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2024 All-ACC Teams

No Allen on top three offensive teams. Gadsden on first team. McCord, Pena and Meeks on second team. Lewis on third team defense.
 
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2024 All-ACC Football Teams

First-Team All-ACC
Offense

QB – Cam Ward – Miami (207)
RB – Omarion Hampton – North Carolina (207)
RB – Brashard Smith – SMU (163)
WR – Xavier Restrepo – Miami (205)
WR – Ja’Corey Brooks – Louisville (196)
WR – Antonio Williams – Clemson (117)
TE – Oronde Gadsden II – Syracuse (178)
AP – Desmond Reid – Pitt (122)
OT – Blake Miller – Clemson (98)
OT – Ozzy Trapilo – Boston College (96)
OG – Willie Lampkin – North Carolina (133)
OG – Keylan Rutledge – Georgia Tech (84)
C – Drew Kendall – Boston College (85)

Defense
DE – Donovan Ezeiruaku – Boston College (188)
DE – Antwaun Powell-Ryland – Virginia Tech (169)
DT – Aeneas Peebles – Virginia Tech (108)
DT – Simeon Barrow, Jr. – Miami (91) (tie)
DT – Jared Harrison-Hunte – SMU (91) tie
LB – Kyle Louis – Pitt (150)
LB – Barrett Carter – Clemson (132)
LB – Teddye Buchanan – California (128)
CB – Nohl Williams – California (187)
CB – Chandler Rivers – Duke (139)
S – Jonas Sanker – Virginia (102)
S- Isaiah Nwokobia – SMU (97)

Specialists
PK – Andy Borregales – Miami (123)
P – Alex Mastromanno – Florida State (186)
SP – Desmond Reid – Pitt (120)

Second-Team All-ACC
Offense

QB – Kyle McCord – Syracuse (92)
RB – Bhayshul Tuten – Virginia Tech (134)
RB – Isaac Brown – Louisville (88)
WR – Trebor Pena – Syracuse (115)
WR – Jackson Meeks – Syracuse (110)
WR – Elic Ayomanor – Stanford (101)
TE – Elijah Arroyo – Miami (64)
AP – Omarion Hampton – North Carolina (81)
OT – Brian Parker II – Duke (95)
OT – Francis Mauigoa – Miami (90)
OG – Caleb Krings – Duke (68)
OG – Marcus Tate – Clemson (65)
C – Jakai Clark – SMU (64)

Defense
DE – T.J. Parker – Clemson (102)
DE – Ashton Gillotte – Louisville (54)
DT – Jordan van den Berg – Georgia Tech (53)
DT – Kendy Charles – Duke (46)
LB – Kobe Wilson – SMU (88)
LB – Francisco Mauigoa – Miami (76)
LB – Branson Combs – Wake Forest (65)
CB – Avieon Terrell – Clemson (101)
CB – Quincy Riley – Louisville (79)
S – Terry Moore – Duke (86)
S – Mishael Powell – Miami (82) tie
S – Donovan McMillon – Pitt (82) tie

Specialists
PK – Ryan Fitzgerald – Florida State (96)
P – Lachlan Wilson – California (67)
SP – Alex Mastromanno – Florida State (81)

Third-Team All-ACC
Offense

QB – Kevin Jennings – SMU (53)
RB – Phil Mafah – Clemson (74)
RB- Demond Claiborne – Wake Forest (48)
WR – Malachi Fields – Virginia (78)
WR – Jordan Moore – Duke (68)
WR – Eli Pancol – Duke (60)
TE – Jake Briningstool – Clemson (47)
AP – Demond Claiborne – Wake Forest (60)
OT – PJ Williams – SMU (83)
OT – Jordan Williams – Georgia Tech (61)
OG – Logan Parr – SMU (63)
OG – Walker Parks – Clemson (56)
C – Zeke Correll – NC State (50)

Defense
DE – Xavier Carlton – California (53)
DE – Davin Vann – NC State (38)
DT – Payton Page – Clemson (41)
DT – Cam Horsley – Boston College (40) tie
DT – Jahvaree Ritzie – North Carolina (40) tie
LB – Rasheem Biles – Pitt (63)
LB – Ozzie Nicholas – Duke (52)
LB – Kyle Efford – Georgia Tech (47)
CB – Clarence Lewis – Syracuse (56)
CB – Mansoor Delane – Virginia Tech (50)
S – Nick Andersen – Wake Forest (64)
S – Craig Woodson – California (54)

Specialists
PK – Ben Sauls – Pitt (91)
P – Peter Moore – Virginia Tech (55)
SP – Jaylin Lane – Virginia Tech (64)

Honorable -Mention All-ACC
QB – Cade Klubnik – Clemson (44)
QB – Tyler Shough – Louisville (16)
RB – LeQuint Allen – Syracuse (44)
RB – Desmond Reid – Pitt (33)
RB – Jamal Haynes – Georgia Tech (28)
RB – Damien Martinez – Miami (17)
WR – Konata Mumpfield – Pitt (36)
WR – Jacolby George – Miami (31)
WR – Taylor Morin – Wake Forest (29)
WR – Malik Rutherford – Georgia Tech (22)
WR – Eric Singleton, Jr. – Georgia Tech (20)
WR – Keyshawn Smith, SMU (19)
WR – Lewis Bond, Boston College (18)
TE – Jack Endries – California (29)
TE – Gavin Bartholomew – Pitt (27)
TE – RJ Maryland – SMU (17)
AP – LeQuint Allen – Syracuse (47)
AP – Isaac Brown – Louisville (33)
AP – Nohl Williams – California (26)
AP – Roderick Daniels Jr. – SMU (24)
OT – Corey Robinson II – Georgia Tech (55)
OT – Monroe Mills – Louisville (50)
OT – Tristan Leigh – Clemson (42)
OT – Jalen Rivers – Miami (41)
OT – Xavier Chaplin – Virginia Tech (32)
OT – Savion Washington – Syracuse (28)
OT – Howard Sampson – North Carolina (21)
OG – Justin Osborne – SMU (55)
OG – Anez Cooper – Miami (48)
OG – Michael Gonzalez – Louisville (46)
OG – Kaden Moore – Virginia Tech (35)
OG – Matt Gulbin – Wake Forest (35)
OG – Jack Conley – Boston College (32)
OG – Jakob Bradford – Syracuse (27)
OG – Logan Taylor – Boston College (25)
OG – Timothy McKay – NC State (25)
C – Zach Carpenter – Miami (36)
C – Weston Franklin – Georgia Tech (36)
C – Pete Nygra – Louisville (34)
C – Ryan Linthicum – Clemson (30)
C – Brian Stevens – Virginia (27)
C – Luke Petitbon – Wake Forest (21)
DE – Fadil Diggs – Syracuse (32)
DE – Wes Williams – Duke (31)
DE – Peter Woods – Clemson (27)
DE – Tyler Baron – Miami (24)
DE – Elijah Roberts – SMU (23)
DE – Rueben Bain, Jr. – Miami (18)
DT – Zeek Biggers – Georgia Tech (32)
DT – Kevin Pointer – Wake Forest (31)
DT – Joshua Farmer – Florida State (30)
DT – Ramon Puryear – Louisville (29)
DT – DeMonte Capehart – Clemson (27)
DT – Aaron Hall – Duke (25)
DT – Akheem Mesidor – Miami (25)
DT – Kori Roberson Jr. – SMU (24)
DT – Darrell Jackson Jr. – Florida State (24)
DT – Nick James – Pitt (23)
LB – Ahmad Walker – SMU (46)
LB – Wade Woodaz – Clemson (45)
LB – Xavier Carlton – California (43)
LB – Justin Barron – Syracuse (40)
LB – Power Echols – North Carolina (35)
LB – Stanquan Clark – Louisville (29)
LB – Marlowe Wax – Syracuse (27)
LB – Cade Uluave – California (26)
LB – Sean Brown – NC State (23)
LB – Alex Howard – Duke (23)
LB – Tre Freeman – Duke (18)
LB – Kam Robinson – Virginia (18)
CB – Dorian Strong – Virginia Tech (46)
CB – OJ Frederique – Miami (26)
CB – Alijah Huzzie – North Carolina (25)
CB – Corey Thornton – Louisville (25)
CB – Brandon Crossley – SMU (23)
CB – Azareye’h Thomas – Florida State (20)
S – R.J. Mickens – Clemson (52)
S – Ahmaad Moses – SMU (36)
S – Jaylen Stinson – Duke (33)
S – Jonathan McGill – SMU (31)
S – Bishop Fitzgerald – NC State (27)
S – Khalil Barnes – Clemson (22)
PK – Collin Rogers – SMU (54)
PK – John Love – Virginia Tech (23)
PK – Brock Travelstead – Louisville (19)
P – Jack Stonehouse – Syracuse (53)
P – Kade Reynoldson – Duke (35)
P – Daniel Sparks – Virginia (17)
SP – Antonio Williams – Clemson (45)
SP – Alijah Huzzie – North Carolina (41)
SP – Collin Rogers – SMU (35)
SP – Que’Sean Brown – Duke (28)
 
Lewis was the quiet hero of the UConn game. Glad to see he got some recognition for his contributions this season.
 
He should have been ahead of Reid .. more yards from scrimmage, more receptions, more TDs ... &*^ing pathetic.
 
I thought Lewis wasn't good most of the year. I'm surprised.

According to PFF, Lewis was our best coverage guy by far, our 4th best tackler, and our best all around defender. He also played the 2nd most snaps behind Barron.
 
According to PFF, Lewis was our best coverage guy by far, our 4th best tackler, and our best all around defender. He also played the 2nd most snaps behind Barron.
I like everyone here, watch every game. I would never have guessed that.
 
No trench guys on either side of the ball made 1st, 2nd or 3rd team. I know where I'd spend some NIL dollars.
 
Antonio Williams, as a first-team WR, is insane. He's a Clemson player, so not surprising, as you will soon see. They seem to get the benefit of the doubt despite their performance.

If you look at the rushing numbers, the first, second, and third teams consist of the RBs with the most rushing yards. LeQuint was 7th.

They should have looked at something other than straight rushing numbers, but that would have taken some time and research. A lot of sports reporters these days seem to lack the whole "research" phase of the job. So I've done the work for them. And I've brought receipts.

Totals.jpg


Here are all the players who made all-conference 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or Honorable Mention for RBs. I looked at the most important statistics for a running back. How much yardage they gain, how efficiently they do it on the ground, and how often they were used. Touchdowns is also a metric because scoring is the main goal, after all.

So what does this chart show? It obviously shows that Omarion Hampton is a clear 1st-teamer. Brashard Smith was pretty good at everything. LeQuint had poor YPC, which hurt him in one metric. As you can see though, he stacks up pretty well in all the others. Lots of categories where he's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in the league.

Since another way to look at all-conference teams is to pick people who were the very best at certain things, I further broke down this info.In the below graph I took a look at all the categories players were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in. I simply gave them points for the categories they "won," and took away points for categories they "lost".

Totals 2.jpg


As you can see, Hampton and Smith are still tops on the list. It seems they may be clear 1st teamers. What's interesting though is who shows up as a potential 2nd teamer. LeQuint. He was the clear third best running back in the league.

And finally I decided to take all categories and add up the total 1sts, 2nds, 3rds, etc. The lowest point total would be the RB who was the most solid across all categories.
Totals 3.jpg

LeQuint is a clear second-teamer. Phil Mafah (our Clemson guy) - who received third team honors is barely an honorable mention. By any metric LeQuint should have garnered second team all conference. He is one of the most complete backs in the league, and if not for a YPC that was pretty low, he would have probably had an opportunity for first team honors.

As usual, people who get paid to do this believe that their innate "sense" of the best players is always correct. They don't factor in their own biases (watched more games from one team than another, etc.). So they very often tend to get a lot wrong when picking all-conference teams. A little bit of very basic analysis ends up showing the same thing over and over again. It doesn't take long and it takes the bias out of the process.
 
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Mafah as the 3rd Team back is pure Clemson reputation. He had a decent but pedestrian season
 
here’s the thing with Lequint…..


All season we talked about how we didn’t have a run game. Our game was awful etc.

While Allen had some spectacular moments for sure, I’m not sure he was consistent enough to earn anything but honorable mention.

I’m sure many are going to take offense to this and that’s okay.

I love Lequint as much as the next guy and this isn’t hate on him by any means but I can see why he landed where he landed.
 
here’s the thing with Lequint…..


All season we talked about how we didn’t have a run game. Our game was awful etc.

While Allen had some spectacular moments for sure, I’m not sure he was consistent enough to earn anything but honorable mention.

I’m sure many are going to take offense to this and that’s okay.

I love Lequint as much as the next guy and this isn’t hate on him by any means but I can see why he landed where he landed.

He was tied for 8th in the ACC is receptions. So maybe he should be 3rd team WR if not an AP.
 
Lewis?? Must’ve been the Stanford coaches voting him first team to return the favor for giving them the win here
 

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