Three Eagles Voted to All-ACC Preseason Team
July 27, 2022 | Football
Wide receiver Zay Flowers a repeat recipient.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A trio of Boston College football players earned spots on the 2022 All-ACC Preseason Team as announced by the conference on Thursday afternoon. Preseason honors were determined by a vote of the 164 credentialed media at last week's ACC Kickoff.
Senior wide receiver Zay Flowers (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) earned his second consecutive preseason honor from the ACC following an All-ACC Third Team season in 2021. His 122 career receptions rank 12th all-time at BC, while his 1,979 receiving yards are 10th. Flowers caught 44 passes for 746 yards, averaging 17.0 per reception, and five touchdowns a year ago.
Senior cornerback Josh DeBerry (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.) and redshirt-junior guard Christian Mahogany (Paramus, N.J.) joined Flowers on the preseason team. DeBerry and Mahogany each earned All-ACC Second Team honors last season.
2022 Preseason All-ACC Football Team
(Total votes in parenthesis)
ACC Preseason Poll
(164 total votes)
Overall Champion
Clemson - 103
NC State - 38
Miami - 8
Wake Forest - 4
Pitt – 3
Virginia - 3
Florida State - 2
North Carolina - 2
Boston College - 1
Atlantic Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Clemson (111) - 1,080
NC State (44) - 959
Wake Forest (6) - 783
Louisville - 591
Florida State (2) - 509
Boston College (1) - 469
Syracuse - 201
Coastal Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Miami (98) – 1,036
Pitt (38) - 911
North Carolina (18) - 823
Virginia (6) - 667
Virginia Tech (3) - 592
Georgia Tech (1) - 343
Duke - 220
Senior wide receiver Zay Flowers (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) earned his second consecutive preseason honor from the ACC following an All-ACC Third Team season in 2021. His 122 career receptions rank 12th all-time at BC, while his 1,979 receiving yards are 10th. Flowers caught 44 passes for 746 yards, averaging 17.0 per reception, and five touchdowns a year ago.
Senior cornerback Josh DeBerry (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.) and redshirt-junior guard Christian Mahogany (Paramus, N.J.) joined Flowers on the preseason team. DeBerry and Mahogany each earned All-ACC Second Team honors last season.
2022 Preseason All-ACC Football Team
(Total votes in parenthesis)
| QB | Devin Leary, NC State (56) |
| RB | Sean Tucker, Syracuse (125) |
| RB | Will Shipley, Clemson (112) |
| WR | Josh Downs, North Carolina (128) |
| WR | A.T. Perry, Wake Forest (111) |
| WR | Zay Flowers, Boston College (104) |
| TE | Will Mallory, Miami (69) |
| AP | Keytaon Thompson, Virginia (70) |
| OT | Jordan McFadden, Clemson (127) |
| OT | Zion Nelson, Miami (82) |
| OG | Caleb Chandler, Louisville (104) |
| OG | Christian Mahogany, Boston College (67) |
| C | Grant Gibson, NC State (90) |
| DE | Myles Murphy, Clemson (120) |
| DE | Habakkuk Baldonado, Pitt (54) |
| DT | Bryan Bresee, Clemson (116) |
| DT | Calijah Kancey, Pitt (62) |
| LB | Drake Thomas, NC State (92) |
| LB | Trenton Simpson, Clemson (82) |
| LB | Payton Wilson, NC State (60) |
| CB | Kei'Trel Clark, Louisville (70) |
| CB | Josh DeBerry, Boston College (65) |
| S | Jammie Robinson, Florida State (93) |
| S | Tanner Ingle, NC State (63) |
| PK | B.T. Potter, Clemson (99) |
| P | Lou Hedley, Miami (101) |
| SP | Josh Downs, North Carolina (57) |
ACC Preseason Poll
(164 total votes)
Overall Champion
Clemson - 103
NC State - 38
Miami - 8
Wake Forest - 4
Pitt – 3
Virginia - 3
Florida State - 2
North Carolina - 2
Boston College - 1
Atlantic Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Clemson (111) - 1,080
NC State (44) - 959
Wake Forest (6) - 783
Louisville - 591
Florida State (2) - 509
Boston College (1) - 469
Syracuse - 201
Coastal Division
(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Miami (98) – 1,036
Pitt (38) - 911
North Carolina (18) - 823
Virginia (6) - 667
Virginia Tech (3) - 592
Georgia Tech (1) - 343
Duke - 220
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