Clemson, FSU lead ACC in combine invites
On Thursday the NFL released its official list of players invited to this year’s combine and the ACC will be represented by 43 athletes at the annual scouting event.
Clemson, who finished the 2015 season ranked second in the nation with a 14-1 record, leads the conference with eight invites and is followed by Florida State (6), Miami (5), N.C. State (5), Boston College (4), Virginia Tech (4), Duke (3) Syracuse (2), Georgia Tech (2), Louisville (1), Pitt (1), Virginia (1) and North Carolina (1). Nobody from Wake Forest was invited.
Highlighting this year’s group of combine attendees is Duke all-American safety Jeremy Cash, Clemson teammates CB Mackensie Alexander, DE Kevin Dodd and Shaq Lawson, along with Pitt WR Tyler Boyd.
Here is a breakdown of who will be representing the ACC when the combine kicks off on Feb. 23.
Boston College
DE: Mehdi Abdesmad
LB: Steven Daniels
FS: Justin Simmons
DT: Connor Wujciak
Duke
SS: Jeremy Cash
P: Will Monday
C: Matt Skura
Clemson
CB: Mackensie Alexander
DE: Kevin Dodd
OLB: B.J. Goodson
FS: T.J. Green
SS: Jayron Kearse
DE: Shaq Lawson
WR: Charone Peake
NT: D.J. Reader
Florida State
K: Roberto Aguayo
SS: Lamarcus Brutus
NT: Nile Lawrence-Stample
DE: Girogio Newberry
CB: Jalen Ramsey
LB: Terrance Smith
Georgia Tech
DT: Adam Gotsis
CB: D.J. White
Louisville
DT/DE: Sheldon Rankins
Miami:
CB: Artie Burns
S: Deon Bush
DE: Ufomba Kamalu
ILB: Raphael Kirby
WR: Rashawn Scott
N.C. State
QB: Jacoby Brissett
CB: Justin Burris
TE: David Grinnage
RB: Shad Thornton
OG: Joe Thuney
North Carolina
OG: Landon Turner
Pitt
WR: Tyler Boyd
Virginia
CB: Maurice Canady
Virginia Tech
CB: Kendall Fuller
DT: Luther Maddy
TE: Ryan Malleck
DT: Dadi Nicolas