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FSU Football: Were Any 'Noles Snubbed On All-ACC Team?

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 6:46 p.m. ET

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Nov 26, 2016; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Florida State Seminoles running back Dalvin Cook (4) runs the ball for a touchdown past Florida Gators defensive back Chauncey Gardner Jr. (23) during the first quarter at Doak Campbell Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports

FSU football placed four players on the All-ACC teams that were released Monday. We take a look to see if there are any notable FSU snubs?

Four players being placed on All-ACC first team for FSU football is excellent, two offensive players and two defensive players.

Running back Dalvin Cook, offensive tackle Roderick Johnson, defensive end DeMarcus Walker and cornerback Tavarus McFadden.

It’s notable that Dalvin Cook wasn’t a unanimous All-ACC selection, but nor was Lamar Jackson from Louisville:

Alright then. Let’s take a look at the rest of the teams.

Nov 26, 2016; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Florida State Seminoles defensive end Demarcus Walker (44) chases down Florida Gators quarterback Austin Appleby (12) during the second half of the game at Doak Campbell Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

WR, Mike Williams, R-Jr., Clemson, 131 ptsWR, Amba Etta-Tawo, R-Sr., Syracuse, 125WR, Ryan Switzer, Sr., North Carolina, 107TE, Jordan Leggett, Sr., Clemson, 95T, Roderick Johnson, Jr., Florida State, 118T, Mitch Hyatt, So., Clemson, 104G, Tyrone Crowder, R-Jr., Clemson, 104G, Dorian Johnson, Sr., Pittsburgh, 88C, Jay Guillermo, R-Sr., Clemson, 86QB, Lamar Jackson, So., Louisville, 125RB, Dalvin Cook, Jr., Florida State, 139RB, James Conner, R-Jr., Pittsburgh, 119PK, Mike Weaver, R-Jr., Wake Forest, 47Sp., Quadree Henderson, So., Pittsburgh, 103FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDE, DeMarcus Walker, Sr., Florida State, 125DE, Ejuan Price, R-Sr., Pittsburgh, 107DT, Carlos Watkins, R-Sr., Clemson, 113DT, Woody Baron, Sr., Virginia Tech, 79LB, Ben Boulware, Sr., Clemson, 131LB, Micah Kiser, Jr., Virginia, 99LB, Devonte Fields, Sr., Louisville, 70CB, Tarvarus McFadden, So., Florida State, 113CB, Cordrea Tankersley, Sr., Clemson, 97S, Quin Blanding, Jr., Virginia, 100S, Jadar Johnson, Sr., Clemson, 94P, Nicholas Conte, Sr., Virginia, 118

Thoughts

I don’t really have any qualms here regarding FSU players. It’s great to get four players on the first team with two on each side.

Sep 5, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; Florida State Seminoles wide receiver Travis Rudolph (15) catches the ball and runs it in for a touchdown against the Mississippi Rebels during the first half at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

WR, Isaiah Ford, Jr., Virginia Tech, 103WR, Travis Rudolph, Jr., Florida State, 81WR, Ahmmon Richards, Fr., Miami , 50TE, Cole Hikutini, Sr., Louisville, 62T, Adam Bisnowaty, R-Sr., Pittsburgh, 88T, Jon Heck, Sr., North Carolina, 57G, Tony Adams, Jr., NC State, 54G, Kareem Are, R-Sr., Florida State, 54C, Lucas Crowley, Sr., North Carolina, 64QB, Deshaun Watson, Jr., Clemson, 102RB, Matthew Dayes, Sr., NC State, 79RB, Wayne Gallman, R-Jr., Clemson, 73PK, Greg Huegel, R-So., Clemson, 39Sp., T.J. Logan, Sr., North Carolina, 57SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDE, Harold Landry, Jr., Boston College, 92DE, Christian Wilkins, So., Clemson, 72DT, Dexter Lawrence, Fr., Clemson, 67DT, DeAngelo Brown, Sr., Louisville, 66LB, Marquel Lee, Sr., Wake Forest, 64LB, Keith Kelsey, Sr., Louisville, 56LB, Tremaine Edmunds, So., Virginia Tech, 47CB, Jaire Alexander, So., Louisville, 80CB, Corn Elder, Sr., Miami, 53S, Jordan Whitehead, So., Pittsburgh, 54S, Jessie Bates, Fr., Wake Forest, 42P, Justin Vogel, Sr., Miami, 78

Thoughts

Why is FSU DT Derrick Nnadi not at least on the All-ACC second team here? Louisville’s DeAngelo Brown is listed and Nnadi’s stats are better. He had more tackles and more sacks. The only category Brown won was tackles for loss and that was by 2.5.

Oct 31, 2015; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Florida State defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi (91) celebrates a tackle for a loss against the Syracuse Orange at Doak Campbell Stadium. Florida State won 45-21. Mandatory Credit: Glenn Beil-USA TODAY Sports

THIRD TEAM OFFENSE

WR, Artavis Scott, Jr., Clemson, 46WR, James Quick, Sr., Louisville, 44WR, Stacy Coley, Sr., Miami, 30TE, Bucky Hodges, R-Jr., Virginia Tech, 52T, Brian O’Neill, R-So., Pittsburgh, 35T, Jonathan McLaughlin, Sr., Virginia Tech, 33G, Augie Conte, R-Sr., Virginia Tech, 48G, Danny Isidora, Sr., Miami, 43C, Freddie Burden, R-Sr., Georgia Tech, 27QB, Mitch Trubisky, Jr., North Carolina, 29RB, Mark Walton, So., Miami, 59RB, Elijah Hood, Jr., North Carolina, 40PK, Joey Slye, Jr., Virginia Tech, 37Sp., Brisly Estime, Sr., Syracuse, 32THIRD TEAM DEFENSEDE, Bradley Chubb, Jr., NC State, 64DE, Duke Ejiofor, R-Jr., Wake Forest, 37DT, Derrick Nnadi, Jr., Florida State, 65DT, Nazair Jones, Jr., North Carolina, 33LB, Ben Humphreys, So., Duke, 46LB, Andrew Motuapuaka, R-Jr., Virginia Tech, 41LB, Zaire Franklin, Jr., Syracuse, 40CB, Greg Stroman, Jr., Virginia Tech, 45CB, Breon Borders, Sr., Duke, 37S, Josh Harvey-Clemons, Sr., Louisville, 38S, Chucky Williams, Jr., Louisville, 34P, Sterling Hofrichter, Fr.-R, Syracuse, 30

Thoughts

As I already mentioned, I thought Nnadi should have made All-ACC Second team. The only other thing I’ll mention is FSU safety Trey Marshall may have had a shot to make the All-ACC Third team had he not been banged up most of the season. He missed a game with a concussion and missed three more quarters due to the bogus targeting call against Clemson.

Nov 5, 2016; Raleigh, NC, USA; Florida State Seminoles defensive end Brian Burns (99) gestures to the crowd during the second half against the North Carolina State Wolfpack at Carter Finley Stadium. Florida State won 24-20. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports

HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE (20+ points)

WR, Ervin Philips, Jr., Syracuse, 29WR, Quadree Henderson, So., Pittsburgh, 22WR, Bug Howard, Sr., North Carolina, 20TE, Jaylen Samuels, Jr., NC State, 24TE, David Njoku, R-So., Miami , 22T, Geron Christian, So., Louisville, 31G, Wilson Bell, R-Jr., Florida State, 33G, Wyatt Teller, R-Jr., Virginia Tech, 23G, Khalil Hunter, Sr., Louisville, 21C, Alec Eberle, R-So., Florida State, 24C, Joe Scelfo, Gr-Tfr., NC State, 22RB, Taquan Mizzell, Sr., Virginia, 30PK, Harrison Butker, Sr., Georgia Tech, 34PK, Chris Blewitt, Sr., Pittsburgh, 34PK, Michael Badgley, Jr., Miami , 31PK, Ricky Aguayo, Fr., Florida State, 30PK, Nick Weiler, Sr., North Carolina, 27Sp., Ryan Switzer, Sr., North Carolina, 26Sp., Ray-Ray McCloud, So., Clemson, 20HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE (20+ points)DE, Ken Ekanem, Sr., Virginia Tech, 25DE, James Hearns, R-Jr., Louisville, 22DT, Demarcus Christmas, R-So., Florida State, 25DT, Patrick Gamble, R-Sr., Georgia Tech, 23DT, Tyrique Jarrett, Sr., Pittsburgh, 21LB, Andre Smith, So., North Carolina, 37LB, Matt Milano, Sr., Boston College, 37LB, Kendall Joseph, R-So., Clemson, 32LB, Connor Strachan, Jr., Boston College, 31LB, Joe Giles-Harris, Fr., Duke, 25LB, Shaquille Quarterman, Fr., Miami , 24LB, Parris Bennett, Jr., Syracuse, 23CB, Marquez White, Sr., Florida State, 28CB, Des Lawrence, Sr., North Carolina, 27CB, M.J. Stewart, Jr., North Carolina, 24S, Josh Jones, Jr., NC State, 28S, Terrell Edmunds, R-So., Virginia Tech, 28S, Chuck Clark, Sr., Virginia Tech, 23S, Rayshawn Jenkins, R-Sr., Miami , 23S, Van Smith, So., Clemson, 21P, Dom Maggio, Fr., Wake Forest, 23

Thoughts

So Quadree Henderson makes the Honorable Mentions list but FSU wide receiver Auden Tate doesn’t?

Tate had more catches, more yards and FIVE more receiving touchdowns. Trey Marshall doesn’t even make Honorable Mention? FSU DE Brian Burns doesn’t make this list when his numbers as a true freshman are better than Ken Ekanem who’s a senior?

I know the voters try not to be too top-heavy when it comes to choosing players from the better teams in the conference, but come’on!