Four Cincinnati Bearcats were named to Phil Steele’s preseason All-AAC team. As you can tell by the headline, Cincinnati quarterback Gunner Kiel was named to the first team, as well as defensive end Silverberry Mouhon. The pair were joined by receiver Mekale McKay and offensive lineman Parker Ehinger.
Mouhon was one of three Bearcats to make the preseason Steele team a year ago. He was joined by Eric Lefeld and Hosey Williams. That Hosey Williams pick …. it turned out to be wrong. Very wrong.
Parker Ehinger ended the year on Steele’s first team All-AAC squad. Kiel was a third team selection. Kiel was behind Shane Carden and Paxton Lynch if you were wondering.
The second team saw more familiar Bearcat faces. Deyshawn Bond landed on the second team. Chris Moore and Shaq Washington took up two of the three receiver spots. Safety Zach Edwards netted a second team selection as well.
The second team special teams was dominated by Bearcats. Kicker Andrew Gantz, kick returner Johnny Holton and punt returner Shaq Washington all littered the list. It’s the second year in a row that Washington was twice named to the preseason list.
Justin Murray was the only Bearcat named to the third team. Mike Boone, BOOOOOOOOONE, and LEVITICUS PAYNE picked up spots on the fourth team.
Cincinnati had three receivers land on the Steele teams, the most out of any AAC school. Cincinnati and Memphis were the only schools with multiple receivers, taking up 5 of the 12 spots.
Here are the whole teams in case you wanted to see them, courtesy of Steele:
Phil Steele’s 2015 Preseason All-AAC Team
| OFFENSE | ||||
| 1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
| QB | Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati | Paxton Lynch, Memphis | Keenan Reynolds, Navy | Kurt Benkert, East Carolina |
| RB | Kenneth Farrow, Houston | William Stanback, UCF | Sherman Badie, Tulane | Mike Boone, Cincinnati |
| RB | Marlon Mack, USF | Chris Swain, Navy | Zack Langer, Tulsa | Chris Hairston, East Carolina |
| WR | Isaiah Jones, East Carolina | Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa | DeMarcus Ayers, Houston | Mose Frazier, Memphis |
| WR | Mekale McKay, Cincinnati | Chris Moore, Cincinnati | Darius Joseph, SMU | Jamir Tillman, Navy |
| WR | Keevan Lucas, Tulsa | Shaq Washington, Cincinnati | Tevin Jones, Memphis | Brian Lemelle, Connecticut |
| TE | Bryce Williams, East Carolina | Alan Cross, Memphis | Sean Price, USF | Colin Thompson, Temple |
| C | JT Boyd, East Carolina | Kyle Friend, Temple | Nathan Shienle, Tulane | Dylan Foxworth, Tulsa |
| OL | Parker Ehinger, Cincinnati | Arturo Uzdavinis, Tulane | EK Binns, Navy | Zach Johnson, Houston |
| OL | Ike Harris, East Carolina | Brynjar Gudmundsson, USF | Joey Grant, UCF (C) | Alex Cooper, Houston |
| OL | Chris Taylor, Tulane | Taylor Lasecki, SMU (C) | Taylor Fallin, Memphis | Quincy McKinney, East Carolina |
| OL | Garrett Stafford, Tulsa | Deyshawn Bond, Cinci (C) | Justin Murray, Cincinnati | Ryan Mack, Memphis |
| DEFENSE | ||||
| 1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
| DL | Royce LaFrance, Tulane | Matt Ioannidis, Temple | Jackson Dillon, Memphis | Demetris Anderson, UCF |
| DL | Thomas Niles, UCF | Hershey Walton, Temple | Derrick Calloway, USF | Derrick Luetjen, Tulsa |
| DL | Silverberry Mouhon, Cincinnati | BJ Singleton, Houston | Tanzel Smart, Tulane | Derrick Alexander, Tulsa |
| DL | Praise Martin-Oguike, Temple | Terrell Stanley, East Carolina | Johnathon White, East Carolina | Will Anthony, Navy |
| LB | Zeek Bigger, East Carolina | Nate D Smith, Temple | Auggie Sanchez, USF | Steven Taylor, Houston |
| LB | Graham Stewart, Connecticut | Nigel Harris, USF | Leonard Pegues, Memphis | Daniel Gonzales, Navy |
| LB | Montese Overton, East Carolina | Jamie Byrd, USF | Nico Marley, Tulane | Wynton McManis, Memphis |
| LB | Tyler Matakevich, Temple | Marquise Vann, Connecticut | Craig Suits, Tulsa | Leviticus Payne, Cincinnati |
| DB | William Jackson, Houston | Tavon Young, Temple | Obi Melifonwu, Connecticut | Andrew Adams, Connecticut |
| DB | Josh Hawkins, East Carolina | Parry Nickerson, Tulane | Sean Chandler, Temple | Alex Wells, Temple |
| DB | Michael Mudoh, Tulsa | Trevon Stewart, Houston | Darion Monroe, Tulane | Lee Hightower, Houston |
| DB | Adrian McDonald, Houston | Zach Edwards, Cincinnati | Nate Godwin, USF | Reggis Ball, Memphis |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| 1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
| K | Jake Elliott, Memphis | Andrew Gantz, Cincinnati | Bobby Puyol, Connecticut | Kyle Bullard, Houston |
| P | Dalton Parks, Tulsa | Spencer Smith, Memphis | Mattias Ciabatti, USF | Logan Piper, Houston |
| KR | D’Angelo Brewer, Tulsa | Johnny Holton, Cincinnati | Arkeel Newsome, Connecticut | Deion Sanders, SMU |
| PR | Conner Floyd, Tulsa | Shaq Washington, Cincinnati | Hassan Childs, USF | Samuel Benjamin, Temple |
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