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Kelvin Moses
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Unquestionably, one of the top football players on the Demon Deacon squad for 1999 and potentially a real key to the success of this year's team was prepared to enjoy an outstanding senior season 12 months ago as a Butkus Award candidate, but had to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in August saw brief action (12 total plays) in two midseason games (App State & Duke) but never recovered fully and missed the remainder of the schedule best news of 1998 came in late-November when the NCAA granted his appeal for a medical redshirt year, clearing his return this fall if healthy, he's as good as there is in the ACC physically and mentally, he brings together the total package runs exceptionally well (has been timed at 4.4 in the 40) extremely strong, ranking second on the team in both the benchpress (470 lbs) and the incline (405 lbs) had ranked #1 on the squad in the vertical jump a year ago with a 42" effort (did not participate in testing this past spring) actually played briefly as a true freshman at the outset of the 1994 campaign, seeing action in two games (starting one vs App State) before being sidelined for the year with a knee injury (a different problem than that of last fall) did qualify for redshirt status on that occasions, too moved into a starting role as a redshirt freshman in '95 and now has the most career starts (33) of any current Deacons already among the Top Ten tacklers in Wake Forest history, ranking ninth with 321 total stops during his splendid WFU career also 12th on the career chart with 195 solo stops could well become just the fifth Deacon ever to total more than 400 tackles also stands fifth on the school career list in tackles-for-loss led the squad in hits as a sophomore and was second as a junior, narrowly missing a third straight 100-tackle season has recorded 15 double-figure tackle games hopes to add to that impressive figure this fall, although most of all just wants to be back out on the field doing what he loves -- playing football and playing it extremely well. 1997: Started every game and rarely took a break from the action on the field for 50-or-more plays in every contest except Rutgers extremely consistent, making six-or-more stops in nine dates twice reached double digits with a high of 14 stops versus Georgia Tech and a team-high 10 hits in the win over NC State also contributed a pass breakup and a blocked field goal against the Wolfpack other highlight contests included Northwestern (9 tackles, sack), Maryland (7 tackles, sack, 3 PBUs) and Duke (9 tackles and an interception) adjustment in the overall defensive scheme affected his final tackle total somewhat, but he still ranked second on the team with 85 (behind linebacker partner Dustin Lyman) tied for second in sacks with four, was fourth in pass breakups with five, and fifth in tackles-for-loss with eight. 1996: An outstanding season that included eight contests with double-figures in tackles opened with a tremendous performance in win over App State, playing all 67 snaps on defense and leading the Deacs with 15 tackles (12 solo) caused a fumble with one of those stops and recovered another while playing on punt coverage central figure in victory over Northwestern as well with 11 hits and an interception season-high of 17 tackles (10 solo) came at Georgia Tech other double-digit efforts included 14 (vs Navy), 13 (at NC State), 12 (vs North Carolina), and 11 (vs Clemson & Maryland) final total of 128 tackles was 47 more than any teammate also led the Deacons in tackles-for-loss with 10 contributed to seven opposition turnovers, too, with three fumbles caused, two fumble recoveries and two interceptions ranked fourth in the ACC in total tackles for the season. 1995: A starter in all 11 games, the first two at outside linebacker, the other nine at an inside slot he was productive wherever he lined up in the opener vs App State he contributed 10 tackles, the first of five double-figure tackle performances on the year matched that 10-stop figure in the win at Navy while having an impact on special teams with a fumble recovery on the field for 71 snaps at North Carolina and totaled a dozen tackles (8 solo) registered double digits in stops the next two weeks as well with 10 at Duke and a season-high 14 versus Georgia Tech finished the season second to Tucker Grace in total tackles. BACKGROUND: Highly regarded two-way star at strong safety and tight end for Hartsville High and coach Lewis Lineberger in 1993 earned second team all-state recognition from the Greenville News and numerous regional and conference honors named his team's MVP for the '93 season and was selected to the North-South all-star contest totaled 77 tackles and six interceptions as a senior while also catching 19 passes for 377 yards and eight TDs earned three varsity letters as a prep while establishing school records for receptions in a game, season and career received his degree in communication from Wake Forest last May and is now enrolled in graduate school (Arts & Liberal Sciences) will celebrate his 23rd birthday eight days prior to this year's opening game at Army (born 9/3/76).
CAREER STATISTICS UT AT TOTAL TFL SACK FR/FC INT 1994 (2 games)0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1995 71 30 101 11/-38 0 2/2 0 1996 72 56 128 10/-36 2/-16 2/3 2 1997 49 36 85 8/-48 4/-38 0 1 1998 (2 games)3 1 4 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 195 126 321 29/-122 6/-54 4/5 2
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