All this week, we’re taking a fresh look, position by position, at how ACC teams stack up, from the best of the conference to the units that might surprise to the positions that will prove to be an Achilles' heel for some teams’ 2017 title hopes.
Last up: Special teams
This is a broad category, of course. Kickers and punters get the most attention here, but certainly a great return man, such as Pitt’s Quadree Henderson, or a sterling coverage unit, as Virginia Tech displayed last season, makes a big difference. There isn’t one team that hits it out of the park in each phase of special teams, but a few cover most of the bases, while a few more have some big red flags.