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ESPN: ACC needs Russell Wilson to stay

Bye-bye, Ryan Williams. See you later, Darren Evans. Adios, Christian Ponder. It was a miraculous run, Mark Herzlich.

Five of the top 10 leaders in passing efficiency won't return for 2011. Half of the leading rushers. Two head coaches. The offensive and defensive players of the year? Gone.

It will be a season of turnover in the ACC, leaving the conference with a lack of an identity. Who will be the face of the ACC in 2011? The top two leading candidates are NC State's Russell Wilson and Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly. The odds of a defensive player winning ...

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Since 2002, we've correctly projected the winner of every single Heisman Trophy contest. Starting in 2010, we're running a season-long Heisman Trophy poll, providing ongoing commentary, and aggregating the best news about the top Heisman candidates around the country.

When it comes to our projections, well, we really can't say it any better than ESPN's Neil Everett - just a few days before the 2009 winner was announced: