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Spring Football 2023

Wake fans see Sam Hartman as the latest solid to good Wake QB in a fairly long line of solid to good Wake QBs.

The sports world sees Sam Hartman as some once in a generation talent Wake would be hard-pressed to replace.
 
PhDeac said:
Wake fans see Sam Hartman as the latest solid to good Wake QB in a fairly long line of solid to good Wake QBs.

The sports world sees Sam Hartman as some once in a generation talent Wake would be hard-pressed to replace.
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It's funny how John Wolford's 3200 yard 29 TD (10 rush TD) and 6 INT season and pro career is completely forgotten, as is Newman's time at Wake.
 
I think you could certainly argue that senior year Wolford was every bit as good as “senior” year Hartman. Plus he had a decent running element to his game. Certainly our all world WR group the last 2 seasons blows away the 2017 group, with all due respect to Tabari Hines/Cortez Lewis/Chuck Wade/Scotty Washington who were a pretty good group.
 
TimmyClutch said:
I guess I am trying to gleam how much of a difference we see between the two. If Clawson had said that Kern was going to be the starter against VMI last year, I don't think I would have been surprised. Griffis and Kern are not identical quarterbacks by any means, but I am not quite sure what the drop off would be from one to the other. In either case, our WR group is going to be a huge help. Kern's decision to stay is also an interesting. He is on year 4 and could probably compete to start at another D1 school but he chose to stay here.

So my answer would be feeling intrigued, but not confident.
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Confident is a stretch, but I'd be fine if Kern started a couple of games. There is a gap between him and Mitch, but it's nowhere near the gap between him and what's behind him.
 
CamLemons said:
Confident is a stretch, but I'd be fine if Kern started a couple of games. There is a gap between him and Mitch, but it's nowhere near the gap between him and what's behind him.
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What's up with the D2 guy we got from Notre Dame college? His stats didn't scream D1 prospect, but its an area of need for us, so I can understand the coaching staff taking a swing.
 
BiffTannen said:
I could be wrong (I’m not) but Ben Mauk was a starting quarterback at Wake Forest. And Taylor left after being recruited over and went to a JUCO, where he did indeed light it up.
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He transferred because he knew he would be back up to Riley when he returned.
 
TimmyClutch said:
What's up with the D2 guy we got from Notre Dame college? His stats didn't scream D1 prospect, but its an area of need for us, so I can understand the coaching staff taking a swing.
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I’ll have something on him on 247 later this week. I like him from a depth perspective because well they don’t really have any. Stats at CB outside of advanced ones(which we won’t have at the D2 level) mean little to me.

If you’re getting a ton of picks, that’s probably unsustainable or you’re in playing in phase which makes you extremely susceptible to get burnt extremely badly. Also the QB usually has a reason to be targeting you that much.

Tackles are fine but outside of stepping to the line to make tackles in the run game, your corner probably shouldn’t a high volume guy in that department. Ability yes, volume no.
 
Deaconblue said:
Well, the guys in the Wake room have one start total.
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true, but also 10 years in the system. . . which is also unique.

Not saying that translates to on field success, but most backup rooms have 2-3 years combined among a couple of guys, where we have 10 years amongst 3 guys (Griffis, Kerns, Marucci. . . I know, I know, he switched positions 1 season, but was still in the system)
 
saltydeac said:
He transferred because he knew he would be back up to Riley when he returned.
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and he just had his arm/shoulder crushed. . . nothing was a given coming off that injury.

watched it up close that night, not pretty
 
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