A total of 10 other players were also named to all-ACC teams.
Senior tight end Cole Hikutini was a second-team honoree on offense, senior defensive tackle DeAngelo Brown, senior linebacker Keith Kelsey and sophomore cornerback Jaire Alexander were named to the second team on defense. Senior wide receiver James Quick and safeties Josh Harvey-Clemons and Chucky Williams were voted to the third team.
Two offensive linemen, sophomore offensive tackle Geron Christian and senior offensive guard Khalil Hunter, and junior linebacker James Hearns were named all-ACC honorable mentions.
Jackson concluded the regular season with an ACC and school record 4,928 yards of total offense and 51 total touchdowns. A finalist for the Maxwell and O'Brien awards, he also set ACC records for rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,538 yards and rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 21.
The Pompano Beach, Fla., native shattered the school's single-season record for rushing yards in a season and his eight 100-yard rushing games also broke a school record. As a passer, Jackson thfor 3,390 yards and 30 touchdowns, including 417 yards in a win on the road at Marshall on Sept. 24.
A Fort Worth, Texas, native, Fields, who started 11 games at outside linebacker, was credited with 42 tackles and was second on the team with 5.0 sacks. Fields was named the ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week after his best performance against Wake Forest, totaling 4.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks in a 44-12 win.
Hikutini, a semi-finalist for the Mackey Award, finished the regular season with 49 receptions for 656 yards from his tight end spot, with a team-best eight touchdowns. The Sacramento, Calif., native recorded two 100-yard receiving games, including a career-best 118 yards versus NC State on Oct. 22.
Anchoring the middle of the defense, Brown, a starter in all 12 games, recorded 37 tackles and a team-high 12.0 tackles for loss, while also notching 3.0 sacks.
In his third season as a starter, Kelsey leads the team with 81 tackles, and registered five or more tackles in all five games. He enters the post-season with 299 career tack;es.
Finishing the regular season in the top 10 in interceptions, Alexander recorded a career-best five interceptions this year – picking off multiple passes in a loss to Clemson on Oct. 1 and a win over Virginia on Oct. 29.
Despite missing two games with an injury, Harvey-Clemons tied for fourth on the team in tackles with 61 and added a pair of sacks. He posted a season-high 11 tackles in consecutive games versus Marshall and Clemson. Williams, the other starting safety, was third on the squad with 66 tackles and was second on the team with three interceptions.
Christian and Hunter, who both started all 12 games on the offensive line, have been integral components on offense, helping the Cards lead the nation in scoring offense at 45.3 points per game and are second in total offense at 55.85 yards per game. The Cardinals set a school record with 3,081 rushing yards.
Hearns is seventh in the ACC with a career-high 8.0 sacks, and had at least one tackle for loss in nine of 12 games.
