First Preseason All-ACC Awards Announced

Football June 10, 2026 Matt Rose earns First Team honors from Phil Steele STANFORD, Calif. — Five Stanford football players landed on this year’s Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC team, announced on Wednesday. Notably, inside linebacker Matt Rose earned Preseason First Team All-ACC honors from Steele’s list, the first Cardinal to do so since Stanford joined the ACC. In his first season as one of the Cardinal’s starting inside linebackers, Rose bloomed into one of the best in the conference in 2025. He ranked second in the ACC and led Stanford by a wide margin with 106 total tackles, the most...