Calvin Pace (2015) - Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame - Wake Forest University Athletics

Calvin Pace

Induction:
2015

Pace was a four-year letterman for the Deacons from 1999-2002 and earned first team All-ACC and first team All-America honors in 2002. The Sporting News ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, Pace also earned team MVP honors that season and was selected to participate in the Senior Bowl. He started 33 career games as a Demon Deacon and was a two-time ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week. A first round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2003, Pace in his 12th year in the NFL and seventh with the New York Jets after playing his first five years with the Cardinals. Entering the 2014 campaign, Pace had played in 155 NFL games with 125 career starts. He has 420 career tackles including 52 sacks, three interceptions and 19 forced fumbles.