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Three Eagles Earn All-ACC Football Honors
November 28, 2016 | Football
Landry earned second-team honors
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Three student-athletes on the Boston College football team earned All-Atlantic Coast accolades today as voted on by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Junior defensive end Harold Landry was named second team All-ACC while linebackers Matt Milano and Connor Strachan collected All-ACC honorable mention honors.
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All three players were key cogs on a Boston College team that finished 6-6 overall and earned its third bowl trip in four seasons under head coach Steve Addazio.
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Boston College ranked as one of the nation's top defenses the entire season. Currently, the Eagles rank ninth in the nation and second in the ACC in total defense allowing just 310.6 yards per game. BC has allowed just 106.9 rushing yards per game, sixth-best nationally and second in the conference.
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BC is also among the top-20 defenses nationally in third down conversion percentage defense (12th, 31.9%), fourth down conversion percentage defense (17th, 36.4%), first down defense (9th, 184), fumbles recovered (10th, 12), sacks (10th, 3.25 per game), tackles-for-loss (15th, 7.7 per game) and turnovers gained (20th, 23).
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Landry has put together one of the best seasons in the nation in 2016. The North Carolina native is tied for the national lead with 15 sacks and leads the country with seven fumbles forced. Landry rewrote the Boston College single-season record for sacks in 2016, breaking the old mark of 13 held by Eric Storz (1997) and Mike Mamula (1994). Landry is tied for fourth in the country with 20.5 tackles-for-loss, the second-best total in Boston College single-season history behind only Mathias Kiwanuka's 25.5 TFLs in 2004.
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Milano earned All-ACC honorable mention honors for the second consecutive season after starting all 12 games as a senior in 2016. The Florida native is fourth on the team with 55 tackles and is tied for the team-lead with 40 solo stops. Milano is fourth on the team with 9.5 tackles-for-loss and totaled five sacks on the season. Milano returned his first career interception for a touchdown in the 30-0 win over Connecticut on Nov. 19.
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 Strachan earned All-ACC honors for the first time after the junior led the Eagles with 70 tackles in 2016. The Wellesley native shared the team-lead in solo tackles (40) with Milano. Appearing in 11 games including 11 starts, Strachan is third on the team with 10.0 tackles-for-loss and led the Eagles with four fumble recoveries. The four fumbles recovered rank second nationally. In addition, Strachan finished the regular season with 3.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
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Boston College will find out its bowl destination Sunday, Dec. 4. It will be the 25th bowl appearance in school history and the 15th in the last 18 years for the Eagles.
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