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-conference-caliber teammates. With five Tigers on the first-team offense, it’s no wonder Clemson was No. 6 in the country in scoring offense at 42.33 points per game. There was no running back in the ACC more electrifying than UNC’s Giovani Bernard, though, and to leave off his lead blockers in James Hurst and Jonathan Cooper would be unjust. Surprisingly, not one player from Florida State’s two-deep made the cut for first-team offense. There’s no question, though, the ACC champs dominated the defensive lineup with four first-team selections. Imagine a dream team made up of Clemson’s offense and Florida State’s defense.
Actually, the ACC’s dream team would look more like this, your 2012 ESPN.com ACC All-Conference team:
Offense First Team
QB -- Tajh Boyd, Clemson
RB -- Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
RB -- Andre Ellington, Clemson
WR -- DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson
WR -- Conner Vernon, Duke
TE -- Brandon Ford, Clemson
T -- James Hurst, North Carolina
T -- Oday Aboushi, Virginia
G -- Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina
G -- Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech
C -- Dalton Freeman, Clemson
Defense first team
DE--Cornellius Carradine, Florida State
DE--Bjoern Werner, Florida State
DT--Joe Vellano, Maryland
DT--Sylvester Williams, North Carolina
LB--Nick Clancy, Boston College
LB--Steve Greer, Virginia
LB--Kevin Reddick, North Carolina
CB--Ross Cockrell, Duke
CB--Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
S--Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State
S--Earl Wolff, NC State
Specialists
PK--Dustin Hopkins, Florida State
P--Will Monday, Duke
SP--Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
