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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cloudmanJacket
November 29th, 2011
10:53 pm
@ TN Jacket
I respect what you are saying and you sound pretty reasonable. I would just like to see the offense a little more balanced instead of only throwing the ball in desperation or on 3rd and long (I know there are exceptions). The fact is the triple option is what and all he runs. When it is stopped, he cannot line up 4 wide receivers and the QB in the shot gun. They are limited to the one formation and they don’t have an option (no pun intended) when the run is shut down.
cloudmanJacket
November 29th, 2011
10:54 pm
It sounds like Jason is the psyco on this page. I hope your buddy returns soon.
cloudmanJacket
November 29th, 2011
10:58 pm
Jason…you are a tool. Have fun psyco and I hope your buddy returns soon to argue with you. Sorry I am not him and sorry that it is frustrating that I will not continue to argue with you. Last comment I will make to you about your lost friend.
If you want to debate football; I am all in
TN Jacket
November 29th, 2011
10:59 pm
I disagree about the triple option being all that he runs. There were several speed option & A-back option (off the A gap in the o-line) plays. Also not counting the pitch and toss sweeps. The A-back option plays were run with a fair degree of success against GA’s d-line and linebackers. Wonder what happened with the power option with the b-back, I don’t remember seeing that one too many times this year.
As for passing, I want to say do it more, but when Washington threw 2 back to back, it makes it hard to want more passing. Hoping synjyn provides some spark going into the bowl game and see what he can do.
cloudmanJacket
November 29th, 2011
10:59 pm
One more thing…I am not sure what you are talking about regarding high school athletes; but I would agree with you that NO fan should ever contact a high school athlete. Sounds like you and your friend are both psychos.
cloudmanJacket
November 29th, 2011
11:02 pm
@ TN Jacket
I hear you and maybe we have a QB in waiting who can get it done; but I just have a hard time believing a good QB will want to come and play in this system. Lighting might strike once in a while; and I guess that is what we have to hope for as long as CPJ is here.
I enjoyed it; gotta go, so I can get some rest…early flight in the morning.
TN Jacket
November 29th, 2011
11:06 pm
Looks like Vad Lee didn’t have any problems wanting to come to Tech, and he was heavily recruited by some high profile programs
TN Jacket
November 29th, 2011
11:08 pm
WnE….I mean WsV, what makes it alright to harass high school athletes? STILL waiting for your response on that one. You answered my question on why it was alright to harass the O-Lineman for the team you’re a “fan” of.
Paul in NH
November 29th, 2011
11:47 pm
ah yes – all those powerhouses GT played when Chan was coach.
In 2007, Chan’s last year, GT played Samford, Army and a 3-9 ND team to go with the 8 game ACC schedule and UGA and went 7-5.
ole yeller
November 29th, 2011
11:53 pm
Here’s the facts. CPJ has a great offense mind and as one of our sportswriters commented. “Paul Johnson could take the first baptist choir, coach them in the triple offense and have a pretty good offensive team”. His Achilles heel is and always has been his ability to recruit defensive talent. Until he recruits some big defensive talent, he will always be chasing a dream. Al Grogh is not the answer to this teams problem. Paul Johnson needs to step up to the big boys league and start building a defense unit that complements the offense. Recruit some big boys and for goodness sake get a defensive co coordinator that will share the same passion that you have for your offense.
tp jones
November 30th, 2011
12:05 am
from like 1954 until 2011, GT has only won 5 games against a top 5 opponent at home. Paul Johnson is responsible for 2 of those wins.
tp jones
November 30th, 2011
12:35 am
Wow WnE or is your new name Wide Set? You are already stalking high school recruits for next year? Have you started emailing them, too?
BS Patrol
November 30th, 2011
12:40 am
Headley, You ignorant slut. Tech graduates FB players at a higher rate than the gen pop of the school. Half my freshman class didn’t make it back for their sophomore year. I personally knew one HS star student who didn’t. You have no clue of what you speak. The schools can’t be compared academically. Probably 80% of UGA students couldn’t cut it at Tech. And that’s being generous.
tp jones
November 30th, 2011
12:43 am
Yes. That’s awesome. Ignorant slut makes it through the filters. Headley / Wrexie aka Wide Set…I am at a loss for words. I have never seen an individual from ANY fan base so obsessed with the high school recruits of their rival. In the words of Steve Jobs: oh wow oh wow oh wow
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
7:55 am
As a Tech grad, we aren’t in UGA’s football league(and that does not mean the SEC), so why continue to challenge them? They won the state championship b/c of coeds the jocks there carry books for in the post-secondary college. Females excel in English all over the US, not math and engineering. So the jocks follow them from hs to college. We can’t beat big thugs like Billy Goldberg and the qb from VT this year. We will have to abdicate to them, they won, and have them play Florida for a rival game. We should take on Clemson for a rival.
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
8:00 am
As a Tech grad, I have never been on a Georgia blog, I do not read Georgia sports articles, and I never went to Athens for a football game, reason being b/c I do not like dogs.
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
8:02 am
Tech should play Georgia only if they are good enough to play in a bowl game against them, otherwise drop the series.
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
8:13 am
Re: Georgia game…Washington passed like Nez did w/o accuracy, another manic-depressive passing performance, passed manically in Duke game w/high completion percentage; Georgia’s line was in the backfield too soon, indicating Tech’s weaker OL and the need for a shotgun that PJ is allergic to; Tech’s D could not blitz, gave Georgia all the time they needed to find receiver; at times when Tech blitzed, it caused incompletions, proving blitzes work if successsful; Tech needs tight end; they need short over the middle passes, not short, to the sidelines passes; Tech needs a Dick Bestwick, Jerry Glanville and Maxie Baughn coached defense w/old gold on white background 2008 unis
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
8:18 am
Ol’ Uzzi’s name conjures up the name “Machine Gun Kelly”; no wonder he earned All-ACC
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
8:21 am
Tech needs the white helmets again.Look at UCF’s.
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
8:23 am
O’Leary always had white and gold school colors for unis figured out.
dry dirt road
November 30th, 2011
8:25 am
imagine wearing flashy black stockings against Georgia and losing badly to them
ATL Sports Fan
November 30th, 2011
8:26 am
Once again I see all these posters spout about how tough academics are at Tech. This is a football related story, not a academic compairison blog. Since we can’t beat you let’s talk about tough ate academics are.
My BBA from UGA has been very good to me. Most employers could care leas where the business school you graduated from ranks. It’s all about personality, expierence, and work ethic.
juvenal
November 30th, 2011
8:54 am
Ken, you or Carroll going to start talking basketball soon? weather too iffy up here to make it down last night, how come Royal did not play……atl, academics not part of it-in the pro$…….& largely irrelevant at most, but not all, div 1 schools..
WnE
November 30th, 2011
9:05 am
GT B-Ball LOST to Northwestern last night, the GT Sports Community isn’t upset that they LOST the Game.
The GT Sports Community is upset that by losing to Northwestern they cannot whine and play the ‘Academics Card” like they do 99% of the time when they LOSE.
Kinda hard to play the Academics Card when you lose to Northwestern.
Well on to Recruiting and on to the Bowl Season.
Big Ol Stinger
November 30th, 2011
9:39 am
WnE, what’s your deal man? You post under a hundred different names. You’re totally obsessed with Tech even though you didn’t even go to UGA, you’re just a UGA wannabe that couldn’t have gotten in to either Tech or UGA.
You’re just like most under educated Georgian’s. You jump on the UGA bandwagon because you’re too pathetic to think for yourself.
You’re a chicken sh&t little twerp that stalks high school kids and college athletes on social media. You need an ass kickin BOY. (And better parents).
I guess it’s impossible to play the academic card when you supposedly went to Troy, huh Troy boy?
TampaDawg
November 30th, 2011
9:53 am
sup juvenal? Thought we would see a new blog from Ken this morning.
Big Ol Stinger
November 30th, 2011
10:07 am
JM doggy, that’s funny right there. He looks like a real tough dawg doesn’t he?
Boy needs an ass kickin, better parents, and a better education.
Answer JM doggy’s question psycho Troy Boy!
WnE
November 30th, 2011
10:14 am
Don’t get mad at me because this goofy putz belongs on an Episode of “Glee” more than he belong of the field lined up across from CTG’s DL’s:
Don’t get mad at me because CPJ is recruiting crap like this to try and beat uga:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=767cld43elw
WnE
November 30th, 2011
10:29 am
Can’t win the “debate” so you resort to vulgarities!
I have never written anything to cause me to get censored or banned by Ken, yet that is all you seem to write.
Your GT Big-brains can’t debate issues without resorting to vulgarities?
You’re embarrassing yourself.
juvenal
November 30th, 2011
10:32 am
doing fine, Tampa, just trying to move into basketball-longer post got lost because of the catfight above-wne, you really a Tech alum?
TN Jacket
November 30th, 2011
10:37 am
As someone who contributes to the tech find, Im kind of ticked off this no talent slut who hides behind a screen name is contacting our recruits to harass them. If I met him in real life I would probably cave his face in.
Big Ol Stinger
November 30th, 2011
10:37 am
This isn’t a debate pin head. It’s a case of identifying a bizarre little internet dweeb with a Tech obsession that stalks high school kids.
John Jenkins is a 22 year old junior college transfer that any self respecting UGA grad would be embarrassed to have admitted to their school. I’m sure he’s working hard toward that “Housing” or “Magazine” major like Boykin’s . Jeez that school is an embarrassment to all Georgians.
As far as embarrasing, here you go Troy boy:
schohttp://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvg8ox0Sgb1qcfe17o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1322751534&Signature=jaUntwMUwk2PvnBkrmb4UyRa9fQ%3Dol
Resume time
November 30th, 2011
10:44 am
CPJ is sending his resume out to anyone with a football program, even middle schools in Pine Tree, NC.
Moral Victory
November 30th, 2011
10:46 am
Singer-
Brandon Boykin is a journalism major. He is going to make more money than you can dream of. You pathetic loser. He could never go pro and he’ll be a rising star in media.
Congrats on your awful, awful sports programs. Awful…
The MAIN EVENT ALL OVER THE WORLD
November 30th, 2011
10:48 am
The SEC CG is THE MAIN EVENT ALL OVER THE PLANET and the cars and phone calls and the TV programs all stop to watch two heavey weights go at it.
THE SEC CG IS THE SPORTS EVENT of the year. WIN or LOSE …………….. it is THE EVENT TO PLAY IN.
GT? No, the John Belk Bowl is not important outside of Charlotte/Mecklinburg County.
1 4 GT
November 30th, 2011
10:55 am
Does anyone @ the AJC EVER read these blog pages? Don’t they have the authority and ability to take down all the garbage spewing trolls? Aren’t they smart enough to determine who and which posts are coming from the same person? Don’t they care about integrity and content on “THEIR” site representing the AJC to the “world”? From what I see, I don’t think so. This disgusting garbage happens on a daily basis. I’m sure I am correct in saying “WE ARE TIRED OF THE GARBAGE BLOG THIS IS RAPIDLY TURNING INTO”!
WnE
November 30th, 2011
11:06 am
I agree with you 1 4 GT, I have asked Ken to check the IP addresses, to prove that I have NOT posted under other names.
The so-called classy GT fans are the ones resorting to the vulgarities.
The GT fans like myself, would never stoop to such a level.
For some strange reason not liking the Triple-SLOPtion automatically makes you a “mutt” or a troll or a phony.
The worst thing that could have ever happened to GT FB will turn out to be the hiring of Coach Fish Fry.
Big Ol Stinger
November 30th, 2011
11:31 am
Wrong 14, but if you want to let WnE and the rest of his screen names go unchallenged when he posts his garbage about Tech, Tech’s football program, the academics and Paul Johnson, go ahead. I guess his garbage doesn’t offend you like it does me, and I’m not afraid to call him out on it.
TampaDawg
November 30th, 2011
11:32 am
@JMarcus “His vajina is so wide he can’t even do that.”
Well, I see you have kept football squarely in the mix even with this post. First off, I don’t know all the particulars, but are you saying that he posted YouTube vids of high school juniors, I am assuming kids GT is recruiting, on here? Is that the beef?
WnE
November 30th, 2011
11:39 am
Here ya go Tampadawg:
I ‘ma GT alum and i was looking for Yuotube stuff on your Recruits & I Found this gem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=767cld43elw
This is what kind of Recruits that CPJ thinks is gonna be able to handle Kwame “the Tsunami” Geathers and big John Jenkins and other 6-4 350 NTs that GT might run into.
We need real physical LINEMEN on both sides of the ball, not drama club putzes that wish they could be on “Glee”!
WnE
November 30th, 2011
11:40 am
I meant our Recruits
Burma Shave
November 30th, 2011
11:43 am
Bothwell bracker bracker vaughnn
It’s time to get my lawyerin on
I harass high schoolers day and night
Because I think it is alright.
I really like to take it in the butt
My mom is a nasty …. smoker.
GO DAWGS!!!
WnE
November 30th, 2011
11:45 am
He’s lying tampa dawg, our/GT’s OLs set up a Twitter account and called themselves the “GoonSquad” and TALKED TRASH while they were beating up on cupcakes, and then when they played real teams and got their butts handed to them ……………..
Then they turned into BABIES, when they got called on the carpet with no more than 3-5 tweets and Tweets are less than 140 characters, so there’s no way that calling them on the carpet for trash talking could rise to the level of harassment.
If you talk trash on twitter and put it out there for the GENERAL PUBLIC to read someone’s gonna call you on the carpet.
CPJ wants no accountability for his screwups ,and now the crappy players he recruits want no accountability for their trash talking.
TampaShave
November 30th, 2011
11:57 am
That probably isn’t the real Burma
Just a fake from around Smyrna
Someone with a perverted mind
To his own crap he is truly blind
TAMPA SHAVE
TampaDawg
November 30th, 2011
12:17 pm
The filters on here are HORRIBLE again!
TampaDawg
November 30th, 2011
12:20 pm
Were the kids at GT when this stuff was going on?
TampaDawg
November 30th, 2011
12:29 pm
It does matter. Under 18 is a minor and that is easily a felony and if someone does it to my kid when he gets older, that person gets a personal visit. But over 18, they are considered adults. If they don’t like their twitter replies, they need to make them private and add followers on a case by case basis.
TampaDawg
November 30th, 2011
12:41 pm
Sure as a 17 year old, the law SHOULD have stepped in or Vad’s parents should have. It’s a crime and if I were his dad, again, a personal visit would have been made. In fact, I can’t believe that something wasn’t actually done if it was that out of control. Now, posting a youtube high school highlight video on here, maybe I am not following on that one. Not sure what the big deal is there. If it’s to “make fun of him” well, tell Vad to grow a pair because kids have to deal with MUCH worse than that every day in school.
TampaDawg
November 30th, 2011
12:48 pm
@JMarcus “He wanted to debate why it was alright to harass high school athletes, but won’t give me an answer. It must be hard to lawyer knowing a 10″ camel toe rests in your pants.”
You see, it’s stuff like this that has pushed away everone who may actually debate or discuss this with you. It’s stupid and senseless. Later J