Youth will be served in the ACC during the 2016-17 season, as 11 of the top 30 players in 247Sports' recruiting rankings are headed to the league this fall. This influx of new talent comes as the ACC says goodbye to some big names, many of whom are likely to get drafted into the NBA later this month.
We'll probably be saying the same thing a year from now, in terms of the to-the-pros talent exodus, based on the number of ACC players listed on DraftExpress' early 2017 mock draft. And, not surprisingly, a lot of the best pro prospects have yet to start their college careers.