The University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team on Tuesday earned 17 All-American Athletic Conference selections, with quarterback Desmond Ridder being named AAC Offensive Player of the Year and Bearcats Head Coach Luke Fickell earning AAC Coach of the Year.
The all-conference selections are the most by any team in the American this season and the most in school history, besting the 11 the Bearcats had in 1995, 1996, 2004 and last season.
Ridder is the first Cincinnati player to earn the conference's top offensive honor since running back Isaiah Pead was the Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2011.