What About the Hoos? Virginia’s freshmen Trey Womack Mikell Simpson * Marc Verica Jameel Sewell * Hall Simmons* Cain Ringstaff* Keith Payne Raynard Horne Will Barker * Isaac Cain B.J. Cabbell Patrick Slebonick * Joe Torchia Chris Dalton Crutcher Reiss* Andrew Dewey* Jack Shields Patch Duda Staton Jobe Zach Mendez-Zfass Vic Hall* Brandon Woods * Rico Bell Rashawn Jackson * John Bivens Matt Leemhuis Darnell Carter Mike Parker Denzel Burrell * Darren Childs * John-Kevin Dolce Kevin Crawford * Jason Fuller * Jefferey Fitzgerald* Nate Collins Sean Gottschalk Nate Rathjen *Indicates redshirt DEFENSE ~ Sabre.com Editor Kris Wright OFFENSE ~ Sabre.com Editor Kris Wright

Every team in the ACC has talented players, valuable players, and big-play performers. But which players will make the biggest impact in the conference for their respective team this season? This doesn’t necessarily answer “Who is the best player?”, rather it tackles “Who has the biggest impact?” on their team. Which players’ individual performances could be the difference between winning and losing, BCS Bowl or Nut Bowl.

In The Sabre.com’s ongoing preview of the ACC football season, we take a look in this four-part series on the top impact players in the conference. Today we look at the freshmen (true and redshirt) that could make the biggest impact for their teams. Of course, forecasting freshmen performances is a bit like predicting the weather – surely we’ll be right with some, but with others … partly cloudy is a safe bet, right?

First the true freshmen:

Laurence Marius | 5’11”, 175 pounds
Georgia Tech, Cornerback

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