Gio Lopez listed as probable for Wake Forest vs.
Wake ForestHe was listed as questionable in the initial availability report released on Wednesday night. “Had a great day of practice today, he’s feeling in rhythm, and he’s a tough son of a gun.”
[ $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage ] Gio Lopez is coming off a physical game against Miami.
“He was gutting it out down in and down out,” Dickert said on Lopez’s health after the game. “I mean, I’m really proud of Gio and his fight, and resolve, and how many hits did he take?
I don’t have the QB hits here, but 20 hits on a quarterback, three personal fouls for roughing the passer. I told him they got to protect our quarterback.
KEY POINTS
- Wake Forest quarterback Gio Lopez has been upgraded to probable in the initial availability report for the Week 4 game against Louisville.
- “I can confirm for all the Louisville fans watching, he didn’t come up here in a wheelchair, he’s gonna be ready to go,” Wake Forest head coach Jake Dickert said on Wednesday about Lopez, per 247Sports’ Cam Lemons Debro .
- In Wake Forest’s 33-20 loss to Miami , Lopez threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns.
- “I’ve never been more impressed, maybe, with a quarterback performance than I was with Gio’s,” Wake Forest head coach Jake Dickert said on Monday afternoon, per Connor O’Neill of Deacons Illustrated.