Four Canes Named Academic All-ACC
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Miami Hurricanes Alex Gall, Brad Kaaya, Nick Linder and Justin Vogel were among 56 players selected to the All-ACC Academic Football Team, announced Wednesday by Commissioner John Swofford.
The 2015 All-ACC Academic Football Team was chosen from a pool of 140 ACC football student-athletes whom were nominated by their schools.
To be eligible for consideration for the team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his undergraduate academic career. Graduate students needed to maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average for both the previous semester and for their graduate school careers.
The four Miami student-athletes named to this year’s squad tied for fourth among all ACC teams. In addition, Kaaya and Vogel were two of just 16 players throughout the league that were selected to both the all-conference and all-academic teams.
Gall played in 10 games and made seven starts on the offensive line. He also helped pave the way up front, which allowed the Hurricanes’ offense to average 397.0 yards of total offense per game.
Kaaya posted another stellar season under center for the Hurricanes as he led the ACC in passing yards per game averaging 269.8 yards through the air, which ranked second in the ACC. In addition, Kaaya ranked in the top 50 in eight national statistical categories and was one of just three players nationally to throw for 3,000-or-more yards, 10-or-more touchdowns and have five-or-fewer interceptions. Kaaya closed the season with 3,238 yards passing, 16 touchdowns and just five interceptions. He is just the third player in school history to throw for 3,000-or-more yards in back-to-back seasons.
Linder started in all 13 of the Hurricanes’ games this past season. He was one of just four players on the team to start in every game this past year. He also helped anchor an offensive line which averaged 397.0 yards of total offense per game.
Vogel finished the 2015 season after he averaged 42.5 yards per punt en route to earning Honorable Mention All-ACC recognition. The junior punter’s 42.5 yards per punt average ranked seventh in the ACC. The Tampa, Fla., native’s 73-yard punt against Clemson was a season long. Vogel also drilled 13 punts over 50 yards and placed 21 punts inside the 20-yard line.
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