University of North Carolina Athletics
Byrd, Mangum Named To All-ACC Academic Football Team
February 15, 2012 | Football
Feb. 15, 2012
Greensboro, N.C. - North Carolina student-athletes Pete Mangum and Curtis Byrd have been named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team, announced Wednesday by Commissioner John Swofford.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career. All 12 ACC schools were represented by at least one selection on the team. The ACC has selected an All-ACC Academic Football team every year since 1954.
Bryd, a fullback from Durham, N.C., is a two-time honoree. He is one of six players on the All-ACC Academic team that graduated prior to the 2011 season. Byrd is pursuing a Master's of Accounting degree with the UNC Business School. In 2011, Byrd played in 12 games had six receptions for 38 yards despite tearing his ACL midway through the season.
An applied sciences major from Raleigh, N.C., Mangum played in all 13 games on special teams and started the Independence Bowl vs. Missouri at safety. He finished the season with 21 tackles.
