
Phil Steele released his Preseason All-ACC teams today, and there were plenty of Louisville Cardinals getting some recognition. DeVante Parker and Jake Smith were the only players to make the first team, although he has Smith as a center. Smith moved to guard in spring practice. On the second team, you will see Lorenzo Mauldin as a defensive end, even though he will basically be a linebacker/defense end hybrid this season. But it’s whatever. In all, 12 different Cards made the list. Charles Gaines is on it twice because he runs with animals.
Of the 12 players on the 1st Team Offense, Florida State has 6 of them. So they will probably be pretty good this season.
Here are the teams. What do you think?
Phil Steele’s 2014 Preseason All-ACC Team
OFFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
QB | Jameis Winston, Florida St | Marquise Williams, North Carolina | Anthony Boone, Duke | Will Gardner, Louisville |
RB | Duke Johnson, Miami | Kevin Parks, Virginia | Dominique Brown, Louisville | TJ Logan, North Carolina |
RB | Karlos Williams, Florida St | Trey Edmunds, Virginia Tech | James Conner, Pittsburgh | Wayne Gallman, Clemson |
WR | Rashad Greene, Florida St | Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh | Eli Rogers, Louisville | Charone Peake, Clemson |
WR | Jamison Crowder, Duke | Quinshad Davis, North Carolina | Phillip Dorsett, Miami | Demitri Knowles, Va Tech |
WR | DeVante Parker, Louisville | Stacy Coley, Miami | Joshua Stanford, Va Tech | Isaiah Jones, Florida St |
TE | Nick O’Leary, Florida St | Braxton Deaver, Duke | Gerald Christian, Louisville | Clive Walford, Miami |
C | Jake Smith, Louisville | Andy Gallik, Boston College | Shane McDermott, Miami | David Wang, Virginia Tech |
OG | Tre’ Jackson Florida St | Josue Matias, Florida St | John Miller, Louisville | Landon Turner, N Carolina |
OG | Laken Tomlinson, Duke | Shaquille Mason, Georgia Tech | Matt Rotheram, Pittsburgh | Bobby Vardaro, Boston Coll |
OT | Sean Hickey, Syracuse | Ereck Flowers, Miami | Jamon Brown, Louisville | Tyson Chandler, NC State |
OT | Cameron Erving, Florida St | Bobby Hart, Florida St | Jonathan McLaughlin, Va Tech | Takoby Cofield, Duke |
DEFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
DE | Vic Beasley, Clemson | Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville | Corey Crawford, Clemson | Chris Casher, Florida St |
DT | Grady Jarrett, Clemson | Eddie Goldman, Florida St | Adam Gotsis, Georgia Tech | Andrew Brown, Virginia |
DT | Luther Maddy, Virginia Tech | Thomas Teal, NC State | David Dean, Virginia | Corey Marshall, Virginia Tech |
DE | Mario Edwards, Florida St | Anthony Chickillo, Miami | Eli Harold, Virginia | Art Norman, NC State |
LB | Denzel Perryman, Miami | Norkeithus Otis, North Carolina | Cameron Lynch, Syracuse | Reggie Northrup, Florida St |
LB | Stephone Anthony, Clemson | Quayshawn Nealy, Georgia Tech | Henry Coley, Virginia | James Burgess, Louisville |
LB | Kelby Brown, Duke | Dyshawn Davis, Syracuse | Steven Daniels, Boston Coll | Anthony Gonzalez, Pittsburgh |
LB | Terrance Smith, Florida St | David Helton, Duke | Travis Hughes, North Carolina | Tony Steward, Clemson |
CB | Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech | Ronald Darby, Florida St | Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest | Tracy Howard, Miami |
CB | PJ Williams, Florida St | Brandon Facyson, Virginia Tech | Charles Gaines, Louisville | Demetrious Nicholson, UVA |
S | Anthony Harris, Virginia | Kyshoen Jarrett, Virginia Tech | Jayron Kearse, Clemson | Tim Scott, North Carolina |
S | Jeremy Cash, Duke | Durell Eskridge, Syracuse | Jalen Ramsey, Florida St | Isaiah Johnson, Georgia Tech |
SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
K | Roberto Aguayo, Florida St | Niklas Sade, NC State | John Wallace, Louisville | Ross Krautman, Syracuse |
P | Tommy Hibbard, North Carolina | Will Monday, Duke | AJ Hughes, Virginia Tech | Wil Baumann, NC State |
KR | Kermit Whitfield, Florida St | DeVon Edwards, Duke | Charles Gaines, Louisville | TJ Logan, North Carolina |
PR | Ryan Switzer, North Carolina | Jamison Crowder, Duke | Stacy Coley, Miami | Adam Humphries, Clemson |