Introducing The UConn Blog's American Athletic Conference Fantasy Football League

Playing fantasy football only using players from the NFL is getting old. In 2015, The UConn Blog is giving fantasy football a college football twist.

Eight men—seven from The UConn Blog and one from USF's SB Nation site Voodoo Five—faced the ultimate test Wednesday night, on the eve of the 2015 college football season: drafting a fantasy college football team using only players from the American Athletic Conference.

Thursday not only begins the 2015 college football season, it begins the inaugural UConn Blog American Athletic Conference Fantasy Football League season.

Each team has eight players: one quarterback, one running back, two wide receivers, one tight end, one flex (running back, wide receiver or tight end), one kicker and a team defense/special teams. Instead of head-to-head match-ups, overall points will be tracked throughout the season. The writer with the most points wins.

The scoring system is basically the same as ESPN's standard scoring, with points per reception (PPR) implemented.

The seven writers from The UConn Blog are Aman Kidwai, Tim Fontenault, Dan Madigan, Mark Corey, Dan Connolly, Ben Zachs and Mike Levin. Voodoo Five's Ryan Smith carries the torch for the rest of the conference.

After eight grueling rounds of drafting, the dust settled, and these are the eight teams that will compete for the inaugural league championship.

	Tim Fontenault	Aman Kidwai	Dan Connolly	Dan Madigan	Ben Zachs	Ryan Smith	Mike Levin	Mark Corey
QB	Gunner Kiel, Cincinnati	Keenan Reynolds, Navy	Paxton Lynch, Memphis	Justin Holman, UCF	Blake Kemp, East Carolina	Greg Ward Jr., Houston	P.J. Walker, Temple	Matt Davis, SMU
RB	Sherman Badie, Tulane	Jared Thomas, Temple	Zach Langer, Tulsa	Hosey Williams, Cincinnati	William Stanback, UCF	Kenneth Farrow, Houston	Marlon Mack, USF	Ron Johnson, UConn
WR	Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa	Noel Thomas, UConn	Mose Frazier, Memphis	Max Morrison, Cincinnati	Joshua Atkinson, Tulsa	Isaiah Jones, East Carolina	Shaq Washington, Cincinnati	Mekale McKay, Cincinnati
WR	Tyraiq Beals, UConn	Tevin Jones, Memphis	Demarcus Ayers, Houston	Dhameer Bradley, UConn	Thomas Lucas, UConn	Chris Moore, Cincinnati	Tre'Quan Smith, UCF	Keevan Lucas, Tulsa
TE	Alec Bloom, UConn	Colin Thompson, Temple	Sean Price, USF	Michael Campbell, UCF	Alan Cross, Memphis	Charles Jones, Tulane	Bryce Williams, East Carolina	Tommy Meyers, UConn
FLEX	Arkeel Newsome, UConn	Darius Joseph, SMU	Niguel "Teddy" Veals, Tulane	Jordan Akins, UCF	Doroland Dorceus, Memphis	Chris Hairston, East Carolina	Mike Boone, Cincinnati	Chris Swain, Navy
DEF/ST	Houston	Tulane	Cincinnati	UCF	Navy	USF	Temple	UConn
K	Michael Tarbutt, UConn	Connor Torruella, East Carolina	Andrew Gantz, Cincinnati	Bobby Puyol, UConn	Davis Plowman, East Carolina	Matthew Wright, UCF	Kyle Bullard, Houston	Jake Elliott, Memphis

Wednesday night's draft was a challenge, as writers dug deep to find the potential breakout players in the third year of the American Athletic Conference. Below are the results of the draft. Scoring begins Thursday, as UConn, UCF and Tulane kick off their seasons against Villanova, Florida International and Duke, respectively.

2015 UConn Blog American Athletic Conference Fantasy Football League Draft Results

Round 1

Tim Fontenault: Gunner Kiel, QB, Cincinnati

Aman Kidwai: Keenan Reynolds, QB, Navy

Dan Connolly: Paxton Lynch, QB, Memphis

Dan Madigan: Justin Holman, QB, UCF

Ben Zachs: William Stanback, RB, UCF

Ryan Smith: Kenneth Farrow, RB, Houston

Mike Levin: Marlon Mack, RB, USF

Mark Corey: Mekale McKay, WR, Cincinnati

Round 2

Mark: Keevan Lucas, WR, Tulsa

Mike: Shaq Washington, WR, Cincinnati

Ryan: Isaiah Jones, WR, East Carolina

Ben: Blake Kemp, QB, East Carolina

Dan M.: Hosey Williams, RB, Cincinnati

Dan C.: Mose Frazier, WR, Memphis

Aman: Noel Thomas, WR, UConn

Tim: Keyarris Garrett, WR, Tulsa

Round 3

Tim: Sherman Badie, RB, Tulane

Aman: Tevin Jones, WR, Memphis

Dan C.: Zach Langer, RB, Tulsa

Dan M.: Max Morrison, WR, Cincinnati

Ben: Doroland Dorceus, RB, Memphis

Ryan: Greg Ward Jr., QB, Houston

Mike: Bryce Williams, TE, East Carolina

Mark: UConn Defense

Round 4

Mark: Ron Johnson, RB, UConn

Mike: Tre'Quan Smith, WR, UCF

Ryan: Chris Moore, WR, Cincinnati

Ben: Alan Cross, TE, Memphis

Dan M.: Dhameer Bradley, WR, UConn

Dan C.: Sean Price, TE, USF

Aman: Jared Thomas, RB, Temple

Tim: Arkeel Newsome, RB UConn

Round 5

Tim: Tyraiq Beals, WR, UConn

Aman: Colin Thompson, TE, Temple

Dan C.: Demarcus Ayers, WR Houston

Dan M.: Michael Campbell, TE, UCF

Ben: Thomas Lucas, WR, UConn

Ryan: Chris Hairston, RB, East Carolina

Mike: P.J. Walker, QB, Temple

Mark: Chris Swain, RB, Navy

Round 6

Mark: Jake Elliott, K, Memphis

Mike: Temple Defense

Ryan: Charles Jones, TE, Tulane

Ben: Joshua Atkinson, WR, Tulsa

Dan M.: Jordan Akins, WR, UCF

Dan C.: Cincinnati Defense

Aman: Tulane Defense

Tim: Houston Defense

Round 7

Tim: Alec Bloom, TE, UConn

Aman: Darius Joseph, WR, SMU

Dan C.: Andrew Gantz, K, Cincinnati

Dan M.: UCF Defense

Ben: Davis Plowman, K, East Carolina

Ryan: USF Defense

Mike: Mike Boone, RB, Cincinnati

Mark: Matt Davis, QB, SMU

Round 8

Mark: Tommy Meyers, TE, UConn

Mike: Kyle Bullard, K, Houston

Ryan: Matthew Wright, K, UCF

Ben: Navy Defense

Dan M.: Bobby Puyol, K, UConn

Dan C.: Niguel "Teddy" Veals, WR, Tulane

Aman: Connor Torruella, K, East Carolina

Tim: Michael Tarbutt, K, UConn