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The American Athletic Conference announced its awards for the 2013 football season on Wednesday, and the most notable item was the fact that Central Florida quarterback Blake Bortles was named the league's Offensive Player of the Year.
That's correct, a conference which claims Teddy Bridgewater as one of its own named someone other than Bridgewater as its best offensive player.
Just for reference...
Blake Bortles: 239/351 (68.1%), 3280 yards, 22 TD, 7 INT
Teddy Bridgewater: 268/382 (70.2%), 3523 yards, 28 TD, 4 INT
But Teddy's defense had a bad half one night in October so clearly he doesn't deserve the award.
There were seven Cardinals who DID earn first team All-ACC accolades - Jake Smith, Jamon Brown, DeVante Parker, Marcus Smith, Hakeem Smith, Charles Gaines and Calvin Pryor. Going to go ahead and guess that this is the first time that three players from the same team with the same last name have all been named first team all-conference.
Bridgewater, the Big East's Offensive Player of the Year for 2012, was one of four Cardinals who picked up second team honors.
More on the individual awards in a bit, but for now, here's your complete list of all-conference honorees:
| ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM | |||||||
| OFFENSE | |||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/Last School | |
| WR | Deontay Greenberry | Houston | So. | 6-3 | 198 | Fresno, Calif./Washington Union | |
| WR | DeVante Parker | Louisville | Jr. | 6-3 | 209 | Louisville, Ky./Ballard | |
| OT | Eric Lefeld * | Cincinnati | Jr. | 6-6 | 309 | Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater | |
| OT | Jamon Brown | Louisville | Jr. | 6-6 | 350 | Fern Creek, Ky./Fern Creek | |
| OG | Jordan McCray | UCF | Sr. | 6-3 | 310 | Miami, Fla./Southridge | |
| OG | Justin McCray | UCF | Sr. | 6-3 | 310 | Miami, Fla./Southridge | |
| C | Jake Smith | Louisville | Jr. | 6-4 | 312 | Jacksonville, Ala./Jacksonville | |
| TE | Blake Annen | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-5 | 250 | Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington | |
| TE | Tyler Kroft | Rutgers | So. | 6-6 | 240 | Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East | |
| QB | Blake Bortles | UCF | Jr. | 6-4 | 230 | Oveido, Fla./Oveido | |
| RB | Storm Johnson | UCF | Jr. | 6-0 | 215 | Loganville, Ga./Miami (Fla.) | |
| RB | Paul James | Rutgers | So. | 6-0 | 210 | Glassboro, N.J./Glassboro | |
| K | Jake Elliott | Memphis | Fr. | 5-10 | 160 | Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township | |
| RS | Ralph David Abernathy IV | Cincinnati | Jr. | 5-7 | 161 | Atlanta, Ga./Westminster School | |
| RS | Demarcus Ayers | Houston | Fr. | 5-10 | 173 | Lancaster, Texas/Lancaster | |
| DEFENSE | |||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/Last School | |
| DL | Jordan Stepp | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-1 | 285 | Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis | |
| DL | Marcus Smith | Louisville | Sr. | 6-3 | 252 | Columbus, Ga./Hardaway | |
| DL | Martin Ifedi | Memphis | Jr. | 6-3 | 265 | Houston, Texas/Westside | |
| DL | Aaron Lynch | USF | So. | 6-6 | 244 | Cape Coral, Fla./Notre Dame | |
| LB | Terrance Plummer | UCF | Jr. | 6-1 | 234 | Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park | |
| LB | Yawin Smallwood | UConn | Jr. | 6-4 | 236 | Worcester, Mass./Doherty | |
| LB | Tyler Matakevich | Temple | So. | 6-1 | 230 | Stratford, Conn./Milford Academy | |
| CB | Jacoby Glenn | UCF | Fr. | 6-0 | 176 | Prichard, Ala./Vigor | |
| CB | Charles Gaines | Louisville | So. | 5-11 | 174 | Miami, Fla./Central | |
| S | Calvin Pryor | Louisville | Jr. | 6-2 | 208 | Port St. Joe, Fla./Port St. Joe | |
| S | Hakeem Smith | Louisville | Sr. | 6-2 | 179 | Jonesboro, Ga./Riverdale | |
| P | Tom Hornsey | Memphis | Sr. | 6-3 | 210 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia/St. Joseph's College | |
| * unanimous selection | |||||||
| ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM | ||||||
| OFFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/Last School |
| WR | Anthony McClung | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-0 | 177 | Indianapolis, Ind./Pike |
| WR | J.J. Worton | UCF | Jr. | 6-2 | 211 | Homestead, Fla./South Dade |
| WR | Jeremy Johnson | SMU | Sr. | 6-0 | 179 | Tyler, Texas/John Tyler |
| OT | Chris Martin | UCF | Sr. | 6-5 | 303 | Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Choctawhatchee |
| OT | DeAnthony Sims | Houston | Sr. | 6-3 | 320 | Houston, Texas/Westbury |
| OG | Sam Longo | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-5 | 305 | Spring Valley, Ohio/Ohio State |
| OG | John Miller | Louisville | Jr. | 6-2 | 321 | Miami, Fla./Central |
| C | Betim Bujari | Rutgers | Jr. | 6-4 | 295 | Secaucus, N.J./Secaucus |
| TE | Mike McFarland | USF | Jr. | 6-5 | 244 | Tampa, Fla./Florida |
| QB | Teddy Bridgewater | Louisville | Jr. | 6-3 | 205 | Miami, Fla./Northwestern |
| RB | William Stanback | UCF | Fr. | 5-11 | 205 | Hempstead, N.Y./Uniondale |
| RB | Marcus Shaw | USF | Sr. | 5-9 | 178 | Arcadia, Fla./De Soto |
| K | Shawn Moffitt | UCF | Jr. | 5-11 | 178 | Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips |
| RS | Janarion Grant | Rutgers | Fr. | 5-11 | 170 | Trilby, Fla./Pasco |
| DEFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Player | School | Cl. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/Last School |
| DL | Silverberry Mouhon | Cincinnati | So. | 6-4 | 248 | Norcross, Ga./Norcross |
| DL | Shamar Stephen | UConn | Sr. | 6-5 | 313 | Brookville, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran |
| DL | Lorenzo Mauldin | Louisville | Jr. | 6-4 | 243 | Atlanta, Ga./Maynard Jackson |
| DL | Luke Sager | USF | Sr. | 6-3 | 275 | Niceville, Fla./Niceville |
| LB | Greg Blair | Cincinnati | Sr. | 6-2 | 252 | Pittsburgh, Pa./Lackawanna CC |
| LB | Preston Brown | Louisville | Sr. | 6-2 | 260 | Cincinnati, Ohio/Northwest |
| LB | DeDe Lattimore | USF | Sr. | 6-1 | 237 | Athens, Ga./Cedar Shoals |
| CB | Deven Drane | Cincinnati | Sr. | 5-11 | 187 | Plantation, Fla./Plantation |
| CB | Zach McMillian | Houston | Sr. | 5-10 | 178 | Missouri City, Texas/Dulles |
| CB | Kenneth Acker | SMU | Sr. | 6-0 | 195 | Portland, Ore./Grant |
| S | Clayton Geathers | UCF | Jr. | 6-2 | 207 | Georgetown, S.C./Carver's Bay |
| S | Trevon Stewart | Houston | So. | 5-9 | 192 | Patterson, La./Patterson |
| P | Richie Leone | Houston | Sr. | 6-3 | 215 | Roswell, Ga./Roswell |
Ceremonial burning of all AAC-embroidered memorabilia tonight at 11 p.m. outside CC Headquarters. Someone bring the logos from the field insidePJCS.