CLEVELAND – Eight Virginia Tech football student-athletes were recognized by Phil Steele as part of his All-ACC team on Tuesday. That group was headlined by first-team selection T Christian Darrisaw, who was also named a Second-Team All-America pick by Steele.
RB Khalil Herbert earned second-team honors as a kickoff returner, while S Divine Deablo was also named to the second team. Herbert was a third-team selection at running back, while DT Jarrod Hewitt, DE Amare Barno, DB Chamarri Conner and K Brian Johnson were recognized on the third team. G Lecitus Smith rounded out Tech's selections by Steele as a fourth-team honoree.
Here is a breakdown of postseason accolades collected by Tech players following the 2020 campaign:
DE Amare' Barno
All-ACC Third Team (Phil Steele)
All-ACC Honorable Mention (Official ACC)
DB Chamarri Conner
All-ACC Third Team (Phil Steele)
All-ACC Honorable Mention (Official ACC)
T Christian Darrisaw
All-America Second Team (AP, FWWA, The Athletic, PFF College, CBS Sports/247 Sports)
All-ACC First Team (Official ACC, Phil Steele, PFF College, Eric Mac Lain)
PFF College selection for Outland Trophy
S Divine Deablo
All-ACC First Team (Official ACC, PFF College, Eric Mac Lain)
All-ACC Second Team (Phil Steele)
RB Khalil Herbert
All-ACC First Team (RB – Eric Mac Lain)
All-ACC First Team (PR/KR – PFF College, Eric Mac Lain)
All-ACC Second Team (RB – PFF College)
All-ACC Second Team (All-Purpose – Official ACC)
All-ACC Second Team (KR – Phil Steele)
All-ACC Third Team (RB – Official ACC)
DT Jarrod Hewitt
All-ACC Third Team (Official ACC, PFF College, Phil Steele)
C Brock Hoffman
All-ACC First Team (Eric Mac Lain)
All-ACC Honorable Mention (Official ACC)
K Brian Johnson
All-ACC First Team (Eric Mac Lain)
All-ACC Second Team (PFF College)
All-ACC Honorable Mention (Official ACC)
TE James Mitchell
All-ACC Second Team (PFF College)
G Doug Nester
All-ACC First Team (Eric Mac Lain)
All-ACC Honorable Mention (PFF College)
G Lecitus Smith
All-ACC Second Team (Eric Mac Lain)
All-ACC Third Team (PFF College)
All-ACC Honorable Mention (Official ACC)
CB Dorian Strong
Freshman All-America (CBS Sports/247 Sports)
T Luke Tenuta
All-ACC Third Team (PFF College, Eric Mac Lain)
WR Tre' Turner
Second-Team All-ACC (PFF College)