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Young Wake Forest football team must grow up in a hurry

Aug 22, 2015 at 1:04a ET

Aug 22, 2015 at 1:04a ET

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Wake Forest is going to have to grow up in a hurry.

The Demon Deacons have one of the youngest rosters in the country, with only five players in their fifth season at the school.

That makes for quite a challenge at a self-described developmental program that rarely gets the blue-chip recruits but is at its best when it's patient with its best players and allows them to grow into productive redshirt seniors.

Heading into coach Dave Clawson's second season, sophomore quarterback John Wolford says the Demon Deacons refuse to use their youth as an excuse.