Florida State University Athletics
Terrell Buckley Celebrated In 2022 ACC Football Honors Class
11/2/2022 4:02:06 PM | Football
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – College Football Hall of Famer Terrell Buckley will represent Florida State in the 2022 ACC Football Honors Class, it was announced Wednesday.
Buckley authored one of the best careers in FSU history while playing cornerback from 1989-91. During his three-year career, he broke nearly all of the program’s interception records and still holds records for single-season interceptions with 12 and career interceptions with 21, which is tied for 11th all-time in FBS history. His 501 career interception return yards still stand as the NCAA record, and he added seven career touchdowns with four interception return scores and three punt return touchdowns.
Buckley was a consensus All-American, won the Jim Thorpe Award and finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy vote in 1991. He also was a second-team All-American in 1990 and a two-time first-team All-South Independent selection. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2019 and the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003, with his No. 27 jersey being retired in 2011.
Following his FSU career, he was taken fifth overall in the 1992 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers to start a 14-year NFL career that included 50 interceptions and a win in Super Bowl XXXVI with the New England Patriots one week after grabbing an interception in the AFC Championship Game to help secure a 24-17 victory.
This year’s ACC Football Honors Class will be celebrated during the ACC Football Honors Program presented by the Charlotte Sports Foundation at the Charlotte Convention Center’s Richardson Ballroom on the evening of Friday, Dec. 2, and during the on-field pregame festivities at the 18th annual Subway ACC Football Championship Game, set for 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium. ACC Network will air the ACC Football Honors production on tape delay Friday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.