Here's a preview of the upcoming American Athletic Conference football season.
American Athletic Conference
East Division
Central Florida
2019: 10-3, 6-2
Top returning players: RB Otis Anderson, QB Dillon Gabriel, LB Eric Mitchell, DE Tre’mon Morris-Brash, WR Marlon Williams
Outlook: Central Florida lost more games last season (three) than it did in the previous two combined (one). But those three losses in 2019 included a defeat on a last-second two-point conversion at Pittsburgh and defeats to Cincinnati and Tulsa by a combined six points. The Knights closed last season on a three-game win streak and saw young quarterback Dillon Gabriel (3,653 passing yards, 33 total touchdowns and seven interceptions as a freshman) fill in nicely for starter McKenzie Milton, who missed all of 2019 after suffering a devastating injury to his right leg in November 2018.