Late Signee Chris Givens

I'm very happy to report that Wake Forest received a late national Letter of Intent today from running back Chris Givens out of Wylie, TX. The 6'0" 200 lb Givens has been recovering from a torn ACL but has incredible speed, currently 4th fastest in the 100 meters in Texas.

It was originally anticipated that primarily due to his injuries (Givens had torn the other ACL two years ago) he would be given extra time to regain strength/quickness etc. and would gray shirt. This would mean he wouldn't enroll until next Spring and would technically be part of the 2009 recruiting class (which is what Looney and three other guys in this year's class are doing right now).

If I had to guess, Givens signed this LOI today because expected signee Ed Imeokapara ended up shunning the Deacs for Florida State leaving Wake with an open scholarship. It can also be assumed that this was the "other recruit" Grobe mentioned as a possibility yesterday. I wouldn't expect any more of these.

Although gray-shirting can definitely be a good thing, I like the idea of Chris coming in this summer and redshirting this coming fall. Maybe that's just because its fun to see the recruits get on campus sooner rather than later, but I still like it.

Welcome to the family, Chris.