In a press release issued Thursday, the ACC became the last of the Power Five conferences to move their version of gathering the football media, ACC Kickoff days to be conducted virtually.
Via a press release on Thursday, the ACC became the last of the Power Five conferences to move their media gathering virtually. ACC Kickoff Days which was supposed to take place July 21-23 in Charlotte, North Carolina will now be held virtually. ACC Kickoff Days is still scheduled to remain July 21-23.
Information about the details of how the reconfigured ACC Kickoff Days will be announced at a later date. Miami will have two new players join head coach Manny Diaz for ACC Kickoff Days in 2020. Recent NFL Draftees, linebacker Shaq Quarterman and wide receiver K.J. Osborn joined Diaz in Charlotte in 2019.
The Miami players who are most likely to join Diaz for ACC Kickoff Days in 2020 are Houston graduate transfer quarterback D’Eriq King and rising redshirt sophomore defensive end Greg Rousseau. Both players are 2020 All-American candidates. King produced 50 TDs for Houston in his last full season in 2018.
Rousseau had a breakout season in his first full year playing college football in 2019. With 15.5 sacks last season, Rousseau moved to second on the single-season list for sacks in Miami history. If he would have had more snaps early in the season, Rosseau would have had a chance at Daniel Stubbs‘ program record of 17 in a single season.
"2020 ACC Football Kickoff to be Conducted VirtuallyGREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference will conduct its annual ACC Football Kickoff virtually July 21-23, 2020. The event will include live coverage available on ACC Network with ACC Commissioner John Swofford, the league’s head coaches and select student-athletes.ACC Football Kickoff was originally scheduled to be held at The Westin in Charlotte, North Carolina.“As we continue to navigate the necessary steps surrounding COVID-19, transitioning this year’s ACC Football Kickoff from an in-person event to a virtual experience is the best option to provide media access to our coaches and student-athletes,” said Swofford. “Our primary focus in all decisions continues to be the health and welfare of our student-athletes, coaches, and in this specific instance, all of our media partners and event attendees.”Consistent with previous years, the 2020 ACC Football Kickoff will feature interviews with Commissioner Swofford, all 14 head coaches and select student-athletes from each institution. Additional details, including the overall event schedule, will be announced closer to the event start date."
The above was the issued press released by the ACC. Each team traditionally sends one offensive and one defensive player to Charlotte to answer questions about themselves, their specific teams and units and the outlook for the season. It would be a surprise if it is anyone but King and Rousseau for Miami.
The 2020 Miami football team is projected in the top three with favorite North Carolina and Virginia Tech in the competition to win the ACC Coastal Division. Virginia in the defending champion. Every ACC Coastal team has one title in each of the last seven years. Miami won their only ACC Coastal Division title in 2017.