Projecting the 2022 ACC All-Conference Team selections

Alex Weberby:Alex Weber•06/07/22

With a few months until opening kickoff of the college football season, awards predictions, watchlists and all-conference projections are starting to make the rounds. The folks over at Athlon Sports recently released their all-conference predictions for the ACC. Take a look at who they believe will be the best at each position in the conference in 2022. 

The projected first-team and second-team All-ACC selections are as follows:

All-ACC First-Time

First-Team Offense

QB Sam Hartman, Wake Forest
RB Sean Tucker, Syracuse
RB Will Shipley, Clemson
WR A.T. Perry, Wake Forest
WR Josh Downs, North Carolina
WR Dontayvion Wicks, Virginia
TE Marshon Ford, Louisville
C Grant Gibson, NC State
OL Jordan McFadden, Clemson
OL Caleb Chandler, Louisville
OL Christian Mahogany, Boston College
OL Zion Nelson, Miami

First-Team Defense 

DL Calijah Kancey, Pitt
DL Myles Murphy, Clemson
DL Bryan Bresee, Clemson
DL Tyler Davis, Clemson
LB Trenton Simpson, Clemson
LB Mikel Jones, Syracuse
LB Payton Wilson, NC State
LB Drake Thomas, NC State
CB Kei’Trel Clark, Louisville
CB Josh DeBerry, Boston College
S Jammie Robinson, Florida State
S Andrew Mukuba, Clemson

First-Team Specialists 

K B.T. Potter, Clemson
P Lou Hedley, Miami
KR Jaylen Stinson, Duke
PR Taylor Morin, Wake Forest

Second-Team Offense 

QB Devin Leary, NC State
RB Pat Garwo III, Boston College
RB Jaylan Knighton, Miami
AP Keytaon Thompson, Virginia 
WR Taylor Morin, Wake Forest
WR Zay Flowers, Boston College
TE Will Mallory, Miami
C Michael Jurgens, Wake Forest
OL Sean Maginn, Wake Forest
OL Carter Warren, Pitt
OL DJ Scaife, Miami
OL Matthew Bergeron, Syracuse

All-ACC Second-Time

Second-Team Defense 

DL Cory Durden, NC State
DL Rondell Bothroyd, Wake Forest
DL Habakkuk Baldonado, Pitt
DL Myles Murphy, North Carolina
DL Robert Cooper, Florida State
DL Xavier Thomas, Clemson
LB Yasir Abdullah, Louisville
LB Nick Jackson, Virginia
LB SirVocea Dennis, Pitt
CB Tyrique Stevenson, Miami
CB Duce Chestnut, Syracuse
S Brandon Hill, Pitt
S Tanner Ingle, NC State

Second-Team Specialists

K Andres Borregales, Miami
P Peter Moore, Virginia Tech
KR Trebor Pena, Syracuse
PR Thayer Thomas, NC State

Not a huge surprise, but Clemson leads the way with eight first-team selections, also occupying three of the four first-team defensive line spots. However, the rest of the teams are fairly balanced among the other ACC teams. The second-team defense alone features players from 10 of the 14 ACC teams.

In fact, Georgia Tech is the only team in the conference who failed to place a guy on any of the first-team or second-team projections. Sucks to be a Yellow Jacket fan I guess. But again, otherwise the talent seems to be spread out between the rest of the teams pretty evenly. Should make for a competitive ACC in 2022.