Eight Make Athlon Sports' Preseason All-ACC Squad

Eight Syracuse stars were named to Athlon Sports’ Preseason All-ACC team, headlined by first team selections Sean Tucker and Mikel Jones.

Tucker, has the second-most returning rushing yards nationally of any back behind Central Michigan’s Lew Nichols, was the top vote getter on last year’s All-ACC Team. Jones was one of the top tacklers in the nation last year and returns as a cornerstone of the SU defense.

The eight selections ties for the seventh-most honorees in the conference.

In addition to the two first team selections, OT Matthew Bergeron and CB Duce Chestnut and KR Trebor Pena were named to the second team, LB Stefon Thompson was selected to the third team and CB Garrett Williams and PK Andre Szmyt were selected to the fourth team.

The Orange’s defensive unit returns the entirety of its starting linebacking corps and defensive backfield off a unit that finished in the top-15 of the FBS in total defense last year, with four honored on the Athlon preseason team.

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