being able to work together<\/a>. Because you\u2019re going to need other backs in the room. You can\u2019t just take all the beating yourself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nDaniels is a transfer from the University of Florida. He redshirted in 2024 and then played in 10 games last season with 28 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown. He was a four-star recruit coming out of high school in Mississippi in 2024. He also played on special teams for the Gators.<\/p>\n
Reed had recruited Daniels as a high school player when he, Reed, was the running backs coach at Michigan State, so the two were very familiar with each other long before training camp. Reed is part of the reason Daniels is at Wake Forest now. \u201cReed is an RB guru, I would say. And just off the field, [he\u2019s] teaching me how to be a man. Some day, we\u2019re going to be able to hang up the cleats. And I just feel like that\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n
What Will Be<\/h3>\n
As for Reed\u2019s assessment of the bounty of running backs at his disposal right now, he said he likes the energy and effort so far. But the thing that has stood out to him is the consistency he is seeing every day.<\/p>\n
The competition for carries also creates a different type of teaching challenge for the coaching staff. \u201cThey are trying to be too perfect at times,\u201d Reed said. \u201cI think they know what to do. They know what is expected. But the confidence part of it is what we\u2019re trying to get them to understand. Just go out there and cut it loose and play ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reed said perfection from any of them is not the goal for Spring. \u201cYou\u2019re going to make mistakes. Just go out there and make them at full speed. Make them flying around. And make them with confidence, and we\u2019ll go out here and get it corrected.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reed said he is putting each of the backs into situations he knows they can handle, and then stacking other things on top of that in order to try to boost the confidence, since this is going to be a running back by committee season for Wake. Who sees the field the most will still boil down to the basics. \u201cProtect the football. Protect the quarterback,\u201d Reed said. \u201cThose are our two main rules. And if you can\u2019t do that, it\u2019s going to be hard for me to put you in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wake has five more workouts for Spring camp over the next seven days, including the Family Fest\/Spring Scrimmage on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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