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AA en route to Death Valley today ... Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson is "kind of a chill guy." Unless his players keep screwing up. I can see that. Being one of 16 -- sixteen -- children, Miami safety Rayshawn Jenkins had no choice but to comp...

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...

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. 15. Lamarcus Joyner, DB, Florida State 2012 stats: He finished the season with 51 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one interception and six passes defended. He also had 18 kick returns for 424 yards. Previous ranking: No. 19 Making t...

The ACC went 4-2 this bowl season, its first winning record since 2005. There were plenty of top performers to highlight, but these are the players who were most deserving of the ACC's 2012 All-Bowl team: Offense first team QB -- Tajh Boyd, Cle...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- With the exception of Monday's walk-through, Florida State has wrapped up its practices for the Discover Orange Bowl, and both players and coaches have agreed this week that things couldn't have gone much better. Florida Stat...

Despite the abundance of hype surrounding the quarterback position heading into this season, there was one player who quickly distanced himself from the rest. Clemson's Tajh Boyd had a record-setting season and he was surrounded by several all-confer...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In a span of four days last week, Florida State lost three times. On Saturday, the Seminoles lost a heartbreaker to rival Florida in the final game of the season on their home turf. On Sunday, they lost their leading tackler and...

According to Florida State safety Lamarcus Joyner, you'd never know by watching practice on Tuesday that the Seminoles lost a starting defensive end to a torn ACL, or that their prized defensive coordinator was just hired as head coach at Kentucky - ...

Around the ACC we go ... Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson continues to move the defense away from former coordinator Al Groh's philosophies. Clemson's defense has also gone back to basics. Maryland is trying to find a quick fix for its running...

Here are the ACC's Players of the Week for Week 4 as announced by the leauge offices in Greensboro, N.C.: OFFENSIVE BACK - EJ Manuel, Florida State, Senior, QB, 6-5, 240, Virginia Beach, Va. Manuel turned in one of the most complete performance...