SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson knew about Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer long before he burst onto the scene with a 39-yard game-winning touchdown pass with 12 seconds left against Virginia.
Clawson was head coach at Bowling Green from 2009 to 2013 and recruited Kizer following his sophomore season at Toledo Catholic Central High. Kizer was interested because his father, Derek, played basketball for the Falcons and he wanted to play more than one sport at Bowling Green.
Clawson, now in his second year at Wake Forest (3-6), said he knew bigger schools would be after Kizer.