The Atlantic Coast Conference has had a significant impact on this year’s National Football League Playoffs.

Through the NFL’s first eight playoff games, receivers who have played collegiately at current ACC schools have accounted for 51.5% of all of the passing touchdowns thrown, 35% of the passing yardage and 27.6% percent of the pass completions.

In all 15 former ACC players—including 14 who played Atlantic Coast Conference Football—have totaled 93 catches for 1,586 yards and 17 touchdowns in the eight NFL Playoff Games to date. ACC pass receivers have averaged an eye-opening 17.1 yards a catch average. By comparison, the non-ACC receivers in those games averaged just 11.2 yards per catch.

All told, the teams in those eight NFL games have a combined total of 355 pass completions for 4,527 yards (12.8 average) and 33 scores.

Of the top seven pass receivers in terms of yardage in the NFL Playoffs, six are from current ACC schools including the top two. Demaryius Thomas (Georgia Tech) of Denver leads with 297 yards and a 29.7 per-catch average, followed by Hakeem Nicks (North Carolina) of the New York Giants with 280 yards and a 21.5 per-catch average. Marques Colston, who played collegiately at Hofstra, of New Orleans is 3rd (256), but the next four are ACC products in Calvin Johnson (Georgia Tech) of Detroit (211); Andre Johnson (Miami) of Houston (201); Vernon Davis (Maryland) of San Francisco (180) and Jimmy Graham (Miami) of New Orleans (158).

Nicks and Davis are still alive in the playoffs and their teams will collide in this Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.

Receivers from ACC schools have topped the 100-yard mark in receiving seven times in this year’s playoffs, twice topping the 200-yard mark for a single game. Georgia Tech’s Calvin Johnson had 12 catches for 211 yards for Detroit against New Orleans and Georgia Tech’s Demaryius Thomas had 204 yards on only four catches versus Pittsburgh.

Here is a listing of NFL players who played at ACC schools in the playoffs who topped the 100-yard mark for a game:

Name Team School Rcp. Yards TD Opponent

Calvin Johnson Detroit Georgia Tech 12 211 2 New Orleans

Demaryius Thomas Denver Georgia Tech 4 204 1 Pittsburgh

Vernon Davis San Francisco Maryland 7 180 2 New Orleans

Hakeem Nicks New York Giants North Carolina 7 163 2 Green Bay

Hakeem Nicks New York Giants North Carolina 6 115 2 Atlanta

Andre Johnson Houston Miami 8 111 0 Baltimore

Jimmy Graham New Orleans Miami 5 103 2 San Francisco

Other ACC pass receiving performances in the NFL Playoffs:

Name Team School Rcp. Yards TD Opponent

Demaryius Thomas Denver Georgia Tech 6 93 1 New England

Anquan Boldin Baltimore Florida State 4 73 1 Houston

Heath Miller Pittsburgh Virginia 5 60 0 Denver

Jimmy Graham New Orleans Miami 7 55 1 Detroit

Andre Johnson Houston Miami 5 50 1 Cincinnati

Eddie Royal Denver Virginia Tech 3 49 1 Pittsburgh

Frank Gore San Francisco Miami 7 38 0 New Orleans

Jericho Cotchery Pittsburgh NC State 1 31 1 Denver

Eddie Royal Denver Virginia Tech 2 25 0 New England

Will Heller Detroit Georgia Tech 1 10 1 New Orleans

Jason Snelling Atlanta Virginia 2 9 0 NY Giants

Lance Ball Denver Maryland 1 6 0 Pittsburgh