8/17/2019 2016 NFL ACC Draft Notes

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When Florida State QB Jameis Winston wasthe rst player taken in the 2015 NFL Drafhe became the eighth player rom a current

ACC school to be chosen No. 1 overall.

CONFERENCE TIED FOR M OST FIR ST-ROUND DRA FT PI CKS WI TH N INE

4 7 P LAYERS DRAFT ED, SECOND-B EST IN LEAGUE HISTORY; 8 9 I N PAST TWO DRAFTS

ACC HAS 1 1 STRAIGHT YEARS OF 3 1 OR M ORE PLAYERS SELECTED IN THE NFL D RAFT

NFL Draf by School (1992-2015)School ..........‘92 ‘93 ‘94 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08‘09 ‘10‘11‘12‘13 ‘14‘15 ..Tot.

Florida State .....6 ...6 ... 6 ..10 ... 4....7 ....9 ....4 ...7 ....9 ....2 ....6 ...5 . 9....8 ....5 ...3 .. 1 ....3 ..3 .. 4 11 ....7 11.. 146Miami ................6 . 10 ...2 ....7 ... 2.... 8 ....2 ....3 ... 5 ....7 ..11 ....8 ...9 . 5....9 ....5 ...3 .. 1 ....4 .. 8 .. 6.. 2 ....3 .. 7.. 133North Carolina .5 ...4 ... 4 .... 5 ... 2.... 5 ....7 ....6 ... 1 ....4 ....6 ....1 ...3 . 3....1 ....0 ...2 .. 5 ....2 ..9 .. 2 .. 5 ....5 .. 0.. 87Virginia ech ....5 ...0 ... 3 ....2 ... 2....4 ....4 ....2 ...5 ....3 ....8 ....2 ...5 . 3....9 ....3 ...8 ..1 ....5 ..3 .. 3 .. 2 ....3 .. 2.. 87Clemson ............4 ...5 ... 2 ....1 ... 3.... 2 ....5 ....6 ...0 .... 3 ....0 ....2 ...2 . 3....3 ....5 ...2 .. 4 ....5 ..6 .. 4 .. 4 ....5 .. 5.. 81Virginia .............3 ...4 ... 2 ....3 ... 1....6 ....2 ....6 ... 4 ....1 ....3 ....2 ...1 . 7....5 ....2 ...3 .. 4 ....1 ..1 .. 1 .. 1 ....3 .. 2.. 68NC State ............4 ...3 ... 3 ....4 ... 0.... 1 ....2 ....2 ... 2 ....2 ....2 ....2 ...3 . 3....6 ....3 ...2 .. 2 ....2 .. 1 .. 5.. 3 ....1 .. 0.. 58Louisville...........1 ...2 ...1 ....1 ... 2....4 ....0 ....0 ... 2 ....1 ....1 ....4 ...0 . 5....4 ....4 ...5 .. 2 ....0 ..3 .. 1 .. 0 ....4 10.. 57Georgia ech ....5 ...2 ... 2 ....3 ... 2.... 0 .... 2 ....3 ... 3 ....0 ....2 ....0 ...5 . 0....3 ....2 ...3 .. 4 ....4 .. 1 .. 1 .. 0 ....3 .. 3.. 53Syracuse ............1 ...2 ... 2 .... 2 ... 1.... 2 .... 5 ....3 ... 2 ....4 ....2 ....2 ...3 . 1....4 ....2 ...0 .. 2 ....2 ..2 .. 2 .. 3 ....2 .. 0.. 51Pittsburgh .........6 ...1 ... 0 ....3 ... 3....0 ....0 ....0 ... 1 ....1 ....3 ....3 ...6 . 1....2 ....3 ...3 .. 4 ....2 ..5 .. 0.. 0 ....3 .. 1.. 51Boston College .1 ...1 ... 2 ....4 ... 2.... 2 ....2 ....3 ...3 ....1 ....2 ....3 ...2 . 0....3 ....2 ...3 .. 2 ....1 ..1 .. 1.. 0 ....4 .. 3.. 48Wake Forest ......0 ...3 ... 0 .... 0 ... 0.... 0 ....0 ....1 ... 3 .... 0 ....0 ....3 ...0 . 1....1 ....2 ...3 .. 4 ....2 .. 0 .. 4 .. 1 ....1 .. 1.. 30Duke ..................0 ...1 ... 0 ....0 ... 3.... 0 ....1 ....1 ... 1 ....0 ....0 ....0 ...1 . 0....0 ....0 ...0 .. 0 ....0 .. 0 .. 0.. 1 ....1 .. 2.. 12

ACC Players in 2015 NFL DrafFirst Round  1 Jameis Winston, QB, FSU.....................  8 Vic Beasley, DE, Clem,..................... Fal  9 Ereck Flowers, , Miami ....................G  14 DeVante Parker, WR, Lou. ........... Dolp  16 Kevin Johnson, CB, WF.....................e  19 Camron Erving, C-, FSU............... Bro  28 Laken omlinson, , Duke ..................L  29 Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami .................C  31 Stephone Anthony, LB, Clem. ............ SSecond Round  35 Mario Edwards, Jr., DE, FSU........... Ra  39 Eddie Goldman, D, FSU....................B  48 Denzel Perryman, LB, Miami .......Char  50 Ronald Darby, CB, FSU .........................Tird Round  68 Clive Walord, E, Miami ............... Ra  72 Jamon Brown, , Lou.. .........................R  77 Duke Johnson, RB, Miami .............. Bro  78 P.J. Williams, CB, FSU. ........................ S

  79 Eli Harold, DE, UVa ............................. 4  81 John Miller, G, Lou.................................  82 Lorenzo Mauldin, OLB, Lou. ................Fourth Round  104 James Sample, S, Lou. .......................Jag  105 Jamison Crowder, WR, Duke .......Reds  110 .J. Clemmings, , Pitt .....................Vik  111 re’ Jackson, G, FSU .........................Pat  128 Jon Feliciano, G, Miami ................... Ra  131 Shaq Mason, G, G ..........................Pat  132 DeAndre Smelter, WR, G. ................. 4 Fifh Round  137 Grady Jarrett, N, Clem. ................. Fal  139 Rashad Greene, WR, FSU ................Jag  155 Karlos Williams, RB, FSU .....................  165 Bradley Pinion, P, Clem. ...................... 4Sixth Round  177 Deiontrez Mount, OLB, Lou. .............  179 Max Valles, DE, UVa ........................ Ra  181 Kyshoen Jarrett, S, V ...................Reds  188 ony Steward, ILB, Clem. ......................  189 Charles Gaines, CB, Lou, ................. Bro  190 Ian Silberman, G, BC ........................... 4  193 B.J. DBose, DE, Lou. ........................Vik 194 Nick O’Leary, E, FSU...........................  204 Darren Waller, WR, G ....................Ra  208 Andy Gallik, C, BC ............................. 212 Anthony Chickillo, Miami .............. SteSeventh Round  226 Bobby Hart, , FSU ............................G  237 Brian Mihalik, DE, BC ........................E 239 Gerod Holliman, S, Lou. ................. Ste 243 Laurence Gibson, , V ............... Cow

  256 Gerald Christian, E, Lou. ...........Card

ACC Draf RecordsMost players selected ............ 51 in 2005Most rst round draf picks ...12 in 2005Most players rom an ACC team:11 by Maryland, 1975; Florida State, 2013,

2015; 10 by Clemson, 1983; by Florida State,1995, by Louisville, 2015.Most 1st round picks rom an ACC team:  4 by Florida State, 1997, 2006

ACC CONTINUES IMPRESSIVE NFL DRAFT PERFORMANCE

ACC First Roundand Overall Selections

 1. Miami ....................62.......... 325  2. Florida State..........42.......... 256  3. Clemson ................26.......... 229  4. North Carolina .....23.......... 227 5. Georgia Tech .........11.......... 212  6. Pitt ........................25.......... 210 *7. Maryland ..............16.......... 206 8. Boston College ......19..........198  9. Syracuse ................21.......... 196 10. Virginia .................16.......... 157 11. NC State ................15.......... 153 12. Duke........................7.......... 153 13. Virginia Tech ..........9.......... 139 14. Wake Forest ............4.......... 133

 15. Louisville ..............12.......... 116* Selections only while in the ACC.

  Over the past 11 years, the ACC has enjoyed anunprecedented run in the National Football League’sdraf.   Te ACC tied the Pac-12 or the most rst-

round draf picks in 2015 with nine.

   In the 2015 draf, a total o 47 ACC players wereselected, the second-highest in ACC history, betteredonly by the total o 51 in 2006, when the Conerenceset a record or a 12-team league.   Te 47 players were also the second-highest totalo any conerence in this year’s NFL Draf, betteredonly by the SEC’s 54. Te Pac 12 was third with 39ollowed by the Big 10 (35) and the Big 12 (25).  Florida State set a seven-round NFL Draf record(since 1994) or a three-year period when it led allschools with 11 2015 selections, giving the Seminoles29 drafed players in the 2013 (11), 2014 (7) and 2015Drafs.  Louisville was second among all schoolsnationally with 10 players selected.

 

  A total o 30 players were drafed rom theACC’s Atlantic Division alone, more than only ourtotal conerences and more than any other Division incollege ootball.  Since the 2005 season the ACC has now had 401

players chosen in the NFL Draf, including 65 rst-round picks.   O the 186 ACC players drafed in the past veNFL Drafs, 173, or 93 percent were still in the NFL aso May 1, 2015; 75.2 percent are still with the teamsthat drafed them.  Begining with the 2009 NFL Draf, current ACCschools have had nine wide receivers selected in therst round o the the NFL Draf, the most o anyleague.   Miami has had a player selected in every NFL

Draf beginning with 1975, or 41 consecutive years.Virginia and Florida State have each had a playerchosen each year since 1983, or a total o 32 straightyears.    Te ACC began the 2015 Draf in a strongashion with three players chosen among the rst nineand six o the rst 19 players drafed.   Te ACC had the Alpha and Omega o the 2015NFL Draf. Te ACC had the rst player chosen inFSU QB Jameis Winston, and the last player drafedin“Mr Irrelevant”, Louisville E Gerald Christian, the256th and nal player selected.

Louisville’s DeVante Parker and Miami’sPhillip Dorsett made the ACC the onlyleague in the nation with two WRs in the

rst round o the 2015 NFL Draf.

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T H E A C C A N D T H E N F L D R A F T

A DEFENSIVE TRADITION UNMATCHED--THE PASS RUSHERSSINCE THE 2006 NFL DRAFT, THE CONFERENCE HAS HAD 24 DEFENSIVE ENDS OR OUTSIDE

LIN EBACKERS CHOSEN IN THE 1 ST OR 2ND ROUNDS OF THE DRAFT,

FAR A ND A WAY THE M OST OF AN Y CONFERENCE

Pitt’s Aaron Donald, the rst deensivetackle selected in the 2014 NFL Draf,was named the 2014 AP NFL Deensive

Rookie o the Year

NC State’s Mario Williams wasthe rst Selection in the 2006 NFLDraf and was named rst-team

All-Pro in 2015 or Buffalo.

Former UNC DE Julius Pepranks ourth among active players in career sacks and leadplayers who are rom current Aschools or played in the ACCrank among NFL’s Top 50 a

career sackmen.

Since the 2006 NFL Draf the ACC has had 24 deensive ends or outside linebackers--the glaour positions o deense--selected in the rst two rounds, ar and away the most o any conence in the nation during that time outdistancing the SEC (18), Big en (16), Pac-12 (11), the Big 12 and Big East with 6 each.

Miami has had at least one player in every NFL Draf since 1974, a string o 41 consecu-tive years, the current longest streak in the ACC. Te next longest streak belongs jointly Virginia and Florida State, who each have had at least one player chosen in every NFL Dbegining in 1984, a span o 32 straight years. Virginia ech (22) also has a signicant stre

In all, current ACC teams have had a total o eight players chosen as the rst overall selection in the NFL Draf, with the most recent being NC State’s Mario Williams, who wastabbed rst in the 2006 NFL Draf by the Houston exans. Miami (Vinny estaverde, 198ampa Bay; and Russell Maryland, 1991, Dallas) and Virginia ech (Bruce Smith, 1985,

Buffalo and Michael Vick, 2001, Atlanta) each had two top selections while Virginia (BillDudley, 1942, Steelers) and Syracuse (Ernie Davis, 1962 each had one. Also, NC State’sRoman Gabriel, the No. 2 overall selection in the 1962 draf, was chosen No. 1 in the AFLDraf by the Oakland Raiders.

Miami has had 11 players taken as the 7th overall pick or higher in the NFL Draf. FloridState is second with 10, ollowed by North Carolina and NC State with ve each and Vir-ginia with our players tabbed 7th or better. Miami has actually had seven (7) players takas the rst, second or third overall pick.

ACC Draf Notes

NFL Draf Top Selections or Each Current ACC TeamBoston College ............ Matt Ryan, QB ................... 3rd ......2008 ................... Atlanta FalconsClemson ....................... Banks McFadden,B ........... 4th ......1940 .............. Brooklyn Dodgers  Gaines Adams, DE ............ 4th ......2007 ..................ampa Bay Bucs  Sammy Watkins, WR ........ 4th ......2014 ......................... Buffalo BillsDuke ............................. George McAee, RB ......... 2nd ..... 1940 ............ Philadelphia Eagles

Florida State ................ Andre Wadsworth, DE ......1st ......2015 ..................ampa Bay BucsGeorgia ech ...............Calvin Johnson, WR ........ 2nd ......2007 ....................... Detroit LionsMaryland ..................... Randy White, DE ............. 2nd ......1975 .................. Dallas CowboysMiami ........................... Vinny estaverde, QB ........ 1st ......1987 ..................ampa Bay Bucs  Russell Maryland, D ........ 1st ......1991 .................. Dallas CowboysNorth Carolina ............ Ken Willard, RB .............. . 2nd ......1965 ............San Francisco 49’ers  Lawrence aylor, OLB ..... 2nd ......1981 .................New York Giants  Julius Peppers, DE ............ 2nd ......2002 ............... Carolina PanthersNC State .......................Mario Williams, DE ........... 1st ......2006 .................. Houston exans  Roman Gabriel, QB............ 1st ......1962 ..... Oakland Raiders(AFL)Pittsburgh .................... ony Dorsett, RB .............. 2nd ......1977 .................. Dallas CowboysSyracuse .......................Ernie Davis, RB .......... ........ 1st ......1962 .........Washington RedskinsVirginia ........................ Bill Dudley, RB ................... 1st ......1942 ..............Pittsburgh SteelersVirginia ech ............... Bruce Smith, DE ................. 1st ......1985 ......................... Buffalo Bills  Michael Vick, QB ............... 1st ......2001 ................... Atlanta FalconsWake Forest .................Norm Snead, QB .............. 2nd ......1961 .........Washington Redskins

Selections by Conerence  BE/ Big Big Con Mnt PacYear ACC AAC 10 12 USA Wst 12 SEC WAC1992 29 23 38 - - - 43 29 141993 29 12 28 - - - 31 30 71994 19 14 21 - - - 25 33 131995 27 22 37 - - - 36 34 161996 16 16 33 39 5 - 27 40 151997 22 19 28 35 14 - 30 25 151998 29 14 27 28 12 - 37 40 171999 31 17 27 34 6 - 27 37 152000 23 20 35 24 9 14 26 41 72001 21 18 40 30 11 8 24 40 102002 18 27 35 25 10 15 32 47 102003 17 23 36 35 13 6 32 43 102004 25 28 44 23 10 7 28 42 92005 36 8 30 34 15 16 33 37 62006 51 11 41 29 7 12 32 37 52007 31 16 32 28 8 9 28 41 172008 33 19 28 29 11 7 34 34 8

2009 33 27 27 27 9 16 32 37 92010 31 18 34 30 6 13 29 49 42011 35 22 29 29 7 9 31 38 152012 31 12 41 24 11 12 29 42 82013 31 19 22 22 8 7 26 63 ---2014 42 12 29 16 8 16 34 48 ---2015 47 11 35 25 6 10 39 54 ---

1st Round Picks by Conerence  BE/ Big Big Con Mnt PacYear ACC AAC 10 12 USA Wst 12 SEC WAC1992 4 4 4 - - - 6 2 01993 4 0 4 - - - 5 6 01994 2 0 4 - - - 5 6 21995 3 2 9 0 - - 6 3 11996 1 3 8 4 1 - 6 4 01997 8 4 4 5 1 - 3 4 01998 7 3 2 3 0 - 2 10 21999 4 3 5 1 0 - 4 8 12000 4 4 7 1 0 2 4 6 02001 4 6 8 3 0 0 4 5 12002 3 8 3 4 2 0 4 6 22003 1 4 6 6 0 1 8 4 02004 1 9 6 4 1 0 3 6 02005 5 1 4 5 1 1 3 10 12006 12 0 8 3 1 0 4 4 02007 6 2 6 4 0 0 1 11 02008 7 2 4 1 1 0 6 6 12009 5 3 4 7 0 0 4 8 02010 4 3 3 8 0 1 2 7 22011 3 1 6 8 0 0 3 10 02012 3 2 4 4 1 2 5 9 02013 6 1 1 3 1 0 5 12 02014 5 4 4 2 0 0 3 11 ---2015 9 2 3 2 0 0 9 6 ---

Boston College’s Luke Kuechly wasnamed the 2013 AP NFL DeensivePlayer o the Year, marking the 13thtime a player rom a current ACC

school has won the award.