More Wake statistics
We've been trying to give you good info on Wake Forest and will provide more as the week goes on.
Here, courtesy of Maryland media relations, are some thumbnail stats showing -- as we've outlined before -- how potent this team is defensively.
• The ACC Atlantic Division leaders rank among the best in the conference in pass offense (232.0 - first), pass defense (151.0 - second), scoring defense (15.0 - third), total defense (274.2 - fourth) and turnover margin (+1.40 per game - second).
• The Demon Deacons also rank first nationally in passing efficiency defense (90.52), 17th in total defense (274.20 per game) and 16th in scoring defense (15.0 ppg).
• QB Riley Skinner is the ACC’s leader in passing efficiency (130.0 rating), having completed 124 of 182 passes (68.1 percent) for 1,160 yards with seven touchdowns and four interceptions.
• Skinner has four reliable targets in WRs D.J. Boldin, Chip Brinkman and Marshall Williams, as well as TE Ben Wooster. That quartet has combined for 819 receiving yards and five touchdowns.
• DB Alphonso Smith, the ACC’s leader in passes defended (2.0 per game), headlines the Wake Forest defense, but he has plenty of help in the secondary. Fellow DB Kevin Patterson has kept pace with Smith with three interceptions thus far in 2008. Patterson and DB Brandon Ghee both have notched two forced fumbles. In fact, four Wake players ranked among the top 10 in the ACC in forced fumbles per game.
