Saturday’s Black and Gold spring football game at Bright House Networks Stadium is expected to feature the return of over 35 former UCF Knights. The game gets underway at 2 p.m. Admission is $5.

Three former UCF football players – Josh Sitton, Atari Bigby and Michael Greco – will continue their pursuit of the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday with the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV.

The UCF football team, which finished the season ranked No. 20 in the final coaches’ poll, had announced six mid-year enrollees and 21 National Letter of Intent signees Wednesday before adding two more Thursday.

UCF wide receiver Jamar Newsome recently accepted an invitation to play in the NFL Players Association Game on Feb. 5 in San Antonio, Texas. The contest will kickoff at 2 p.m. at the Alamodome.

UCF landed in both the final Top 25 football polls for the first time in program history. Following a win over Georgia, the Knights entered the offseason ranked No. 20 in the Coaches Poll and No. 21 in the final AP Poll.

UCF defensive end Bruce Miller and offensive tackle Jah Reid recently accepted invitations to play in the annual East-West Shrine Game at the Florida Citrus Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m.

MVP Latavius Murray scored his 11th touchdown of the season to give UCF a come-from-behind win over Georgia in the Liberty Bowl. Murray rushed for 104 yards on 18 carries.

On Dec. 4 UCF defeated SMU 17-7 at Bright House Networks Stadium to claim the C-USA title. The Knights, ranked 24th by NCAA coaches, play Georgia in the Liberty Bowl Dec. 31.

Last week Conference USA awarded Jeff Godfrey its freshman of the year, Bruce Miller its defensive player of the year and George O’Leary its coach of the year following the 2010 football season.

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