Published Jul 28, 2023
My Take: Full preseason All-ACC poll
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Conor O'Neill  •  DeaconsIllustrated
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Some years I’ve given full blow-by-blow rundowns of how and why I voted for teams where I did, why certain players made my preseason All-ACC ballot and others didn’t.

This isn’t one of those years.

If you have questions or praise, I’m reachable. If you have concerns or want to tell me how dumb I am … I’m also reachable.

Here’s my preseason All-ACC poll:

Predicted order of finish

FSU

Clemson

UNC

Pittsburgh

Duke

N.C. State

Miami

Louisville

Wake Forest

Virginia Tech

Georgia Tech

Syracuse

Boston College

Virginia

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Preseason All-ACC team

Offense

QB – Drake Maye, UNC

RB – Will Shipley, Clem.

RB – Trey Benson, FSU

WR – Keon Coleman, FSU

WR – Jahmal Banks, WF

WR – Johnny Wilson, FSU

All-purpose – Jalon Calhoun, Duke

TE – Oronde Gadsden, Syr.

OT – Graham Barton, Duke

OT – Matt Goncalves, Pitt

OG – Christian Mahagony, BC

OG – Javion Cohen, Miami

C – Bryan Hudson, Lou.

Defense

DE – Jared Verse, FSU

DE – Jasheen Davis, WF

DT – DeWayne Carter, Duke

DT – Tyler Davis, Clem.

LB – Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clem.

LB – Barrett Carter, Clem.

LB – Cedric Gray, UNC

CB – Aydan White, N.C. State

CB – Fentrell Cypruss II, FSU

S – Brandon Johnson, Duke

S – Andrew Mukuba, Clem.

Specialists

K – Ben Sauls, Pitt.

P – Ben Kiernan, UNC

Returner – Tucker Holloway, VT