Natrone Means selected to 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Honors Class

Former UNC football running back Natrone Means will be honored by the Atlantic Coast Conference ahead of the title game.

Former UNC football running back[autotag] Natrone Means[/autotag] will be honored by the Atlantic Coast Conference later this year.

Means was named the UNC representative for the 2022 ACC Football Honors Class earlier this week.

The running back is one of 14 players to be in the 2022 class, joining Boston College’s Luke Kuechly, Clemson’s Terry Allen, Duke’s DeVon Edwards, Florida State’s Terrell Buckley, Georgia Tech’s Demaryius Thomas, Louisville’s Bilal Powell, Miami’s Chuck Foreman, North Carolina’s Natrone Means, NC State’s David Amerson, Pitt’s Darrelle Revis, Syracuse’s Donovan McNabb, Virginia’s Thomas Jones, Virginia Tech’s Michael Vick, and Wake Forest’s Ricky Proehl.

Means is currently on UNC’s staff as an offensive analyst, but before that he served as a running back that delivered on the field for the Tar Heels from 1990-1992 before being drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 1993.

The running back played in the NFL from 1993-1999 before retiring and pursuing a coaching career.

In his career at UNC Means rushed for 3,074 yards on 605 attempts, scoring 34 touchdowns. He will be honored on Friday, Dec. 2 and then again in pregame ahead of the 2022 ACC Championship on Dec. 3.

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The 9 biggest upsets in NFL divisional round history

Touchdown Wire revisits the nine biggest divisional-round upsets in NFL postseason history.

The biggest upsets in NFL divisional round history

Touchdown Wire revisits the biggest upsets in NFL divisional round playoff history.

If you go strictly by record and homefield advantage, San Francisco, Baltimore, Kansas City and Green Bay should be the winners of this weekend’s playoff games. But there is no such thing as a given in the postseason. Especially in the divisional round.

History has shown that upsets – including some very big ones – often take place in the divisional round. That’s why it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if Minnesota, Tennessee, Houston or Seattle pulls off an upset this week.

Divisional round upsets have taken place before and they’ll take place again. Let’s take a look at the nine biggest upsets in divisional round history:

1985: Patriots 27, Raiders 20

This was a historic season for the Patriots. They became the first team in history to make it to the Super Bowl by winning three straight road games. The victory in Los Angeles was especially big because the Raiders had gone 12-4 and appeared to be one of the league’s dominant teams. The Patriots also won at Miami the following week, but got crushed in the Super Bowl by the Chicago Bears.

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