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Wake Forest OL DeVonte Gordon Named to Maxwell Freshman All-America Team

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Wake Forest redshirt freshman offensive lineman DeVonte Gordon was named to the Freshman All-America Team, as announced by the Maxwell Football Club.

Gordon is in his first season as a starter at right tackle, earning the spot in fall camp. He has played a key role in the Demon Deacons having one of the most explosive offenses in the country. Gordon has started every game for the Deacs at right tackle.

The Beef Boys helped Wake Forest break its all-time scoring record for a single season (2017: 459). The Demon Deacons are now up to 515 combined points this season.

The Atlantic Coast conference record is 723 points by Florida State in 2013 (14 games, 51.6 average). With the Deacs passing the 500-point barrier this season, they joined not only rare air in conference history, but in modern college football history.

Wake Forest became just the third ACC member institution to score 500 or more points in a single season (Florida State and Clemson) and just the second in the College Football Playoff Era (Clemson). Pitt accomplished the milestone later in the day becoming the fourth institution to do so:

  1. 723 - Florida State (2013)

  2. 664 - Clemson (2018)

  3. 563 - Florida State (1995)

  4. 536 - Florida State (1993)

  5. 522 - Clemson (2020)

  6. 515 - Wake Forest (2021)

  7. 514 - Pitt (2021)

  8. 513 - Florida State (1992)

  9. 511 - Florida State (2000)

Additionally, Wake Forest became just the 82nd team in the college football modern era (Post-WWII) to cross over the milestone of 500 points scored in a single season. With other results following Wake Forest's game, there are now 85 teams to accomplish this feat in modern college football history. The Deacs' 515 points currently ranks 64th in NCAA history and only 28 teams have reached the 600-point barrier in modern college football.

The 2013 national championship Seminole team, who holds the scoring record, is the only team in the ACC to have a longer streak of consecutive 35-point scoring games. Wake Forest's streak ended at 10 games Saturday, just three off the conference record.

Wake Forest is currently averaging 42.9 points per game, which would be another school-record setting season. The Deacs are currently the third highest scoring offense in the nation:

FBS Leaders in Scoring Offense 

1. Ohio State         45.5 PPG (546 total pts) 

2. Western Kentucky     43.2 PPG (519 total pts)

3. Wake Forest     42.9 PPG (515 total pts) 

4. Pitt             42.8 PPG (514 total pts) 

5. Alabama         42.7 PPG (512 total pts)