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2012 record: 4-8 2012 conference record: 2-6 (fifth place in Atlantic Division) Returning starters: Offense: 7; Defense: 5; kicker/punter: 2 Top returners: QB C.J. Brown, WR Stefon Diggs, TB Brandon Ross, CB Dexter McDougle, LB Cole Farra...

Who's ready for the 2014 NFL draft? Boston College coach Steve Addazio is at ESPN HQ today. The LSU game helped put Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins and Malliciah Goodman on the NFL's radar. Top quarterback prospect Deshaun Watson says he's 100 perc...

With half of the conference playing spring games this weekend, here's a look at what to watch if you're keeping an eye on the ACC as spring ball comes to a close: CLEMSON When: 4 p.m. ET on Saturday (ESPN3) What to watch: Quarterbacks o...

MARYLAND If you're just joining us, this series looks at the unranked teams in the ACC as either contenders or pretenders heading into the 2013 season. Florida State and Clemson are not included because they are the only two teams from the ACC exp...

Drumroll please ... No. 1. Tajh Boyd, QB, Clemson 2012 stats: He ranked No. 5 in the country in passing efficiency at 165.59, No. 10 in passing yards with 3,896, and No. 14 in passing yards per game at 299.69. He threw for an ACC-record 36 touc...

No. 3. Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina 2012 stats: He started all 12 games, and in has final career game, Cooper had a team-best 10 knockdowns and graded out at 93 percent against Maryland. He played every snap against NC State and graded out ...

No. 5. DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson 2012 stats: He started all 13 games and finished with 82 catches for 1,405 yards and an ACC-record 18 touchdowns. Previous ranking: NR Making the case for Hopkins: Teammates Sammy Watkins and Andre Ellingt...

BOSTON COLLEGE Spring start: Feb. 28 Spring game: April 13 What to watch: The transition: Introductions will be necessary as first-year coach Steve Addazio takes over. The good news is that offensive coordinator Ryan Day is a familiar fa...

No. 7. Sylvester Williams, DT, UNC 2012 stats: He finished with 42 tackles (21 solo), including 13.5 tackles for loss, six sacks, and had six quarterback hurries. Previous ranking: NR Making the case for Williams: Williams, a first-team all-...

No. 9. Andre Ellington, RB, Clemson 2012 stats: He started all 13 games and led the team in rushing with 1,081 yards and eight touchdowns. He also had 14 catches for 232 yards and a touchdown. He was second on the team in total offense with 1081 y...

No. 11. Duke Johnson, RB, Miami 2012 stats: He had 28 kick returns for 892 yards (32 yards per game) and two touchdowns. He finished with 13 total touchdowns and 2,060 all-purpose yards. He had 947 rushing yards, 221 receiving yards. He also compl...

No. 13. EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State 2012 stats: He completed 68 percent of his passes for 3,392 yards, 23 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He averaged 242.3 passing yards per game. He also ran for 310 yards and four touchdowns. Previous rankin...

No. 14 Joe Vellano, DL, Maryland 2012 stats: Vellano made the coaches and media All-ACC first team after finishing fifth in the league with a career-high 14 tackles for loss and tied for eighth with a career-high six sacks. He also had 61 tackles ...

Gerald McCoy and Tommie Harris are players who immediately come to mind when Oklahoma fans think of the tradition at defensive tackle. Both All-Americans were highly recruited high school prospects who stepped on campus with high expectations then fu...

Let's move on to Maryland. OFFENSE: Woe is Maryland, right? The truth is, the Terps really had no chance to get any consistency going on offense because of all the quarterback injuries. It was bad enough losing projected starter C.J. Brown in the ...

The 88th East-West Shrine Game will be played at 4 p.m. ET on Jan. 19 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The East roster is loaded with ACC players from a wide range of schools. Wake Forest was the only school not represented: EAST Mar...