Where can we find nation's best defensive lines? The ACC

Harold Landry and Bradley Chubb could not avoid watching each other play last season as each racked up the sacks and tackles for loss and became elite defensive ends in the same division of the same conference.

But it was not until last March that the two actually met. Landry and Chubb ended up rooming together at the first Elite Student-Athlete Symposium, held at NCAA headquarters for 16 select rising seniors with high NFL draft projections.

Clemson defensive tackle Christian Wilkins also was there, giving the ACC three elite defensive linemen handpicked for this program -- a microcosm of the position’s strength across the league.

“You definitely know the talent across the ACC,” said Landry,…