PLAYERS TO WATCH
–DB Cameron Glenn has four consecutive games with double-digit tackle totals and he’s second on the team with 76 total tackles. He notched 11 tackles in each of the past two matchups with N.C. State.
–WR Sage Surratt posted 109 receiving yards on eight catches in the N.C. State game. Since 150 receiving yards in his collegiate debut in the season-opening overtime victory at Tulane, Surratt hadn’t been above 63 yards in a game. Of the redshirt freshman’s 33 catches, only 11 have come in the team’s six home games so far (with one home outing remaining).
–RB Cade Carney has a team-high six touchdown runs this season. Five of those are from 1 yard out and the other a 2-yard run. He’s coming off a team-best 68 rushing yards on 12 carries in the N.C. State.
–DB Amari Henderson made a career-high 14 tackles in the N.C. State game. The redshirt junior had never reached a double-digit tackle total in any previous 31 college games. Before the N.C. State game, he had a total of 12 tackles in the most-recent three games.
SERIES HISTORY: First meeting.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “In basketball terms, it was almost a little like a stall. We tried to bleed it, play it slow … get to the fourth quarter still in the game.” — Coach Davie Clawson, on dealing with an injury-riddled roster and needing to go away from a fast-paced approach on offense in order to drain the clock. The Demon Deacons rank 10th in the ACC in time of possession at 27 minutes, 58 seconds per game.
