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John Talley Earns First Team All-ACC Honors
11/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Duke junior cornerback John Talley has been named First Team All-ACC by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, the Associated Press announced on Monday evening.
Talley, a native of Duncan, S.C., finished the year with 50 tackles, five interceptions and eight pass breakups. His interception total ranks tied for first in the league and tied for seventh nationally while his passes defended total (13) is second best in the conference. Talley was a second team all-league selection in 2004 after compiling 59 tackles, four interceptions and 14 PBUs.
“We're certainly very excited for John,” said Duke head coach Ted Roof. “To earn first team all-league honors in what is arguably the best football conference in the nation is quite an accomplishment. John has worked hard and deserves this recognition.”
With 11 career interceptions, Talley is the ACC's active leader and will enter the 2006 campaign tied for the most career picks in the country with Utah's Eric Weddle. On Duke's career charts, he ranks second in interception return yards (245), fifth in interceptions (11) and sixth in pass breakups (25). In 2005, Talley became just the third Blue Devil to lead the team in interceptions three straight years, joining Mike Diminick (1986-88) and Alex Green (2001-03), and could become the first player in Duke history to pace the squad for four consecutive seasons.
Talley becomes the first Duke defensive back to receive first team all-conference accolades since Ray Farmer received back-to-back citations in 1994 and 1995.
Miami led all schools with 12 total selections as the Hurricanes had four first team honorees, one second team choice and seven honorable mention picks. Virginia Tech had 10 total selections including a league-best five players on the first team. Oddly enough, Atlantic Division champion Florida State was the only school without a first team choice as the Seminoles landed four players on the second unit and three honorable mention picks.
2005 ACSMA/AP All-ACC Football Team & Individual Awards
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
QB - Marcus Vick, Jr., Virginia Tech (118)
RB - #Chris Barclay, Sr., Wake Forest (144); Tyrone Moss, Jr., Miami (98)
WR - #Calvin Johnson, So., Georgia Tech (144); Chansi Stuckey, Jr., Clemson (118)
TE - Vernon Davis, Jr., Maryland (132)
OT - Eric Winston, Sr., Miami (121); D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Sr., Virginia (101)
OG - Jason Murphy, Sr., Virginia Tech (95); Kyle Ralph, Sr., North Carolina (85)
C - Will Montgomery, Sr., Virginia Tech (85)
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
QB - Charlie Whitehurst, Sr., Clemson (46)
RB - Lance Ball, So., Maryland (69); P.J. Daniels, Sr., Georgia Tech (67)
WR - Will Blackmon, Sr., Boston College (39); Greg Carr, Fr., Florida State (29)
TE - Jeff King, Sr., Virginia Tech (26); T.J. Williams, Sr., N.C. State (26)
OT - Jimmy Martin, Sr., Virginia Tech (43); Jeremy Trueblood, Sr., Boston College (42)
OG - Josh Beekman, Jr., Boston College (79); Roman Fry, Jr., Clemson (63)
C - Pat Ross, Sr., Boston College (36)
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
QB - Kyle Wright, So., Miami (29)
RB - James Davis, Fr., Clemson (21)
WR - Jesse Holley, Jr., North Carolina (28); Deyon Williams, Jr., Virginia (28); Sinorice Moss, Sr., Miami (23)
TE - Greg Olsen, So., Miami (25)
OT - Steve Vallos, Jr., Wake Forest (33); Brad Honeycutt, Sr., Georgia Tech (26)
OG - Tony Tella, Sr., Miami (52), Tyler McMeans, Sr., Miami (47)
C - David Castillo, Sr., Florida State (31)
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DL - Mathias Kiwanuka, Sr., Boston College (142); Darryl Tapp, Sr., Virginia Tech (123); Mario Williams, Jr., NC State (118); Manny Lawson, Sr., NC State (95)
LB - D'Qwell Jackson, Sr., Maryland (141); Stephen Tulloch, Jr., NC State (79); Kai Parham, Jr., Virginia (78)
DB - Jimmy Williams, Sr., Virginia Tech (114); Kelly Jennings, Sr., Miami (107); Tye Hill, Sr., Clemson (92); John Talley, Jr., Duke (81)
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL - Eric Henderson, Sr., Georgia Tech (71); Brodrick Bunkley, Sr., Florida State (64); Kamerion Wimbley, Sr., Florida State (52); Jonathan Lewis, Sr., Virginia Tech (35)
LB - A.J. Nicholson, Sr., Florida State (67); Vince Hall, So., Virginia Tech (62); Gerris Wilkinson, Sr., Georgia Tech (38)
DB - Brandon Meriweather, Jr., Miami (78); Josh Gattis, Jr., Wake Forest (64); Marcus Hamilton, Jr., Virginia (53); Dawan Landry, Sr., Georgia Tech (35)
HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE
DL - Orien Harris, Sr., Miami (31); Gaines Adams, Jr., Clemson (26); Tommy Davis, Sr., North Carolina (22)
LB - Anthony Waters, Jr., Clemson (32); Jon Abbate, So., Wake Forest (27); Ernie Sims, Jr., Florida State (23);
Roger McIntosh, Sr., Miami (21); Tommy Richardson, Sr., North Carolina (20)
DB - Marcus Hudson, Sr., NC State (29); Jamaal Fudge, Sr., Clemson (23); Jamie Silva, So., Boston College (23);
Milton Harris, Sr., Maryland (22); Garland Heath, Jr., NC State (21); Pat Watkins, Sr., Florida State (20)
FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
K - Connor Hughes, Sr., Virginia (97)
P - Ryan Plackemeier, Sr., Wake Forest (141)
SP - Devin Hester, Jr., Miami (82)
SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
K - Jad Dean, Jr., Clemson (79)
P - Adam Podlesh, Jr., Maryland (51)
SP - Darrell Blackman, So., N.C. State (50)
HONORABLE MENTION SPECIAL TEAMS
K - Brandon Pace, Jr., Virginia Tech (21)
SP - Will Blackmon, Sr., Boston College (31); Brandon Tate, Fr., North Carolina (24)
Players Mentioned
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