The 2018 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented

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in the

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. The Owls played their home games at the

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, and competed in the East Division of

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(C–USA). They were led by second-year head coach

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. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

C-USA preseason awards

On July 16, 2018, Conference USA released their preseason awards, including the preseason all-CUSA team. Running back Devin Singletary was selected as the preseason offensive player of the year and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year. The Owls placed a total of six players of the all-CUSA team. Offense

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– RB/offensive player of the year Reggie Bain – OL

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– TE Defense

Azeez Al-Shaair Azeez Al-Shaair (born August 4, 1997) is an American football inside linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida Atlantic. Early life and high school Al-Shaair was born in Ta ...

– LB/defensive player of the year Shelton Lewis – DB Jalen Young – DB

Preseason media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Owls predicted to be champions of the East Division.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Oklahoma

Air Force

Bethune–Cookman

At UCF

At Middle Tennessee

Old Dominion

At Marshall

Louisiana Tech

At FIU

Western Kentucky

At North Texas

Charlotte

Players drafted into the NFL

References

Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Owls football seasons

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