Sam Hartman, Notre Dame Football News: Draft Scout Player News

11/14/21 - QB Sam Hartman, rSr/2024, Notre Dame

The off-target throws, drops and mistakes kept coming for No. 13 Wake Forest. So did the injuries - all on a night when the Demon Deacons were trying to take a huge step toward winning their Atlantic Coast Conference division. All that trouble merely ended up as the perfect setup for another memorable moment in a special season. Sam Hartman accounted for four touchdowns while Justice Ellison ran for a short score with 1:47 left to help Wake Forest beat No. 21 North Carolina State 45-42 on Saturday night, moving within a victory of wrapping up the league's Atlantic Division race. "It's fun to play in games like this," Clawson said. "It's even more fun to win them." The next step for the Demon Deacons (9-1, 6-0 ACC) is to finish off the division race and supplant Clemson, which had won the Atlantic on the way to winning the past six league championships. To do so, Wake Forest must win one of their last two games to secure the division winner's ticket to the ACC championship game.

Fittingly, in a matchup of the division's top two teams, the Demon Deacons had to grind to the final minute to hold off the Wolfpack (7-3, 4-2) and quarterback Devin Leary. The night ended with Wake Forest fans joining the team on the field after the home finale in a celebration that lingered so long that the public-address announcer had to twice instruct the Demon Deacons players to head to the locker room. Ellison's 4-yard score pushed Wake Forest to a 45-35 lead, though N.C. State responded with a clutch drive that ended with Leary's 8-yard touchdown pass to Devin Carter with 45 seconds left. The Wolfpack nearly recovered the onside kick, with Ricky Person Jr. grabbing the bouncing ball about a yard shy of the 10-yard requirement to secure the possession. - Wake Forest/AP College Football

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