Antrim football manager Liam Bradley has included six newcomers in his squad for the season-opening Dr McKenna campaign, which gets underway in January.
Bradley must plan without up 12 players because of their involvement with college sides, while the progress of St Gall's in the AIB Club Championship has also denied Bradley of some key men.
Ryan Boyd (Moneyglass), Oliver Duffin (Creggan), Chirst Lavery (Aghagallon), Conor Maxwell (Glengormley), Gerard O'Boyle (Cargin) and Gerard Walls (Lamh Dhearg) have all been included for the first time.
There are also returns to the panel for dual player Brendan Herron, Paul Doherty (Rasharkin), Eoin O'Neill (Cargin), Damien Gault (Glengormley) and Micheal Magill (Randalstown).
Antrim's McKenna Cup squad: C Lavery (Aghagallon), N O'Connell (Ahoghill), M McCann, G O'Boyle, E O'Neill, T Scullion, C Close (Cargin), O Duffin, B Hasson (Creggan), K McQuillan (Dunloy), P Cunningham, J Finucane, B Herron, C Murray, G Walls (Lamb Dhearg), K Brady, R Boyd (Moneyglass), P Carey (Portglenone), M Magill (Randalstown), P Doherty (Rasharkin), D Edwards, J Loughrey (St Brigid's), D Gault, C Maxwell (St Enda's), A Douglas (St John's), S McGreevy (St Paul's).
