OPOY - Ridder
DPOY - Sauce
COY- Fickell

12 Bearcats First team all conference.

https://theamerican.org/news/2021/12/1/a...teams.aspx

2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AWARDS

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE GEICO OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOFCLAIM DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati *

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Marcus Jones, KR/PR, Houston

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Alton McCaskill, RB, Houston

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR
Luke Fickell, Cincinnati

ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Pos. Player School Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown
WR Nathaniel Dell Houston So. 5-10 155 Daytona Beach, Fla.
WR Calvin Austin III * 1 Memphis Sr. 5-9 162 Memphis, Tenn.
WR Danny Gray SMU Sr. 6-2 199 Dallas, Texas
OT Dylan O’Quinn Cincinnati Jr. 6-4 305 Toledo, Ohio
OT Patrick Paul Houston RFr. 6-7 315 Houston, Texas
OG Lorenz Metz Cincinnati Jr. 6-9 326 Neuötting, Germany
OG Dylan Parham H Memphis Sr. 6-3 285 Carrollton, Ga.
C Jake Renfro Cincinnati So. 6-3 310 Mokena, Ill.
TE Sean Dykes H Memphis Gr. 6-2 224 Houston, Texas
QB Desmond Ridder 1 Cincinnati Sr. 6-4 215 Louisville, Ky.
RB Jerome Ford Cincinnati Jr. 5-11 200 Tampa, Fla.
RB Keaton Mitchell East Carolina Fr. 5-9 188 McDonough, Ga.
DL Big Kat Bryant UCF Sr. 6-5 245 Cordele, Ga.
DL Curtis Brooks Cincinnati Gr. 6-2 285 Danville, Va.
DL Myjai Sanders * 1 Cincinnati Sr. 6-5 258 Jacksonville, Fla.
DL David Anenih Houston Sr. 6-3 249 Arlington, Texas
DL Logan Hall Houston Jr. 6-6 275 Belton, Texas
LB Darrian Beavers 2 Cincinnati Gr. 6-4 255 Cincinnati, Ohio
LB Joel Dublanko Cincinnati Gr. 6-3 240 Aberdeen, Wash.
LB JJ Russell Memphis Gr. 6-1 225 Grenada, Miss.
LB Diego Fagot 1 2 Navy Sr. 6-3 240 Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
CB Ahmad Gardner * 1 1 Cincinnati Jr. 6-2 188 Detroit, Mich.
CB Coby Bryant 1 Cincinnati Sr. 6-1 198 Cleveland, Ohio
S Bryan Cook Cincinnati Sr. 6-1 210 Cincinnati, Ohio
S Gervarrius Owens Houston Jr. 6-0 200 Moore, Okla.
K Owen Daffer East Carolina RFr. 5-10 173 Wilmington, N.C.
P Ryan Wright 1 Tulane Sr. 6-3 245 San Ramon, Calif.
RS Marcus Jones 1 Houston Sr. 5-8 185 Enterprise, Ala.

1st team:
Cincy = 12
Houston = 6
Memphis = 4
ECU = 2
SMU = 1
UCF = 1
Navy = 1
Tulane = 1

Wow. UC had a backup OG make the 1st team.

McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Marcus Jones also hd 5 INTs.

(12-01-2021 02:09 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Marcus Jones also hd 5 INTs.

They are both great. The UC corners are just otherworldly. It's not a knock on McMillian or Jones.

Sauce has literally never had a touchdown thrown against him in his entire career. He never gets thrown at so he doesn't have the counting stats (still managed 3 ints because his instincts are incredible), but still voted him DPOY because every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how much he takes away from them every time they have tot take the field.

Then opposite him is a second NFL corner who is one of 3 finalists for the Thorpe Award (best DB in the country).

Neither Jones nor McMillian were screwed. It's just a loaded field with two guys at UC every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how incredible they are.

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Eh I love Ja'Quan McMillian but he didn't do himself any favors in the last game and the Cincy corners deserved it. Ja'Quan's still a sophomore he's got time to earn that first-team all conference spot.

(12-01-2021 02:42 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 02:09 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Marcus Jones also hd 5 INTs.

They are both great. The UC corners are just otherworldly. It's not a knock on McMillian or Jones.

Sauce has literally never had a touchdown thrown against him in his entire career. He never gets thrown at so he doesn't have the counting stats (still managed 3 ints because his instincts are incredible), but still voted him DPOY because every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how much he takes away from them every time they have tot take the field.

Then opposite him is a second NFL corner who is one of 3 finalists for the Thorpe Award (best DB in the country).

Neither Jones nor McMillian were screwed. It's just a loaded field with two guys at UC every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how incredible they are.

To be clear, I wasn't saying Jones was screwed. Just clarifying that others had similar stats leading the country and also weren't 1st team.

(12-01-2021 03:12 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 02:42 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 02:09 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Marcus Jones also hd 5 INTs.

They are both great. The UC corners are just otherworldly. It's not a knock on McMillian or Jones.

Sauce has literally never had a touchdown thrown against him in his entire career. He never gets thrown at so he doesn't have the counting stats (still managed 3 ints because his instincts are incredible), but still voted him DPOY because every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how much he takes away from them every time they have tot take the field.

Then opposite him is a second NFL corner who is one of 3 finalists for the Thorpe Award (best DB in the country).

Neither Jones nor McMillian were screwed. It's just a loaded field with two guys at UC every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how incredible they are.

To be clear, I wasn't saying Jones was screwed. Just clarifying that others had similar stats leading the country and also weren't 1st team.

I actually didn't think you were, but wanted to comment on both because I think both in a normal year would be worthy of first team all conference.

(12-01-2021 02:42 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 02:09 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Marcus Jones also hd 5 INTs.

They are both great. The UC corners are just otherworldly. It's not a knock on McMillian or Jones.

Sauce has literally never had a touchdown thrown against him in his entire career. He never gets thrown at so he doesn't have the counting stats (still managed 3 ints because his instincts are incredible), but still voted him DPOY because every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how much he takes away from them every time they have tot take the field.

Then opposite him is a second NFL corner who is one of 3 finalists for the Thorpe Award (best DB in the country).

Neither Jones nor McMillian were screwed. It's just a loaded field with two guys at UC every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how incredible they are.

to be fair jones is also other-worldly

jones is tied for the nations lead in int, and top 5 in passed defended...and he DIDNT play the 1st 3 games on defense... he was a WR and RB early in the season in an attempt to boost the hype around him... charles woodson-esque

not even including his legendary returning numbers.. 1 more return td and he will hold the record for most returns tds in ncaa history

(12-01-2021 03:55 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 02:42 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 02:09 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Marcus Jones also hd 5 INTs.

They are both great. The UC corners are just otherworldly. It's not a knock on McMillian or Jones.

Sauce has literally never had a touchdown thrown against him in his entire career. He never gets thrown at so he doesn't have the counting stats (still managed 3 ints because his instincts are incredible), but still voted him DPOY because every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how much he takes away from them every time they have tot take the field.

Then opposite him is a second NFL corner who is one of 3 finalists for the Thorpe Award (best DB in the country).

Neither Jones nor McMillian were screwed. It's just a loaded field with two guys at UC every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how incredible they are.

to be fair jones is also other-worldly

jones is tied for the nations lead in int, and top 5 in passed defended...and he DIDNT play the 1st 3 games on defense... he was a WR and RB early in the season in an attempt to boost the hype around him... charles woodson-esque

not even including his legendary returning numbers.. 1 more return td and he will hold the record for most returns tds in ncaa history

Which is why he made the conference first team as Return Specialist and was named Special Teams Player of the Year, and was 2nd team as a DB behind the two Cincinnati guys who Mark so eloquently described.

(12-01-2021 02:42 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 02:09 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 01:35 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  McMillian got robbed. He's a 1st teamer, for sure.

Tied for 1st in the nation in INT's, with 5 on the year.
2nd in the nation in Passes Defended, with 15.

Marcus Jones also hd 5 INTs.

They are both great. The UC corners are just otherworldly. It's not a knock on McMillian or Jones.

Sauce has literally never had a touchdown thrown against him in his entire career. He never gets thrown at so he doesn't have the counting stats (still managed 3 ints because his instincts are incredible), but still voted him DPOY because every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how much he takes away from them every time they have tot take the field.

Then opposite him is a second NFL corner who is one of 3 finalists for the Thorpe Award (best DB in the country).

Neither Jones nor McMillian were screwed. It's just a loaded field with two guys at UC every coach in this conference and writer that covers it understands how incredible they are.

I think Gardner is one of the best players in college football. I am blown away every time I see him play. It doesn’t surprise me at all that he is the DPOY for the conference.

lol i dont care either way, i think cincy dbs are great, both are nfl players

but the aac official Twitter just posted this

I didn't realize Jones is only 5'8 185. Is he going to shadow Alec Pierce? Didn't work out to well for McMillan last week and he's of similar size to Jones.

(12-01-2021 05:09 PM)JFlight21 Wrote:  I didn't realize Jones is only 5'8 185. Is he going to shadow Alec Pierce? Didn't work out to well for McMillan last week and he's of similar size to Jones.

Pierce lit McMillan up a few times last week (and McMillan is a big time corner). That's the crazy thing about Sauce. last I checked he still hadn't give up 100 TOTAL yards over the course of the season (maybe that has changed). Teams can't even throw his direction. I've never watched anything like him from a CB perspective. He's made some great plays on instinct coming off his man at the perfect time, but basically never gets beat. Just an absurd season/career.

(12-01-2021 04:48 PM)pesik Wrote:  lol i dont care either way, i think cincy dbs are great, both are nfl players

but the aac official Twitter just posted this

As Mark already said, no one even throws at Gardner. Meaning his numbers won't look at that great unless you look at them more closely.

https://twitter.com/island2_1/status/146...63696?s=21">

Ja’Quan wasn’t happy.

(12-01-2021 05:36 PM)CLTPirate Wrote:  

https://twitter.com/island2_1/status/146...63696?s=21">

Ja’Quan wasn’t happy.

He's also been a bit hobbled the past few games.

(12-01-2021 05:16 PM)Lurkercat Wrote:  

(12-01-2021 04:48 PM)pesik Wrote:  lol i dont care either way, i think cincy dbs are great, both are nfl players

but the aac official Twitter just posted this

As Mark already said, no one even throws at Gardner. Meaning his numbers won't look at that great unless you look at them more closely.

The only thing you really need to do is look at NFL mock drafts. See where the NFL insiders value them and the answer will be clear. Both are great players, but Gardner is special IMO.