PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the lineup of 39 student-athletes who will be on-hand in Newport, Rhode Island, next week for the conference’s annual Summer Kickoff and Media Days.
The 39 student-athletes will join The American’s 12 head coaches at Gurney’s Newport Resort and Marina July 17-18 for the first formal event of the 2017 football season. Legendary sports announcer Verne Lundquist will serve as the host of the event.
The American, which is the only FBS conference that returns its offensive and defensive players of the year from 2016, will have both of those players in attendance next week as USF quarterback Quinton Flowers and UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin are scheduled to head to Newport.