Hurricanes Garner Preseason Honors
Aug. 4, 2006
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – In preseason magazines already on the newsstands, the Miami Hurricanes are predicted to open the season as the No. 11 team in the country, with rankings varying from 5th to 16th. In addition, 19 players received mention as among the best players in the country. Also, eight players have already been named to a total of 14 watch lists for major awards.
ACC Predictions ACC champions by ACC media ACC Coastal Division champions by ACC media ACC Coastal Division champions by Street & Smith ACC Coastal Division champions by Blue Ribbon Yearbook ACC Coastal Division champions by USA Today Sports Weekly ACC Coastal Division champions by Lindy's ACC Coastal Division champions by Athlon
Rankings 5th by CollegeFootballNews.com 6th by Phil Steele 9th by Blue Ribbon Yearbook 10th by Rivals.com 11th by USA Today Coaches’ PollSugar Bowl participant by USA Today Preview 11th by NationalChamps.net 14th by Street & Smith 14th by The Sporting News 14th by Athlon 16th by Lindy’sAverage: 11th
Defensive Line No. 3 in nation by The Sporting News No. 4 in nation by Lindy’s No. 9 in nation by Phil Steele No. 1 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 1 in ACC by Lindy’s No. 2 in ACC by Athlon
Linebackers No. 4 in nation by The Sporting News No. 10 in nation by Phil Steele No. 1 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 3 in ACC by Lindy’s No. 4 in ACC by Athlon
Defensive Backs No. 1 in nation by The Sporting News No. 1 in nation by Lindy’s No. 3 in nation by Phil Steele No. 1 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 1 in ACC by Lindy’s No. 2 in ACC by Athlon
Offensive Line No. 7 in ACC by Lindy’s No. 7 in ACC by Athlon No. 8 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com
Receivers No. 6 in nation by Phil Steele No. 9 in nation by Lindy’s No. 2 in ACC by Lindy’s No. 3 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 6 in ACC by Athlon
Running Backs No. 11 in nation by Phil Steele No. 3 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 3 in ACC by Athlon No. 7 in ACC by Lindy’s
Quarterbacks No. 11 in nation by Phil Steele No. 2 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 2 in ACC by Lindy’s No. 2 in ACC by Athlon
Special Teams No. 23 in nation by Phil Steele No. 2 in ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 7 in ACC by Lindy’s
98 Baraka Atkins, Defensive EndTed Hendricks Defensive End Award watch listBronko Nagurski Award watch list 2nd-team All-America by Street & Smith 1st-team All-ACC by Lindy’s 1st-team All-ACC by Street & Smith 1st-team All-ACC by The Sporting News 1st-team All-ACC by Blue Ribbon Yearbook 1st-team All-ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com 1st-team All-ACC by USA Today Sports Weekly 1st-team All-ACC by Athlon No. 8 defensive end in nation by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 10 defensive end in nation by Phil Steele No. 12 defensive end in nation by The Sporting News No. 14 defensive end in nation by Lindy’s No. 19 player in the ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com
72 Andrew Bain, Guard No. 19 guard in nation by Phil Steele
2 Jon Beason, Linebacker 2nd-team All-ACC by The Sporting News 3rd-team All-ACC by Athlon No. 13 outside linebacker in nation by The Sporting News No. 34 outside linebacker in nation by Phil Steele
99 Kareem Brown, Defensive TackleChuck Bednarik Award watch list 3rd-team All-America by Phil Steele No. 5 defensive tackle in nation by Phil Steele No. 16 defensive lineman in country by Lindy’s 2nd-team All-ACC by Lindy’s 2nd-team All-ACC by Athlon
52 Tavares Gooden, Linebacker No. 24 outside linebacker in nation by Phil Steele
9 Lance Leggett, Wide Receiver No. 22 wide receiver in nation by Phil Steele
19 Brandon Meriweather, SafetyJim Thorpe Award watch listChuck Bednarik Award watch listBronko Nagurski Award watch list Playboy 50th Anniversary Team All-American 1st-team All-America by Street & Smith 1st-team All-America by The Sporting News 1st-team All-America by Blue Ribbon Yearbook 1st-team All-America by Phil Steele 1st-team All-America by Rivals.com 1st-team All-America by NationalChamps.net 1st-team All-America by Athlon 1st-team All-America by Lindy’s 1st-team All-ACC by Street & Smith 1st-team All-ACC by The Sporting News 1st-team All-ACC by Blue Ribbon Yearbook 1st-team All-ACC by Lindy’s 1st-team All-ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com 1st-team All-ACC by USA Today Sports Weekly 1st-team All-ACC by Athlon ACC Defensive Player of the Year by The Sporting News ACC Defensive Player of the Year by Blue Ribbon Yearbook No. 1 free safety in nation by The Sporting News No. 1 strong safety in nation by Phil Steele No. 1 safety in nation by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 2 safety in nation by Lindy’s No. 2 player in the ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com
93 Eric Moncur, Defensive End No. 58 defensive end in nation by Phil Steele
85 Ryan Moore, Wide Receiver 2nd-team All-ACC by The Sporting News No. 42 wide receiver in nation by Phil Steele
71 Derrick Morse, Guard 2nd-team All-ACC by The Sporting News No. 51 guard in nation by Phil Steele
30 Tyrone Moss, Running BackMaxwell Award watch listHonorable mention All-America by Street & SmithHonorable mention All-America by NationalChamps.net 4th-team All-America by Phil Steele 1st-team All-ACC by Street & Smith 2nd-team All-ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 7 running back in nation by Phil Steele No. 29 player in the ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com
81 Greg Olsen, Tight EndJohn Mackey Award watch listMaxwell Award watch list
1st-team All-America by Street & Smith
1st-team All-America by The Sporting News 1st-team All-America by Phil Steele 2nd-team All-America by Rivals.com 2nd-team All-America by CollegeFootballNews.com 3rd-team All-America by NationalChamps.net 3rd-team All-America by Athlon 1st-team All-ACC by Street & Smith 1st-team All-ACC by The Sporting News 1st-team All-ACC by Blue Ribbon Yearbook 1st-team All-ACC by Lindy’s 1st-team All-ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com 1st-team All-ACC by USA Today Sports Weekly 1st-team All-ACC by Athlon No. 1 tight end in nation by The Sporting News No. 1 tight end in nation by Phil Steele No. 4 tight end in nation by Lindy’s No. 5 player in the ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com
95 Bryan Pata, Defensive End 2nd-team All-ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 30 defensive end in nation by Phil Steele
1 Kenny Phillips, SafetyJim Thorpe Award watch listChuck Bednarik Award watch list 2nd-team All-America by Phil Steele 2nd-team All-America by Athlon 1st-team All-ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com 1st-team All-ACC by Blue Ribbon Yearbook 1st-team All-ACC by Lindy’s 1st-team All-ACC by Athlon 2nd-team All-ACC by The Sporting News No. 2 free safety in nation by Phil Steele No. 5 strong safety in nation by The Sporting News No. 5 safety in nation by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 8 player in the ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 15 safety in nation by Lindy’s
35 Lovon Ponder, Safety No. 40 strong safety in nation by Phil Steele
26 Anthony Reddick, SafetyJim Thorpe Award watch list No. 10 free safety in nation by Phil Steele
78 Anthony Wollschlager, Center No. 20 center in nation by Phil Steele 2nd-team All-ACC by Lindy’s 3rd-team All-ACC by Athlon
3 Kyle Wright, QuarterbackMaxwell Award watch list Honorable mention All-America by Street & Smith 4th-team All-America by Phil Steele 1st-team All-ACC by The Sporting News 1st-team All-ACC by Blue Ribbon Yearbook 1st-team All-ACC by USA Today Sports Weekly 2nd-team All-ACC by Lindy’s 2nd-team All-ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com 2nd-team All-ACC by Athlon No. 4 quarterback in nation by Phil Steele No. 16 quarterback in nation by The Sporting News No. 17 quarterback in nation by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 20 quarterback in nation by Lindy’s No. 30 player in the ACC by CollegeFootballNews.com No. 38 on the Heisman Trophy watch list by CollegeFootballNews.com Strongest passing arm in the ACC by Lindy’s
77 Reggie Youngblood, Offensive Tackle No. 26 offensive tackle in nation by Phil Steele
