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Florida LB Dominic Zanca-McDonald down to Duke and Tennessee

Hard-hitting Florida LB Dominic Zanca-McDonald is down to Duke and Tennessee.

Despite earning their first bowl invitation since 1994, the Blue Devils finished at or near the bottom of the ACC in nearly every major defensive statistic in 2012. With several key playmakers from an explosive offense expected to return next season, the Blue Devils are in need of a few more high impact defensive players if they hope to take the next step forward and begin competing for ACC Championships. Coach Cutcliffe and his staff have already secured 15 verbal commitments in the class of 2013 and are looking to fill their remaining scholarships with an elite defender or two.

At the top of their list is 6'1" 235 pound LB Dominic Zanca-McDonald from Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The elite prospect committed to Tennessee back in April, before a disappointing season in Knoxville resulted in a coaching change. Now, the hard-hitting linebacker is left in a difficult position, with less than a month before he plans to enroll in college. With scholarship offers from Tennessee, Duke, and Purdue, along with interest from several other ACC and SEC programs, the top senior still has a number of good options. The Blue Devils hosted Dominic and his father on an official visit in Durham this weekend, and clearly left a good impression on the talented Lake Brantley senior. [private]

Obviously, a lot has changed since you committed to Tennessee back in April. Can you talk a little about where you are in your recruiting process now?

Right now, it's definitely between Tennnessee and Duke. I'm going to hear what Coach Jones has to say. He'll probably call me sometime this week and then I'll make my decision about where I want to go.

Can you talk a little bit about your contact with the Duke coaching staff and the relationship you have with them?

Yeah, Coach Collins has been my recrutiing coordinator. He's a good guy. I really like him, I like their scheme. He's coached a lot of really good football players, so it would be really cool if he was my position coach. Coach Cutcliffe is just an amazing guy, he's really strong on family, and he's really turned the Duke football program around.

How did you end up scheduling your official visit to Duke and how did your visit go overall?

Basically, Coach Collins really wants me. He asked me to come up for a visit, and we checked the calendar and it worked out where I had time to go, so I came down. I had an awesome time, it was really fun.

What were your thoughts about the Duke football program and the school as a whole?

The school is obviously a lot smaller than Tennessee or any other state university, but I actually kind of like that. You're kind of secluded but you still get the college experience. The school is beautiful, the architecture is insane, you feel like you're in Hogwarts when you're there. The football program - I mean, it's the first time Duke's gone to a bowl in how many years? Coach Cutcliffe, with all the improvements he's making with the facilities and stuff, he's an SEC background guy, he's coached at Tennessee, Alabama, and Ole Miss, so he knows what it takes to be the best and I really feel he's going to turn the program around.

How do the coaches see you fitting in to the Duke program and their defense?

They want me to come in and have an immediate impact on the team. I'm an early enrollment, so I'll be there in the spring and they want me to play early, hopefully get that starting posiiton as an inside backer.

You've been put in a difficult position with the changes that have been made at Tennessee. What have you heard from the new staff and what are your thoughts about the Tennessee program?

I don't know anything about the new staff. My recruiting coordinator, Coach Hinshaw, I talked to him yesterday, and Coach Jones fired him. He fired everybody else from the original staff, so it's all new people that are coming in, except for Jay Graham, the running backs coach, but I don't really need to talk to him because I'm not ever going to play running back in my life, so it doesn't really help me too much. Basically I'm going to hear him out and hear what he has to say to me, and then like I said, I'll make my decision after I talk to him. It will probably be by the end of the week that I'll know where I want to go.

How did your senior season go at Lake Brantley? What were the strengths of your team and how would you assess your own performance?

Our team this year was actually really good. We were supposed to go pretty far in the playoffs this year. We ended up going 9-1 in the regular season, and lost in the first round of the playoffs again for the 6th year in a row to Jacksonville Fletcher, 24-21, we missed two field goals in that game, obviously would have won the game. There was no clear cut offense was better than defense or anything. This year, more than any other year at my high school, we were more of a team. The defense fed off the offense and the offense fed off the defense. Me, as a player, I increased tremendously my play, just by being a leader, having the crowd feed off of me when I can make a big play, you hear the roar, so just stuff like that.

A 9-1 regular season and a playoff berth is a great accomplishment. Congratulations! Thanks a lot for your time and best of luck with your decision.

Thank you. [/private]

Stay tuned to BDN this week for the latest on Dominic's decision.

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Balanced Blue Devils Topple Temple 90-67

If you haven't been impressed by Duke (9-0) to date, then perhaps today's 90-67 win over a formerly undefeated Temple team will convince you that these Blue Devils are pretty good. With an eleven day break coming up, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski and his Blue Devils disposed of another undefeated and well-respected team in Temple.  And they made it look easy.

Duke, ranked second in the country in both polls, jumped out to an early lead and essentially never looked back.  Yes, the Owls made some runs at them, and they never said die, but there was little doubt which team was in control of this game from the outset. The Blue Devils used a 22-8 run in the first half that turned a 13-10 lead into a 35-18 advantage, and were never seriously threatened from there.

Once again, the Blue Devils featured a balanced attack, one in which all five players on the court have to be accounted for in that each can hurt you. Duke had four players in double figures and three of those were their three senior leaders, Seth Curry, Mason Plumlee, and Ryan Kelly. Curry led the way for Duke with 23 points and showed no ill effects from an ankle injury which had forced him to sit out of the Blue Devils last game versus Delaware. Plumlee had yet another league leading double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Kelly added 14 points and 10 rebounds for his third career double-double.  It is this trio that has perhaps been the main reason for the Blue Devils looking so efficient against an incredibly challenging schedule to date. But today, sophomore point guard Quinn Cook added 14 points and had 4 rebounds, steals and assists. It appears that his new-found consistency is here to stay.

Freshman Rasheed Sulaimon had eight points for Duke, so this team was close to having all starters going for double figures, as they scored a season high 90 points. While that may seem like a low number to constitute a season high, please remember the difficulty of the schedule Duke has played thus far.

The thing which impressed me about Sulaimon today was his willingness to defer to teammates. In fact, all the Dukies have done that all season long and it makes for some clean basketball, with the focus on winning.  Unselfish, clean basketball is a beautiful thing.

One again, in the win over Temple, Duke was efficient in many areas of the game.  They shot 60% from beyond the three-point stripe, going 12 of 20, and got to the free throw line 20 times.  The team committed a mere six turnovers.  Duke also caught Temple off guard a little bit by pushing the ball early when the opportunities were there.  This knocked the Owls back on their heels on more than one occasion.

The Blue Devils also played good defense for much of the game, forcing Temple to take more threes than they're accustomed to. Kahlif Wyatt and Scootie Randle, the Owls leading scorers, were held to 12 points between them.

Duke improved to 20-1 under Coach K in games played at the Meadowlands. The Blue Devils have won 11 straight at the venue dating back to a 77-75 loss to Arizona on Feb. 26, 1989.

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Duke’s Ross Martin Earns Freshman All-America Honors

Ross Martin, copyright BDN Photo

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke kicker Ross Martin has picked up a pair of Freshman All-America citations, earning first team honors from Sporting News and CBSCollegeSports.com, announced this week by the respective outlets.

A native of Solon, Ohio, Martin has put together the finest placekicking season in school history by totaling 98 points by making 18-of-20 field goals and all 44 of his PAT attempts. With one game remaining, he has already set the school single-season record for PATs, betting Robert Gantt’s previous Duke standard of 41 in 1943.

The 98 points rank as the second-highest single-season total in school history, trailing only Clarkson Hines’ total of 104 in 1989, while the 18 field goals also rank second on Duke’s single-season chart, trailing only Will Snyderwine’s total of 21 in 2010.

Martin owns school freshman records for points in a game (15 vs. North Carolina), points in a season (98), field goals in a game (4 vs. North Carolina), field goals in a season (18), longest field goal (50 yards vs. Georgia Tech) and PATs in a season (44).

Martin becomes just the seventh Duke player to earn first team Freshman All-America accolades, joining running back Tony Benjamin (Football News; 1973), linebacker Carl McGee (Football News; 1975), linebacker Michael Tauiliili (Sporting News; 2005), offensive tackle Kyle Hill (Sporting News; 2008), wide receiver Conner Vernon (Sporting News; 2009) and offensive guard Laken Tomlinson (Sporting News; 2011).

Duke will face Cincinnati in the Belk Bowl on December 27, 2012 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m., and tickets are available at GoDuke.com.

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Duke Football Recruiting Notebook

CB Evrett Edwards will take his official visit this weekend and enroll with Quay Mann in January.

The Blue Devils are headed to a bowl game in a few weeks in Charlotte, but over the past two weeks, the Duke coaching staff has been hot on the recruiting trail as they look to finish out their class of 2013. This weekend is the first of a few key official visit weekend for the Blue Devils, and BDN has the scoop. [private]

News came out this week to confirm Duke's early enrollees in this class. With Ross Cockrell as the only cornerback returning with game experience, Duke will be thin at that position next year, and will need for young players to step up. The good news for the Blue Devils is that they'll have both Evrett Edwards, one of the top DB prospects in this class, and Quay Mann, an underrated in-state prospect with great speed, both on campus for spring practice. BDN can confirm today that both Edwards and Mann will enroll at Duke in January.

Joining Edwards and Mann on campus this spring will be QB commit Parker Boehme, out of Sandalwood High School in Florida. Last year, the Blue Devils brought in another Jacksonville area dual-threat QB prospect in Thomas Sirk. Sirk ran the scout team for much of the 2012 season, and thanks to his January enrollment, is likely to compete for snaps in 2013. Duke hopes that Boehme can also accelerate his learning curve with an early enrollment, and he'll be hosted by Sirk on his official visit this weekend.

In all, Duke will host 12 verbal commits and 2 prospects on campus this weekend for official visits. In addition to Edwards, Mann, and Boehme, fellow class of 2013 commitments RB Joseph Ajeigbe, WR Johnell Barnes, OL Gabe Brandner, OL Austin Davis, WR TJ Douglas, CB Bryon Fields, S Jake Kite, and OL Sterling Korona will be on campus.

The Blue Devils will also host LB Dominic Zanca, a 6'1" 235 pound prospect who had previously verbally committed to Derek Dooley and the Tennessee Volunteers. Zanca has starred at Lake Brantley High School in Florida, and has already officially visited Tennessee and Purdue. He is also a potential January enrollee.

Big Wakulla OL Chris Griffin will also be in town this weekend for an official visit. The 6'6" 275 pound prospect from Crawfordville, Florida had previously offered a verbal commitment to Georgia Tech, but will be in town this weekend to check out the Blue Devils, who have remained in touch throughout the fall.

Future official visitors of note include WR DaeSean Hamilton, LB Jake Roh, and LB Jarrad Davis (Auburn commit). LB Joe Walker, a junior college transfer from California, will take an official visit to Oregon this weekend. He previously had visited Duke, Texas A&M, and Syracuse. He intends to enroll in January and will likely make his decision within the next week.

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Needless to say, it's a big weekend for Duke football in Durham, and with the excitement of a bowl game in the air, Coach Cutcliffe and his staff have plenty to show off. Duke will host their second big official visit weekend next weekend. BDN will continue to keep our members updated with the latest on #dukegang2013.

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BDN Duke Basketball Notebook – A look at the schedule ahead


In this edition of the Duke Basketball Notebook, I take a look at the schedule ahead while adding in some insights from covering the Duke beat.

Next up, Temple

Duke will face the Temple Owls in the Carquest Auto Parts Classic in Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey this Saturday, after which there will be an eleven day break before the next game. Look for Duke to seek a bit if revenge from the loss the Owls pinned on them last year.  The Blue Devils should also be focused on going into the break on a high note. We'll preview the Blue Devils and Owls later this week, but until then here are some of my idle thoughts mixed with some facts about the upcoming December schedule.

Withdrawal Begins

Duke fans and their team have had little time to breathe, with games coming at a breakneck pace.  The Blue Devils have faced all comers and have remained undefeated through the toughest early-season stretch I can remember any college team ever playing. After the Temple game comes an eleven day break before Duke faces Cornell on December 19th. And after that and Elon the following night, there is another nine-day stretch until they play Santa Clara just before the New Year.

Cupcakes by Duke Standards

No disrespect is intended towards Cornell, Elon and Santa Clara, but these schools represent the easiest games left on the Duke schedule. Coach Krzyzewski will use these opportunities to further develop Alex Murphy and Amile Jefferson off the bench, and possibly Marshall Plumlee too, who should be back. Of course, everybody will be developing, but fan interest is naturally highest on this season's newcomers.

High Noon

I've been around since Coach Mike Krzyzewski took over at Duke, and we both came up in a time when Saturday games were the norm. But in today's world Sunday games permeate the landscape, simply for television purposes. I agree with Krzyzewski, who has long felt that kids need their Sunday for rest and preparation for the week ahead in classes, and that a late night start is a major hindrance.  The prime-time TV-dictated starts basically steal the kids' weekends while penalizing them for being successful. In this sense the Duke program in a way is a victim of its own success, because nobody wants bottom feeders playing on Sunday evening. Starting with the game versus Santa Clara, Duke will play three consecutive games on Saturday starting at high noon, and that will allow the kids to have an actual weekend and a little time to relax.

If I may wallow in nostalgia for a moment, I surely miss those Saturday games which started no later than 4:00, because even media feels the grind. For example, the Ohio State game in Cameron started on Thursday at 9:30 PM and ended early on Friday. It was 12:30 AM when Coach Krzyzeswski finished up at the podium, and then videos had to be formatted, articles written, and photos gathered, and by the time that is done, I am walking to my car around 2:15 AM. My point is that the decisionmakers often don't consider how late starts or Sunday night games can take a toll on all involved, especially the student-athletes, but also the coaches and the media.

Holiday Games not Necessarily a Bad Thing

There was a time when many felt that the December games which fell around student breaks and the holidays were a disadvantage for Duke, but in recent years that trend has changed. It was about four years ago when I was walking up to Cameron on a sunny, crisp December afternoon noticing the lack of tickets available and their eventual price, which shocked me. Never had I remembered holiday games bringing more than face value to the always sold-out Cameron Indoor Stadium. Each year Duke gives average fans a chance to purchase holiday-time game tickets when the students are on break.  This means no band or cheerleaders, so there is an unusual atmosphere. That used to make for an odd, unorganized and uncertain air to the stadium, and it still does -- but in a good way. Fans from all walks of life who never get to come to Cameron are there, and are itching to get close to their team. Some have made the journey for the first time to what is termed by many as a religious experience, while others just want to show they're forty-something year-old Cameron Crazies who can still cheer with the best of them. What you see is unbridled and rabid support for the Blue Devils.  Although in the past there have been ACC games scheduled during the time when the students were gone, for the most part Duke tries to schedule cupcakes during this time. Personally, I like the full effect of Cameron with the students, cheerleaders and band in play, but the contrast offered by the holidays is not necessarily a bad thing.

The ACC Season begins on January 5th

Duke will open its ACC season on January 5th at home against Wake Forest and then play Clemson in Cameron three days later. The Blue Devils will have built quite the resume by then if they get past Temple and Davidson.

But Kryzyzewski will not let them forget that the ACC is a new season and winning the conference is always a major goal in Durham. January will provide two tough road tests for Duke against N.C. State and Miami, as well and home games versus Georgia Tech and Maryland, the latter looking like upper division material. With the ACC expanding, winning regular season ACC titles will soon become harder than ever and that means ....

... the ACC Tournament will get its swag back

With Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse and Louisville joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, not only will regular season titles become a tough get, but so will ACC Tournament tickets. In the past few years, there have been some occasional attendance problems to event, which used to consistently sell out and indeed was one of the most highly sought-after tickets of the year.  But soon, with the new conference additions, tickets to the ACC Tournament will again be hot, hot, hot.

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ACC Coaches pick Cut as COY and honor Blue Devils

Greensboro, N.C.—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)

Player of the Year Voting

1. Tajh Boyd, QB, Clemson (7)

2. Giovani Bernard, RB, North Carolina (3)

3. DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson (2)

Offensive Player of the Year Voting

1. Tajh Boyd, QB, Clemson (7)

2. Giovani Bernard, RB, North Carolina (3)

3. DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson (2)

Defensive Player of the Year Voting

1. Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State (9)

2. Cornellius Carradine, DE, Florida State (2)

3. James Gayle, DE, Virginia Tech (1)

Rookie of the Year Voting

1. Duke Johnson, RB, Miami (8)

2. Stefon Diggs, WR, Maryland (3)

3. Eddie Johnson, LB, Miami (1)

Offensive Rookie of the Year Voting

1. Duke Johnson, RB, Miami (8)

2. Stefon Diggs, WR, Maryland (3)

3. Vad Lee, QB, Georgia Tech (1)

Defensive Rookie of the Year Voting

1. Ronald Darby, CB, FSU (5)

2. Eddie Johnson, LB, Miami (4)

3. Maurice Canady, CB, Virginia (2)

4. Eli Harold, DE, Virginia (1)

Coach of the Year Voting

1. David Cutcliffe, Duke (7)

2. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State (2)

3. Tom O’Brien, NC State (1)

Al Golden, Miami (1)

Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech (1)