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 |
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First Team |
Second Team |
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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 |
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First Team |
Second Team |
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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 |
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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.