Uzzi, Burnett earn All-ACC honors
Georgia Tech guard Omoregie Uzzi was named to the All-ACC first-team Monday for his role in a Yellow Jackets offense that led the ACC in rushing, total offense and scoring. The junior from Chamblee High was a second-team pick last season.
Inside linebacker Julian Burnett, whose 113 tackles were fifth in the ACC and 44 more than any teammate, was named to the second team. A junior from Westside-Macon High, Burnett also led Tech with 9.5 tackles for loss and earned his first selection.
Outside linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu and cornerback Rod Sweeting were named honorable mention. Attaochu was fourth in the ACC in sacks with six despite missing two games. Sweeting was credited with 12 passes defended, tied for fourth in the league, including three interceptions.
FIRST TEAM
Offense
QB-Tajh Boyd, Clemson (71)
RB-David Wilson, Virginia Tech (90)*
RB-Giovani Bernard, North Carolina (66)
WR-Sammy Watkins, Clemson (86)
WR-Chris Givens, Wake Forest (69)
OT-Blake DeChristopher, Virginia Tech (86)
OT-Zebrie Sanders, Florida State (46)
OG-Austin Pasztor, Virginia (49)
OG-Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech (45)
C-Dalton Freeman, Clemson (44)
TE-Dwayne Allen, Clemson (78)
K-Dustin Hopkins, Florida State (75)
Spec.- T.J. Graham, NC State (45)
Defense
DE-Andre Branch, Clemson (79)
DE-Quinton Coples, North Carolina (64)
DT-Joe Vellano, Maryland (68)
DT-Matt Conrath, Virginia (55)
LB-Luke Kuechly, Boston College (90)*
LB-Sean Spence, Miami (82)
LB-Zach Brown, North Carolina (48)
CB-David Amerson, NC State (86)
CB-Chase Minnifield, Virginia (47)
S-Matt Daniels, Duke (80)
S-Josh Bush, Wake Forest (41)
P-Shawn Powell, Florida State (85)
SECOND TEAM
Offense
QB-Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech (49)
WR-Dwight Jones, North Carolina (58)
WR-Conner Vernon, Duke (34)
RB-Lamar Miller, Miami (62)
RB-Andre Ellington, Clemson (26)
OT-Oday Aboushi, Virginia (43)
OT-James Hurst, North Carolina (30)
OG-Jaymes Brooks, Virginia Tech (35)
OG-Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina (31)
OG-Joe Looney, Wake Forest (31)
C-Tyler Horn, Miami (32)
TE-George Bryan, NC State (29)
K-Chandler Catanzaro, Clemson (37)
Spec.-Sammy Watkins, Clemson (33)
Defense
DE-Brandon Jenkins, Florida State (51)
DE-James Gayle, Virginia Tech (25)
DT-Brandon Thompson, Clemson (43)
DT-Nikita Whitlock, Wake Forest (30)
LB-Terrell Manning, NC State (44)
LB-Julian Burnett, Georgia Tech (34)
LB-Steve Greer, Virginia (23)
CB-Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech (36)
CB-Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech (34)
S-Eddie Whitley, Virginia Tech (33)
S-Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State (23)
P-Alex King, Duke (22)
Honorable Mention: Jeremiah Attaochu, lb, Georgia Tech (16); Brandan Bishop, s, NC State (19); Nigel Bradham, lb, Florida State (20); Audie Cole, lb, NC State (19); J.R. Collins, de, Virginia Tech (17); Everett Dawkins, dt, Florida State (18); Antone Exum, s, Virginia Tech (15); Demetrius Hartsfield, lb, Maryland (11); Cooper Helfet, te, Duke (25); Perry Jones, rb, Virginia (16); Cody Journell, k, Virginia Tech (10); Rodney McLeod, s, Virginia (17); Anthony Mihota, c, Virginia (21); Merrill Noel, cb, Wake Forest (30); Greg Nosal, og, Virginia Tech (10); Tydreke Powell, dt, North Carolina (17); Phillip Price, ot, Clemson (12); Greg Reid, spc., Florida State (27); Rod Sweeting, cb, Georgia Tech (13); Bruce Taylor, lb, Virginia Tech (11); T.J. Thorpe, spc., North Carolina (22); Landon Walker, ot, Clemson (29); Bjoern Werner, de, Florida State (13); Earl Wolff, s, NC State (12); Dawson Zimmerman, p, Clemson (15).
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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jarvis
November 28th, 2011
7:28 pm
@Really, 28 is better than 23? Just because you say something doesn’t make it so.
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings
45ACP
November 28th, 2011
7:31 pm
It’s good to see players get recognition for their efforts and achievements.
Good game Jackets. See you guys next year.
steverino
November 28th, 2011
7:32 pm
The article names the All-ACC team. Mutts and other SEC fans have no place here.
GT Grad
November 28th, 2011
7:34 pm
@jarvis, 28 sure does beat 57 on that list of yours doesnt it?
Too Easy
November 28th, 2011
7:37 pm
2 out of the top 51 players in the conference. Pretty much tells you all you need to know.
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
7:37 pm
That is not the issue. The University of Georgia is a very good state university (I like to point out with pride that it is the oldest state university in the USA), but it does have some programs that are not as demanding as Tech’s “easiest” one. As does Duke, Stanford, etc., etc. etc. I remember when we played Duke back in Al Ciraldo’s days when he would list the players who were recruited to Tech, but could not get in. But they got into Duke. That is not to say that Duke is not a great university, of course it is. But it has some programs that are softer than any of Tech’s. Now if you don’t want to believe this, that is your right. But the fact is that Tech does have more difficult restrictions than almost any other school, with the possible exception of the military academies, and that is what they have to deal with.
NiquePhotog
November 28th, 2011
7:41 pm
Stanford offers plenty of liberal arts “jock” majors for athletes. Not quite as bad as Housing, Turf Management, and Recreation & Leisure Studies though.
Also, prior to the past 3-4 years, Stanford hasn’t really done much their entire football history.
Chan
November 28th, 2011
7:58 pm
Quit hiding behind the academics card, if super 5 star wanted to come to tech he would get in.Pj offers
all the 4 and 5 stars kids, academics is Techs crutch. You think PJ s out there offering to kids he can’t get in? Limited curriculum is a problem, getting accepted at tech if you’re an outstanding athlete isn’t.
Techs graduation rate worst in the ACC. 32 of Georgias 2011 roster had offers to enroll at tech.
Dawg1
November 28th, 2011
7:58 pm
Dear Lord.
Congratulations to both players. Well earned.
Good luck in the Sun Bowl!
BROWNS FAN IN GEORGIA
November 28th, 2011
8:01 pm
COME ON MAN!!! Isaiah Johnson should have made First Team Safety!!!
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
8:03 pm
Thanks Dawg1. I guess I could tell Chan that UGA has no quality academic programs, or the they never have any good football players, but neither would be true. But if I wanted to believe it to the point that I am willing to deny reality — so be it. But its kind of sad when you let your bigotry overcome the truth.
St. Simon's Parental Unit
November 28th, 2011
8:33 pm
Has anyone seen my precious child? Will Uzzi declare himself eligible for the draft?
George Gillen from Guntersville
November 28th, 2011
9:01 pm
Amazing video of a high school senior from Columbia TN who kicks the ball dead straight 75-80 yards in the air. He was successful on 54 of 54 attempts this season….100%. Now he needs a college team. Wants to go to Georgia Tech!
Watch for yourself…it is unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
9:06 pm
George, you are not our good buddy Sam are you? The kid can kick a ball. I hope that Tech gives him an offer.
WnE
November 28th, 2011
9:42 pm
re:
the voice of truth
November 28th, 2011
4:54 pm
________________
When GT won their MNC in 1989-90, that squad was littered with JUCOs and also when GT was Co-ACC Champs under GOL they had plenty of JUCOs on that squad also.
When Bobby Cremins was Head B-Ball coach Yvon Joseph (the Haitian sensation according to Al Ciraldo) was a JUCO thatwent on to get his degree in Mechanical engineering.
Not all JUCOs are dummies, and if GT wants help from the JUCO ranks they need to stop being LAZY and look a lot harder.
Aaron Rodgers of the Super Bowl champ Green Bay Packers was a JUCO and went on to Cal-Berkley to finish his College career, in some cases a SA goes the JUCO route to give him more time to develop, but in the SMUG, elitist, ICEhole mind of the typical GT-Fan all JUCOs are eitehr dummies or criminals.
With that outlook on things I can see why GT can no longer find any help from the JUCO ranks.
Once again, the typical putz of a GT fan plays the Academics-Card and then plays it incorrectly.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
9:44 pm
I believe he is SAM I AM. He must have put that ad up 200 times now. Get in touch with coaches thru “ramblingwreck.com”. WE CAN NOT HELP YOU!!!!
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
9:48 pm
Lordy me, I wish you mutt trolls would go away. The Georgie folk with something constructive to say are welcome.
WnE
November 28th, 2011
9:49 pm
re:
NiquePhotog
November 28th, 2011
7:41 pm
_________________
While you are making crappy excuses and playing the Academics card and throwing around Stanford’s easy “jock majors”, you might want to take not that our own Lou Young was DENIED admission by Stanford and was quickly ACCEPTED at GT where he has started since his T-Fr. season.
Before GT Fans get on these blogs and make themselves look stupid, they should at least follow CFB a little more closely before they make comments that make them look stupid & uniformed.
George Stein
November 28th, 2011
9:52 pm
Not all juco players are dummies, but WnE is. End of discussion.
I thought you promised never to post again if anyone could prove anything you said was wrong? What happened to that, tool?
George Stein
November 28th, 2011
9:53 pm
Ha! WnE is telling us lecturing us about being stupid and uninformed. The irony of that statement kills me.
George Stein
November 28th, 2011
9:57 pm
Speaking of facts, WnE, perhaps you should do a bit of research on Louis Young. I’d be interested to find your source saying he was denied admission. Chip Tower’s article quotes Young as saying it was taking awhile, but never is it said that he was denied admission. Those little facts keep getting in your way, huh?
http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2010/02/03/georgia-tech-makes-push-for-4-star-cb-louis-young/
All Cupcakes Conference
November 28th, 2011
9:59 pm
Speaking of irony, the truth loser keeps commenting on intelligence, yet has no idea how to spell it. So good…
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
10:03 pm
WnE, if all those players were junior college transfers, why is it that when you look at the team that year, all of the players who played got letters for either three or four years . There is no way that the team was loaded with jc tranfers. Easy to throw out the crap, but it should have at least a bit of truth.
George Stein
November 28th, 2011
10:06 pm
This keeps getting better. Headley’s making fun of another person’s spelling yet can’t seem to grasp the difference between your and you’re, to say nothing of east and west. Awesome.
Diablo69
November 28th, 2011
10:12 pm
Hey look I’m the first to admit that UGA has our number on the gridiron and beat us as solidly as we’ve been beaten all year. But what I want to know is who started this “we run this state” nonsense. Since when does winning an annual football game have anything to do with running a state? This is quite possibly the worst trash talk in all of sports. I guess I just have a hard time identifying with people who measure their self worth based on how well 18 to 23 year olds play a game on Saturdays during the fall.
So go ahead and put on that black hat, that red sweater, and those silver britches. Paint that G on your cheek and settle down into that custom made UGA rocking chair, and feel good that the team you support won again. Just do everyone a favor and act like you’re been there before. And don’t you worry the team I support will be back next year, and the year after that, and the year after that…
Finally, enough with this tacit association of football to academics. UGA is a good school. GT is one of the top universities in the world and is consistently ranked among the top 4 engineering schools in the country. Of these top institutes GT is the only school to have all of it’s engineering degree’s rated in the top ten. This conversation is over.
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
10:13 pm
Well, when they make fun of a person’s look, or in another blog, a Tech’s cheerleader. That shows little class. We are who we are and we have little control over how we look. But to attack at that level seems popular with some. And having said that, I would say the same thing about the idiot who blogged something deragatory about the late Larry Munson. Seems like we ought to keep it at a higher level.
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
10:14 pm
PS. I think that the name of the person who make the truly offensive remart about the Tech cheerleader was Katherine.
Fred
November 28th, 2011
10:23 pm
Wow. I see all the GT trolls on the Dawg blogs and say to myself, “I hope Dawg fans have more class than that.”
Then I come here to see what Technoids made the all ACC team and see that in truth, no we don’t. What was I thinking.
Anyways, Congrats to the guys that made the All ACC teams, 1st, 2nd, and honorable mention.
All Cupcakes Conference
November 28th, 2011
10:29 pm
“GT is the only school to have all of it’s engineering degree’s rated in the top ten”
How’s the English program?
George Stein
November 28th, 2011
10:32 pm
Probably a little better than Troy’s.
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
10:32 pm
You win that one Cupcakes.
Wal-Mart Retards
November 28th, 2011
10:41 pm
Enough posting on Tech blogs… Clean up on aisle 10!
Never mind, Joe Cox took care of it. Back to mindless incoherent drivel you sad, sorry sacks of smelly sh!t.
carolinajacket
November 28th, 2011
10:45 pm
y buenas noches.
Paul in NH
November 28th, 2011
10:50 pm
George
WnE can’t even get the year of GT’s last MNC correct – he seems to think it was 1989-90 – so how can you expect him to get Louis Young’s background correct?
George Stein
November 28th, 2011
10:55 pm
But he’s such a huge Tech fan, Paul! And he’s sooooo knowledgeable.
Paul in NH
November 28th, 2011
11:03 pm
The only JUCO transfer I can remember making a splash for GT’s football team was Tommy Luginbill and he was a complete cancer recruited by the worst HC in GT history.
George Stein
November 28th, 2011
11:06 pm
Don’t say his name, Paul.
Paul in NH
November 28th, 2011
11:10 pm
George
I never use the name of the worst HC in GT history.
yeller bug
November 28th, 2011
11:16 pm
I thought UNC was the oldest state school. UGA was approved first, but UNC was the first to open. Action speaks louder than words (legislation).
Paul in NH
November 28th, 2011
11:32 pm
yeller bug,
You are correct that UNC opened before UGA even though UGA was chartered first. However, although both claim to be the oldest state school an argument could be made that that claim belongs to neither of them – William and Mary is a public school that was founded in 1693 – almost 100 years before either of them.
Rodney Dangerfield
November 28th, 2011
11:37 pm
Not sure why people laugh at GT’s business school majors when they are probably harder than half of UGA’s gaggle of degrees.
There are 10x as many “joke” classes at UGA than Tech. I mean “History of Rock n Roll”? Tech never had an elective like that, more like the “History of Differential Equations” at Tech.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
11:39 pm
Actually Georgie is the oldest “Land Grant” school in the nation. There is a difference. My sister-in-law’s ancestors donated the original plot of land where the school was founded.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
11:43 pm
If my memory of history is correct, Georgia was the last of the original 13 colonies established in 1727 (?) I believe, by General Oglethorpe with a bunch of fellows released from English prisons.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
11:44 pm
As the last of the original 13, it seems unlikely that we have the oldest state school.
Rodney Dangerfield
November 28th, 2011
11:45 pm
I’m not trying to play the “academics” card. I just get tired of UGA fans acting like UGA is anywhere near GA Tech in academics and majors. There is a huge difference between the schools when it comes to these issues. Lucky for UGA the Hope Scholarship came around and has made UGA borderline respectable in the academic realm.
You can go to just about any other college in GA and major in the same courses that are offered at UGA, but there are a very select few that offer similar majors to Tech.
Really?
November 28th, 2011
11:51 pm
where are 5150 and supersize? In fact where are the techies at all? this blog was packed, well packed in techie jargon at least, last week. I wonder what would cause the several dozen tech fans and several hundred jealous dawg haters to suddenly quit posting ?
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
11:52 pm
I see the above comment about “chartered”. That jogged my memory. Georgie is the oldest state “chartered” school in the nation, but charter date likely is not the same as date of opening “Operation”. There is a 2 story building of maybe 2000 sq ft about 4 miles from my home in what is called Rockville Community outside Eatonton, Ga that has an historical sign in front yard that states it is the 1st/oldest college in Georgia.
1 4 GT
November 28th, 2011
11:53 pm
Good Night All–even you Georgie people
Really?
November 28th, 2011
11:57 pm
I love the way north avenue trade school grads think they know everything when actually they know so very liittle. The University of Georgia is the oldest state chartered university in the United States of America. 1785.
Here’s a question for you tech boys. Who do y’all have to thank for the north avenue trade school and where did he attend college?
Paul in NH
November 29th, 2011
12:07 am
Really?
You are correct. UGA hsa the oldest charter. The piece of paper that established UGA was signed in 1785 – with the first students arriving in 1801 – 6 years after the first students arrived at UNC and 108 years after the first students arrived at the College of William and Mary.