ACC's top 10 football players of the decade

Posted Jan 19, 2010
2. Julius Peppers, DL, North Carolina -- He won the 2001 Lombardi Award as the nation’s top lineman, and the Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation’s top overall defensive player. He led the nation with 15 sacks as a junior, and was a forward on UNC’s basketball team, where he helped UNC advance to the 2000 Final Four and earn a share of the 2001 regular-season conference title. (ESPN.com)

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