2012_Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football_team

2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Atlantic Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Grobe (12th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steed Lobotzke (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Brian Knorr (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	BB&T Field
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

The 2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe, who was coaching his twelfth season at the school, and played its home games at BB&T Field. Wake Forest competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, as they have since the league's inception in 1953, and are in the Atlantic Division.

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Before the season

Recruiting

On national signing day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 19 players.

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Josh Banks DE	Cary, NC	Middle Creek HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	4.80	Jul 17, 2011
Josh Banks DE	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76
Tyler Cameron QB	Jupiter, FL	Jupiter HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.65	Dec 3, 2011
Tyler Cameron QB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Jared Crump WR	St. Johns, FL	Bartram Trail HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.50	Oct 7, 2011
Jared Crump WR	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76
Steve Donatell ATH	Lone Tree, CO	Highlands Ranch HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.60	Jan 23, 2012
Steve Donatell ATH	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76
Dominique Gibson S	Belle Glade, FL	Glades Central HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.60	Oct 21, 2011
Dominique Gibson S	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Zach Gordon TE	Carrollton, GA	Carrollton HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.97	Jul 29, 2011
Zach Gordon TE	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74
Tylor Harris DE	Baton Rouge, LA	Episcopal HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	4.70	Jan 29, 2012
Tylor Harris DE	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Tyler Hayworth OG	Kingsport, TN	Dobyns-Bennett HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	306 lb (139 kg)	5.40	Aug 4, 2011
Tyler Hayworth OG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Ryan Janvion S	Pembroke Pines, FL	Dade-Christian HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.60	Aug 2, 2011
Ryan Janvion S	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Kevis Jones ATH	Oakland Park, FL	Northeast HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	4.55	Dec 7, 2011
Kevis Jones ATH	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74
Shelldon Lewinson NG	Seffner, FL	Armwood HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	N/A	Jul 20, 2011
Shelldon Lewinson NG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76
Teddy Matthews LB	West Palm Beach, FL	Royal Palm Beach HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	N/A	Jan 22, 2012
Teddy Matthews LB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 45
Anthony Rook TE	Winterville, NC	Greenville Rose HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.70	Jun 16, 2011
Anthony Rook TE	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
Will Smith OT	Charlotte, NC	Christchurch HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	5.30	Jul 26, 2011
Will Smith OT	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76
Joel Suggs OT	Sophia, NC	Randleman HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	N/A	Mar 4, 2011
Joel Suggs OT	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
LaRonji Vason CB	Prattville, AL	Prattville, HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.50	Jun 21, 2011
LaRonji Vason CB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74
James Ward CB	DeLand, FL	DeLand HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	N/A	Dec 15, 2011
James Ward CB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 73
Joshua Wilhite RB	Fresno, TX	Fort Bend Hightower HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	4.50	Jul 30, 2011
Joshua Wilhite RB	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74
Jonathan Williams WR	Atlanta, GA	Mays HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.50	Sep 11, 2011
Jonathan Williams WR	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 73 Rivals: 69
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Wake Forest 2012 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012. "2012 Wake Forest Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012. "2012 Player Commitments – Wake Forest". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012. "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

Roster

2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Offense

Quarterbacks

7 Maddox Stamey – Freshman
8 Kevin Sousa – Freshman
10 Tanner Price – Junior
12 Brendan Cross – Junior
13 Tyler Cameron – Freshman
14 Patrick Thompson – Sophomore
15 Matt Grasmeyer – Freshman
17 Patrick Long – Freshman

Running backs

5 Orville Reynolds – Sophomore
20 Joshua Wilhite – Freshman
21 Deandre Martin – Freshman
25 Josh Harris – Junior
29 Tyler Jackson – Sophomore

Fullbacks

42 Tommy Bohanon – Senior
44 Ben Emert – Sophomore
48 Jordan Garside – Sophomore

Wide receivers

2 Matt James – Sophomore
3 Michael Campanaro – Junior
4 Lovell Jackson – Senior
11 Airyn Willis – Freshman
18 Quan Rucker – Junior
26 Sherman Ragland III – Freshman
81 Terence Davis – Senior
82 P.J. Howard IV – Freshman
83 Jonathan Williams – Freshman
86 Brandon Terry – Sophomore
87 Brad Idzik – Sophomore
88 Jared Krump – Freshman

Tight ends

80 Tyler Rook – Freshman
84 Zach Gordon – Freshman
85 Neil Basford – Sophomore
89 Spencer Bishop – Junior

Offensive Linemen

59 Antonio Ford – Sophomore
60 Whit Barnes – Junior
62 Joel Suggs – Freshman
63 Dylan Intemann – Freshman
67 Will Smith – Freshman
68 Colin Summers – Sophomore
69 Ramon Booi – Senior
70 Dylan Heartsill – Sophomore
71 Hunter Goodwin – Freshman
72 Cody Preble – Freshman
73 Steven Chase – Junior
74 Garrick Williams – Senior
75 Frank Souza – Junior
77 Devin Bolling – Junior
78 Tyler Hayworth – Freshman
79 Gabe Irby – Senior

Defense

Defensive ends

36 Tylor Harris – Freshman
49 Derricus Ellis – Senior
51 Daniel Vogelsang – Sophomore
58 Josh Banks – Freshman
90 Kris Redding – Junior
91 John Gallagher – Junior
91 Johnny Garcia – Sophomore
94 Desmond Floyd – Freshman
96 Hasan Hazime – Graduate Student
98 Zach Thompson – Junior
99 Gods-Power Offor – Freshman

Defensive tackles

50 Nikita Whitlock – Junior
92 Bryson Dunmeyer – Senior
95 Shelldon Lewinson – Freshman

Linebackers

28 Jharrison Gillespie – Senior
30 Hunter Williams – Freshman
32 Scott Betros – Senior
35 Zachary Allen – Sophomore
39 Justin Jackson – Junior
40 Joey Ehrmann – Senior
41 Mike Olson – Junior
45 Riley Haynes – Senior
46 Steve Donatell – Freshman
48 Brandon Chubb – Freshman
53 Jordan Pineda – Freshman
56 Teddy Matthews – Freshman
57 Patrick Doran – Sophomore
64 Britt Cherry – Freshman

Cornerbacks

6 Chibuikem Okoro – Senior
7 Merrill Noel – Sophomore
9 Kevin Johnson – Junior
14 Jason Green – Senior
15 Allen Ramsey – Freshman
17 A.J. Marshall – Junior
23 James Ward – Freshman

Safeties

5 Daniel Mack – Junior
11 Joe LaBarbera – Sophomore
18 Josh Strickland – Junior
22 Dominique Gibson – Freshman
34 Duran Lowe – Junior

Special teams

Placekickers

27 Chad Hedlund – Freshman
37 Hunter Haire – Freshman
82 Jimmy Newman – Senior

Punters

24 Alex Wulfeck – Senior
38 Alexander Kinal – Freshman

Long Snappers

52 Logan Feimster – Sophomore
55 Brad Demuth – Freshman
61 Ryan Bauder – Freshman

Kick returners

4 Lovell Jackson – Senior
5 Orville Reynolds – Sophomore
6 Chibuikem Okoro – Senior
21 Deandre Martin – Freshman
25 Josh Harris – Junior

Punt Returners

3 Michael Campanaro – Junior
4 Lovell Jackson – Senior

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Game summaries

Statistics

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:30 p.m.	Liberty*	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN3	W 20–17	27,652
September 8	3:00 p.m.	North Carolina	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	RSN	W 28–27	29,256
September 15	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	L 0–52	68,833
September 22	12:30 p.m.	Army*	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W 49–37	30,207
September 29	12:30 p.m.	Duke	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	L 27–34	28,743
October 6	3:30 p.m.	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ESPNU	L 14–19	40,391
October 20	12:30 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	W 16–10	41,167
October 25	7:30 p.m.	No. 13 Clemson	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	L 13–42	31,162
November 3	3:30 p.m.	Boston College	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	RSN	W 28–14	28,963
November 10	3:00 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	RSN	L 6–37	52,567
November 17	3:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 0–38	80,795
November 24	3:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt*	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	L 21–55	26,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Position	Name	First year at WFU
Head coach	Jim Grobe	2001
Secondary	Tim Duffie	2012
Passing Game Co-Coordinator/quarterbacks	Tom Elrod	2003
Passing Game Co-Coordinator/wide receivers	Lonnie Galloway	2011
Offensive Line	Jonathan Himebauch	2012
Outside Linebackers	Derrick Jackson	2012
Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers	Brian Knorr	2008
Offensive coordinator/offensive line	Steed Lobotzke	2001
Recruiting coordinator/defensive tackles	Ray McCartney	2001
Associate head coach/Running backs/kickers	Billy Mitchell	2001
Source: http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wake-m-footbl-mtt.doc^{[permanent dead link]}

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	0	7	3	17
Demon Deacons	0	7	7	6	20

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Demon Deacons	7	3	6	0	16
Cavaliers	0	7	3	0	10

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	7	0	14
Demon Deacons	14	7	7	0	28

2012_Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football_team

2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Before the season

Recruiting

Schedule

Roster

Coaching staff

Game summaries

Liberty

North Carolina

Florida State

Army

Duke

Maryland

Virginia

Clemson

Boston College

NC State

Notre Dame

Vanderbilt

Statistics

Scores by quarter

Offense

Rushing

Passing

Receiving

Scoring

References

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2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Grobe (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steed Lobotzke (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Brian Knorr (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	BB&T Field
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Florida State xy$	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 11 Clemson x	7	–	1	11	–	2
NC State	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	5	–	7
Maryland	2	–	6	4	–	8
Boston College	1	–	7	2	–	10
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech xy	5	–	3	7	–	7
North Carolina†	5	–	3	8	–	4
Miami (FL)‡	5	–	3	7	–	5
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	7	–	6
Duke	3	–	5	6	–	7
Virginia	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † North Carolina ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to NCAA sanctions.^[1] ‡ Miami ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to self-imposed sanctions.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Name	GP	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Josh Harris	11	137	608	4.4	5	63	55.3
Deandre Martin	12	128	484	3.8	6	37	40.3
Michael Campanaro	10	16	82	5.1	1	14	8.2
Tyler Jackson	5	11	36	3.3	0	13	7.2
Brendan Cross	4	2	27	13.5	0	18	6.8
Lovell Jackson	12	6	24	4.0	0	8	2.0
Ben Emert	5	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.2
Tommy Bohanon	12	2	1	0.5	1	1	0.1
Sherman Ragland III	11	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Terence Davis	11	2	0	0.0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Sousa	2	2	-1	-0.5	0	3	-0.5
Patrick Thompson	3	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	-0.7
Orville Reynolds	9	5	-6	-1.2	0	1	-0.7
TEAM	10	11	-22	-2.0	0	0	-2.2
Tanner Price	12	77	-26	-0.3	2	25	-2.2
Demon Deacons Total	12	402	1,206	3.0	15	63	100.5
Opponents	12	489	1,993	4.1	22	90	166.1

Name	GP	Cmp–Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Lng	Avg/G	RAT
Tanner Price	12	228-410	55.6	2,300	12	7	73	191.7	108.98
Patrick Thompson	3	5-6	83.3	21	0	0	21	7.0	112.73
Brendan Cross	4	2-6	33.3	2	0	0	4	0.5	36.13
Deandre Martin	12	3-4	75.0	48	0	0	35	4.0	175.80
Michael Campanaro	10	1-1	100.0	39	1	0	39	3.9	757.60
Demon Deacons Total	12	239-427	56.0	2,410	13	7	73	200.8	110.15
Opponents	12	255-411	62.0	3,201	22	11	64	266.8	139.78

Name	GP	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Michael Campanaro	10	79	763	9.7	6	41	76.3
Terence Davis	11	43	544	12.7	2	73	49.5
Sherman Ragland III	11	23	247	10.7	0	41	22.5
Tommy Bohanon	12	23	208	9.0	5	34	17.3
Josh Harris	11	19	96	5.1	0	21	8.7
Deandre Martin	12	16	135	8.4	0	36	11.2
Brandon Terry	12	15	290	19.3	0	47	24.2
Lovell Jackson	12	11	90	8.2	0	25	7.5
Spencer Bishop	12	3	26	8.7	0	13	2.2
Tanner Price	12	2	13	6.5	0	7	1.1
Orville Reynolds	9	2	-4	-2.0	0	0	-0.4
Matt James	4	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.8
Tyler Jackson	5	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.2
Gabe Irby	11	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	-0.2
Demon Deacons Total	12	239	2,410	10.1	13	73	200.8
Opponents	12	255	3,201	12.6	22	64	266.8