NC State’s Quadir Copeland Earns All-ACC Honors

NC State Senior Guard Quadir Copeland earned a spot on the All-ACC Third Team, while Senior Forward Darrion Williams earned Honorable Mention honors.

The story of Quadir Copeland is one of the best All-ACC stories of the season.

2025-26 ALL-ACC TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Name, School, Points
Cameron Boozer, Duke, 425
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina, 410
Ebuka Okorie, Stanford, 356
Malik Reneau, Miami, 344
Thijs De Ridder, Virginia, 302

SECOND TEAM
Boopie Miller, SMU, 293
Juke Harris, Wake Forest, 237
Henri Veesaar, North Carolina, 215
Tre Donaldson, Miami, 204
Ryan Conwell, Louisville, 201

THIRD TEAM
Isaiah Evans, Duke, 151
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville, 147
Quadir Copeland, NC State, 98
Robert McCray V, Florida State, 90
Dai Dai Ames, California, 51

HONORABLE MENTION
Jaron Pierre Jr., SMU, 45
Donnie Freeman, Syracuse, 36
RJ Godfrey, Clemson, 32
Amani Hansberry, Virginia Tech, 29
Seth Trimble, North Carolina, 27
Patrick Ngongba II, Duke, 26
Justin Pippen, California, 18
Darrion Williams, NC State, 16
Jalen Haralson, Notre Dame, 15
B.J. Edwards, SMU, 15

(ACC)

Copeland’s All-ACC Resume

To be honest, I don’t think Will Wade originally planned for Copeland to be his starting point guard this season. The expectation seemed to be that Senior Tre Holloman would start at the position.

Nonetheless, Copeland established himself as PG1 during the offseason and was a starter for the Wolfpack from the beginning of the 2025-26 season.

No one had Q earning All-ACC honors on their bingo card. He didn’t even earn All-Conference honors in the Southland Conference last year at McNeese State.

But Copeland bet on himself, and had a career year.

His 205 assists led the ACC, and his 6.6 assists per game average was tied for the conference lead with SMU’s Boopie Miller.

Copeland also averaged:

• 13.7 points
• 3.5 rebounds
• 1.8 steals

His steals average ranked 6th in the ACC.

He shot an efficient 49.6% from the field and 40.4% from three-point range.

Overall, Copeland posted career highs in every statistic listed above except rebounds.

It was a historic season for Q. He became one of just three players in the ACC over the last 30 years to record 400+ points and 200+ assists in a single season.