Harper set 21 school records in earning second-team all-ACC honors last season. He received 34 of 64 votes in a poll of media members on the league's top player.
He finished ahead of two teammates James Davis received 16 votes and fellow running back C.J. Spiller had four. No other player in the league had more than two votes.
Clemson was the media's pick to win the league championship.
The Tigers were joined by two fellow Atlantic Division teams Florida State and Wake Forest with four players on the all-ACC team.
Every school was represented on the all-league team except Duke, Miami and North Carolina State.
-- The voting for the 2008 All-Atlantic Coast Conference preseason team and for preseason player of the year, as selected by 64 voters, in results released Wednesday.
OFFENSE
- QB Cullen Harper, Clemson
- RB Josh Adams, Wake Forest
- RB James Davis, Clemson
- WR Aaron Kelly, Clemson
- WR Hakeem Nicks, North Carolina
- TE Ryan Purvis, Boston College
- OT Andrew Gardner, Georgia Tech
- OT Eugene Monroe, Virginia
- OG Rodney Hudson, Florida State
- OG Sergio Render, Virginia Tech
- C Edwin Williams, Maryland
DEFENSE
- DE Everette Brown, Florida State
- DE Michael Johnson, Georgia Tech
- DT Ron Brace, Boston College
- DT Vance Walker, Georgia Tech
- LB Aaron Curry, Wake Forest
- LB Clint Sintim, Virginia
- LB Brian Toal, Boston College
- CB Victor Harris, Virginia Tech
- CB Alphonso Smith, Wake Forest
- S Michael Hamlin, Clemson
- S Myron Rolle, Florida State
SPECIALISTS
- K Sam Swank, Wake Forest
- P Graham Gano, Florida State
- KR Brandon Tate, North Carolina
PLAYER OF THE YEAR, with first place votes
- Cullen Harper, qb, Clemson, 34
- James Davis, rb, Clemson, 16
- C.J. Spiller, rb, Clemson, 4
- Josh Adams, rb, Wake Forest, 2
- Sean Glennon, qb, Virginia Tech, 2
- Riley Skinner, qb, Wake Forest, 2
- Drew Weatherford, qb, Florida State, 2
- Aaron Curry, lb, Wake Forest, 1
- Victor Harris, cb, Virginia Tech, 1
Clemson quarterback Cullen Harper, left, has been voted the ACC preseason player of the year.
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