Boyd is the grad transfer from Rhode Island.
CINCINNATI – QB Desmond Ridder (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) was named the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, Head Coach Luke Fickell earned American Coach of the Year honors and 10 Bearcats were tabbed for all-conference honors as the league announced its postseason awards Wednesday.
OT Dino Boyd (Newark, N.J./West Side/Rhode Island), DL Cortez Broughton (Warner Robins, Ga./Veterans), P James Smith (Wangaratta, Australia/Galen College) and LB Perry Young (Birmingham, Ala./Spain Park) earned first team honors while C Garrett Campbell (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier), DL Marquise Copeland (Cleveland, Ohio/Bedford), TE Josiah Deguara (Folsom, Calif./Folsom), DL Kimoni Fitz (Ringgold, Va./Dan River), RB Michael Warren II (Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic) and S James Wiggins (Miami, Florida/South Dade) took home second-team accolades.
https://gobearcats.com/news/2018/11/28/f...wards.aspx
It is UC's most all-conference awards since 2009 when the Bearcats had 11, the first time a UC player has won the league's rookie honor and the fifth time a UC coach has earned coach of the year honors, first in the American.