Pro Football Focus ranked the 10 best returning safeties and 10 best returning cornerbacks in the ACC and four UVA football players made those lists
has been previewing the upcoming season by releasing their individual player grades and organizing them by position and conference. PFF posted their top 10 highest graded returning safeties in the ACC and their top 10 highest graded returning cornerbacks in the ACC this week and fourA graduate transfer from Akron, Corey Thomas Jr. played in 40 games over the last five seasons with the Zips, totaling 105 career tackles, six pass breakups, three fumble recoveries, one interception and one sack.
Heading into his third season as a full-time starter at Virginia, Jonas Sanker is looking to build off of a 2023 campaign that saw him earn First-Team All-ACC honors at safety. The Charlottesville native led the team with 11 pass breakups and 107 total tackles, 73 of which were solo tackles, and he also registered four tackles for loss, one quarterback hurry, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
Jam Jackson transferred to Virginia after spending the last two years at Robert Morris. After redshirting his first year, Jackson registered 40 tackles, 33 of them solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, and five pass breakups as a redshirt freshman in 2023. Phil Steele named Jackson a Third-Team FCS Freshman All-American and he was also selected the Big South-OVC Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year.
Virginia ranked 11th in the ACC in pass defense a season ago. With four players in their secondary ranked among the top returning defensive backs in the conference, including three transfers, the Cavaliers should have the pieces to drastically improve their pass defense in 2024.Managing Editor and Publisher, CavaliersNow Email: [email protected]: @mattynewtssWebsite | LinkedIn | Instagram Matt Newton is the managing editor and publisher at CavaliersNow.
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