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GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Former University of Miami safety Ed Reed was among those all-time football greats, college national champions, and Super Bowl winners highlighting the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Legends class announced on Thursday.
Reed, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame and the Miami Football Ring of Honor, holds the school record for career interceptions (21), career interceptions returned for touchdowns (four), career interception return yards (389) and single-season interception return yards (206 in 2001). Reed led the Hurricanes with nine tackles (six solo) in Miami's 37-14 victory over Nebraska to claim the Rose Bowl and the Hurricanes' fifth national championship. He was a consensus All-American in both 2000 and 2001, was named the 2001 National Defensive Player of the Year by the Football News and was a finalist for the 2001 Jim Thorpe Trophy, as well as a Bronko Nagurski Trophy semifinalist.
A Louisiana native, Reed went on to star in the NFL for 12 seasons, including 11 with the Baltimore Ravens. He was a nine-time NFL Pro Bowl selection and 2004 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, earning a Super Bowl ring with Baltimore in 2013 and leading the NFL in interceptions on three occasions.
This year's class will be honored during the ACC Night of Legends presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation at the Charlotte Convention Center, on Friday, Nov. 30, and during the on-field pregame festivities at the 14th annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, set for the evening of Saturday, Dec. 1, at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium.
Tickets to the 2018 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Each of the ACC's 14 football schools selected its 2018 Legend. The complete 2018 ACC Football Legends Class:
ACC Legend
School
Pos.
Years
Hometown
Mathias Kiwanuka
Boston College
DE
2002-05
Indianapolis, Indiana
Brian Dawkins
Clemson
FS
1992-95
Jacksonville, Florida
Steve Spurrier
Duke
HC
1987-89
Miami Beach, Florida
Bobby Bowden
Florida State
HC
1976-2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Joshua Nesbitt
Georgia Tech
QB
2007-10
Greensboro, Georgia
Roman Oben
Louisville
OT
1992-95
Cameroon, West Africa
Ed Reed
Miami
S
1998-2001
St. Rose, Louisiana
Ron Rusnak
North Carolina
OG
1970-72
Prince George, Virginia
Mario Williams
NC State
DE
2003-05
Richlands, North Carolina
Mark May
Pitt
OG
1977-80
Oneonta, New York
Don McPherson
Syracuse
QB
1984-87
Brooklyn, New York
Herman Moore
Virginia
WR
1987-90
Danville, Virginia
Eddie Royal
Virginia Tech
WR
2004-07
Alexandria, Virginia
Steve Justice
Wake Forest
C
2004-07
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Reed, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame and the Miami Football Ring of Honor, holds the school record for career interceptions (21), career interceptions returned for touchdowns (four), career interception return yards (389) and single-season interception return yards (206 in 2001). Reed led the Hurricanes with nine tackles (six solo) in Miami's 37-14 victory over Nebraska to claim the Rose Bowl and the Hurricanes' fifth national championship. He was a consensus All-American in both 2000 and 2001, was named the 2001 National Defensive Player of the Year by the Football News and was a finalist for the 2001 Jim Thorpe Trophy, as well as a Bronko Nagurski Trophy semifinalist.
A Louisiana native, Reed went on to star in the NFL for 12 seasons, including 11 with the Baltimore Ravens. He was a nine-time NFL Pro Bowl selection and 2004 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, earning a Super Bowl ring with Baltimore in 2013 and leading the NFL in interceptions on three occasions.
This year's class will be honored during the ACC Night of Legends presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation at the Charlotte Convention Center, on Friday, Nov. 30, and during the on-field pregame festivities at the 14th annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game, set for the evening of Saturday, Dec. 1, at Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium.
Tickets to the 2018 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Each of the ACC's 14 football schools selected its 2018 Legend. The complete 2018 ACC Football Legends Class:
ACC Legend
School
Pos.
Years
Hometown
Mathias Kiwanuka
Boston College
DE
2002-05
Indianapolis, Indiana
Brian Dawkins
Clemson
FS
1992-95
Jacksonville, Florida
Steve Spurrier
Duke
HC
1987-89
Miami Beach, Florida
Bobby Bowden
Florida State
HC
1976-2009
Birmingham, Alabama
Joshua Nesbitt
Georgia Tech
QB
2007-10
Greensboro, Georgia
Roman Oben
Louisville
OT
1992-95
Cameroon, West Africa
Ed Reed
Miami
S
1998-2001
St. Rose, Louisiana
Ron Rusnak
North Carolina
OG
1970-72
Prince George, Virginia
Mario Williams
NC State
DE
2003-05
Richlands, North Carolina
Mark May
Pitt
OG
1977-80
Oneonta, New York
Don McPherson
Syracuse
QB
1984-87
Brooklyn, New York
Herman Moore
Virginia
WR
1987-90
Danville, Virginia
Eddie Royal
Virginia Tech
WR
2004-07
Alexandria, Virginia
Steve Justice
Wake Forest
C
2004-07
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
