Shane Carden
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.
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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.
2014 American Athletic All-Conference Team
| First-Team Offense | Second-Team Offense | Third-Team Offense |
QB | Shane Carden | John O'Korn | P.J. Walker |
RB | William Stanback | Ralph David Abernathy IV | Kenneth Farrow |
RB | Hosey Williams | Breon Allen | Kenneth Harper |
WR | Deontay Greenberry | Geremy Davis | Andre Davis |
WR | Justin Hardy | J.J. Worton | Chris Moore |
TE | Sean McQuillan | Mike McFarland | Darius Joseph |
C | Austin Reiter | Taylor Lasecki | Bryce Redman |
G | Parker Ehinger | Quinterrius Eatmon | Thor Jozwiak |
G | Torrian Wilson | Rowdy Harper | Deyshawn Bond (C) |
T | Ike Harris | Garrett Stafford | Sean Donnelly |
T | Eric Lefeld | Darrell Williams | Kris Weeks |
| First-Team Defense | Second-Team Defense | Third-Team Defense |
DE | Martin Ifedi | Derrick Alexander | Beau Barnes |
DE | Silverberry Mouhon | Royce LaFrance | Thomas Niles |
DT | Joey Mbu | Julian Campenni | Derrick Calloway |
DT | Terry Williams | Derrick Luetjen | Matt Ioannidis |
LB | Tyler Matakevich | Zeek Bigger | Jeff Luc |
LB | Derrick Mathews | Efrem Oliphant | Nico Marley |
LB | Terrance Plummer | Nick Temple | Stephon Sanders |
CB | Lorenzo Doss | Byron Jones | Bobby McCain |
CB | Jacoby Glenn | Darion Monroe | Obi Melifonwu (S) |
S | Clayton Geathers | Demarco Nelson | Adrian McDonald |
S | Trevon Stewart | Sam Scofield | Michael Mudoh |
| First-Team Specialists | Second-Team Specialists | Third-Team Specialists |
K | Marvin Kloss | Shawn Moffitt | Jake Elliott |
P | Mattias Ciabatti | Peter Picerelli | Caleb Houston |
KR | Demarcus Ayers | Joe Craig | Chris Dunkley |
PR | Justin Hardy | Chris Dunkley | Keiwone Malone |
Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 American All-Conference Team
| First | Second | Third |
Cincinnati | Offense: 3 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 2 |
Connecticut | Offense: 1 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 0 |
East Carolina | Offense: 3 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 0 |
Houston | Offense: 1 | Offense: 2 | Offense: 2 |
Memphis | Offense: 0 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 0 |
SMU | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 2 |
South Florida | Offense: 1 | Offense: 3 | Offense: 2 |
Temple | Offense: 0 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 2 |
Tulane | Offense: 0 | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 |
Tulsa | Offense: 0 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 0 |
UCF | Offense: 2 | Offense: 1 | Offense: 0 |
