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This article says: Don't sleep on Wake.
SI.com
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Don't forget about Wake, and don't forget about QB Riley Skinner
Riley Skinner has lined up under center for the start of 37 Wake Forest games. When Skinner showed up in Winston-Salem as a freshman, Wake's latest recruits were in middle school. Still, Skinner can't quite come to grips with the fact that he's now officially the old guy on campus.
Whether he believes it or not, more than 165 players will have joined the four-year starting quarterback on the roster from the time he enrolled in 2005 to when he calls his first play this Sept. 5 against Baylor. In the world of college football, that makes Skinner a grizzled veteran.
"I guess now I'm probably the oldest I can get, a fifth-year senior on the field," Skinner said. "I've always looked up to some of these seniors for leadership. ... It's just weird to know that I'm that guy the team will look to now."
Skinner isn't the only remnant from Wake's surprise 2006 Orange Bowl team, but of the 14 remaining from that roster he's logged the most playing time. After taking snaps during the most successful three-year period in Demon Deacons' history (starting 26 of their 28 wins), he's become the team's unquestioned leader. What's more, in his final season Skinner has the chance to cap that recent success by going down as the most accurate passer in ACC history.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pounder enters 2009 with a .673 completion percentage (639-of-949), topping the career .670 record Virginia's Matt Schaub set. That rate puts Skinner in line with the last two Heisman Trophy winners (Sam Bradford boasts a .685 career percentage, while Tim Tebow sits at .657) while his 25 interceptions in 949 attempts are the fewest among all active players with at least 700 career passes. His 26-11 record as a starter gives him the second highest wins total (along with South Florida's Matt Grothe) among active players behind Texas' Colt McCoy (32).
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