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Maye Leads Tar Heel All-ACC Academic Honorees
January 31, 2024 | Football, Academics
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Sixteen North Carolina student-athletes have earned spots on the 2023 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team, announced Wednesday morning by the ACC. The honor is based on both academic and athletic achievement.
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Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team's contests on the season.
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The following is a list of the Tar Heels that earned the recognition:
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Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team's contests on the season.
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The following is a list of the Tar Heels that earned the recognition:
- Beau Atkinson, DL, Business Administration
- Liam Boyd, K, BCHBUSU
- Jalen Brooks, LB, Business Administration
- Noah Burnette**, K, Exercise and Sport Science
- Sebastian Cheeks, LB, Business Administration
- John Copenhaver, TE, Communication Studies
- Chris Culliver, WR, Undecided
- Trevyon Green, OL, Exercise and Sport Science
- Will Hardy**, DB, Business Administration
- Christopher Holliday**, DB, Economics
- J.J. Jones, WR, Media and Journalism
- Cade Law, LB, Undecided
- Gibson Macrae**, LB, Management and Society
- Tom Maginness, P, Exercise and Sport Science
- Drake Maye**, QB, Communication Studies
- Spencer Triplett**, LS, Exercise and Sport ScienceÂ
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