The All-Time top 75 NFL players from a current ACC School (1-5)

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So here we go… An earlier than we wanted offseason series The All-Time Top 75 NFL Players from a current ACC School.

Players 6-10 | Players 11-15 | Players 16-20 | Players 21-25 | Players 26-30 | Players 31-35 | Players 36-40 | Players 41-45 | Players 46-50 | Players 51-55 | Players 56-60 | Players 61-65 | Players 66-70 | Players 71-75

Some players are still in the middle their careers on the list and could move up, down or off the list before their careers are over.

We’ve reached the top 5, and we hope you’ve enjoyed the series.

1) Jim Brown – Syracuse RB

• 9× Pro Bowl (1957–1965)
• 8× First-team All-Pro (1957–1961, 1963–1965)
• Second-team All-Pro (1962)
• 3× AP NFL Most Valuable Player (1957, 1958, 1965)
• NFL 1960s All-Decade Team
• NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
• NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
• NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

2) Lawrence Taylor – North Carolina LB

• 10× Pro Bowl (1981–1990)
• 8× First-team All-Pro (1981–1986, 1988, 1989)
• 2× Second-team All-Pro (1987, 1990)
• NFL Most Valuable Player (1986)
• 3× AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1981, 1982, 1986)
• NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1986)
• PFWA NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1986)
• 2× NFC Player of the Year (1983, 1986)
• 2× NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1984, 1986)
• NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
• NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
• First-team NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

3) Bruce Smith – Virginia Tech DE

• 11× Pro Bowl (1987–1990, 1992–1998)
• 8× First-team All-Pro (1987, 1988, 1990, 1993–1997)
• 2× Second-team All-Pro (1989, 1998)
• 2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1990, 1996)
• 4× AFC Defensive Player of the Year (1987, 1988, 1990, 1996)
• NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
• Second-team NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
• First-team NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
• Pro Football Hall of Fame

4) Ray Lewis – Miami LB

• 13× Pro Bowl (1997–2001, 2003, 2004, 2006–2011)
• 7× First-team All-Pro (1999–2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009)
• 3× Second-team All-Pro (1997, 1998, 2010)
• 2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2003)
• NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
• NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

5) Larry Fitzgerald – Pittsburgh WR

• 11× Pro Bowl (2005, 2007–2013, 2015–2017)
• First-team All-Pro (2008)
• 2× Second-team All-Pro (2009, 2011)
• NFL 2010s All-Decade Team
• NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

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