2021 MLS SuperDraft

The 2021 MLS SuperDraft was the 22nd edition of the SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held every January prior to the start of the MLS season. The 2020 SuperDraft was the first held exclusively via conference call and web streaming.[1] The Draft was once again held virtually, and began on January 21, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and consisted of three rounds (shortened from four rounds in prior years). Compensatory picks were conveyed to teams that received fourth-round picks via trades.[2][3]

2021 MLS SuperDraft
General information
Sport	Soccer
Date(s)	January 21, 2021
Time	2:00 p.m. EST
Network(s)	MLSSoccer.com
Overview
75 total selections in 3 rounds
League	Major League Soccer
Teams	27
First selection	Daniel Pereira, Austin FC
Most selections	Austin FC, FC Dallas, Nashville SC (5)

Format

The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft:

1. Any expansion teams receive the first picks. MLS has announced that Austin FC[4] will begin play as an expansion team in 2021.
2. Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish.
3. Teams that made the MLS Cup Playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated.
4. The winners of the MLS Cup are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

Player selection

Player key
*	Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team
^	Member of 2021 Generation Adidas class
†	Player who was named to an MLS Best XI and Generation Adidas
Signed key
	Denotes player who signed for an MLS team (Division I)
	Denotes player who signed for a USL Championship team (Division II)
	Denotes player who signed for a USL League One or NISA team (Division III)
	Denotes player who signed for a team outside the United States soccer league system
Positions key
GK	Goalkeeper		DF	Defender		MF	Midfielder		FW	Forward

Round 1

P	MLS team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team	Amateur team	Signed
1	Austin FC	Daniel Pereira	MF	Virginia Tech	ACC	Virginia Blue Ridge Star	N/A	Austin FC
2	FC Cincinnati	Calvin Harris	FW	Wake Forest	ACC	Wellington Phoenix	N/A	FC Cincinnati
3	Colorado Rapids[R1 trade 1]	Philip Mayaka	MF	Clemson	ACC	Orlando City	N/A	Colorado Rapids
4	D.C. United	Kimarni Smith	FW	Clemson	ACC	Sheffield United	Greenville FC
5	D.C. United[R1 trade 2]	Michael DeShields	DF	Wake Forest	ACC	Baltimore Celtic	Treasure Coast Tritons	D.C. United
6	Houston Dynamo[R1 trade 3][R1 trade 4]	Ethan Bartlow	DF	Washington	Pac-12	Crossfire Premier	Crossfire Redmond	Houston Dynamo
7	Real Salt Lake	Bret Halsey	DF	Virginia	ACC	Loudoun Soccer	Northern Virginia United	Real Salt Lake
8	Orlando City[R1 trade 5]	Derek Dodson	FW	Georgetown	Big East	Sockers FC	Treasure Coast Tritons
9	Vancouver Whitecaps	David Egbo	FW	Akron	MAC	Century Soccer	Black Rock FC	Vancouver Whitecaps
10	Inter Miami	Josh Penn	FW	Indiana	Big Ten	Sockers FC	Indy Eleven	Indy Eleven^[A]
11	Austin FC[R1 trade 6]	Freddy Kleemann	DF	Washington	Pac-12	Real So Cal	Ventura County Fusion
12	San Jose Earthquakes	Tommy Williamson	FW	California	Pac-12	Strikers FC	Orange County SC U23
13	New York Red Bulls	Luther Archimède	FW	Syracuse	ACC	Sochaux	N/A
14	Los Angeles FC	Daniel Trejo	FW	CSUN	Big West	Olé Soccer Club	FC Golden State Force
15	FC Dallas[R1 trade 7]	Nicky Hernandez	MF	SMU	American	Dallas Texans	Denton Diablos	North Texas SC^[A]
16	LA Galaxy[R1 trade 8]	Josh Drack	FW	Denver	Summit	Portland Timbers	Colorado Pride Switchbacks U23
17	Minnesota United[R1 trade 9]	Justin McMaster	FW	Wake Forest	ACC	Philadelphia Union	Bethlehem Steel
18	Minnesota United[R1 trade 10]	Nabilai Kibunguchy	DF	UC Davis	Big West	Sacramento Republic	San Francisco Glens
19	Orlando City[R1 trade 11]	Rio Hope-Gund	DF	Georgetown	Big East	New York SC	Manhattan SC
20	Nashville SC	Irakoze Donasiyano	FW	Virginia	ACC	Roanoke Star	Daytona Rush
21	Austin FC [R1 trade 12]	Aedan Stanley	DF	Duke	ACC	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	Portland Timbers 2	Sporting Kansas City II^[A]
22	Orlando City	Brandon Hackenberg	DF	Penn State	Big Ten	Richmond United	Reading United
23	Vancouver Whitecaps[R1 trade 13]	Javain Brown	DF	South Florida	American	Harbour View	Treasure Coast Tritons
24	New England Revolution	Edward Kizza	FW	Pittsburgh	ACC	Montverde Academy	SIMA Águilas
25	Toronto FC [R1 trade 14]	Matt Di Rosa	MF	Maryland	Big Ten	Bethesda SC	N/A
26	Inter Miami[R1 trade 15]	Aimé Mabika	DF	Kentucky	C-USA	N/A	Cincinnati Dutch Lions
27	Columbus Crew	Justin Malou	DF	Clemson	ACC	Montverde Academy	SIMA Águilas

Round 2

P	MLS team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team	Amateur team	Signed
28	Austin FC	Daniel Steedman	FW	Virginia	ACC	Charlotte Soccer Academy	Charlotte Independence	Atlanta United 2^[A]
29	FC Cincinnati	Avionne Flanagan	DF	South Florida	American	D.C. United	Treasure Coast Tritons
30	Houston Dynamo	Kristofer Strickler	FW	Virginia Tech	ACC	Blast FC	Dayton Dutch Lions
31	Atlanta United[R2 trade 1]	Josh Bauer	DF	New Hampshire	America East	GPS New Hampshire	Seattle Sounders FC U-23
32	D.C. United[R2 trade 2]	Logan Panchot	MF	Stanford	Pac-12	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	San Francisco City
33	Chicago Fire	Jackson Ragen	DF	Michigan	Big Ten	Seattle Sounders FC	OSA Seattle FC
34	Real Salt Lake	Elijah Amo	FW	Louisville	ACC	Bethesda SC	N/A
35	LA Galaxy	Preston Judd	FW	Denver	Summit	LVSA	N/A	Sporting Kansas City II^[A]
36	Nashville SC[R2 trade 3]	Tom Judge	DF	James Madison	CAA	Christian Brothers Academy	Cedar Stars Rush
37	Inter Miami	Joe Hafferty	DF	Oregon State	Pac-12	Seattle Sounders FC	Eastside FC
38	Minnesota United[R2 trade 4]	Sean O'Hearn	DF	Georgetown	Big East	PA Classics	Treasure Coast Tritons	New England Revolution II^[A]
39	San Jose Earthquakes	George Asomani	MF	NC State	ACC	New York Cosmos	North Carolina FC U23
40	New York Red Bulls	Lamine Conte	MF	Louisville	ACC	Philadelphia Union	Reading United
41	Los Angeles FC	C. C. Uche	DF	Ohio State	Big Ten	Georgia United	Chicago FC United
42	Colorado Rapids	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
43	Portland Timbers	Dawson McCartney	MF	Dartmouth	Ivy	Philadelphia Union	Reading United
44	New York City FC	Ben Di Rosa	DF	Maryland	Big Ten	Bethesda SC	N/A
45	Toronto FC	Nathaniel Crofts	FW	Virginia	ACC	Sheffield United	Long Island Rough Riders
46	Vancouver Whitecaps[R2 trade 5][R2 trade 6]	Eric Iloski	MF	UCLA	Pac-12	Real Salt Lake AZ	Ogden City SC
47	Chicago Fire[R2 trade 7]	Christian Pinzon	FW	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	California Rush	FC Golden State Force
48	FC Dallas	Colin Shutler	GK	Virginia	ACC	Loudoun Soccer	Northern Virginia United
49	Orlando City SC	Andrew Pannenberg	GK	Wake Forest	ACC	Charlotte Independence	Charlotte Eagles
50	Sporting Kansas City	Matt Constant	DF	North Carolina	ACC	Dallas Texans	Texas United
51	New England Revolution	Francois Dulysse	DF	Manhattan College	MAAC	Boca United	Treasure Coast Tritons	New England Revolution II^[A]
52	Columbus Crew[R2 trade 8]	Joshua Jackson-Ketchup	DF	Ohio State	Big Ten	Montverde Academy	N/A
53	Vancouver Whitecaps[R2 trade 9]	Joel Harrison	DF	Michigan	Big Ten	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Whitecaps FC 2
54	FC Cincinnati[R2 trade 10]	Jonas Fjeldberg	MF	Dayton	A-10	Ull/Kisa	Dayton Dutch Lions

Round 3

P	MLS team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team	Amateur team	Signed
55	Austin FC	Noah Lawrence	GK	Ohio State	Big Ten	D.C. United	Cincinnati Dutch Lions
56	FC Cincinnati	Matthew Vowinkel	FW	Hofstra	CAA	Massapequa SC	Westchester Flames
57	Houston Dynamo	Brandon Terwege	DF	SMU	American	FC Dallas	Denton Diablos
58	Columbus Crew[R3 trade 1]	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
59	Atlanta United	Aiden McFadden	MF	Notre Dame	ACC	Penn Fusion	West Chester United SC
60	Chicago Fire	Mitch Guitar	MF	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Vardar	Flint City Bucks	Indy Eleven^[A]
61	Real Salt Lake	Aris Briggs	FW	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Concorde Fire	Greenville FC
62	LA Galaxy	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
63	CF Montréal[R3 trade 2]	Giuseppe Barone	MF	Michigan State	Big Ten	Crew SC Academy Wolves	Flint City Bucks
64	Toronto FC[R3 trade 3]	Paul Rothrock	MF	Georgetown	Big East	Seattle Sounders FC	OSA Seattle FC
65	CF Montréal	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
66	San Jose Earthquakes	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
67	New York Red Bulls	A. J. Marcucci	GK	Connecticut College	NESCAC	Penn Fusion SA	West Chester United SC
68	Los Angeles FC	Alvaro Quezada	FW	UC Irvine	Big West	LA Surf FC	N/A
69	Colorado Rapids	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
70	Portland Timbers	Diego Gutierrez	FW	Creighton	Big East	Elite Academy	N/A
71	New York City FC	Vuk Latinovich	MF	Milwaukee	Horizon	FK Brodarac	Chicago FC United
72	Toronto FC	Jon-Talen Maples	DF	SMU	American	Lonestar SC	Brazos Valley Cavalry
73	Nashville SC[R3 trade 4]	Sondre Norheim	DF	Syracuse	ACC	Viking FK	New York Red Bulls U-23
74	Nashville SC	Tor Saunders	GK	Costal Carolina	Sun Belt	Seattle Sounders FC	Tormenta FC 2
75	FC Dallas	Thibaut Jacquel	DF	Campbell	Big South	FC Metz	Lionsbridge FC
76	FC Dallas[R3 trade 5]	Mark Salas	DF	North Carolina	ACC	FC Dallas	Denton Diablos
77	Sporting Kansas City	Jamil Roberts	FW	Marshall	C-USA	Plymouth Argyle	West Virginia Alliance
78	New England Revolution	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
79	FC Dallas[R3 trade 6]	Giovanni Montesdeoca	FW	North Carolina	ACC	FC Dallas	Denton Diablos
80	Seattle Sounders FC	T. J. Bush	GK	James Madison	CAA	Southwestern Strikers	Northern Virginia United
81	New York Red Bulls[R3 trade 7]	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compensatory picks

The draft was shortened to three rounds, from four rounds as in prior years. Compensatory picks were awarded to clubs that had acquired fourth round picks via earlier trades.

P	MLS team	Player	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team	Amateur team	Signed
82	Sporting Kansas City[Trade 1]	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
83	Inter Miami[Trade 2]	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
84	Real Salt Lake[Trade 3]	Rene White	FW	NJIT	America East	TSF Academy	Lionsbridge FC
85	Inter Miami[Trade 4]	PASS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
86	Nashville SC[Trade 5]	Leroy Enzugusi	FW	Drake	MVC	Sporting Kansas City	Lansing United

1. ^
   Signed with club prior to the 2021 MLS SuperDraft

2021 SuperDraft trades

Round 1

1. #3: Houston Dynamo → Colorado Rapids. January 21, 2021: Colorado Rapids acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Houston Dynamo in exchange for $200,000 in general allocation money and the 6th overall draft pick. The pick was Houston's natural selection.[5]
2. #5: Atlanta United → D.C. United. January 21, 2021: D.C. United acquired the 5th and 32nd picks from Atlanta United in exchange for the 31st pick and $125,000 in general allocation money.
3. #6: Chicago Fire → Colorado Rapids → Houston Dynamo. December 13, 2020: Colorado Rapids acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Chicago Fire in exchange for $125,000 in general allocation money. The pick was Chicago's natural selection.[6]
4. #6: Colorado Rapids → Houston Dynamo. January 21, 2021: Colorado Rapids acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Houston Dynamo in exchange for $200,000 in general allocation money and the 6th overall draft pick. The pick was Houston's natural selection.[5]
5. #8: LA Galaxy → Portland Timbers → Orlando City. January 12, 2021: Portland Timbers acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from LA Galaxy in exchange for Jorge Villafaña and swapping first-round selections. The pick was Galaxy's natural selection. Portland subsequently traded Galaxy's pick on January 21, 2021, to Orlando City in exchange for $100,000 general allocation money.[7]
6. #11: CF Montréal → Austin FC. December 15, 2020: Austin FC acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from CF Montréal and $225,000 in general allocation money in exchange for Kamal Miller.[8]
7. #15: Colorado Rapids → FC Dallas. January 13, 2021: FC Dallas acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Colorado Rapids in exchange for Michael Barrios and swapping first-round selections. The pick was Colorado's natural selection.[9]
8. #16: Portland Timbers → LA Galaxy. See #8: LA Galaxy → Portland Timbers → Orlando City.[7]
9. #17: New York City FC → Minnesota United. January 21, 2021: Minnesota United acquired the 17th selection from New York City FC in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money.
10. #18: Toronto FC → Minnesota United. Minnesota United acquired the 18th selection from Toronto FC in exchange for the 25th selection and $50,000 in general allocation money.
11. #19: Philadelphia Union → Orlando City. July 17, 2020: Orlando City SC acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft in exchange for the homegrown player rights to Nathan Harriel. The traded pick was Philadelphia's natural selection.[10]
12. #21: FC Dallas → Colorado Rapids → Austin FC. See #15: Colorado Rapids → FC Dallas. Austin FC subsequently acquired the FC Dallas selection (21st overall) from Colorado Rapids in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money.
13. #23: Sporting Kansas City → Vancouver Whitecaps. December 14, 2018: Vancouver Whitecaps acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft in exchange for Erik Hurtado. The traded picks were Kansas City's natural selections.
14. #25: Minnesota United → Toronto FC. See #18: Toronto FC → Minnesota United.
15. #26: Seattle Sounders → Inter Miami. September 28, 2020: Inter Miami acquired a first-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft in exchange for Román Torres.[11]

Round 2

1. #31: D.C. United → Atlanta United. See #5: Atlanta United → D.C. United.
2. #32: Atlanta United → D.C. United. See #5: Atlanta United → D.C. United.
3. #36: Vancouver Whitecaps → Nashville SC. January 21, 2021: Nashville SC traded a 2021 international spot and its second-round selection (46th overall) in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft, to Vancouver Whitecaps for $175,000 in general allocation money and Vancouver's second-round selection (36th overall).
4. #38: CF Montréal → Minnesota United. October 1, 2020: Minnesota United acquired a second-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft and $600,000 in general allocation money from CF Montréal in exchange for forward Mason Toye.
5. #46: Philadelphia Union → Nashville SC → Vancouver Whitecaps. January 19, 2021: Nashville SC acquired second- and third-round selections in the 2021 SuperDraft and a first-round selection in the 2022 SuperDraft in exchange for up to $225,000 of general allocation money.
6. #46: Vancouver Whitecaps → Nashville SC. See #36: Nashville SC → Vancouver Whitecaps.
7. #47: Nashville → Chicago Fire. November 12, 2019: Chicago Fire acquired a second-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft, $50,000 in general allocation money, and $50,000 in targeted allocation money from Nashville SC in exchange for midfielder Dax McCarty.[12]
8. #52: Minnesota United → Columbus Crew. February 12, 2020: Columbus Crew acquired a second-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Minnesota United in exchange for the MLS rights to Aaron Schoenfeld.[13]
9. #53: Seattle Sounders → Vancouver Whitecaps. August 22, 2019: Vancouver Whitecaps acquired a second-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Seattle Sounders in exchange for an international roster spot for the remainder of the 2019 MLS season.[14]
10. #54: Columbus Crew → FC Cincinnati. August 17, 2020: FC Cincinnati acquired a second-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Columbus Crew in exchange for Fatai Alashe.

Round 3

1. #58: DC United → Columbus Crew. January 8, 2021: Columbus Crew acquired a third-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for goalkeeper Jon Kempin.[15]
2. #63: Vancouver Whitecaps → CF Montréal. September 28, 2020: CF Montréal acquired a third-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for goalkeeper Evan Bush.[16]
3. #64: Inter Miami → Toronto FC. December 28, 2019: Toronto FC acquired a third-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Inter Miami CF in exchange for the MLS rights to forward Juan Agudelo.[17]
4. #73: Philadelphia Union → Nashville SC. See #46: Philadelphia Union → Nashville SC → Vancouver Whitecaps.
5. #76: Orlando City → FC Dallas. February 27, 2020: FC Dallas acquired a third-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Orlando City.[17]
6. #79: Minnesota United → FC Dallas. January 21, 2020: FC Dallas acquired a third-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Minnesota United in exchange for midfielder Jacori Hayes.[18]
7. #81: Columbus Crew → Inter Miami → New York Red Bulls. August 14, 2020: Inter Miami acquired a third-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for defender Grant Lillard.[19] On December 23, 2020, New York Red Bulls acquired this pick in exchange for Patrick Seagrist.[20]

Compensatory picks

1. #82: Atlanta United → Sporting Kansas City. December 10, 2017: Sporting Kansas City acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft, forward Kenwyne Jones, and goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis from Atlanta United in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, midfielder Kévin Oliveira, and defender Tyler Pasher. The traded picks were both natural selections.[21]
2. #83: Vancouver Whitecaps → Inter Miami. January 29, 2020: Inter Miami acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for goalkeeper Bryan Meredith. The traded pick was Vancouver's natural selection.[22]
3. #84: Colorado Rapids → Real Salt Lake. February 19, 2018: Real Salt Lake acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the MLS rights to midfielder Enzo Martínez.[23]
4. #85: New England Revolution → Inter Miami. September 8, 2020: New England Revolution reacquired midfielder Lee Nguyen from Inter Miami in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft and up to $50,000 in general allocation money.[24]
5. #86: Minnesota United → Nashville. September 18, 2020: Minnesota United acquired goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2021 SuperDraft and up to $100,000 in general allocation money if he meets certain performance-based metrics for Minnesota.[25]

Notable undrafted players

Homegrown players

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Conference	Notes	Ref.
Atlanta United	Machop Chol	MF	Wake Forest	ACC		[26]
New York City FC	Andres Jasson	FW	Yale	Ivy		[27]
Columbus Crew	Isaiah Parente	MF	Wake Forest	ACC		[28]

Players who signed outside of MLS

This is a list of eligible players who signed in leagues outside of MLS prior to the SuperDraft

Player	Nat.	Position	College	Conference	Team	League	Notes	Ref.
Jake Dengler	USA	DF	UConn	Big East	Loudoun United	USL Championship	Signed for 2020 season Undrafted	[29]
Michael DeShields	USA	DF	Wake Forest	ACC	New England Revolution II	USL League One	Drafted by D.C. United	[30]
Francois Dulysse	USA	DF	Manhattan College	MAAC	New England Revolution II	USL League One	Drafted by New England Revolution	[31]
Mitch Guitar	USA	MF	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Indy Eleven	USL Championship	Signed for 2020 season Drafted by Chicago Fire FC	[32]
Nicky Hernandez	USA	MF	SMU	American	North Texas SC	USL League One	Signed for 2020 season Drafted by FC Dallas	[33]
Preston Judd	USA	FW	Denver	Summit	Sporting Kansas City II	USL Championship	Drafted by LA Galaxy	[34]
Sean O'Hearn	USA	DF	Georgetown	Big East	New England Revolution II	USL League One	Drafted by Minnesota United	[35]
Josh Penn	USA	FW	Indiana	Big Ten	Indy Eleven	USL Championship	Signed for 2019 season Drafted by Inter Miami CF	[36]
Aedan Stanley	USA	DF	Duke	ACC	Sporting Kansas City II	USL Championship	Drafted by Austin FC	[37]
Daniel Steedman	SCO	FW	Virginia	ACC	Atlanta United 2	USL Championship	Signed for 2020 season Drafted by Austin FC	[38]
Alex Touche	USA	DF	Penn	Ivy	New Mexico United	USL Championship	Undrafted	[39]

Summary

Selections by college athletic conference

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Comp.	Total
NCAA Division I conferences
ACC	12	9	4	0	25
America East	0	1	0	1	2
American	2	1	2	0	5
Atlantic 10	0	1	0	0	1
Big East	2	1	2	0	5
Big South	0	0	1	0	1
Big Ten	3	5	3	0	11
Big West	2	1	1	0	4
CAA	0	1	2	0	3
Conference USA	1	0	1	0	2
Horizon	0	0	1	0	1
Ivy	0	1	0	0	1
MAAC	0	1	0	0	1
Mid-American	1	0	0	0	1
Missouri Valley	0	0	0	1	1
Pac-12	3	3	0	0	6
Summit	1	1	0	0	2
Sun Belt	0	0	2	0	2
NCAA Division III conference
NESCAC	0	0	1	0	1
Passes
Pass	0	1	7	3	11

Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections	Schools
5	Virginia
4	Georgetown
3	Clemson, North Carolina, Ohio State, SMU, Wake Forest
2	Denver, James Madison, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan, South Florida, Virginia Tech, Washington

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