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2017 ACC Football Legends Class Includes Pitt Great Jimbo Covert
10/31/2017 10:30:00 AM | Football
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Two national champions, five NFL All-Pros and multiple Super Bowl winners are among the 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Legends class announced on Tuesday, including all-time Pitt great offensive lineman Jimbo Covert.
Jimbo Covert, OT, Pitt (1978-82)
Covert began his collegiate career on the defensive line as a Panthers' freshman in 1978. A shoulder injury sidelined him for the 1979 season and he was redshirted.
He switched to offensive tackle in the spring of 1980, a decision that would lead Covert to the College Football Hall of Fame. Covert was a fixture on Pitt's punishing offensive front his final three seasons, surrendering just three sacks during that span. As a consensus All-American his senior year, he did not give up a single sack. Pitt went 31-5 during Covert's three years as a starter, finishing in the nation's top 10 each season. The 1980 and 1981 teams each went 11-1 and finished as high as No. 2 in the national polls.
Covert went on to become an All-Pro lineman with the Chicago Bears, starring on the Super Bowl XX championship team and earning a spot on NFL's 1980s All-Decade Team.
The 14-member group of honorees includes Boston College's Matt Hasselbeck, Clemson's Homer Jordan, Duke's Bob Harris, the late Monk Bonasorte of Florida State, Georgia Tech's Keith Brooking, Louisville's Joe Jacoby, Miami's Bennie Blades, North Carolina's Brian Simmons, NC State's Levar Fisher, Pitt's Covert, Syracuse's Tom Coughlin, Virginia's Bob Davis, Virginia Tech's Jim Pyne and Wake Forest's Ryan Plackemeier.
This year's Legends class will be honored during the ACC Night of Legends presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation at the Charlotte Convention Center, on Friday, Dec. 1, and during the on-field pregame festivities at the 13th annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, set for the evening of Saturday, Dec. 2, at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium.
Reserved tables and seats for the ACC Night of Legends presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation are available now. Fans are encouraged to secure their access to this event by visiting: www.theACC.com/NightofLegends
Tickets to the 2017 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game may also be purchased at http://theacc.com/tournaments/?id=6&path=football
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Jimbo Covert, OT, Pitt (1978-82)
Covert began his collegiate career on the defensive line as a Panthers' freshman in 1978. A shoulder injury sidelined him for the 1979 season and he was redshirted.
He switched to offensive tackle in the spring of 1980, a decision that would lead Covert to the College Football Hall of Fame. Covert was a fixture on Pitt's punishing offensive front his final three seasons, surrendering just three sacks during that span. As a consensus All-American his senior year, he did not give up a single sack. Pitt went 31-5 during Covert's three years as a starter, finishing in the nation's top 10 each season. The 1980 and 1981 teams each went 11-1 and finished as high as No. 2 in the national polls.
Covert went on to become an All-Pro lineman with the Chicago Bears, starring on the Super Bowl XX championship team and earning a spot on NFL's 1980s All-Decade Team.
The 14-member group of honorees includes Boston College's Matt Hasselbeck, Clemson's Homer Jordan, Duke's Bob Harris, the late Monk Bonasorte of Florida State, Georgia Tech's Keith Brooking, Louisville's Joe Jacoby, Miami's Bennie Blades, North Carolina's Brian Simmons, NC State's Levar Fisher, Pitt's Covert, Syracuse's Tom Coughlin, Virginia's Bob Davis, Virginia Tech's Jim Pyne and Wake Forest's Ryan Plackemeier.
This year's Legends class will be honored during the ACC Night of Legends presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation at the Charlotte Convention Center, on Friday, Dec. 1, and during the on-field pregame festivities at the 13th annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, set for the evening of Saturday, Dec. 2, at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium.
Reserved tables and seats for the ACC Night of Legends presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation are available now. Fans are encouraged to secure their access to this event by visiting: www.theACC.com/NightofLegends
Tickets to the 2017 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game may also be purchased at http://theacc.com/tournaments/?id=6&path=football
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