ACC Football 2014 All-Conference Team

The 2014 college football season kicks off on Aug. 27 and concludes in Dallas with the first four-team playoff in the FBS ranks on January 12, 2015. Since it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming college football season, Athlon Sports has already released its projected rankings for 2014, as well as conference predictions.

With the predictions released, it’s time to take a look at the best players by conference.

Athlon Sports kicks off its release of preseason all-conference teams with a look at our first, second, third and fourth All-ACC teams for 2014.

Related Content: ACC 2014 Conference Predictions

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2014. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2014 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.
 

	2014 ACC Team Previews
National Rank:	64	21	38	1	47	28	30	31	65	36	61	72	27	85

                                                  
Athlon's All-ACC Team for 2014

	First-Team Offense	Second-Team Offense	Third-Team Offense	Fourth-Team Offense
QB	Jameis Winston Florida State ________________	Marquise Williams North Carolina ________________	Anthony Boone Duke ________________	Cole Stoudt Clemson ________________
RB	Duke Johnson Miami	Kevin Parks Virginia	James Conner Pittsburgh	T.J. Logan North Carolina
RB	Karlos Williams Florida State ________________	Shadrach Thornton NC State ________________	Michael Dyer Louisville ________________	Myles Willis Boston College  ________________
WR	Tyler Boyd Pittsburgh	Jamison Crowder Duke	Stacy Coley Miami	Phillip Dorsett Miami
WR	Rashad Greene Florida State	DeVante Parker Louisville	Quinshad Davis North Carolina	Charone Peake Clemson
TE	Nick O'Leary Florida State ________________	Braxton Deaver Duke ________________	Gerald Christian Louisville ________________	Clive Walford Miami  ________________
C	Andy Gallik Boston College	Jake Smith Louisville	Shane McDermott Miami	Ryan Norton Clemson
G	Tre' Jackson Florida State	Josue Matias Florida State	Jon Feliciano Miami	Matt Rotheram Pittsburgh
G	Laken Tomlinson Duke	Shaquille Mason Georgia Tech	Bobby Vardaro Boston College	Landon Turner North Carolina
T	Cameron Erving Florida State	Ereck Flowers Miami	Jamon Brown Louisville	Isaiah Battle Clemson
T	Bobby Hart Florida State	Sean Hickey Syracuse	Rob Crisp NC State	Jonathan McLaughlin Virginia Tech

	First-Team Defense	Second-Team Defense	Third-Team Defense	Fourth-Team Defense
DE	Vic Beasley Clemson	Eli Harold Virginia	Corey Crawford Clemson	Anthony Chickillo Miami
DE	Mario Edwards Jr. Florida State	Lorenzo Mauldin Louisville	Dadi Nicolas Virginia Tech	Norkeithus Otis North Carolina
DT	Grady Jarrett Clemson	Eddie Goldman Florida State	Mehdi Abdesmad Boston College	N. Lawrence-Stample Florida State
DT	Luther Maddy Virginia Tech ________________	Adam Gotsis Georgia Tech ________________	T.Y. McGill NC State ________________	Darryl Render Pittsburgh  ________________
LB	Stephone Anthony Clemson	Kelby Brown Duke	Steven Daniels Boston College	James Burgess Louisville
LB	Denzel Perryman Miami	Dyshawn Davis Syracuse	Cameron Lynch Syracuse	Brandon Chubb Wake Forest
LB	Terrance Smith Florida State ________________	Quayshawn Nealy Georgia Tech ________________	Matthew Thomas Florida State ________________	David Helton Duke  ________________
CB	Kendall Fuller Virginia Tech	Ronald Darby Florida State	Tracy Howard Miami	Charles Gaines Louisville
CB	P.J. Williams Florida State	Brandon Facyson Virginia Tech	Demetrious Nicholson Virginia	Kevin Johnson Wake Forest
S	Anthony Harris Virginia	Jeremy Cash Duke	Kyshoen Jarrett Virginia Tech	Deon Bush Miami
S	Jalen Ramsey Florida State	Durell Eskridge Syracuse	Isaiah Johnson Georgia Tech	DeVon Edwards Duke

	First-Team Specialists	Second-Team Specialists	Third-Team Specialists	Fourth-Team Specialists
K	Roberto Aguayo Florida State	Niklas Sade NC State	John Wallace Louisville	Ross Martin Duke
P	A.J. Hughes Virginia Tech	Thomas Hibbard North Carolina	Will Monday Duke	Alec Vozenilek Virginia
KR	Kermit Whitfield Florida State	DeVon Edwards Duke	Duke Johnson Miami	T.J. Logan North Carolina
PR	Ryan Switzer North Carolina	Jamison Crowder Duke	Jamal Golden Georgia Tech	Stacy Coley Miami

Related Content: ACC 2014 Conference Predictions

 

Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2014 All-ACC Team

	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Boston College	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Clemson	Offense: 0 Defense: 3 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 4 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Duke	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 2	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1
Florida State	Offense: 7 Defense: 4 Sp. Teams: 2	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Georgia Tech	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Louisville	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 3 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0
Miami	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 3 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1
North Carolina	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1
NC State	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Pittsburgh	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Syracuse	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Virginia	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1
Virginia Tech	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Wake Forest	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0