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GREENSBORO, N.C. – LB Rayshard Ashby earned a spot on the 2020 All-ACC Preseason Team the conference announced on Friday. Earlier this year the senior linebacker earned spots on the watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy, the Bednarik Award and the Butkus Award.
Ashby (5-10, 237) was named ACC Linebacker of the Week five times in 2019. The Chesterfield, Virginia native was the only defensive player in the league to win that many ACC POW honors in 2019. Ashby was a second-team All-ACC selection and finished third in the voting for ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Ashby led the league with 120 total tackles and ranked third in the ACC with 17.0 tackles for loss. Ashby led a VT defense that helped the Hokies become the first ACC team to post back-to-back shutouts against Power Five foes for the first time since 1978 and holding Georgia Tech and Pitt scoreless in consecutive outings last season.
2020 All-ACC Preseason Football Team
Offense
WR – Tamorrion Terry, Florida State
WR – Tutu Atwell, Louisville
WR – Dazz Newsome, North Carolina
TE – Brevin Jordan, Miami
AP – Michael Carter, North Carolina
OT – Jackson Carman, Clemson
OT – Ben Petrula, Boston College
OG – Zion Johnson, Boston College
OG – Aaron Banks, Notre Dame
C – Jimmy Morrissey, Pitt
QB – Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
RB – Travis Etienne, Clemson
RB – Javian Hawkins, Louisville
Defense
DE – Carlos Basham Jr., Wake Forest
DE – Patrick Jones II, Pitt
DT – Marvin Wilson, Florida State
DT – Tyler Davis, Clemson
LB – Chazz Surratt, North Carolina
LB – Rayshard Ashbury, Virginia Tech
LB – Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame
CB – Asante Samuel Jr., Florida State
CB – Derion Kendrick, Clemson
S – Paris Ford, Pitt
S – Hamsah Nasirildeen, Florida State
Special Teams
PK – Nick Sciba, Wake Forest
P – Trenton Gill, NC State
SP – Damond Philyaw-Johnson, Duke