ACC media voted on this year’s preseason all-conference team, and the results were released Wednesday.
In all, 11 of the 12 members were represented by at least one selection, the lone team not on the list being Boston College. Preseason favorite Florida State had four selections, with Clemson and UNC also having four.
The only unanimous selection was Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins. Personally, I was a little surprised to see NC State cornerback David Amerson did not receive the same recognition.
Anyway, here’s the preseason All-ACC team, with votes in parenthesis.
Offense
WR Conner Vernon, Duke (41), 6-2, 195, Sr.
WR Sammy Watkins, Clemson (68), 6-1 ,200, So.
TE Matt Furstenburg, Maryland (35), 6-4, 245, Sr.
T James Hurst, North Carolina (48), 6-7, 300, Jr.
T Oday Aboushi, Virginia (29), 6-6, 310, Sr.
G Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech (57), 6-3, 300, Sr.
G Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina (55), 6-3, 295, Sr.
C Dalton Freeman, Clemson (58), 6-3, 285, Sr.
QB Tajh Boyd, Clemson (29), 6-1, 225, Jr.
RB Giovani Bernard, North Carolina (60), 5-10, 205, So.
RB Andre Ellington, Clemson (53), 5-10, 190, Sr.
Defense
DE Brandon Jenkins, Florida State (59), 6-3, 265, Sr.
DE James Gayle, Virginia Tech (31), 6-4, 250, Jr.
DT Joe Vellano, Maryland (58), 6-1, 285, Sr.
DT Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest (33), 5-11, 260, Jr.
LB Kevin Reddick, North Carolina (49), 6-3, 240, Sr.
LB Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech (42), 6-2, 253, Sr.
LB Steve Greer, Virginia (32), 6-2, 225, Sr.
CB David Amerson, NC State (63), 6-3, 194, Jr.
CB Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech (25), 6-0, 181, Jr.
S Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State (45), 5-8, 204, Jr.
S Earl Wolff, NC State (30), 6-0, 207, Sr.
Specialists
PK Dustin Hopkins, Florida State (54), 6-2, 190, Sr.
P Dalton Botts, Miami (65), 6-3, 198, Sr.
SP Greg Reid, Florida State (35), 5-8, 186, Sr.