By CollegeFootballNews.com | January 19, 2017 11:55 pm CT

2017 Recruiting National Signing Day All-American Athletic Team

Who are the best and the brightest new recruits in the American Athletic Conference? It’s the 2017 All-American Athletic Recruiting Team.

Get the expectations going. These are the best and the brightest prospects being signed by the American Athletic Conference teams for the 2017 recruiting class. These are the names you’ll need to know – at least if all goes according to plan.

Note: There might be some changes depending on last-second signings on National Signing Day

Scroll down to check out the 2012 Big East – before there was an American Athletic Conference – All-Recruiting Team. Did the top prospects live up to the hype?

2017 American Athletic All-Recruiting National Signing Day Team: Offense

QB: Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati

RB: Trace Christian, East Carolina

RB: Jarell White, Cincinnati

WR: Leroy Henley, East Carolina

WR: Emmanuel Greene, UCF

TE: Will Wallace, Tulane

OT: Obinna Eze, Memphis

OG: Dennis Bardwell, Houston

C: John Spellacy, East Carolina

OG: Mikhail Hill, Memphis

OT: Matthew Huhn, SMU

2017 American Athletic All-Recruiting National Signing Day Team: Defense

DE: Noah Jones, Houston

DT: O’Bryan Goodson, Memphis

DT: Chris Pearson, Navy

DE: Toby Ndukwe, SMU

OLB: Lorenzo McCaskill, Cincinnati

ILB: Kalia Davis, UCF

OLB: J.J. Russell, Memphis

CB: T.J. Carter, Memphis

S: Alec Long, Memphis

S: R.J. Potts, Cincinnati

CB: Ian Swenson, Connecticut

How did the class from five years ago pan out? Where the stars worth the hype? Remembering that the Big East morphed into the American Athletic Conference …

2012 CFN All-Big East Recruiting Team

QB – Chad Voytik, Pitt
RB – Desmond Peoples, Rutgers
RB – Rushel Shell, Pitt
WR – Leonte Carroo, Rutgers
WR – D’Vario Montgomery, South Florida
TE – Sean Price, South Florida
OT – Adam Bisnowaty, Pitt
OG – Abraham Garcia, Louisville
C – Brandon Arcidiacono, Rutgers
OG – James Hamilton, South Florida
OT – J.J. Denman, Rutgers
PK – Kyle Federico, Rutgers

DE – Darius Hamilton, Rutgers
DT – Tyrique Jarrett, Pitt
DT – Alex Pace, Cincinnati
DE – Darryl Render, Pitt
OLB – Larry Jefferson, Louisville
MLB – Sam Lebbie, West Virginia
OLB – Deaysean Rippy, Pitt
CB – Tion Green, Cincinnati
S – Jarrod Harper, West Virginia
S – Gerod Holliman, Louisville
CB – Jevon Tyree, Rutgers
P – No Punters Signed

2017 Recruiting Position Rankings
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | OTs | OGs & Cs
DEs | DTs | LBs | CBs | Safeties | Top 400