ACC Teams, Alumni Featured on AP All-Time All-America Team

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Current Atlantic Coast Conference soccer members had 12 former Associated Press (AP) All-Americans named to the Associated Press (AP) All-Time All-America Team, as a part of the information group’s celebration of the one centesimal anniversary of the storied honor for the highest gamers in faculty soccer.
 
Pitt positioned three gamers on the AP All-Time All-America First Team, tying with Ohio State for probably the most from one faculty.
 
The 12 honorees from present ACC faculties embody 9 members of the National Football Foundation (NFF) College Football Hall of Fame, 5 recipients of ACC Football Legend honors, and two standouts named to the ACC fiftieth Anniversary Team in 2003.
 
Since 1925, practically 2,000 males have been named AP First-Team All-Americans, probably the most prestigious honors within the sport.
 
Of the 25 gamers on the primary staff, 5 received the Heisman Trophy and 21 are within the College Football Hall of Fame, two are nominated for induction in 2026, and two will not be eligible as a result of they don’t seem to be but 10 years faraway from their faculty careers.
 
To be eligible for the AP All-Time All-America Team, a participant needed to have been named an AP First-Team All-American at the very least as soon as throughout his faculty profession. The choice course of didn’t think about a participant’s skilled profession. Additionally, gamers had been solely thought-about for the aspect of the ball the place they earned First-Team All-America honors, with the exception that all-purpose gamers might be chosen from any place.
 
ACC Teams with Players Named to All-Time AP All-America Team
First-Team Offense
WR – Larry Fitzgerald, Pitt (2003)
OT – Bill Fralic, Pitt (1982-83-84)
PK – Sebastian Janikowski, Florida State (1998-99)
 
First-Team Defense
DE – Hugh Green, Pitt (1978-79-80)
CB – Deion Sanders, Florida State (1987-88)
S – Ed Reed, Miami (2000-01)
 
Second-Team Offense
OT – Bryant McKinnie, Miami (2001)
RB – Tony Dorsett, Pitt (1976)
 
Second-Team Defense
DE – Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech (1984)
DT – Warren Sapp, Miami (1994)
LB – Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina (1980)
S – Bennie Blades, Miami (1986-87)
 
*Maryland’s Randy White (DE), an AP All-America First-Team choice in 1974, was named to the First-Team Defense. White was named an ACC Football Legend in 2006 and is a member of the ACC fiftieth Anniversary Team, as Maryland was a part of the ACC from 1953 to 2014.