
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.
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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.
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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.
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2022 Preseason All-ACC Football Team
(Total votes in parenthesis)
ACC Preseason Poll
(164 total votes)
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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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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