**Wake Forest is flying under the radar — and that might be exactly where they want to be.** - **Deacs Defense:** Davaughn Patterson emerges as Wake Forest's key defensive problem-solver heading into the season, per Sports Illustrated - **Underdog Tag:** Local media leans into Wake Forest's underdog label for 2025 football — a role this program has worn well before - **Kuechly Connection:** Hall of Famer Luke Kuechly featured alongside Deacs talk, a reminder of the program's ceiling - **Alumni on Ice:** Wake Forest alums rep the USA at the World Masters Hockey World Cup — Demon Deacons showing out globally **Watch Patterson's development in fall camp — if he locks down that defensive role, Wake's ceiling rises fast.** The lineup's set. Drop in.