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Vitals

Middle Linebacker - Ranked #8

Atlantic Coast Conference :: Wake Forest #40

OTC Top 100 Rank: Unranked

Class: 2007

Height: 5-9 3/4

Weight: 231 lbs.

Forty Time: 5.04 Combine

Draft Results

Undrafted

Player News Feed

Time for Goodbyes
2007-11-17 00:23:59

Five years ago, Coach Jim Grobe of Wake Forest needed to restock his cupboard. He found the requisite durable goods in a recruiting class that included 13 players who will play their final home game today against N.C. State. Grobe, hired in 2001, led the Deacons to the Seattle Bowl two years later with players who, for the most part, had been recruited by his predecessor, Jim Caldwell. "Our ...

Winston-Salem Journal

2007 football preview: Wake Forest
2007-10-03 09:43:07

The Deacons got to, and won, the league championship last season by finishing 6-2 in the balanced Atlantic. They have enough parts in place to chart the same path again.

The News & Observer

Difficult Times: Abbate, who will have surgery on his ankle, has had a frustrating start to his pro football career
2007-09-13 23:05:19

When Jon Abbate signed with the Houston Texans in May, he hoped and expected to be back in North Carolina this weekend. The Texans will play the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte on Sunday. Abbate won't be in uniform at Bank of America Stadium, though.

Winston-Salem Journal

Grading the Demon Deacons
2007-08-25 23:42:24

+ The Deacons got to, and won, the league championship last season by finishing 6-2 in the balanced Atlantic Division. They have enough parts in place to chart the same path again.

The News & Observer

Coastal Division
2007-08-18 21:41:46

Atlantic Division 1. Wake Forest 2006: 11-3, 6-2 ACC (ACC champs; beat Georgia Tech 9-6 in ACC title game; lost to Louisville in Orange Bowl) COACH: Jim Grobe (37-35 in six seasons at Wake Forest, 70-68-1 in 12 seasons overall) RETURNING S...

The Post and Courier