FSU sets school record with 26 players on All-ACC Academic Football Team
The FSU football team enjoyed tremendous success on the field and in the classroom this past season.
According to a release from the university, the Seminoles placed 26 players on the All-ACC Academic Football Team, which was released Wednesday. That is a new school record.
Placekicker Ryan Fitzgerald led the way with his third selection during his time at FSU. He was one of only nine players in the conference to earn Academic All-ACC honors three or more times.
Here is the rest of the release from Florida State:
Led by three-time honoree Ryan Fitzgerald, FSU was one of five schools in the conference with at least 25 selections. Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests for the season.
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Fitzgerald, a junior working toward his Master’s in accounting, is the ninth Seminole to earn at least three All-ACC Academic honors. Brian Courtney, Preston Daniel, Ja’Khi Douglas, Joshua Farmer, Kevin Knowles II and James Rosenberry Jr. were all honored for the second time in their careers.
In 2023, the Seminoles produced the third 13-win season in program history, joining the 2013 national championship team and the 2014 College Football Playoff semifinalists, and the first ACC title for FSU since 2014. FSU placed a program-record 25 selections on the All-ACC teams, including Fitzgerald, Tatum Bethune, Keon Coleman, Fentrell Cypress II, Joshua Farmer and Maurice Smith, who are also on the All-Academic Team. Long snapper James Rosenberry Jr. was a first-team All-American by the AFCA.
Behind ACC Player of the Year quarterback Jordan Travis, FSU’s eight first-team selections were the most in the conference, and Florida State also topped the ACC in second-team and third-team honorees.
The full list of FSU’s All-ACC Academic Team is below:
Tatum Bethune, Florida State, LB, Social Science
Joshua Burrell, Florida State, WR, Sport Management
Keon Coleman, Florida State, WR, Social Science
AJ Cottrill, Florida State, LB, Management
Brian Courtney**, Florida State, TE, Finance
Justin Cryer, Florida State, LB, Sport Management
Fentrell Cypress II, Florida State, DB, Social Science
Preston Daniel**, Florida State, TE, MBA
Ja’Khi Douglas**, Florida State, WR, Sport Management
Bryson Estes, Florida State, OL, Social Science
Joshua Farmer**, Florida State, DL, Social Science
Ryan Fitzgerald***, Florida State, K, Master’s in Accounting
Omar Graham Jr., Florida State, LB, Social Science
Bless Harris, FSU, OL, Master’s in Athletic Coaching
Donny Hiebert, Florida State, DB, Finance
Destyn Hill, Florida State, WR, Management
Keiondre Jones, Florida State, OL, Social Science
Kevin Knowles II**, Florida State, DB, Social Science
Fabien Lovett, FSU, DL, Sociology
Blake Nichelson, Florida State, LB, Social Science
James Rosenberry Jr.**, Florida State, LB, MBA
Robert Scott Jr., Florida State, OL, Social Science
Thomas Shrader, Florida State, OL, Finance
Maurice Smith, Florida State, OL, Sociology
Jackson West, Florida State, TE, Sport Management
Hykeem Williams, Florida State, WR, Pre-Criminology
** – two-time honoree
*** – three-time honoree
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