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2016 Football Team Preview: UCF Knights



Leading up to the start of the 2016 football season we will be taking an in-depth look at each of our 12 teams. First up out of the East Division is the UCF Knights.

Scott Frost enters his first year as UCF’s head coach after serving as offensive coordinator at Oregon.

WR Tre’Quan Smith was named as the 2015 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year after he had 52 catches for 724 yards and four touchdowns as a freshman.



QB Justin Holman enters his third year as the Knights’ starting signal-caller.

The Knights return eight offensive starters from last season, as well as TE Jordan Akins, who missed the last nine games of 2015 due to injury.

UCF returns seven of its top eight tackle leaders from last season.