An important note on the All-America teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2018. Career statistics and previous awards matter in player evaluation, but choosing players for the 2018 All-America team and all-conference teams is largely based on predicting and projecting the upcoming year.
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-football-2018-all-amer...
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Imagine our DL if big Tim hadn't left early...
This Clemson D-line could be one of the most scariest/dominant lines in recent history
Sorry if this is a bit nit-picky, but some context of your post would help with this one rather than just a link to the article.
Context: Ricky Walker named by Athlon Sports to 3rd Team All ACC Preseason Team
Context: Ricky Walker named by Athlon to 3rd Team All-America preseason team, 1st Team All-ACC preseason team.
Yup! First team All-ACC, third team All-America
Several other Hokies on that All-ACC list, see below.
Yeah, the edited title isn't accurate
This makes more sense, because honestly 3rd team all ACC is underrating Ricky a bit
If someone were to have told me at the end of last season that Boston College would have 5 pre-season All Americans this year, I would have said "What? Surely that can't be correct; that sounds implausible." And yet, they do.
You're telling me this right now, even after I've read the list, and I still have the same reaction.
You knowing not just ACC. It's all-American.
Am I not reading this right? I'm seeing the following:
Josh Jackson - 2nd team QB
Yoshua Nijman - 3rd team OL
Ricky Walker - 1st team DL
Mook Reynolds - 2nd team LB
Adonis Alexander - 3rd team CB
Reggie Floyd - 3rd team S
Oscar Bradburn - 2nd team P
Source (from 23 May): https://athlonsports.com/college-football/acc-football-2018-all-conferen...
I see now. What was linked was the Athlon All-Conference team, meaning all conferences (read: All-American), where Ricky is indeed 3rd team DL.
Edit: Reworded for clarity.
Ricky is 3rd team All American and 1st team all ACC
Wait-Mook is listed as an LB???
No macgruber... ITS WHIIIIPPPPP.