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Wake Forest's Adams Named ACC Rookie of the Year
11/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 27, 2007
Wake Forest running back Josh Adams on Tuesday was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's Rookie of the Year. Adams is the second consecutive Demon Deacon to win the award, following quarterback Riley Skinner who took the honor in 2006.
Adams is a 6-0, 180-pound redshirt freshman from Cary, N.C. who is the leading freshman rusher in the ACC with 887 yards. He was the league's Rookie of the Week four times this season and posted three 100-yard rushing games including a season-high 140 yards against Florida State on Oct. 11. Adams set school records for the most rushing yards and most touchdowns in a season by a redshirt freshman.
Adams is currently third overall in the ACC in rushing with an average of 80.6 yards per game.
Adams, who earned his fourth ACC Rookie of the Week award on Monday following his 111-yard rushing performance at Vanderbilt, is the fourth Deacon to be named ACC Rookie of the Year. Prior to Skinner in 2006, Michael Ramseur received the award in 1982 and James McDougald in 1976.
