Boston College walked out of Atlanta with a 49-27 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday, and the ACC handed the Eagles three weekly honors to match the scoreboard.
Sophomore Bo MacCormack III was named the conference’s running back of the week, redshirt sophomore Charlie Comella took defensive back of the week, and redshirt sophomore Veguer Jean-Jumeau earned offensive lineman of the week.
MacCormack was the headliner on offense, turning in the best outing of his career. He ran for 155 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries, scoring from 7, 2, and 19 yards out while averaging 7.8 yards per attempt.
That kind of production was made possible in part by the work up front, where Jean-Jumeau helped Boston College control the line of scrimmage at left tackle. The Eagles’ protection held up well too, with quarterback Mason McKenzie sacked just once.
Boston College finished with 500 yards of total offense and 399 rushing yards, its highest ground output since Nov. 2, 2019 against Syracuse. In that game, former running back AJ Dillon ran for 242 yards and three touchdowns on 35 carries, and the Eagles as a team piled up 496 rushing yards.
Comella made his mark on the other side of the ball with a pair of second-half interceptions, including a 47-yard pick six that pushed BC’s lead to 42-20 with 8:10 remaining. Since switching from safety to cornerback a few games into the season, his production has kept climbing.
The Eagles now lead the ACC with 10 interceptions as a team, and Comella has four of them, which puts him third in the conference behind Louisville’s Kaleb Beasley and California’s Kingston Lopa, who each have five.
Comella also added five tackles, all of them solo stops, in the win. The result moved Boston College to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in ACC play, putting the Eagles above .500 for the first time this season and back to .500 in the conference.
Boston College heads to Duke on Saturday for a 12:00 p.m. ET kickoff in Durham, N.C. The Eagles then return home to face Florida State at Alumni Stadium at the same time on Nov. 7, which is Veterans/Military Appreciation Day.
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