The NC State football team was picked to finish fourth in the Atlantic Division by the ACC media Monday.
The Wolfpack received 658 points, trailing first place and projected league champion Florida State (1,108). Clemson was second and Louisville third.
NC State senior H-back Jaylen Samuels picked up seven votes in the preseason ACC Player of the Year voting. Louisville junior quarterback Lamar Jackson, the reigning Heisman Trophy, was tabbed the preseason player of the year.
ACC Championship:
1. Florida State 118
2. Clemson 35
3 Louisville 7
4. (tied) Virginia Tech and Miami 3
6. Duke 1
Atlantic Division:
(First place votes in parenthesis)
1. Florida State (121) — 1,108
2. Clemson (37) — 1,007
3. Louisville (9) — 843
4. NC State — 658
5. Wake Forest — 415
6. Syracuse — 362
7. Boston College — 283
Coastal Division:
1. Miami (103) — 1,065
2. Virginia Tech (40) — 932
3. Georgia Tech (9) — 708
4. Pitt (7) — 673
5. North Carolina (4) — 606
6. Duke (4) —473
7. Virginia -219
ACC Player of the Year:
1. Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville — 113
2. Deondre Francois, QB, Florida State — 23
3. Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson — 11
4. Harold Landry, DE, Boston College — 8
5. Jaylen Samuels, AP, NC State — 7
6. Eric Dungey, QB, Syracuse — 2
7. (tied) Shaquille Quarterman, LB, Miami, Ahmmon Richards, WR, Miami and Daniel Jones, QB, Duke — 1
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• Bradley Chubb, NC State D-line working to live up to hype
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