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1 7 F O O T B A L L ME D I A G U I D E
Head Coach Justin Fuente
Co-First Year Coach of the Year, FWAA (1/9/17)
ACC Coach of the Year, Athlon Sports (12/14)
ACC Coach of the Year, ACC Coaches (12/8)
ACC Coach of the Year, AP (12/7)
ACC Coach of the Year, ACSMA (11/29)
George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year
Semifinalist (11/18)
ESPN Midseason Coach of the Year via Mark
Schlabach (10/19)
CampusInsiders Midseason Coach of the Year via
Jonathan Bass (10/21)
Offensive Coordinator Brad Cornelsen
Offensive coordinator Coach of the Week,
CoachingSearch.com (10/30)
Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster
Linebackers Coach of the Week, CoachingSearch.com
(10/16)
Defensive Coordinator of the Week, Athlon Sports
(10/9)
Coach James Shibest
Special Teams Coordinator of the Week,
CoachingSearch.com (9/25)
Tech Offensive Line
Joe Moore Midseason Honor Roll (10/12)
DB Adonis Alexander
Honorable Mention, Sophomore All-American, Campus
Insiders (12/14)
DT Woody Baron
All-ACC Team, Sports on Earth (12/15)
Second Team All-ACC, Athlon Sports (12/14)
Second Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
Second Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
First Team All-ACC, AP (12/7)
Defensive Lineman of the Year, The Touchdown Club of
Richmond (12/6)
All-ACC team,
ESPN.com(12/6)
First Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ACC Player of the Week at DL, Pro Football Focus
(11/8)
ACC Defensive Line Player of the Week, ACC (10/24)
S Chuck Clark
First Team All-ACC, Pro Football Focus (12/8)
Honorable Mention All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
All-ACC Academic Team
Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List
ACC Preseason Third Team Defense, Athlon Sports
Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
OL Augie Conte
Third Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
Third Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Third Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
LB Tremaine Edmunds
First Team, Sophomore All-American, Campus Insiders
(12/14)
Second Team All-ACC, Athlon Sports (12/14)
Third Team, All-American, Phil Steele (12/13)
First Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
All-ACC Academic Team
Second Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Second Team All-ACC, AP (12/7)
Second Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ACC Defensive Linebacker Player of the Week, ACC
(10/24)
ROV Terrell Edmunds
Honorable Mention, Sophomore All-American, Campus
Insiders (12/14)
Honorable Mention All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
All-ACC team,
ESPN.com(12/6)
Honorable Mention All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week, ACC (10/24)
DE Ken Ekanem
Honorable Mention All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Honorable Mention All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ACC Defensive Line Player of the Week, ACC (9/26)
Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List
ACC Preseason Second Team Defense, Athlon Sports
Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
QB Jerod Evans
ACC Newcomer of the Year, Athlon Sports (12/14)
ACC Newcomer of the Year, AP (12/7)
Offensive Back of the Year, The Touchdown Club of
Richmond (12/6)
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist
(11/21)
Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Year
Semifinalist (11/10)
ACC X-factor of the Week, Southern Pigstaff.com
(10/30)
Davey O’Brien “Great 8” Quarterback of the Week
(10/30)
Manning Award Star of the Week, sponsored by
Allstate Sugar Bowl (10/24)
Davey O’Brien “Great 8” Quarterback of the Week
(10/24)
Maxwell Award Watch List addition (10/19)
Manning Award Watch List addition, sponsored by
Allstate Sugar Bowl (10/12)
Manning Award Star of the Week, sponsored by
Allstate Sugar Bowl (9/29)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Player of the Week
Honorable Mention (9/27)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Player of the Week
Honorable Mention (9/20)
CB Brandon Facyson
National Player of the Week at Cornerback, Pro
Football Focus (11/30)
All-ACC Academic Team
ACC Preseason Fourth Team Defense, Athlon Sports
WR Isaiah Ford
Second Team All-ACC, Athlon Sports (12/14)
Second Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
Second Team All-ACC, Pro Football Focus (12/8)
Second Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Second Team All-ACC, AP (12/7)
Second Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ACC Player of the Week at WR, Pro Football Focus
(9/7)
Herbie Nominee: Best Kept Secret
All-ACC Preseason Football Team
Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List
Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List
Preseason All-America Second Team, Athlon Sports
ACC Preseason First Team Offense, Athlon Sports
C Eric Gallo
All-ACC Academic Team
Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List
TE Bucky Hodges
Third Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
Third Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Third Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
John Mackey Award Semifinalst (11/14)
John Mackey Tight End of the Week, Honorable
Mention (11/1)
John Mackey Tight End of the Week (10/26)
John Mackey Award Midseason Watch List
John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List
ACC Preseason Second Team Offense, Athlon Sports
P Mitchell Ludwig
National Punter of the Week, Pro Football Focus
(10/25)
OL Jonathan McLaughlin
Third Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
Third Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Third Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
East-West Shrine Game participant (11/29)
ACC Preseason Fourth Team Offense, Athlon Sports
RB Travon McMillian
Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List
ACC Preseason Third Team Offense, Athlon Sports
LB Andrew Motuapuaka
Third Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
Second Team All-ACC, Pro Football Focus (12/8)
Second Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Third Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ACC Defensive Linebacker Player of the Week, ACC
(11/28)
Team of the Week honoree, Pro Football Focus (10/11)
WR Cam Phillips
ACC All-Bowl Team, ESPN (1/11/17)
MVP of the Belk Bowl (12/29)
Second Team All-ACC, Pro Football Focus (12/8)
DB Mook Reynolds
ACC All-Bowl Team, ESPN (1/11/17)
Honorable Mention All-Bowl Team, AP (1/4/17)
FB Sam Rogers
First Team All-ACC, Pro Football Focus (12/8)
All-American Team, Second Team, Pro Football Focus
(12/6)
Reese’s Senior Bowl participant (11/14)
Midseason All-America Team, Pro Football Focus
(10/27)
Dante Hall Award Watch List
All-ACC Academic Team
Herbie Nominee: Unsung Hero
Preseason FBS Second Team All-American, Football
Gameplan
Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watch List
Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
DT Tim Settle
Honorable Mention, Freshman All-American, Campus
Insiders (12/13)
LB Anthony Shegog
All-Bowl Team, AP (1/4/17)
K Joey Slye
All-ACC Team, Sports on Earth (12/15)
Third Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
First Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Third Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ACC Specialist of the Week (10/31)
ACC Special Teams Player of the Week, Southern
Pigstaff.com (10/30)
Groza Award Preseason Watch List
DB Greg Stroman
Third Team All-ACC, Phil Steele (12/13)
Second Team All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Honorable Mention All-ACC (SP), ACC Coaches
(12/8)
Third Team All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
ESPN.com’s midseason All-ACC team, via Andrea
Adelson (10/19)
ACC Player of the Week at DB, Pro Football Focus
(9/7)
OL Wyatt Teller
First Team All-ACC, Pro Football Focus (12/8)
Honorable Mention All-ACC, ACC Coaches (12/8)
Honorable Mention All-ACC, ACSMA (11/28)
National Player of the Week at Guard, Pro Football
Focus (11/8)
Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List
ACC Preseason Third Team Offense, Athlon Sports
DT Ricky Walker
ACC Player of the Week at DL, Pro Football Focus
(11/8)
Italics
- preseason honor
2016 HONORS & AWARDS