North Carolina State University Athletics
Marc Primanti Named To ACC Championship Game Legends
8/9/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 9, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former NC State place-kicker Marc Primanti was named on Tuesday to the ACC's Class of 2011 Dr. Pepper ACC Football Championship Game Legends.
Primanti played for the Wolfpack in 1995 and `96 and still ranks as the most accurate placekicker in ACC history, missing only three kicks of any kind in his two-year NC State career. For his career, Primanti made 51 of 52 PATs and 31 of 33 field-goal attempts. He did not miss a kick at all as a senior in 1996, making all 24 PAT attempts and all 20 field goals. He was named winner of the prestigious Lou Groza Golden Toe Award, presented annually to the nation's best placekicker.
Primanti set an ACC record over the 1995 and `96 seasons, making 27 consecutive field-goal attempts. A consensus first-team All-American in 1996, he was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), The Sporting News and Football News. He was also named first-team All-ACC in 1996. Primanti still holds ACC records for best field-goal percentage for a season (1.000) and career (.939). Originally from Coatesville, Pa., he now resides in Raleigh, N.C.
The ACC Legends will be featured during this year's Dr. Pepper ACC Football Championship Game weekend. They will be honored at the ACC Night of Legends event on Friday, Dec. 2, and again during ceremonies at Bank of America Stadium for the seventh Annual Dr. Pepper ACC Football Championship, which has an 8 p.m. kickoff on Dec. 3 and will be nationally televised by ESPN in both HD and 3-D.
The group of 12 former gridiron standouts from current ACC schools includes two former ACC players of the Year, three consensus first-team All-Americans, five first-team All-Americans, and eight players who combined for 74 years in the National or American Football League and a total of 94 years of professional football experience in either the NFL, AFL, Canadian Football League, World League of American Football or the Arena Football League. Nine of the Legends were drafted into the NFL or AFL, including four first-round draft choices.
In all, the collection of players combined for a national championship, a Canadian Football League Grey Cup, nine ACC team titles and three NFL Super Bowl appearances.
