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Seven Players From ACC Schools Named Among Those To Watch For The Walter Camp Award

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Seven Atlantic Coast Conference football players were named among the 50 “players to watch” for the Walter Camp 2024 Player of the Year Award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade, and presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven, the Walter Camp Foundation announced.

The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS head coaches and sports information directors under the auspices of the Walter Camp Football Foundation. The award is named for Walter Camp, an important and influential figure in the development of the sport.
 
Four of the seven ACC contingents on the prestigious watch list were quarterbacks: D.J. Uiagalelei of Florida State, Cam Ward of Miami, Grayson McCall of NC State and Kyle McCord of Syracuse. The quarterback quartet was joined by running backs Jamal Haynes of Georgia Tech and Omarion Hampton of North Carolina, as well as wide receiver Elic Ayomanor of Stanford.
 
The full 2024 watch list includes 41 offensive players (20 quarterbacks, 11 running backs, five receivers/tight ends and two offensive linemen) along with nine players from the defensive side of the ball.
 
Earlier this summer, the Walter Camp Foundation announced its 2024 preseason All-American teams. The Walter Camp is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious All-America team.
 
The 2024 Player of Year watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists in early November. The three finalists will be announced on November 26. The 2024 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient will be announced on ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show on December 12.
 
ACC Representatives on the 2024 Walter Camp Player of the Year Preseason Watch List:
 
Name, School, Class, Position
D.J. Uiagalelei, Florida State, Redshirt Senior, QB
Jamal Haynes, Georgia Tech, Redshirt Junior, RB
Cam Ward, Miami, Senior, QB
Omarion Hampton, North Carolina, Junior, RB
Grayson McCall, NC State, Graduate Student, QB
Elic Ayomanor, Stanford, Redshirt Sophomore, WR
Kyle McCord, Syracuse, Senior, QB
 
ACC Football Notes

  • The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks, with the return of full-time starters Thomas Castellanos at Boston College, Cade Klubnik at Clemson, Grayson Loftis at Duke, Haynes King at Georgia Tech, Preston Stone at SMU, and Kyron Drones at Virginia Tech, and transfers DJ Uiagalelei at Florida State, Tyler Shough at Louisville, Cam Ward at Miami, Grayson McCall at NC State, and Kyle McCord at Syracuse among others.
    • ACC had 10 quarterbacks named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list, no other conference had more.
    • ACC has the top-ranked group of quarterback transfers in 2024 by CBS Sports.
    • 13 QBs in the league enter the 2024 season with over 20 career touchdown passes and 3,500 career passing yards.
    • Eight quarterbacks from ACC schools are projected to start Week 1 in the 2024 NFL season — 25 percent of NFL teams.
    • Since 2018, the ACC has had at least one quarterback drafted in the first round in five different drafts — the only conference to do that.
  • The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most challenging in the country.
    • 27 games against Power 4 opponents, including Notre Dame, the most of any conference.
    • Nine non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2023 Associated Press Top 25 Poll, the most of any conference.
    • 10 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2024 Way-Too-Early Top 25, the most of any conference.
  • ACC Features Elite Coaching Leadership
    • Six ACC head coaches were named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List, as announced by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and the Peach Bowl, no other conference had more.
    • Two of the three active coaches to win a national title reside in the ACC - Dabo Swinney led Clemson to national titles in 2016 and 2018. North Carolina’s Mack Brown won a national title at Texas in 2005.
  • The 2024 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.