FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2019 C-USA MEDIA DAYS Harrison Bryant Named C-USA Media Predicts Preseason C-USA a ird Place Eastern Division Florida Atlantic University senior tight end Harrison Bryant was named to the 2019 Conference USA Football Preseason Team, Finish for the FAU Owls as announced by the league on Monday. e team was chosen by the Florida Atlantic University football has been picked to nish third league’s 14 head coaches. among the Conference USA Eastern Division members, by the league’s Bryant is expected to return and hold down his role as the Owls’ selected media members, announced C-USA on Tuesday. starting tight end for the third consecutive season. Bryant started each e Owls, who received three rst place votes, nished 2018 with of the team’s 12 games a year ago and nished his junior campaign a 5-7 record and posted a 3-5 mark in C-USA play. FAU is predicted to with the second most receiving yards and the second most receiving nish behind Marshall, picked to win the East with 14 rst place votes, touchdowns on the team. e Georgia native uses his size to provide and FIU, which had nine votes. protection, and consistent hands to make him a quarterback favorite. FAU will host both Marshall and FIU in 2019. e Owls will play He has played in 35 games over the last three seasons, improving his host to Marshall on Friday, Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m. and will host FIU, in production in each. Bryant has a career total of 1,133 yards receiving the 18th Annual Shula Bowl, on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. CBS Sports and nine scores. Network will carry the Marshall contest while STADIUM is scheduled to broadcast the Shula Bowl, an event that the Owls have won 12 of the Notes on the Preseason Team 17 meetings, including a 49-14 victory a year ago, in Miami. • Bryant is the rst FAU tight end to be selected to a C-USA e Owls are expected to be led by seniors Harrison Bryant (TE), preseason team who was a preseason C-USA selection, and Rashad Smith (LB). FAU • Six of FAU’s previous preseason selections have been dra ed or will open their season Saturday, August 31 at Ohio State. e noon signed a NFL free agent contract game will be broadcast on Fox. e C-USA season opener is scheduled • Four previous selections are currently on an NFL contracts for Saturday, Sept. 28 at Charlotte. at Charlotte contest will be the • e only year FAU did not have a player selected for the rst FAU game to air on NFL Network. It also marks the rst time the preseason team (2017), the squad nished 11-3 and captured the Owls ended a conference season versus the same opponent that they league title opened league play with the following season. Regardless of the back- to-back league encounters, both teams will be vying for the opportunity Previous Preseason C-USA Selections to play in the Saturday, Dec. 7 C-USA Championship game. 2013 - Andrae Kirk (LB) 2014 - Andrae Kirk (LB), D’Joun Smith (DB) 2015 - Cre’Von LeBlanc (CB) 2016 - Trey Hendrickson (DL/C-USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year), Dalton Schomp (P/C-USA Preseason Co-Special Teams Player of the Year), Reggie Bain (OL), Azeez Al-Shaair (LB), Ocie Rose (S), Jalen Rose (S) 2017 - None selected 2018 - Devin Singletary (RB/C-USA Preseason Off ensive Player of the Year), Azeez Al-Shaair (LB/C-USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year), Lane Kiffi n (HC/Preseason Coach of the Year) 2019 FLORIDA ATLANTIC Primary Contact: Assistant AD Katrina McCormack - E: [email protected] | C: 561-251-5588 | O: 561-297-3163 Secondary Contact: Assistant Director Jonathan Fraysure - E: [email protected]; C: 561-430-7148 COVERING THE TEAM - RADIO 640 AM e Hurricane 5-7 3-5 C-USA Play-by-Play ............................................ Ken LaVicka 2018 Analyst ....................................................... Kris Bartels Florida atlantic Final Notes COVERING THE TEAM - T.V. 2018 Postseason Honors be named C-USA Freshman of the Year, drew his FOX Harrison Bryant Named Academic All-CUSA rst start at quarterback versus Oklahoma and Play-by-Play ...........................................................TBA Harrison Bryant, a Florida Atlantic University continued to progress as the season developed. In Analyst ....................................................................TBA game two versus Air Force, he set an FAU single- junior tight end, was named on Nov. 29 to the 2018 Sideline ....................................................................TBA InTouch Credit Union C-USA Football All-Aca- game record for yards (471) and in completion demic Team. percentage (82.5) going 33-40-0 with three touch- Bryant is the fourth FAU football player to earn downs. He nished his freshman campaign with 12 HISTORY VS. OHIO STATE a spot on the Conference USA All-Academic team games played, including 11 starts, and completed Series: is is the rst meeting between the two since FAU joined the league in 2013. His inclusion 192 of his 304 pass attempts for 2,540 yards and 12 schools. In the program’s 18-year history, FAU has marks the fourth consecutive year that an Owls passing scores. He also rushed for three TDs and was called upon to punt six times, averaging 54.7 played two teams from the state of Ohio. e Owls has been selected to the holistic 11-member team. lost to Youngstown State 24-17 in 2002, and defeated His spot on the team placed FAU among the nine yards per punt. His longest was for 63 yards. C-USA institutions represented in the 14-member Since the Owls joined C-USA, 12 FAU players the Penguins in Ohio in 2003, 13-6. FAU, under the league. have earned All-Freshman honors. Etienne is the direction of head coach Lane Kiffi n, faced Akron in e Gary, Georgia native was one of six new- second off ensive lineman and Robison is the rst the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl comers to the 2018 All-Academic Team. He earned quarterback. and won 50-3. the spot by holding a cumulative 3.676 GPA in All-Time: e series is 0-0. health administration. e junior was listed on 10 FAU Football Players Earn All-C-USA Honors the 2018 Mackey Award watch list, an honor that Devin Singletary, Reggie Bain and Harrison AN OWL WIN WOULD... Bryant were voted as First Team All-Conference recognizes the nation’s best tight end. Bryant found • Be the program’s 93rd win the end zone four times in 2018 and surpassed USA selections, among 10 total nods earned by 1,000 receiving yards in his career. FAU players. • Be the rst season-opening victory since 2016 Singletary was bestowed First Team honors versus Southern Illinois FAU C-USA All-Academic Selections a er leading the league in rushing yards (1,348), • Be the rst road win since Nov. 3, 2018 at FIU OL-Dillon DeBoer, 2015 rushing yards per game (112.3), scoring per game OL-Dillon DeBoer, 2016 (11.0) and rushing and total touchdowns (22). In K-Greg Joseph, 2017 those same categories nationally, he is ranked No. ‘18 CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS QB-Jason Driskel, 2017 10, No. 11, No. 3, No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. TE-Harrison Bryant, 2018 Bain, who started every game in his four-year TEAM C-USA OVERALL career (2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018) led an off ensive EAST DIVISION W L W L Robison and Etienne Named to C-USA All- line that was ranked No. 14 nationally allowing Middle Tennessee 7 1 8 4 Freshman Team, Robinson Named Co-Freshman just 1.17 sacks per game and blocked for a rushing FIU 6 2 8 4 of the Year attack that also was No. 14 in rushing yards. In Marshall 6 2 8 3 BJ Etienne and Chris Robison worked their 2018 he held a grade of 90 percent and recorded 31 Charlotte 4 4 5 7 way into an experienced 2018 FAU starting lineup, knockdowns while allowing just two sacks. Tight Florida Atlantic 3 5 5 7 and both players’ accomplishments were recog- end Bryant completed the trio of First Team selec- Old Dominion 2 6 4 8 nized by the Conference USA coaches with a spot tions, starting each of the team’s 12 games. e WKU 2 6 3 9 on the C-USA All-Freshman team, as announced Gray, Georgia native ended his junior campaign WEST DIVISION W L W L on Dec. 4 by the league. second on the team with 45 receptions for 662 UAB 7 1 9 3 Etienne started the rst 11 contests in 2018, yards and added four touchdowns. Bryant led all North Texas 5 3 9 3 missing only the nal start with an illness. He was C-USA tight ends in receiving yards and was listed Louisiana Tech 5 3 7 5 part of a starting line rotation that ranked No. 14 No. 13 among all league receivers in average yards Southern Miss 5 3 6 5 nationally in sacks allowed with just 1.17 per game, per game, while placing No. 11 in total yards. UTSA 2 6 3 9 blocked for a ground attack which averaged more Rice 1 7 1 11 than 241 yards per game, and is ranked No. 14 na- FAU 2018 All-Conference Selections (returners UTEP 1 7 1 11 tionally in rushing off ense. e line’s eff orts inclued in bold) protection for a dynamic running back duo of First Team FAU 2019 SCHEDULE RB - Devin Singletary, Jr Devin Singletary and Kerrith Whyte, Jr., Singletary Date Opponent Location Time/Result tallied 1,358 yards and 22 scores, which ranked the OL - Reggie Bain, R-Sr.