2018 All-ACC Preseason Football Team
(Total votes in parenthesis)
Offense
WR – Jaylen Smith, Louisville (90)
WR – Kelvin Harmon, NC State (71)
WR – Hunter Renfrow, Clemson (62)
TE – Tommy Sweeney, Boston College (106)
AP – Greg Dortch, Wake Forest (64)
OT – Mitch Hyatt, Clemson (130)
OT – Chris Lindstrom, Boston College (72)
OG – Parker Braun, Georgia Tech (83)
OG – Phil Haynes, Wake Forest (65)
C – Justin Falcinelli, Clemson (56)
QB – Ryan Finley, NC State (102)
RB – AJ Dillon, Boston College (112)
RB – Cam Akers, Florida State (94)
Defense
DE – Clelin Ferrell, Clemson (122)
DE – Austin Bryant, Clemson (80)
DT – Christian Wilkins, Clemson (122)
DT – Dexter Lawrence, Clemson (119)
LB – Joe Giles-Harris, Duke (103)
LB – Shaquille Quarterman, Miami (98)
LB – Kendall Joseph, Clemson (84)
CB – Mark Gilbert, Duke (79)
CB – Michael Jackson, Miami (68)
S – Jaquan Johnson, Miami (103)
S – Lukas Denis, Boston College (64)
Special Teams
PK – Ricky Aguayo, Florida State (119)
P – Sterling Hofrichter, Syracuse (33)
SP – Anthony Ratliff-Williams, North Carolina (97)
ACC Player of the Year
AJ Dillon, RB, Boston College – 45
Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson – 42
Ryan Finley, QB, NC State – 37
Cam Akers, RB, Florida State – 13
Greg Dortch, WR, Wake Forest – 3
Joe Giles-Harris, LB, Duke – 2
TaQuon Marshall, QB, Georgia Tech – 2
Zach Allen, DE, Boston College – 1
Eric Dungey, QB, Syracuse – 1
Olamide Zaccheaus, HB, Virginia – 1
Jaylen Smith, WR, Louisville – 1
EDIT: two initial thoughts.
1) Kind of awesome/terrifying/interesting that Clemson's D-line is tops across the board
2) I'd bet good money AJ Dillon will not finish as ACC POY
Comments
So VT and Pitt are the only two teams with no representatives on this list.
Well I guess that settles it...VT will just have to win the whole thing.
How is Hunter Renfrow still eligible?
I'm surprised Ryan Switzer didn't make the list as well /s
yeah doesn't he play baseball for the padres?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
That 62 beside his name is actually his age.
I love how Clemson was able to convince their 3 draft eligible DL to come back "because they got second round grades" and they are already being projected in the top 10 or top 15 picks of next years draft and they haven't even played a game yet...
i definitely think that coaching staff is giving bad advice to their players when it comes to going pro.
#Justice4Turntle
Only person from FSU on the list...
Oooooooooh, I won't forget this.
via GIPHY
Someone slap that list on everyone's locker and the Bulletin Board.
Interesting graphic here:
Just an observation from such a small sample size is that it seems to be easier to predict defensive players than offensive players. Perhaps because physicality has a greater influence on defensive performance and offensive players have to think more? Idk but I think that if you did this across the nation you would have similar results.
Somewhat off topic, but related given BC's strong showing on this list....
If we end up losing to
BCScot Loeffler this year, I am going to swim in whiskey until January. I will be no where near coherent for Miami. You have all received adequate warning.So you'll be like the rest of us normally are? Hell, DC never left that state.
Haha valid point.
I think under normal circumstances, I just wade in whiskey with the occasional dive.
I mean outside of Ricky none of our guys really have a case for preseason first team
Yeah tough year for your best player to be be a DT/DE with all hype sorounding clemson D line.
Counterpoint: Oscar Bradburn.
The number of votes for the 1st team punter make me think some folks just defaulted to the guy who punts in a dome half the year while everyone else picked the guy from team on their beat.
Must've gotten seriously lost on the way to Hooville.
decent counterpoint