Boone named ACC Player of the Week

[jimsumner]

Portions of ACC Press Release.

"Three quarterbacks – Duke’s Anthony Boone, Florida State’s Jameis Winston and Maryland’s C.J. Brown – were selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Backs of the Week in the final 2013 ACC Football Players of the Week announced on Monday.

The trio of quarterback evenly split the votes among the ACC’s media panel after leading their teams to road wins in last Saturday’s regular-season finales. Boone threw for 274 yards and a pair of scores as Duke clinched the Coastal Division title with a win at North Carolina. Winston keyed Florida State’s victory at rival Florida by throwing for 327 yards and three touchdowns. Brown passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more while accumulating 138 rushing yards in Maryland’s win at NC State.

Winston also shared ACC Rookie of the Week honors with Miami wide receiver Stacy Coley. Other ACC honorees include Virginia Tech’s Andrew Miller as Offensive Lineman of the Week, Florida State’s Kelvin Benjamin as Receiver of the Week, Georgia Tech’s Jeremiah Attaochu as Defensive Lineman of the Week, Maryland’s Matt Robinson as Linebacker of the Week, Virginia Tech’s Kendall Fuller as Defensive Back of the Week, and Miami’s Pat O’Donnell as Specialist of the Week.

CO-OFFENSIVE BACK – Anthony Boone, Duke, Jr.-R, QB, 6-0, 230, Weddington, N.C.

Boone completed 23-of-34 passes (.677) for 274 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions in the 20th-ranked Blue Devils’ 27-25 Coastal Division-clinching win over North Carolina. Boone engineered Duke’s game-winning drive in the fourth quarter – an 11-play, 66-yard march that resulted in Ross Martin’s 27-yard field goal with 2:22 left. On the afternoon, Boone directed a Duke offense that committed no turnovers and allowed no sacks while rolling up 27 first downs and 461 total yards (187 rushing and 274 passing). Duke entered the week converting an ACC-low 25.3 percent on third down, but Boone led the Blue Devils to an 8-of-15 conversion rate (.533) versus UNC."

[OldPhiKap]

Well deserved, Anthony! Glad that he is finally healthy and able to get back into top form. Just in time!