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Deacons participating in All-Star games
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Three Wake Forest senior football players have been selected to postseason all-star games.
Linebacker Marquel Lee and cornerback Brad Watson will play in the 92nd annual East-West Shrine game on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. Both will play for the East team. Brentson Buckner, an assistant coach with the Arizona Cardinals, will be the East team’s head coach.
Rover Thomas Brown participated in the Tropical Bowl in Daytona Beach on Sunday, January 15. Brown helped lead the National team to a 28-14 win over the American team. Brown had one pass break-up in the contest.
Brown was the MVP of the Military Bowl last month as Wake Forest defeated No. 23 Temple. Brown had seven tackles, a sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, a pass break-up and a quarterback hurry.
Lee was named a first team All-ACC linebacker by both the Associated Press and Phil Steele. He earned fourth team All-America honors from Athlon and Phil Steele.
Watson was Wake Forest’s fourth-leading tackler in 2016 with 49 solo tackles and 14 assists. He had a pair of interceptions, six pass break-ups and two forced fumbles along with a blocked kick.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Three Wake Forest senior football players have been selected to postseason all-star games.
Linebacker Marquel Lee and cornerback Brad Watson will play in the 92nd annual East-West Shrine game on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. Both will play for the East team. Brentson Buckner, an assistant coach with the Arizona Cardinals, will be the East team’s head coach.
Rover Thomas Brown participated in the Tropical Bowl in Daytona Beach on Sunday, January 15. Brown helped lead the National team to a 28-14 win over the American team. Brown had one pass break-up in the contest.
Brown was the MVP of the Military Bowl last month as Wake Forest defeated No. 23 Temple. Brown had seven tackles, a sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, a pass break-up and a quarterback hurry.
Lee was named a first team All-ACC linebacker by both the Associated Press and Phil Steele. He earned fourth team All-America honors from Athlon and Phil Steele.
Watson was Wake Forest’s fourth-leading tackler in 2016 with 49 solo tackles and 14 assists. He had a pair of interceptions, six pass break-ups and two forced fumbles along with a blocked kick.
