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2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT FBS G5 THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: Greg McCrae, Central Florida, Jr.,...McCrae led the Knights with 1,182 rushing yards as a sophomore in 2018, becoming the first Knight to rush for over 1,000 yards since 2013. His 8.9 yards per carry set a new UCF single-season record and ranked second in all of FBS. - Central Florida Football

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RB Greg McCrae, Central Florida
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08/15/19 - Bryson Armstrong, rSr/2022, Central Florida, 5-11, 210 (DS#62 OLB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ALL-FCS THIRD TEAM: Bryson Armstrong, Kennesaw St, Jr.,...Armstrong finished the 2018 season with 75 total tackles, which included 56 solo stops, with each figure ranking second on a historic Kennesaw State defense. Armstrong touts 13.5 career sacks, which is the program best. - Kennesaw State Football

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OLB Bryson Armstrong, Central Florida
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08/15/19 - Richie Grant, rSr/2021, Central Florida, 6-0, 197 (DS#3 FS) + More +

Central Florida again shapes up as the nation's top Group of Five program heading into the season. Just not by nearly as wide a margin as the last couple of years. The Knights haven't lost a regular-season game since 2016 and now must try to continue that roll without star quarterback McKenzie Milton, who suffered a severe knee injury in last year's regular-season finale. UCF is trying to bounce back from a Fiesta Bowl loss to LSU that snapped the Knights' 25-game winning streak.

"We've got great belief in who and what we are as a program," UCF coach Josh Heupel said. "Our players are extremely confident. Since I've been here, I think our players have and probably always will have a little bit of a chip on our shoulder. I don't think that's a bad thing for our program." UCF could face a major challenge from Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference's East Division. Cincinnati returns the nucleus of a team that went 11-2 and beat Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl last season. - AP College Football

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FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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08/11/19 - Richie Grant, rSr/2021, Central Florida, 6-0, 197 (DS#3 FS) + More +

No one quite knew how good Richie Grant would be in his first year as a full-time starter for the UCF Knights. But throughout the 2018 season, he put the nation - and especially opposing quarterbacks - on notice. The redshirt junior safety became one of college football's best ballhawks, tying for third in the nation with six interceptions. Now a lot of people know how good Grant is; he has been placed on preseason national-watch lists for awards that honor either the sport's best defensive back, best defensive player or best overall player. UCF's own quarterbacks know that they also need to track Grant and his No. 27 jersey in practice, similar to how perhaps the greatest QB of all time would keep his eyes planted on a Hall of Fame safety. "I saw that Tom Brady had his play handbook and it said ‘Find 20' on every play for when he played [former Baltimore Ravens star] Ed Reed,” UCF quarterback Brandon Wimbush said.

"That's not something we do here, but when you're out there at the quarterback position, you have to seek out where 27 is." As good as his game already is, Grant knows he is not a finished product. Last year's class of NFL Draft-eligible safeties was a relatively weak one and Grant was in a good position to capitalize on his breakout 2018 campaign. He thought about entering the draft, but he decided to stay at UCF. "I knew I wasn't ready to take that leap," he said. - Orlando Sentinel

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FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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08/09/19 - Bryson Armstrong, rSr/2022, Central Florida, 5-11, 210 (DS#62 OLB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT BIG SOUTH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Bryson Armstrong, Kennesaw St, Jr.,...Armstrong finished the 2018 season with 75 total tackles, which included 56 solo stops, with each figure ranking second on a historic Kennesaw State defense. Going into the 2019 season, Armstrong touts 13.5 career sacks, which is the program best. - Kennesaw State Football

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OLB Bryson Armstrong, Central Florida
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08/01/19 - Bryson Armstrong, rSr/2022, Central Florida, 5-11, 210 (DS#62 OLB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON STATS FCS BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WATCHLIST: Bryson Armstrong, Kennesaw State, LB, R-Jr., 5-11, 212,...finished the 2018 season with 75 total tackles, which included 56 solo stops, with each figure ranking second on a historic Kennesaw State defense. Going into the 2019 season, Armstrong touts 13.5 career sacks, which is the program best. Earned All-Big South first-team honors in each of first two seasons, totaling 131 solo tackles (176 overall) in that time; was the first defensive player to win STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award in 2016. - Kennesaw State Football

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OLB Bryson Armstrong, Central Florida
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07/30/19 - Jordan Johnson, Sr/2020, Central Florida, 6-2, 302 (DS#34 C) + More +

2019 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY WATCH LIST: Jordan Johnson, UCF, Senior, OL,...The Wuerffel Trophy Watch List marks the third time that Johnson has been honored this summer after appearing on the watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Rimington Trophy. He was also named to the preseason AFCA Good Works Team. Starting at center over the last 26 games for the Knights, Johnson was instrumental in helping the UCF offense rank in the top 10 nationally in total and scoring offense over the last two seasons. - UCF Football

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C Jordan Johnson, Central Florida
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07/29/19 - Bryson Armstrong, rSr/2022, Central Florida, 5-11, 210 (DS#62 OLB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON ALL-BIG SOUTH FIRST-TEAM (MEDIA/COACHES): LB - Bryson Armstrong, R-Jr., Kennesaw State,...The 2017 Jerry Rice Award winner, Armstrong turned in an impressive 2018 campaign where he finished on the First Team All-Conference list. He is the top returning tackler on the Owls' defense in 2019 after finishing with 75 stops last season. Last year, he tallied 56 solo tackles, 10.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks, which each ranked second on the KSU defense. - Kennesaw State Football

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OLB Bryson Armstrong, Central Florida
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07/26/19 - Richie Grant, rSr/2021, Central Florida, 6-0, 197 (DS#3 FS) + More +

2019 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYERS TO WATCH: Richie Grant, S, Junior, UCF,...Grant has now appeared on four preseason watch lists, including the Bednarik Award, Thorpe Award and Nagurski Trophy. He finished sixth in the nation with a team-high six interceptions in 2018. Grant garnered First Team All-Conference laurels as a redshirt sophomore, after totaling a team-best 109 tackles and a trio of forced fumbles. - UCF Football

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FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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07/26/19 - Adrian Killins Jr., Sr/2020, Central Florida, 5-07, 162 (DS#34 RB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: Adrian Killins, Jr. UCF,...For Killins, it was the second time he was tabbed to a preseason watch list, following his appearance on the Maxwell Award Watch List earlier this month. Killins has been a standout running back in the American Athletic Conference during his first three seasons at UCF, earning all-conference laurels three times, including dual selections at running back and return specialist in 2018. The Daytona Beach, Fla., native is tied for sixth in program history with 26 career touchdowns, split between 18 rushing, seven receiving and one kickoff return for a score. He holds the career record with 5.75 yards per carry. - Central Florida Football

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RB Adrian Killins Jr., Central Florida
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07/25/19 - Jake Brown, rSr/2020, Central Florida, 6-3, 305 (DS#38 OG) + More +

2019 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST: OL Jake Brown, UCF,...Brown returns to the UCF offensive line after earning First Team All-Conference honors in 2018. The offensive tackle helped lead the Knights to school rushing records in yards, touchdowns, and yards per carry. - UCF Football

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OG Jake Brown, Central Florida
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07/24/19 - Richie Grant, rSr/2021, Central Florida, 6-0, 197 (DS#3 FS) + More +

2019 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST: DB Richie Grant, UCF,...This marks the third national award watch list for Grant this preseason, having already been named to the Bednarik Award and Jim Thorpe Award watch lists. Grant led the UCF defense in 2018, totaling a team-high 109 tackles and snagging six interceptions, which ranked third in the nation. Grant was a First Team All-Conference honoree a year ago after leading the Knights to an 11-0 regular season. - Central Florida Football

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FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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07/24/19 - Jordan Johnson, Sr/2020, Central Florida, 6-2, 302 (DS#34 C) + More +

2019 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST: C Jordan Johnson, UCF,...Johnson has also been named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List and was a nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team this preseason. A First Team All-Conference honoree a season ago, Johnson has started the last 26 games at center for the Knights. - UCF Football

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C Jordan Johnson, Central Florida
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07/23/19 - Bryson Armstrong, rSr/2022, Central Florida, 5-11, 210 (DS#62 OLB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON BIG SOUTH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): Bryson Armstrong, R-Jr., LB, Kennesaw State (Marietta, Ga.),...Armstrong is a back-to-back recipient of the conference's Preseason Defensive Player of the Year honor. A two-time First-Team All-Conference selection in his first two years at KSU, Armstrong tied for eighth in the Big South last season with 75 total tackles -- 56 of which were solo stops (second-most in the league).

He finished the campaign with 10.0 tackles-for-loss (minus-28 yards) as well as 2.5 sacks, three passes defended and three quarterback hurries. In Big South games, he totaled 25 hits (21 solo) and helped the Owls limit Big South opponents to just 8.2 points per game and 185.0 yards of offense.

Armstrong posted nine tackles in a game three times in 2018 -- in the season opener at Georgia State plus victories over Samford and Charleston Southern. He recorded the game-winning interception in the end zone in Kennesaw State's five-overtime triumph over No. 6/7 Jacksonville State at SunTrust Park on Nov. 17. - Big South Football

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OLB Bryson Armstrong, Central Florida
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07/22/19 - Richie Grant, rSr/2021, Central Florida, 6-0, 197 (DS#3 FS) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD WATCH LIST: Richie Grant, UCF, Jr.,...Grant, who was also named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award earlier this month, led the Knights with six interceptions in 2018. The safety had 109 total tackles was a First Team All-AAC honoree following the season. - Central Florida Football

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FS Richie Grant, Central Florida
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