2007 All-ACC Football Teams Announced

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The 2007 All-ACC football teams were announced on Monday afternoon, and seven
Virginia Tech players made the list. Some were clearly obvious, and some were a
surprise.

Only one offensive player made the cut for First or Second Team All-ACC. That
was offensive tackle Duane Brown. Here is a look at the top offensive players in
the ACC, as voted by the ACC media.

All-ACC Offense
	First Team		Second Team
Position	Name	School	Name	School
QB	Matt Ryan	Boston College	Cullen Harper	Clemson
RB	Tashard Choice	Georgia Tech	Andre Callender	Boston College
RB	James Davis	Clemson	Josh Adams	Wake Forest
WR	Aaron Kelly	Clemson	Hakeen Nicks	UNC
WR	Kenneth Moore	Wake Forest	Eron Riley	Duke
TE	Ryan Purvis	Boston College	Tom Santi	Virginia
OT	Barry Richardson	Clemson	Duane Brown	Virginia Tech
OT	Andrew Gardner	Georgia Tech	Gosder Cherilus	Boston College
OG	Branden Albert	Virginia	Andrew Crummey	Maryland
OG	Chris McDuffie	Clemson	Rodney Hudson and Derrick Morse	Florida State (Hudson) and Miami (Morse)
C	Steve Justice	Wake Forest	Kevin Tuminello	Georgia Tech

Although Virginia Tech’s offense got on a roll to end the season, they
couldn’t do enough to make up for the bad play in the early to middle parts of
the season.

The Hokies had a few more players to make the list on defense.

All-ACC Defense
	First Team		Second Team
Position	Name	School	Name	School
DE	Chris Long	Virginia	Hilee Taylor	UNC
DE	Chris Ellis	Virginia Tech	Darrell Robertson	Georgia Tech
DT	Vance Walker	Georgia Tech	Barry Booker	Virginia Tech
DT	Dre Moore	Maryland	Kentwan Balmer	UNC
LB	Erin Henderson	Maryland	Durell Mapp	UNC
LB	Xavier Adibi	Virginia Tech	Aaron Curry	Wake Forest
LB	Geno Hayes	Florida State	Jo-Lonn Dunbar and Phillip Wheeler	Boston College (Dunbar) and Georgia Tech (Wheeler)
CB	Alphonso Smith	Wake Forest	DeJuan Tribble	Boston College
CB	Macho Harris	Virginia Tech	Brandon Flowers	Virginia Tech
S	Jamie Silva	Boston College	Michael Hamlin	Clemson
S	Kenny Phillips	Miami	DaJuan Morgan	NC State

Three Hokies made first team All-ACC defense. Chris Elllis, Xavier Adibi and
Macho Harris impressed the media enough to earn the spots, but there is an odd
absence. Brandon Flowers was just as good this season as last season, if not
better, yet he did not make First Team All-ACC this year. He even posted more
interceptions this year (5) than last year (3).

Barry Booker was a second team All-ACC defensive tackle. He dominated the
Virginia offensive line in last Saturday’s win, which surely helped earn him
that spot. Because he missed four games recovering from wrist surgery, Vince
Hall did not make the cut for either first or second team. However, Maryland
offensive guard Andrew Crummey, who missed almost half the season with a torn
ACL, was selected Second Team All-ACC.

Virginia defensive end Chris Long was the only player who was a unanimous
selection. He is a virtual lock for ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

Eddie Royal made the list as a specialist.

Specialists
	First Team		Second Team
Position	Name	School	Name	School
K	Travis Bell	Georgia Tech	Gary Cismesia	Florida State
P	Durant Brooks	Georgia Tech	Ryan Weigand	Virginia
Returner	Eddie Royal	Virginia Tech	Darrell Blackman	NC State

Royal is the ACC’s all-time leader in punt return yardage. Georgia Tech
obviously had the best kicking talent in the ACC with Travis Bell and Durant
Brooks.

Three more Hokies earned Honorable Mention All-ACC honors. They are:
defensive tackle Carlton Powell, linebacker Vince Hall, and free safety D.J.
Parker.

Georgia Tech led the conference with eight All-ACC selections, while Virginia
Tech and Boston College had seven each. Clemson had six, while Wake Forest had
five.

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