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Surprisingly, Tar Heels are tied with Blue Devils for third after wild night

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Miami is the only undefeated team in the ACC and the Hurricanes moved to 5-0 with a convincing 90-63 romp over No. 1 Duke. The Blue Devils loss, coupled with UNC’s 79-63 win over Georgia Tech, has the two rivals tied in the conference – but not for first place or second place but third place.

NC State is in second, a half a game ahead of Duke and North Carolina, after unexpectedly losing to Wake Forest Tuesday night.

Miami used an amazing 25-1 run midway through the first half to open things up for good. Durand Scott scored a season-high 25 points to pace the Hurricanes, and Kenny Kadji added a season-high 22. Shane Larkin finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, while Durham native Julian Gamble had 10 rebounds and four blocked shots.

“The crowd I’m sure helped them some,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “But they didn’t need much help. We expected them to be terrific, and we have to match terrific, and then you have a terrific game. …We didn’t hold our end of the bargain.”

Meanwhile in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels led by as many as 13 points in the first half and 19 points in the second half as the Tar Heels never trailed en route to a 79-63 win over Georgia Tech.

A 10-2 run midway through the first half put the Heels up 30-17. The run was highlighted by a nifty Dexter Strickland pass to James Michael McAdoo for a dunk and a three from the top of the key by Reggie Bullock.

Bullock led the Tar Heels with 17 points, including nine in the first half.

After leading 40-32 at the half, Carolina quickly got the lead up to 15 at 49-34 during the first two and a half minutes of the second half. A Strickland fastbreak layup and a Marcus Paige to Bullock fastbreak layup highlighted the 9-2 run.

It never got closer than 11 after that despite a rough patch where the Tar Heels turned the ball over five times in six possessions.

A pair of power dunks gave the Tar Heels their biggest lead at 72-53 with just over four minutes left. A Strickland steal and pass to P.J. Hairston who dunked it over a defender with a slashing motion. Then, J.P. Tokoto followed his own miss with a slam.

The Tar Heels travel to preseason league favorite NC State Saturday at 7 p.m. Miami still has to travel to State (Feb. 2) while the Hurricanes still have to host UNC (Feb. 9) and travel to Duke (March 2).

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Interesting entry on playerwives.com regarding State’s Gottfried

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Rumors are a part of celebrity I suppose. NC State’s Mark Gottfried has successfully lifted the Wolfpack basketball team into national, regional and local significance. But personal rumors, old and new, continue to follow him.

A website called playerwives.com states, “Hopefully Mark and Elizabeth’s run at NC State turns out better than their stay at Alabama.” The entry goes on to say, “There have been plenty of rumors suggesting that there was a scandal that caused Coach Gottfried’s sudden dismissal from Alabama involving him and a student. These rumors have never been confirmed or publicly addressed for obvious reasons. However, there is a strong buzz to these rumors lending credence to there being more behind his firing than on court performance concerns.”

Is this an example of what’s wrong with the Internet or is this a harbinger of things to come? Hopefully for the sake of NC State basketball’s future, old and new rumors are untrue. Gottfried has done a good job making a true team out of the individual Wolfpack players. State doesn’t need any setbacks. Rumors come with the territory I suppose.

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Check out area college gymnastics at UNC and State

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If you’ve never been to a gymnastics event, treat yourself to some college gymnastics in the Triangle area. The season runs from January to March with NCAA championships in April. Both UNC and NC State have pretty good teams.

It’s different than watching the Olympics where little girls rule. These are women. They compete in vault, uneven parallel bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

State hosts events Jan. 25, March 10, March 15 and March 17 but it’s biggest event of the year comes when it hosts its own Valentine’s tournament Feb. 16 against UNC, Pittsburgh, William & Mary, Bowling Green and George Washington. Pack freshman Brittni Watkins recorded a 9.9 on floor recently for the young State team.

UNC, which won its first home meet Sunday, hosts meets Feb. 2, Feb. 22 (against State), March 16 and March 23. The more experienced Tar Heels are led by senior co-captain Elizabeth Durkac who won the all-around title Sunday.

North Carolina took the top spot in its first home meet of the season with a score of 194.500, defeating both William & Mary and George Washington in Carmichael Arena. William & Mary finished second with a score of 192.925, while George Washington placed third with a total of 192.475.

Durkac won the all-around title with a combined score of 39.300, after placing first in both the vault and uneven bars. The Yorktown, Va., native also finished second on the balance beam and the floor exercise. Freshman Josselyn Mackey rounded out the Tar Heels’ top performers, finishing seventh with a combined score of 37.350.

“Overall I was pleased for the team that they had so much energy and enthusiasm,” head coach Derek Galvin said. “The overall performance was stronger than last weekend, and Elizabeth Durkac just looked fantastic. Every class – the seniors, the juniors, the sophomores, the freshmen – all contributed well.”

The Tar Heels began the meet with a yet-again strong performance on the vault, where Durkac totaled a 9.800 and won the event. Not far behind, freshmen Sarah Peterson and Lexi Cappalli tied for third place in the event with scores of 9.750 in their first home meet as Tar Heels. Redshirt junior Michelle Ikoma earned a 9.700, and fellow redshirt junior Meredith Magjuka added a 9.675, just ahead of Mackey who totaled a 9.600.

UNC then moved on to the bars, where Durkac again led North Carolina and the competition – this time with a 9.850. Junior Emily Cornwell finished just behind Durkac with a 9.800, which placed her in third for the meet. Peterson and sophomore Haley Watts totaled scores of 9.775, and Cappalli added a 9.700 to the Tar Heels’ effort. Mackey rounded out UNC’s score with a 9.275.

On the beam Durkac once more was North Carolina’s standout athlete, totaling a score of 9.825. Watts added a 9.775, while Mackey and sophomore Janell Sargent both scored a 9.750. Magjuka earned a 9.675, and senior co-captain Maura Masatsugu added a 9.300.

For the floor exercise Durkac earned a 9.825 to top the Tar Heels. Watts and Ikoma finished just behind her with scores of 9.775, which tied the pair for third in the meet. Magjuka added a 9.750, while Cappalli finished with a 9.025 and Mackey totaled an 8.725.

Galvin said he was particularly impressed with the freshmen class, which competed in Carmichael for the first time in front of a crowd of 2,823 people.

“This was the first home meet for the freshmen, and they were probably a little bit nervous competing in front of friends and family, but they did a good job,” Galvin said.

North Carolina moves on to face a conference opponent next Saturday, when the Tar Heels compete against Maryland in College Park, Md., at 7 p.m.

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Warren off the bench the difference in State’s win over Clemson

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As a whole, the NC State bench may be lacking but the one super sub T.J. Warren, a freshman from Durham, was the difference in the Wolfpack’s 66-62 squeaker at home against Clemson.

Warren went nine of 11 in 25 minutes of playing time including a big three for 21 points and six rebounds. Only two other non-starters played for the Wolfpack and they managed zero points and zero rebounds in 10 minutes.

State seemingly had the game in hand up by eight at the half, 34-26, after scoring the first 10 points of the game and getting 14 points off the bench from Warren. But midway through the second half Clemson went on a modest 6-1 run to cut it to three at 46-43.

Clemson came all the way back to tie it at 43 with 3:37 to go on an old-fashioned three-point play by Tiger Rod Hall. State’s Richard Howell completed a three-point play himself to put the Pack up 60-57 with less than two minutes to play.

It stayed close the rest of the way but State would never trail again and wrapped it up on free throws in last 10 seconds by Scott Wood and Lorenzo Brown.

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State, cold in loss to Maryland, needs more depth

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In a 51-50 loss at Maryland Wednesday night at lack of depth and poor shooting hurt NC State.

The Wolfpack, hot off of a win over No. 1 Duke, came out cold and managed just 16 points in the first half, trailing 22-16 at the break. The Pack didn’t score during the first seven minutes of the game and shot just 23 percent in the first half, by and away their worst half of the year.

“We were offensively pretty bad,” State coach Mark Gottfried said. “We bobbled balls, we had shots around the rim we couldn’t make and it wasn’t one guy. That was one of those nights. You’re going to have those and we haven’t had a lot of them this year.”

State came into the game leading the nation in field goal shooting at nearly 53 percent.

Defense kept the Pack in the game but the shooting woes shouldn’t last. Scott Wood was just 3 of 13 while Rodney Purvis was only 1 of 7. While those kinds of numbers should be rare this year, one lingering concern the Pack may have is with depth.

Only seven Pack men played with T.J. Warren going 0 for 6 in 15 minutes. The only other player who got in the game was Jordan Vandenberg, who played just three minutes. While State subs, who failed to score, totaled just 18 minutes, five Maryland subs put in 61 minutes and 14 points.

The margin of error is very small when you basically play six men. If someone gets hurt or a couple of guys are cold, you’re in a world of hurt.

The Wolfpack has an excellent starting five but they were cold on this night to drop to 14-3 and 3-1 in the league while Maryland, which had lost 17 straight games to ranked teams, improved to 14-3 and 2-2 in the ACC.

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American Idol winner cheering in the stands during Duke at State game

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Scotty McCreery, the American Idol country singing star, has made good on his promise to be a regular student at N.C. State. He blended right in with the other students and took part in the cheering for his beloved Wolfpack, which beat No. 1 Duke.

McCreery, from Garner, recently signed a contract to promote Bojangles restaurant and will go on tour starting Feb. 14 in Bethlehem, Pa.

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Should the Redskins have picked Wilson instead of RG3?

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After rookie Russell Wilson led the Seattle Seahawks past the Robert Griffin III led-Redskins, the question comes to mind: Should the Redskins have picked Wilson instead of RG3? After all, the Redskins had to give up high draft picks to get Griffin, who ended the season with a nagging knee injury. Wilson, a former NC State quarterback, was chosen in the third round and is still in the playoffs.

Against the Redskins, Wilson completed 15 of 26 passes for 187 yards and ran eight times for 67 more while Griffin struggled after aggravating the knee injury.

While Griffin has brought back excitement to Washington, he is a career-ending injury away from setting the Redskins back years.

An economics editor based in DC, Neil Irwin, says that Wilson is a more valuable quarterback than Griffin.

He wrote, “The cost of a player is not just what he is paid, but what was given up to hire him. Opportunity cost matters. And Griffin did not just fall into the Redskins’ lap. The team traded not merely its own 2012 first-round draft pick to get him, but its 2012 second-round pick and first-round picks in 2013 and 2014. In other words, three extra opportunities to gain very good players at a below-market price were handed over to the St. Louis Rams in order to get Griffin.

“So on one hand, Griffin offers surplus value of around $8 million a year for as long as he stays healthy and remains on his rookie contract. But you also have to subtract the surplus value that the team would have gained from those three other players. As Kevin Meers wrote at the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective, Griffin will need to have performance on par with sure-fire Hall of Famer Tom Brady, winner of three Super Bowls, to be worth what the Redskins traded away for him.

“Contrast that with the winning quarterback in Sunday’s game. Russell Wilson, also a rookie, was the eighth highest performing quarterback this season, which would make him worth something like Ben Roethlisberger’s $9.9 million. Instead, as a third-round draft pick, Wilson cost the Seahawks only $545,0000. That $9.4 million in surplus value is not only higher than Griffin’s, but the Seahawks didn’t have to trade anything away to get him, so you don’t have to subtract any opportunity cost.

“For much of the Daniel Snyder era, the Redskins have premised their team building strategy around big, flashy free agent signings. There was at least an interesting case to be made then, at a time that top draft picks were overpaid given the uncertainty around their performance that it was a good strategy. Given the economics of the NFL, the new collective bargaining agreement made draft picks dramatically more valuable. That makes the decision to trade so many of them away seem foolhardy, even as good as Griffin has been.

“To become a perennial playoff team like the Patriots, Steelers, Packers, or Ravens, the Redskins will need to find more players who give consistently more performance than their pay would suggest—and it will be hard to get those players without any first-round draft picks. Instead, to strengthen its weak secondary and replace aging stars, Snyder and his crew will have to fire up the jet to hit the free agent market and pay established players their full market value, which doesn’t really solve anything, as it is not a place that bargains are easily found.”

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What they’re saying about State’s bowl loss to Vandy

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N.C. State committed five turnovers under interim coach Dana Bible as the Wolfpack fell to Vanderbilt 38-24 in the Music City Bowl.

“First-year coach Dave Doeren has a lot of work to do in his first season. The Wolfpack were outplayed in all three phases of the game, and recruiting will obviously be a priority. NC State went 0-2 against the SEC this year, including a loss to a 5-7 Tennessee team in the season opener.”
– Heather Dinich, ESPN

“Under interim coach Dana Bible, N.C. State (7-6) was sloppy and undisciplined, racking up turnovers and penalties to close the season with the same way it started — a loss to an SEC team.”
– Joe Giglio, News & Observer

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/12/31/2575717/live-scoreboard-nc-state-vs-vanderbilt.html#storylink=cpy

“Senior QB Mike Glennon (three interceptions) hurt his NFL draft stock with an erratic performance.”
– Larry Hartstein, CBS Sports

“When you get to the point you’re winning nine games, it puts you in a different category. … It’s a big win for our program and big win for these seniors.”
– James Franklin, Vanderbilt coach

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State’s Gottfried to speak at Raleigh Sports Club, public invited

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Mark Gottfried, in his second year as head basketball coach at NC State, will speak at Wednesday’s Raleigh Sports Club luncheon. It is expected to be a popular event so come early.

Coach Gottfried will break down his plan to keep the Wolfpack’s winning streak going with five more home games in the month of December.

The Highland UMC Kindergarten class will be singing Christmas songs starting at 11:50 a.m.

Emily Bedsole, a three-sport star for Ravenscroft School, will be honored as the Student Athlete of the Week. Bedsole has achieved a 4.27 GPA while participating in track, cross country and swimming, and volunteering in the community.

The RSC meetings emphasize friendship, fellowship, weekly door prizes, pick sheets, and great food. This is the 49th year of The Raleigh Sports Club.

The Raleigh Sports Club weekly Wednesday luncheon meetings are from 11:30-1 p.m. at Highland United Methodist Church at 1901 Ridge Road in Raleigh. The Forks Cafeteria caters a Southern Buffet with lines opening at 11:30 a.m.

Member attendance fee is $15 while guests are $25. For more details go to www.raleighsportsclub.org.

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Five Tar Heels make inaugural All-ACC coaches football team

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The Atlantic Coast Conference Wednesday announced the inaugural All-ACC Football Team as selected by the league’s 12 head coaches.

This year, for the first time under the auspices of the ACC, the league’s 12 head football coaches voted for an All-ACC football team, as well as Players of the Year, Rookies of the Year and a Coach of the Year award. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players and cast ballots for two points for first-team and one point for second-team selections.

Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina each had five players chosen to the first team, though UNC actually had six first-team picks as running back Giovani Bernard was named to the first-team offense as a running back, while also earning first-team specialist accolades. All of Clemson’s first-team honorees were on offense, while four of FSU’s five were on defense.

The Seminoles, who defeated Georgia Tech, 21-15, last Saturday in the ACC Championship football game in Charlotte, led all teams with 12 players selected to either the first or second team, followed by North Carolina (9) and Clemson (7).

In all, 10 of the ACC’s 12 schools placed a player on the first team with all 12 schools having at least one first- or second-team selection.

The 2012 Coaches All-ACC team was similar to the All-ACC squad announced last week by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA), as the two voting bodies agreed on all of the major award winners.

Clemson’s junior QB Tajh Boyd (Hampton, Va.) was selected by the ACC Coaches as Offensive and Overall Player of the Year for a record-breaking campaign which saw Boyd lead the Tigers to a 10-2 record, a No. 14 ranking in the BCS while setting ACC single game (8) and season (41) records for touchdown responsibility.

Florida State junior defensive end Bjoern Werner (Berlin, Germany) was selected the league’s Defensive Player of the Year after leading the conference in quarterback sacks (13.0) and placing second in tackles for loss (18.0).

Miami true freshman running back Duke Johnson (Miami, Fla.), who set a single-game ACC freshman standard with 368 all-purpose yards while also placing third in the league in rushing with 947 yards and a 78.9 yards-per-game average, was named the ACC’s Offensive Rookie and Overall Rookie of the Year.

The runner-up to Johnson in the Rookie of the Year voting, Maryland true freshman wide receiver and kick returner Stefon Diggs (Gaithersburg, Md.) was named to the All-ACC second team as specialist.

Florida State true freshman cornerback Ronald Darby (Oxon Hill, Md.), a key member of Florida State’s defense which is ranked second nationally in total defense, third nationally in pass defense and third nationally in pass efficiency defense, was named the ACC’s Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Duke’s David Cutcliffe, who led the Blue Devils to a bowl game for the first time since 1994 with a berth in this year’s Belk Bowl, was named ACC Coach of the Year after being selected on seven of the 12 ballots.

The Coaches All-ACC first-team differed from the ACSMA team only at three positions, choosing Duke senior wide receiver Conner Vernon over Boston College’s Alex Amidon; North Carolina offensive tackle James Hurst over Clemson’s Brandon Thomas, and Virginia Tech linebacker Jack Tyler instead of Virginia’s Steve Greer. Amidon, Thomas and Greer were all second-team picks.

In all, there were four unanimous first-team selections (22 points) in Clemson’s Boyd and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, and North Carolina’s Bernard on offense and Florida State defensive end Cornellius Carradine on defense.

A total of six players named to this year’s Coaches’ first-team were named to the 2011 All-ACC ACSMA squad in Clemson’s Boyd and center Dalton Freeman; Georgia Tech guard Omoregie Uzzi; North Carolina’s Bernard; Florida State place-kicker Dustin Hopkins and Maryland defensive tackle Joe Vellano.

ACC Player of the Year (votes in parentheses)

Tajh Boyd, Clemson, QB, 6-1, 225, Jr.-R, Hampton, Va. (7)


ACC Offensive Player of the Year

Tajh Boyd, Clemson, QB, 6-1, 225, Jr.-R, Hampton, Va. (7)

ACC Defensive Player of the Year

Bjoern Werner, Florida State, DE, 6-4, 273, Jr., Berlin, Germany (9)

ACC Rookie of the Year

Duke Johnson, Miami, RB, 5-9, 183, Fr., Miami, Fla. (8)

ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year

Duke Johnson, Miami, RB, 5-9, 183, Fr., Miami, Fla. (8)

ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year

Ronald Darby, Florida State, CB, 5-11, 176, Fr., Oxon Hill, Md. (5)

ACC Coach of the Year

David Cutcliffe, Duke (7)

2012 Coaches All-ACC Football Team


Offense

First Team

QB—Tajh Boyd, Clemson, 6-1, 225, Jr.-R, Hampton, Va. (22)

RB—Giovani Bernard, North Carolina, 5-10, 205, So.-R, Davie, Fla. (22)

RB—Andre Ellington, Clemson, 5-10, 190, Sr.-R, Moncks Corner, S.C. (21)

WR—DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson, 6-1, 200, Jr., Central, S.C. (22)

WR—Conner Vernon, Duke, 6-1, 195, Sr., Miami, Fla. (14)

TE—Brandon Ford, Clemson, 6-4, 235, Gr., Wando, S.C. (17)

T—James Hurst, North Carolina, 6-7, 300, Jr., Plainfield, Ind. (14)

T—Oday Aboushi, Virginia, 6-6, 310, Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y. (13)

G—Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina, 6-3, 295, Sr., Wilmington, N.Y. (21)

G—Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech, 6-3, 300, Sr.-R, Lithonia, Ga. (14)

C—Dalton Freeman, Clemson, 6-5, 285, Gr., Pelion, S.C. (17)

Second Team

QB—EJ Manuel, Florida State, 6-5, 245, Sr., Virginia Beach, Va. (12)

RB—Chris Thompson, Florida State, 5-8, 190, Sr., Greenville, Fla. (13)

RB—Duke Johnson, Miami, 5-9, 183, Fr., Miami, Fla. (10)

WR–Alex Amidon, Boston College, 5-11, 186, Jr., Greenfield, Mass. (11)

WR–Michael Campanaro, Wake Forest, 5-10, 190, Jr.-R, Clarksville, Md. (10)

TE—Eric Ebron, North Carolina, 6-4, 235, So., Greensboro, N.C. (13)

T—–Brandon Thomas, Clemson, 6-3, 300, Jr.-R, Spartanburg, S.C. (10)

T—–Emmett Cleary, Boston College, 6-7, 313, Sr.-R, Arlington Heights, Ill. (9)

G—–R.J. Mattes, NC State, 6-6, 313, Sr.-R, Concord, N.C. (11)

G—–Tre’ Jackson, Florida State, 6-4, 310, So., Jessup, Ga. (9)

C—–Bryan Stork, Florida State, 6-4, 299, Jr., Vero Beach, Fla. (9)

Honorable Mention (2 or more points)

Offense—QB Mike Glennon, Sr.-R, NC State (2); RB—Orwin Smith, Sr., Georgia Tech (2); WR—Sammy Watkins, So., Clemson (5); Rashad Greene, So., Florida State (3); Jamison Crowder, So., Duke (2); Marcus Davis, Sr.-R, Virginia Tech (2); TE—Nick O’Leary, So., Florida State (4); T—Cameron Erving, So., Florida State (7); Brennan Williams, Sr., North Carolina (5); Menelik Watson, Fr., Florida State (3); Morgan Moses, Jr., Virginia (3); Seantrel Henderson, So., Miami (3); Vinston Painter, Sr., Virginia Tech (2); G—Josue Matias, So., Florida State (7); Brandon Linder, Jr., Miami (4); Michael Via, Sr., Virginia Tech; C—Cameron Wentz, Sr., NC State (3); Shane McDermott, Sr.-R, Miami (3); Jay Finch, Jr., Georgia Tech (2); PK—Ross Martin, Fr., Duke (3); Casey Barth, Sr.-R, North Carolina (3); SP—Duke Johnson, Fr., Miami (8); Jamal Golden, So., Georgia Tech (2).


Defense

First Team

DE—Cornellius Carradine, Florida State, 6-5, 267, Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio (22)

DE—Bjoern Werner, Florida State, 6-4, 273, Jr., Berlin, Germany (21)

DT—Joe Vellano, Maryland, 6-1, 285, Sr., Rexford, N.Y. (20)

DT—Sylvester Williams, North Carolina, 6-3, 315, Sr., Jefferson City, Mo. (16)

LB—Nick Clancy, Boston College, 6-3, 232, Sr., Plainfield, Ill. (18)

LB—Jack Tyler, Virginia Tech, 5-11, 230, Jr., Oakton, Va. (13)

LB—Kevin Reddick, North Carolina, 6-3, 240, Sr., New Bern, N.C. (13)

CB—Ross Cockrell, Duke, 6-0, 180, Jr., Waxhaw, N.C. (18)

CB—Xavier Rhodes, Florida State, 6-2, 215, Jr., Miami, Fla. (17)

S——Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State, 5-9, 204, Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (18)

S——Earl Wolff, NC State, 6-0, 207, Gr., Raeford, N.C. (14)

Second Team

DE—James Gayle, Virginia Tech, 6-4, 250, Jr.-R, Hampton, Va. (10)

DE—Kareem Martin, North Carolina, 6-6, 260, Jr., Roanoke Rapids, N.C. (5)

DT—Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest, 5-11, 260, Jr.-R, Wylie, Texas (9)

DT (Tie) Timmy Jernigan, Florida State, 6-3, 297, So., Lake City, Fla. (6)

DT (Tie) Everett Dawkins, Florida State, 6-2, 295, Sr., Spartanburg, S.C. (6)

LB—Christian Jones, Florida State, 6-4, 240, Jr., Winter Park, Fla. (12)

LB—Steve Greer, Virginia, 6-2, 225, Sr.-R, Solon, Ohio (12)

LB—Demetrius Hartsfield, Maryland, 6-2, 240, Sr.-R, Raleigh, N.C. (9)

CB—David Amerson, NC State, 6-3, 194, Jr., Greensboro, N.C. (12)

CB—Antone Exum, Virginia Tech, 6-2, 219, Jr.-R, Glen Allen, Va. (8)

S—–Walt Canty, Duke, 6-1, 220, Sr., Roebuck, S.C. (8)

S—–Brandan Bishop, NC State, 6-2, 205, Sr., Boca Raton, Fla. (7)

Honorable Mention

Defense—DE—Kenny Anunike, Sr.-R, Duke (4); A.J. Francis, Sr.-R, Maryland (4); Anthony Chickillo, So., Miami (3); Mallaciah Goodman, Sr., Clemson (2); DT—Anthony Hopkins, Sr-R., Virginia Tech; Anthony McCloud, Sr., Florida State (3); Grady Jarrett, So., Clemson (2); T.J. Barnes, Sr.-R, Georgia Tech (2); LB—Jeremiah Attaochu, Jr., Georgia Tech (6); Bruce Taylor, Sr., Virginia Tech (5); LaRoy Reynolds, Sr., Virginia (4); Kenny Tate, Sr.-R, Maryland (4); Kevin Pierre-Louis, Jr., Boston College (2); Darin Drakeford, Sr., Maryland (2); Denzel Perryman, So., Miami (2); CB—Kevin Johnson, So.-R, Wake Forest (4); Kyle Fuller, Jr., Virginia Tech (4); Tim Scott, So., North Carolina (3); Demetrious Nicholson, So., Virginia (3); S—Rashard Hall, Gr-R, Clemson (6); Tre Boston, Jr., North Carolina (6); Jonathan Meeks, Sr., Clemson (4); Vaughn Telemaque, Sr.-R, Miami (4); A.J. Marshall, Jr., Wake Forest; P—Gerald Levano, Sr.-R, Boston College (5).

Special Teams

First Team

PK—Dustin Hopkins, Florida State, 6-2, 190, Sr. Houston, Texas (20)

P——Will Monday, Duke, 6-4, 200, Fr.-R, Flowery Branch, Ga. (17)

SP—-Giovani Bernard, North Carolina, 5-10, 2-5, So.-R, Davie, Fla. (13)


Second Team

PK—Chandler Catanzaro, Clemson, 6-2, 200, Jr.-R, Greenville, S.C. (9)

P——Tommy Hibbard, North Carolina, 5-10, 195, So., Charlotte, N.C. (14)

SP—Stefan Diggs, Maryland, 6-0, 185, Fr., Gaithersburg, Md. (11)

– News release