Wake Forest Athletics
Two Deacs Named ACC Player of the Week
9/8/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 8, 2003
Two Demon Deacons were named ACC Players of the Week following WFU??s 38-24 win over 11th-ranked NC State:
Quarterback Cory Randolph completed 8-of-10 passes for 131 yards and no interceptions in WFU??s 38-24 win over 11th-ranked NC State on Saturday. He was also on the receiving end of a trick play in which he handed the ball to Nate Morton, then caught a 42-yard pass from Morton at the Wolfpack 2-yard line, setting up a WFU touchdown. Randolph also rushed four times for 39 yards, including a long rush of 19 yards.
In all, Randolph compiled 212 yards of total offense in the Deacs?? first win over a ranked opponent since 1999. He is now 2-0 as WFU??s starting quarterback, becoming the first Deacon signal caller to go 2-0 as a starter since Jay Venuto in 1979.
Although he only had to punt twice against NC State, sophomore Ryan Plackemeier put both of them inside the 20 ?V one to the NC State 3-yard line and the other to the 17. His long punt of the day was 57 yards, which is also his longest of the year thus far.
Plackemeier was 5-5 in extra-point attempts and also connected on a 34-yard field goal versus NC State.
Randolph and Plackemeier join last week??s Defensive Back of the Week Warren Braxton as WFU??s second and third such honorees this season.
