Eight Football Terps Named First Team All-ACC
11/26/2002 7:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 26, 2002
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its all-league team today and a total of 14 University of Maryland football players were among those honored by the conference. Of the 14 Terps, eight were named first team All-ACC, most of any school in the conference and one more than the school record of seven set a year ago.
Maryland had eight first teamers and were followed by NC State (five), Florida State (three), Virginia (three), Wake Forest (two), Clemson (one), Duke (one), Georgia Tech (one) and North Carolina (one).
Below is the complete list of All-ACC players for 2002:
First Team - Offense QB Matt Schaub, Jr., Virginia RB Chris Downs, Sr., Maryland RB T.A. McLendon, Fr., NC State WR Jerricho Cotchery, Jr., NC State WR Billy McMullen, Sr., Virginia TE Sean Berton, Sr., NC State OT Brett Williams, Sr., Florida State OT Matt Crawford, Sr., Maryland OG Montrae Holland, Sr., Florida State OG Blake Henry, Sr., Wake Forest OC Todd Wike, Sr., Maryland PK Nick Novak, So., MarylandFirst Team - Defense DL Alonzo Jackson, Sr., Florida State DL Calvin Pace, Sr., Wake Forest DL Shawn Johnson, Jr., Duke DL Nick Eason, Gr., Clemson LB E.J. Henderson, Sr., Maryland LB Dantonio Burnette, Sr., NC State LB Angelo Crowell, Sr., Virginia DB Terrence Holt, Sr., NC State DB Jeremy Muyres, Sr., Georgia Tech DB Dexter Reid, Jr., North Carolina DB Domonique Foxworth, So., Maryland SP Steve Suter, So., Maryland P Brooks Barnard, Sr., Maryland
Second Team - Offense QB Philip River, Jr., NC State RB Greg Jones, Jr., Florida State RB Alex Wade, Jr., Duke WR Kerry Watkins, Sr., Georgia Tech WR Anquan Boldin, Jr., Florida State TE Heath Miller, Fr., Virginia OT Nat Dorsey, So., Georgia Tech OT Chris Colmer, Jr., NC State OG Lamar Bryant, Jr., Maryland OG Shane Riggs, Sr., NC State C Antoine Mirambeau, Sr., Florida State PK Luke Manget, Sr., Georgia Tech
Second Team- Defense DL Chris Canty, So., Virginia DL Shawn Price, Sr., NC State DL Randy Starks, So., Maryland DL Bryant McNeal, Sr., Clemson LB Mike Boulware, Jr., Florida State LB Recardo Wimbush, Sr., Georgia Tech LB Kendyll Pope, Jr., Florida State DB Justin Miller, Fr., Clemson DB Brian Mance, Sr., Clemson DB Madieu Williams, Jr., Maryland DB Jerton Evans, Sr., Virginia SP Fabian Davis, Sr., Wake Forest P Chance Gwaltney, Sr., Florida State
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE (20 or more points) - QB: Scott McBrien, Jr., Maryland (23); RB: Tarence Williams, Sr., Wake Forest (31). WR: Sam Aiken, Sr., North Carolina (56). TE: Bobby Blizzard, Jr., North Carolina (28), Jeff Dugan, Jr., Maryland (28). OT: Gary Byrd, Sr., Clemson (27); Mark Moroz, Jr., Wake Forest (26); Mike Mullins, Sr., Virginia (26). OG: Elton Brown, So., Virginia (49); C.J. Brooks, So., Maryland (46); Tyson Clabo, Jr., Wake Forest (35). C: Hugh Reilly, Jr., Georgia Tech (31). PK: Aaron Hunt, Jr., Clemson (30); Xavier Beita, So., Florida State (23).
HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE - DL: Terrance Martin, Sr., NC State (54); Matt Zielinski, Jr., Duke (49); Montique Sharpe, Sr., Wake Forest (31). LB: Darryl Blackstock, Fr., Virginia (37); John Leake, Jr., Clemson (37); Ryan Fowler, Jr., Duke (29); Rodney Thomas, Sr., Clemson (20). DB: Andre Maddox, So., NC State (45); Almondo Curry, Jr., Virginia (44); Quintin Williams, Jr., Wake Forest (35); Eric King, So., Wake Forest (23). SP: Kelley Rhino, Sr., Georgia Tech (35).
