Sixteen Panthers Honored on All-ACC Academic Football Team
1/31/2024 11:00:00 AM | Football
PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh placed 16 student-athletes on the 2023 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team's contests on the season.
"Our program congratulates and takes great pride in these young men who achieved on the field and in the classroom," said Chris Bickell '97 Head Football Coach Pat Narduzzi. "That's a standard we strive for every day. I also want to express appreciation for our Academic Support staff who are incredibly dedicated to our team's classroom success."
The Panthers' 2023 All-ACC Academic honorees:
Name (Pos.) Major
Trey Andersen (OL) (2) Communication
Dylan Bennett (LB) (2) Exercise Science
Rasheem Biles (LB) Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Sean Fitzsimmons (DL) Communication
Brandon George (LB) Business Information Systems
Karter Johnson (TE) Law, Criminal Justice and Society
Nicholas Lapi (LB) (2) Communication
Buddy Mack III (DB) Higher Education
Terrence Moore (OL) (2) Communication
Che Nwabuko (WR) Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Samuel Okunlola (DL) Psychology
Shayne Simon (LB) (2) Supply Chain Management
Nate Temple (DL) Health and Physical Activity/Curriculum and Instruction/ Communication
Peter Vardzel (WR) Finance
BJ Williams (OL) Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Blake Zubovic (OL) (2) Business Administration
Number in parenthesis denotes multiple All-ACC Academic honors
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