Overview
- ACC awards named Rueben Bain Jr. Defensive Player of the Year and Malachi Toney both Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year after their first-team selections.
- Miami topped the conference with 14 All-ACC honorees, led by first-teamers WR Malachi Toney, OT Francis Mauigoa, DE Rueben Bain Jr., and DE Akheem Mesidor.
- Freshman Malachi Toney also earned second-team all-purpose recognition and set the Hurricanes’ freshman receiving record with 970 yards.
- Advanced metrics underscored Miami’s picks, with PFF grading Bain at 92.9 (No. 2 nationally), Mesidor at 92.2 (No. 7), and Mauigoa at 85.9 on offense while allowing two sacks and nine pressures.
- The All-ACC teams were chosen by an 82-member panel of 65 media voters plus 17 head coaches, with coverage flagging notable snubs in the secondary and on special teams and Coach of the Year still to be announced Thursday.