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| | Monday, August 14 This could be nightmare for Wake | |||||
| By Gregg Doyel Special to ESPN.com Season notes: 1999 record: 7-5 (3-5 ACC) Coach: Jim Caldwell Returning starters: 5 (3 offense, 2 defense)
Outlook The 6-foot-4, 235-pound Leak was one of the top two or three quarterbacks in the country in 1998 out of Charlotte, N.C., and made national headlines when he chose the Deacons over Notre Dame. Caldwell says Leak has the running ability to handle the option while having NFL arm strength, but Leak will be making his debut as a starter with defenses keying on him because there is no other firepower here. No doubt Leak's progress will be monitored by his younger brother, Chris, a precocious high school sophomore who made a verbal commitment to Wake Forest as a prep freshman but also has been offered a scholarship by South Carolina. It's a good season if ... The Deacons avoid a momentum-crushing 2-9 or 3-8 year. Caldwell says the program's talent level is higher than it has been in his first seven years, but a disastrous follow-up to last year's Aloha Bowl victory against Arizona State might sap whatever recruiting momentum Caldwell has going. Gregg Doyel covers the ACC for the Charlotte Observer |
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