American Athletic Conference Announces 2024 Football Award Winners

Army’s Daily Named Offensive Player of the Year; UTSA’s Robinson Is Defensive Player of the Year;
UAB’s Delange Chosen As Special Teams Player of the Year;
Tulsa’s Williams Wins Freshman of the Year; Army’s Monken Takes Coach of the Year

IRVING, Texas – Student-athletes from Army, UTSA, UAB and Tulsa claimed major individual awards as the American Athletic Conference announced its 2024 players of the year and all-conference selections as chosen by the league’s 14 head coaches.

Army quarterback Bryson Daily was chosen as The American’s Offensive Player of the Year, while Black Knight head coach Jeff Monken was selected by his peers as Coach of the Year. UTSA linebacker Jimmori Robinson was named as Defensive Player of the Year, while UAB kicker Jonah Delange was chosen as Special Teams Player of the Year. Tulsa wide receiver Joesph Williams was tabbed as Freshman of the Year.

Daily enjoyed a record-setting year in Army’s first year in the American Athletic Conference has he finished the regular season with a conference-record 25 rushing touchdowns and a league-leading 1,354 rushing yards in only 10 games. Daily enters the American Athletic Conference Championship game ranked fourth in FBS in rushing at 135.4 yards per game, while his 25 touchdowns trails only Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty on the national list.

Robinson becomes the second consecutive UTSA player to win The American’s Defensive Player of the Year honor, joining 2023 winner Trey Moore. Robinson leads the conference with 10.5 sacks (ninth nationally) and 17.0 tackles for loss (sixth nationally).

Delange becomes the first UAB player to win a postseason individual honor in The American. Delange was the leading scorer among American Athletic Conference kickers, averaging 7.8 points per game, and was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award as the nation’s top kicker. Delange went 21-of-24 on field goal attempts and 31-of-31 on PATs in his sophomore season.

Williams is the first Tulsa player to be named as The American Freshman of the Year as he emerged as a big-play threat during his rookie season. Williams finished the year with 30 receptions for 588 yards and five touchdowns, averaging a team-leading 19.6 yards per reception (12th nationally).

Monken took American Coach of the Year honors after he led Army to an 8-0 record in conference games and a 10-1 overall mark in the Black Knights’ first year in The American. Army has been ranked in the national polls in eight consecutive weeks to close the season, took a 13-game winning streak into late November and will host the American Athletic Conference Championship Game Presented by USAA Friday.

In addition to the major award-winners, The American also named its first, second, third and honorable mention all-conference teams. Four players were repeat selections from the 2023 first team – Tulane running back Makhi Hughes, Tulane defensive lineman Patrick Johnson, Memphis linebacker Chandler Martin and Navy linebacker Colin Ramos.

2024 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AWARDS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Bryson Daily, QB, Army

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jimmori Robinson, LB, UTSA

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jonah Delange, K, UAB

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Joseph Williams, WR, Tulsa

COACH OF THE YEAR

Jeff Monken, Army

ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
WR	Roc Taylor	Memphis
WR	DT Sheffield	North Texas
WR	Dante Wright	Temple
OT	Xavier Hill	Memphis
OT	Derrick Graham	Tulane
OG	Bill Katsigiannis	Army
OG	Shadre Hurst	Tulane
C	Brady Small	Army
TE	Anthony Landphere	Memphis
QB	Bryson Daily	Army
RB	Mario Anderson Jr.	Memphis
RB	Makhi Hughes	Tulane
DL	Desmond Little	UAB
DL	William Whitlow	Memphis
DL	Landon Robinson	Navy
DL	Patrick Jenkins	Tulane
LB	Chandler Martin	Memphis
LB	Colin Ramos	Navy
LB	Tyquan King	Temple
LB	Jimmori Robinson	UTSA
CB	Davion Ross	Memphis
CB	Zah Frazier	UTSA
S	Max DiDomenico	Army
S	Rayuan Lane	Navy
K	Jonah Delange	UAB
P	Andrew Stokes	South Florida
RS	Kam Shanks	UAB


ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
WR	O’Mega Blake	Charlotte
WR	Chase Sowell	East Carolina
WR	Mario Williams	Tulane
OT	Connor Finucane	Army
OT	Lucas Scott	Army
OG	Paolo Gennarelli	Army
OG	Josh Remetich	Tulane
C	Vincent Murphy	Tulane
TE	Oscar Cardenas	UTSA
QB	Chandler Morris	North Texas
RB	Kanye Udoh	Army
RB	Rahjai Harris	East Carolina
DL	Kyle Lewis	Army
DL	Justin Reed	Navy
DL	Decarius Hawthorne	South Florida
DL	Diwun Black	Temple
LB	Zakye Barker	East Carolina
LB	D.J. Woodbury	Temple
LB	Martavius French	UTSA
LB	Tyler Grubbs	Tulane
LB	Sam Howard	Tulane
CB	Dashaun Peele	Navy
CB	Micah Robinson	Tulane
S	Gabriel Taylor	Rice
S	Bailey Despanie	Tulane
K	Maddux Trujillo	Temple
P	Riley Riethman	Navy
RS	Rayshawn Pleasant	Tulane


ALL-CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM
WR	Kam Shanks	UAB
WR	Sean Atkins	South Florida
WR	Kamdyn Benjamin	Tulsa
OT	Parker Moorer	East Carolina
OT	Rah Green	Tulane
OG	Jonah Gambill	Memphis
OG	Walter Young Bear	Tulsa
C	Trent Holler	Memphis
TE	Alex Bauman	Tulane
QB	Seth Henigan	Memphis
RB	Lee Beebe Jr.	UAB
RB	CJ Campbell Jr.	Florida Atlantic
DL	Demon Clowney	Charlotte
DL	Brandon Brown	UTSA
DL	Kam Hamilton	Tulane
DL	Adin Huntington	Tulane
LB	Michael Moore	UAB
LB	Elo Modozie	Army
LB	Andon Thomas	Army
LB	Jaylen Smith	North Texas
LB	Gavin Potter	Tulsa
CB	Ridge Texada	North Texas
CB	Caleb Ransaw	Tulane
S	Omar Rogers	East Carolina
S	CJ Heard	Florida Atlantic
K	Stephen Rusnak	Charlotte
P	Logan Lupo	Florida Atlantic
RS	DT Sheffield	North Texas


ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION
WR	Amare Thomas	UAB
LB	Kalib Fortner	Army
CB	Dontae Balfour	Charlotte
OG	Kendall Stanley	Charlotte
DL	JD Lampley	East Carolina
WR	Anthony Smith	East Carolina
RS	Winston Wright	East Carolina
OT	Connor McMahon	Navy
OG	Ben Purvis	Navy
DL	Rod Brown	North Texas
OT	Landon Peterson	North Texas
RB	Dean Connors	Rice
CB	Sean Fresch	Rice
WR	Matt Sykes	Rice
DL	Bernard Gooden	South Florida
RB	Kelley Joiner	South Florida
OG	Cory Godinet	UTSA
LB	Jamal Ligon	UTSA
K	Tate Sandell	UTSA
WR	Yulkeith Brown	Tulane
WR	Joseph Williams	Tulsa