Winston-Salem, NC - Wake Forest Senior QB Riley Skinner speaks with the media after the third pre-season football scrimmage.

Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner has been named to the watch list for the 2009 Davey O'Brien Award, given annually to the nation's top collegiate quarterback.

Riley Skinner, WFU QBSkinner is one of 33 quarterbacks named to the preseason watch list. The semifinalists for the award will be selected in late October.

Skinner, a 6-1, 210-pound senior from Jacksonville, Fla. (The Bolles School) will be starting for a fourth consecutive year. The national leader in completion percentage in 2007, Skinner holds Wake Forest's school records for season and career completion percentage and season and career passing efficiency.

For his career, Skinner has completed 639 of 949 passes for 6,602 yards and 34 touchdowns. He is fourth in school history in career passing yards, second in completions and fifth in touchdown passes.

One of the unique aspects of collegiate sports is watching 18-year-old kids
mature into adulthood during their letterwinning years. For most, it's a gradual year-by-year improvement. For a few unique individuals the change seems to happen overnight. The latter would be the case with current Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner.

Skinner's story in 2006 became one of many that made Wake Forest's 2006 ACC Championship and 2007 Orange Bowl appearance so special. Here are some articles that trace Skinner's progress that season, where he made the transformation from back-up QB to ACC Rookie of the Year.
Signing Day Press ReleaseFebruary 2005Skinner was one of 22 incoming freshmen to sign in February 2005.

Latest installment features interviews with Riley Skinner & John Russell

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A new Deacon Podcast is now available online. Check out the Deacon Podcast Center to download the latest installment, which features interviews with Demon Deacon QB Riley Skinner and DT John Russell.

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