 330 Atlanta, Ga./Tri-Cities OG Tyler Bowling Tulsa So. 6-6 325 Yukon, Okla./Yukon C Maurice Morris Navy Sr. 6-2 327 La Porte, Texas/La Porte TE Mitchell Wilcox USF Fr. 6-4 248 Tarpon Springs, Fla./Tarpon Springs QB Greg Ward Jr. 2 Houston Sr. 5-11 190 Tyler, Texas/John Tyler RB Jahad Thomas 1 Temple Sr. 5-10 180 Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth RB D’Angelo Brewer Tulsa Jr. 5-9 185 Tulsa, Okla./Central DL Jamiyus Pittman UCF Jr. 6-0 295 Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt County DL Cortez Broughton Cincinnati So. 6-2 297 Warner Robbins, Ga./Veterans DL Deadrin Senat USF Jr. 6-1 305 Immokalee, Fla./Immokalee DL Praise Martin-Oguike2 Temple Sr. 6-1 255 Woodbridge, N.J./Woodbridge LB Tyus Bowser Houston Sr. 6-3 240 Tyler, Texas/John Tyler LB Micah Thomas Navy Jr. 6-1 249 Cedar Park, Texas/Vista Ridge LB Auggie Sanchez 2 USF Jr. 6-2 245 St. Petersburg, Fla./Northeast LB Avery Williams Temple Sr. 5-10 224 Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley CB Shaquill Griffin UCF Sr. 6-1 200 St. Petersburg, Fla./Lakewood CB Brandon Wilson Houston Sr. 5-11 200 Shreveport, La./Calvary Academy CB Deatrick Nichols 1 USF Jr. 5-10 189 Miami, Fla./Miami Central CB Parry Nickerson H Tulane Jr. 6-0 175 Algiers, La./West Jefferson S Garrett Davis Houston So. 6-1 200 Red Oak, Texas/Red Oak S Sean Chandler 2 Temple Jr. 6-0 190 Camden, N.J./Camden K Aaron Boumerhi Temple Fr. 6-0 195 Phillipsburg, Pa./Phillipsburg-Osceola P Worth Gregory East Carolina Sr. 6-3 210 Fort Mill, S.C./Alabama RS D’Ernest Johnson USF Jr. 5-10 208 Immokalee, Fla./Immokalee

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School WR Linell Bonner Houston Jr. 6-0 202 Houston, Texas/Dekaney OG Evan Martin Navy Jr. 6-3 294 Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit West TE Colin Thompson Temple Sr. 6-4 255 Doylestown, Pa./Florida LB Stephaun Marshall Temple Sr. 5-11 206 Montclair, N.J./Montclair S Drico Johnson UCF Sr. 6-1 215 Orlando, Fla./Agape Christian S Alohi Gilman Navy Fr. 6-0 200 Laie, Hawaii/Kahuku RS Dishan Romine Navy Sr. 5-11 178 Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual

USF quarterback Quinton Flowers, who has led the Bulls to their most successful season in program history, and UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin, who has helped the Knights to a remarkable turnaround in 2016, were honored as the American Athletic Conference’s Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year by the league’s 12 head coaches.Memphis return specialist Tony Pollard was chosen as The American’s Special Teams Player of the Year. Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver was the coaches’ choice as Rookie of the Year.Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo, who led the Midshipmen to the outright West Division title, won The American’s Coach of the Year honor for the second straight year.Flowers was chosen as the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year after he finished the regular season as the only player in the conference to both throw for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000. He set school records for total offense (3,976 yards), rushing yards (1,425), rushing touchdowns (15) and total touchdowns (37) and is the American Athletic Conference leader in pass efficiency (153.5). Flowers set the American Athletic Conference single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback and ranked third among all league players in rushing, averaging 118.8 yards per game and 8.1 yards per carry. Beyond the numbers, Flowers directed a USF offense that scored at least 30 points in every game this season, and in 15 straight games, dating to 2015, helping the Bulls to 10 wins for the first time in school history. Flowers is the first USF player to win a major individual football award from the conference.Griffin becomes the third UCF player to win a major football honor from The American, following Blake Bortles (the 2013 Offensive Player of the Year) and Jacoby Glenn (the 2014 Defensive Player of the Year). Griffin made an immediate impact in his first year as a starter, finishing as the American Athletic Conference leader in sacks (11.0) and ranking third in the conference in tackles for loss (19.0). Griffin finished the regular season with 85 total tackles along with two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, six pass breakups and an interception, helping the Knights - who went winless in 2015 - to six wins and bowl eligibility in 2016.Pollard continued Memphis’ hold on The American’s Special Teams Player of the Year award, giving the Tigers the winner of that honor for the fourth straight year (joining punter Tom Hornsey in 2013 and kicker Jake Elliott, who won in 2014 and 2015). Pollard ranks ninth nationally in kickoff returns, averaging 28.4 yards per attempt, and had 993 yards on kickoffs as a freshman. He returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, finishing the regular season as the only player in The American with more than one special teams touchdown. Prior to this season, Memphis had not scored on a kickoff return since 1996.Oliver becomes the second Houston player to be named as The American Rookie of the Year (quarterback John O’Korn won in 2013). A unanimous selection to the all-conference first team as well, Oliver made an immediate impact on the Cougars, who finished the regular season ranked second nationally in rushing defense (97.9 yards per game). Oliver finished second in the conference in tackles for loss (19.5) and had 5.0 sacks, three forced fumbles, a team-high nine pass breakups and seven quarterback hurries.Niumatalolo repeated as American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after his Midshipmen went 7-1 in American Athletic Conference play for the second consecutive year, clinching the West Division title and home field advantage in Saturday’s conference championship game. Despite returning only one offensive starter from last year’s team, and losing this year’s starting quarterback to a season-ending injury on Opening Day, the Midshipmen have been one of the most prolific offensive teams in the nation in 2016, ranking second in the NCAA in rushing (342.0 ypg), and 11th in scoring (41.7 ppg). Along the way, Navy has committed the fewest penalties (30) and has the second-fewest turnovers (9) of any team in the nation.In addition to the major award-winners, The American also named its first, second and honorable mention all-conference teams. Oliver and Temple defensive end Haason Reddick were both unanimously selected to the first team in 2016, while Memphis kicker Jake Elliott becomes the first player in conference history to be named to the first team four times.Quinton Flowers, QB, USF (Jr., Miami, Fla.)Shaquem Griffin, LB, UCF (Jr., St. Petersburg, Fla.)Tony Pollard, WR/KR, Memphis (Fr., Memphis, Tenn.)Ed Oliver, DT, Houston (Fr., Houston, Texas.)Ken Niumatalolo, Navyindicates previous selections to first team, second team, or honorable mention2013 Blake Bortles, QB, UCF2014 Shane Carden, QB, East Carolina2015 Keenan Reynolds, QB, Navy2016 Quinton Flowers, QB, USF2013 Marcus Smith, DE, Louisville2014 Jacoby Glenn, CB, UCFTank Jakes, LB, Memphis2015 Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple2016 Shaquem Griffin, LB, UCF2013 Demarcus Ayers, WR/KR, HoustonTom Hornsey, P, Memphis2014 Jake Elliott, K, Memphis2015 Jake Elliott, K, Memphis2016 Tony Pollard, WR/RS, Memphis2013 John O’Korn, QB, Houston2014 Marlon Mack, RB, USF2015 Tre’Quan Smith, WR, UCF2016 Ed Oliver, DT, Houston2013 George O’Leary, UCF2014 Justin Fuente, Memphis2015 Tom Herman, HoustonKen Niumatalolo, Navy2016 Ken Niumatalolo, Navy