University of North Carolina Athletics
Pair Of Tar Heels Named To 2024 Preseason All-ACC Football Team
August 1, 2024 | Football
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A pair of Tar Heels have been named to the 2024 All-ACC Preseason Football Team announced on Thursday. Maxwell Award watch list member and 2023 All-American Omarion Hampton and second-year guard Willie Lampkin each landed on the preseason all-conference squad. Hampton also received the second-most votes for the 2024 ACC Preseason Player of the Year.Â
In 2023, Hampton compiled 1,504 yards on 253 carries and 15 touchdowns, while adding 29 receptions for 222 yards and a touchdown through the air. The Clayton, N.C. native finished last season leading the Atlantic Coast Conference in rushing attempts (253), rushing yards (1,504), rushing touchdowns (15), rushing attempts per game (19.46) and rushing yards per game (115.4). Additionally, Hampton's rushing yards (1,504) and rushing yards per game (115.69) from a season ago ranked fifth nationally.
Lampkin, from Lakeland, Florida, started all 11 games he appeared in on the offensive line and was named third-team All-ACC following his first season in Chapel Hill. He helped block for an offense that averaged 299.2 yards passing per game (14th NCAA/1st ACC), 192.1 yards rushing per game (19th NCAA/3rd ACC), 491.2 total yards per game (7th NCAA/1st ACC) and 34.5 points per game (20th NCAA/2nd ACC).
