2002 ACC preview

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No.  Team  '01 Record  1.  Florida State  8-4  2.  N.C. State  7-5  3.  Maryland  10-2   4.  Wake Forest  6-5  5.  Georgia Tech  8-5  6.  Clemson  7-5  7.  North Carolina  8-5  8.  Virginia  5-7  9.  Duke  0-11	Florida State QB Chris Rix Scott Halleran/Getty Images

All-Conference Team
Pos.	Player	School	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.
		Offense
WR	Billy McMullen	Virginia	6-4	205	Sr.
WR	Anquan Boldin	Florida State	6-2	205	Sr.
OL	Nat Dorsey	Georgia Tech	6-6	315	So.
OL	Todd Wike	Maryland	6-3	300	Sr.
C	Antoine Mirambeau	Florida State	6-2	285	Sr.
OL	Montrae Holland	Florida State	6-2	325	Sr.
OL	Brett Williams	Florida State	6-6	315	Sr.
QB	Chris Rix	Florida State	6-4	210	So.
RB	Bruce Perry	Maryland	5-9	180	Jr.
RB	Tarance Williams	Wake Forest	5-10	178	Sr.
TE	Jeff Dugan	Maryland	6-4	266	Jr.
		Defense
DL	Greg Gathers	Georgia Tech	6-1	260	Sr.
DL	Darnell Dockett	Florida State	6-4	285	Jr.
DL	Calvin Pace	Wake Forest	6-6	256	Jr.
DL	Shawn Price	N.C. State	6-2	235	Sr.
LB	E.J. Henderson	Maryland	6-2	250	Sr.
LB	Angelo Crowell	Virginia	6-1	234	Sr.
LB	Dantonio Burnette	N.C. State	5-10	228	Sr.
DB	Michael Waddell	North Carolina	5-11	169	Sr.
DB	Terrence Holt	N.C. State	6-2	203	Sr.
DB	Jeremy Muyres	Georgia Tech	6-3	2-5	Sr.
DB	Dexter Reid	North Carolina	6-0	187	Jr.
		Specialists
PK	Xavier Beitia	Florida State	5-10	200	So.
P	Brooks Barnard	Maryland	6-2	182	Sr.
RS	Chris Douglas	Duke	5-11	190	Jr.

Offensive Player of the Year
Chris Rix	QB	Florida State
Defensive Player of the Year
E.J. Henderson	LB	Maryland
Newcomer of the Year
T.A. McClendon	RB	N.C. State