American Athletic 2014 All-Conference Team

The 2014 college football season kicks off on Aug. 27 and concludes in Dallas with the first four-team playoff in the FBS ranks on January 12, 2015. Since it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming college football season, Athlon Sports has already released its projected rankings for 2014, as well as conference predictions.

With the predictions released, it’s time to take a look at the best players by conference.

Athlon Sports continues its release of preseason all-conference teams with a look at our first, second and third American Athletic All-Conference teams for 2014.

Related Content: American Athletic 2014 Conference Predictions

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2014. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2014 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.
 

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2014 American Athletic All-Conference Team

	First-Team Offense	Second-Team Offense	Third-Team Offense
QB	Shane Carden East Carolina  ________________	John O'Korn Houston  ________________	P.J. Walker Temple  ________________
RB	William Stanback UCF	Ralph David Abernathy IV Cincinnati	Kenneth Farrow Houston
RB	Hosey Williams Cincinnati  ________________	Breon Allen East Carolina  ________________	Kenneth Harper Temple  ________________
WR	Deontay Greenberry Houston	Geremy Davis UConn	Andre Davis USF
WR	Justin Hardy East Carolina	J.J. Worton UCF	Chris Moore Cincinnati
TE	Sean McQuillan UConn  ________________	Mike McFarland USF  ________________	Darius Joseph SMU  ________________
C	Austin Reiter USF	Taylor Lasecki SMU	Bryce Redman Houston
G	Parker Ehinger Cincinnati	Quinterrius Eatmon USF	Thor Jozwiak USF
G	Torrian Wilson UCF	Rowdy Harper Houston	Deyshawn Bond (C) Cincinnati
T	Ike Harris East Carolina	Garrett Stafford Tulsa	Sean Donnelly Tulane
T	Eric Lefeld Cincinnati	Darrell Williams USF	Kris Weeks SMU

	First-Team Defense	Second-Team Defense	Third-Team Defense
DE	Martin Ifedi Memphis	Derrick Alexander Tulsa	Beau Barnes SMU
DE	Silverberry Mouhon Cincinnati	Royce LaFrance Tulane	Thomas Niles UCF
DT	Joey Mbu Houston	Julian Campenni UConn	Derrick Calloway USF
DT	Terry Williams East Carolina  ________________	Derrick Luetjen Tulsa  ________________	Matt Ioannidis Temple  ________________
LB	Tyler Matakevich Temple	Zeek Bigger East Carolina	Jeff Luc Cincinnati
LB	Derrick Mathews Houston	Efrem Oliphant Houston	Nico Marley Tulane
LB	Terrance Plummer UCF  ________________	Nick Temple Cincinnati  ________________	Stephon Sanders SMU  ________________
CB	Lorenzo Doss Tulane	Byron Jones UConn	Bobby McCain Memphis
CB	Jacoby Glenn UCF	Darion Monroe Tulane	Obi Melifonwu (S) UConn
S	Clayton Geathers UCF	Demarco Nelson Tulsa	Adrian McDonald Houston
S	Trevon Stewart Houston	Sam Scofield Tulane	Michael Mudoh Tulsa

	First-Team Specialists	Second-Team Specialists	Third-Team Specialists
K	Marvin Kloss USF	Shawn Moffitt UCF	Jake Elliott Memphis
P	Mattias Ciabatti USF	Peter Picerelli Tulane	Caleb Houston UCF
KR	Demarcus Ayers Houston	Joe Craig Memphis	Chris Dunkley USF
PR	Justin Hardy East Carolina	Chris Dunkley USF	Keiwone Malone Memphis

Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 American All-Conference Team

	First	Second	Third
Cincinnati	Offense: 3 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Connecticut	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
East Carolina	Offense: 3 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Houston	Offense: 1 Defense: 3 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 2  Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Memphis	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 2
SMU	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 ​Sp. Teams: 0
South Florida	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 2	Offense: 3 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1
Temple	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Tulane	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 3 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
Tulsa	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 3 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 0
UCF	Offense: 2 Defense: 3 ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 ​Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1