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OFFICIAL 2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football Thread

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'The Big Short': The secret to Wake Forest's QB success on the recruiting trail

The Demon Deacons have had a quarterback rank in the top five in the ACC in passing yards per game in five of the past six seasons.
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It started with John Wolford, a three-star in the Class of 2014 whose first Power 5 offer came from Wake Forest. As a senior in 2017, Wolford threw for 3,192 yards and 29 touchdowns — both school records at the time — before signing with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2018.

Then came Jamie Newman in the Class of 2016 and Sam Hartman in the Class of 2018, both also three-stars. Newman’s 286.8 yards of offense per game ranked second in the ACC in 2019 before he transferred to Georgia, where he eventually opted out of the 2020 pandemic season. He now plays in the Canadian Football League. Hartman, the most decorated quarterback in school history, just transferred to Notre Dame. Not bad for a trio who ranked No. 937 (Wolford), No. 649 (Newman) and No. 767 (Hartman) nationally in the 247Sports Composite.
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Clawson was quick to point out that Ruggiero has been at Wake Forest longer than all of the other offensive coordinators in the ACC combined. Ruggiero, offensive line coach Nick Tabacca and running backs coach John Hunter are all set to enter their 10th seasons at Wake Forest in 2023. Tight ends coach Wayne Lineburg is entering Year 7. And wide receivers coach Kevin Higgins just moved into an off-field role after nine seasons with the program.
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Funny that Clawson says all the prior QB's are playing professionally including Sam. "Paid to play football".
 
You can include Notre Dame in with the ACC schools since their guy has been in the job for 3 weeks
 
Clawson ranked 12 & 13 in The Athletic's top 25 coach rankings

12. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest (2022: No. 11): The Godfather of the Slow Mesh, Clawson led Wake to another season with eight or more wins last year, his fourth time at a place that had done that only five other times since World War II. A year before, he led Wake to an 11-3 season and a No. 14 finish — the best in school history. The guy has a great knack for putting together excellent staffs and unearthing underrated talent. Prior to his time in the ACC, he oversaw excellent turnaround jobs at Fordham, Richmond and Bowling Green.
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Feldman's top 25 college football head coaches: Nick Saban is still No. 1

Who are the best coaches in college football? Nick Saban tops Bruce Feldman's list, which gets crowded with candidates at the bottom.
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13. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest (2022: No. 15): Wake Forest has an all-time winning percentage of .421, but Clawson has taken the Demon Deacons to seven consecutive bowl games, finishing 8-5 last season. He’s done it thanks in large part to his Slow Mesh offense and the development of QBs such as John Wolford and Sam Hartman.
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Mandel's college football coach rankings: Has Kirby Smart caught Nick Saban?

There are five new additions to Stewart's list, including one recent NFL coach who is back in the college game.
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I am really surprised Newman couldn't make it in the NFL. I was convinced he would be 2nd or 3rd round draft pick and have a nice NFL career. Shows how much I know!
 
I’m actually kind of surprised we haven’t lost a big time receiver yet. Obviously our guys are putting up pretty insane numbers though so I’m sure that helps. But we’ve had some absurd talent there recently. Seems like a number of teams were trying to entice AT Perry for the most recent example.
 
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