CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein shared a video yesterday unveiling his 2025–26 ACC Men’s Basketball Preseason All-ACC Team, along with his pick for Preseason Player of the Year.
Rothstein believes that NC State’s Darrion Williams should unequivocally be the 2025–26 ACC Preseason Player of the Year.
Here’s what he had to say:
“I think if you really split the atom—if you really look in deep—I think, unequivocally, you look at the personnel, you look at the criteria for the personnel, and then you start looking at the production of the personnel, and Darrion Williams, who transferred from Texas Tech to NC State, should unequivocally be the ACC Preseason Player of the Year.