ACC Football 2015 All-Conference Team

The ACC loses some of its star power from 2014, but the league still returns plenty of household names and players ready to challenge for All-America honors. And even though the 2015 college football season is still a few months away, but it’s never too early to project what could happen this year.

Athlon Sports released its full predictions for the ACC last week. Now, it’s time to take a look at the best of the best and honor the top players in the league with a release of first, second, third and fourth all-conference teams for 2015.

An important note on the all-conference teams: These are based on how players will perform in 2015. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2015 all-conference team is largely based on predicting and projecting the best for the upcoming year.

Related: 2015 ACC Predictions, Projected Records and Awards

ACC 2015 Team Previews

Atlantic Division
National Rank:	56	14	9	38	39	85	82

Coastal Division
National Rank:	52	18	43	42	41	61	35

Athlon's All-ACC Team for 2015

	First-Team Offense	Second-Team Offense	Third-Team Offense	Fourth-Team Offense
QB	Deshaun Watson Clemson	Brad Kaaya Miami	Justin Thomas Georgia Tech	Marquise Williams North Carolina
RB	James Conner Pittsburgh	Jon Hilliman Boston College	Brandon Radcliff Louisville	T.J. Logan North Carolina
RB	Dalvin Cook Florida State	Joseph Yearby Miami	Wayne Gallman Clemson	J.C. Coleman Virginia Tech
AP	Ryan Switzer (WR) North Carolina	Shadrach Thornton (RB) NC State	Taquan Mizell (RB) Virginia	Sherman Alston (WR) Boston College
WR	Tyler Boyd Pittsburgh	Travis Rudolph Florida State	James Quick Louisville	Quinshad Davis North Carolina
WR	Artavis Scott Clemson	Mike Williams Clemson	Isaiah Ford Virginia Tech	Mack Hollins North Carolina
TE	Bucky Hodges Virginia Tech	Cam Serigne Wake Forest	Braxton Deaver Duke	David Grinnage NC State
C	Matt Skura Duke	Freddie Burden Georgia Tech	Ryan Norton Clemson	Lucas Crowley North Carolina
OG	Wyatt Teller Virginia Tech	Dorian Johnson Pittsburgh	Trey Braun Georgia Tech	Ross Burbank Virginia
OG	Landon Turner North Carolina	Joe Thuney NC State	Kareem Are Florida State	Harris Williams Boston College
OT	Adam Bisnowaty Pittsburgh	Bryan Chamberlain Georgia Tech	Jon Heck North Carolina	Isaiah Battle* Clemson
OT	Roderick Johnson Florida State	Jonathan McLaughlin Virginia Tech	Eric Smith Virginia	Ivan Foy Syracuse

	First-Team Defense	Second-Team Defense	Third-Team Defense	Fourth-Team Defense
DE	Ken Ekanem Virginia Tech	Sheldon Rankins Louisville	KeShun Freeman Georgia Tech	Kevin Kavalec Boston College
DE	Dadi Nicolas Virginia Tech	Shaq Lawson Clemson	DeMarcus Walker Florida State	Ron Thompson Syracuse
DT	Adam Gotsis Georgia Tech	N. Lawrence-Stample Florida State	Connor Wujciak Boston College	Josh Banks Wake Forest
DT	Luther Maddy Virginia Tech	Corey Marshall Virginia Tech	David Dean Virginia	Nazair Jones North Carolina
LB	Brandon Chubb Wake Forest	Deon Clarke Virginia Tech	Kelby Brown* Duke	Reggie Northrup Florida State
LB	Keith Kelsey Louisville	Steven Daniels Boston College	James Burgess Louisville	Jerod Fernandez NC State
LB	Terrance Smith Florida State	P.J. Davis Georgia Tech	Marquel Lee Wake Forest	Jermaine Grace Miami
CB	Kendall Fuller Virginia Tech	Mackensie Alexander Clemson	Jack Tocho NC State	Demetrious Nicholson Virginia
CB	Jalen Ramsey Florida State	Maurice Canady Virginia	D.J. White Georgia Tech	Chuck Clark (CB/S) Virginia Tech
S	Quin Blanding Virginia	Deon Bush Miami	DeVon Edwards Duke	Ryan Janvion Wake Forest
S	Jeremy Cash Duke	Jamal Golden Georgia Tech	Josh Harvey-Clemons Louisville	Artie Burns (CB) Miami

	First-Team Specialists	Second-Team Specialists	Third-Team Specialists	Fourth-Team Specialists
K	Roberto Aguayo Florida State	Ross Martin Duke	Ammon Lakip Clemson	Ian Frye Virginia
P	Alex Kinal Wake Forest	Will Monday Duke	Riley Dixon Syracuse	Justin Vogel Miami
KR	Myles Willis Boston College	DeVon Edwards Duke	Tyler Boyd Pittsburgh	Kermit Whitfield Florida State
PR	Tyler Boyd Pittsburgh	Ryan Switzer North Carolina	Greg Stroman Virginia Tech	Sherman Alston Boston College

Team-by-Team Breakdown of Athlon's 2015 All-ACC Team

	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Boston College	Offense: 0 Defense: 0  Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1  Defense: 1  ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1  ​Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 ​Sp. Teams: 1
Clemson	Offense: 2 Defense: 0  Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1  Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2  Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 0  Sp. Teams: 0
Duke	Offense: 1 Defense: 1  Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0  Sp. Teams: 3	Offense: 1  Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0  Sp. Teams: 0
Florida State	Offense: 2  Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1  Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams:  0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1
Georgia Tech	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2  Defense: 2  Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Louisville	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Miami	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 1
North Carolina	Offense: 2 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1  Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 5 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
NC State	Offense: 0  Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 0  Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Pittsburgh	Offense: 3 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0
Syracuse	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 0  Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Virginia	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 2 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1
Virginia Tech	Offense: 2 Defense: 4 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0
Wake Forest	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 1	Offense: 1 Defense: 0 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 1 Sp. Teams: 0	Offense: 0 Defense: 2 Sp. Teams: 0

* Player selections were done before Clemson's Isaiah Battle left for the supplemental draft and Duke's Kelby Brown suffered a season-ending knee injury.