ACC media voted, and Jeremy Cash, a Duke safety by way of Ohio State, is the conference's Defensive Player of the year.
Cash beat out Clemson DE Shaq Lawson and Pittsburgh LB/former OSU commit Ejuan Price (among others) for the honor.
From goduke.com:
A 6-2, 210-pound native of Miami, Fla., Cash has amassed 101 tackles, 18.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, eight quarterback pressures, four pass breakups, three caused fumbles and one fumble recovery on the season. He registered 10-plus tackles in games against Northwestern (11), Georgia Tech (12), Virginia Tech (11), Miami (12) and North Carolina (10) to push his career total of double digit tackle games to 15.
A finalist for both the Bronco Nagurski Award (National Defensive Player of the Year) and Jim Thorpe Award (top defensive back in the nation), Cash has now reached the 100-tackle plateau in three consecutive seasons and is Duke’s career leader in caused fumbles with nine. In 39 career games at Duke, Cash has compiled 333 tackles, 38.0 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks, six interceptions, nine caused fumbles, four fumble recoveries, 15 pass breakups and 15 quarterback pressures.
Cash played in five games as an Ohio State true freshman in 2011; he registered three tackles before transferring to Duke in January 2012 after the arrival of Urban Meyer.
