Wake’s top WR Greene (knee) out 3-5 months

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterAug 7, 2023, 09:29 AM ET

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• Graduate of the University of Florida.Wake Forest receiver Donavon Greene will miss 3 to five months with a knee injury he sustained on the very first day of practice, the school revealed Monday.Greene, who went into the season as the Deacons’leading receiver, ended up second on the team last season with a career-high 642 lawns and six goal receptions. He led the team with a 17.4-yard average per catch.This is the second significant injury of Greene’s profession– he also missed out on all of the 2021 season with an injury.Wake Forest has depth at receiver with Jahmal Banks, Taylor Morin, Wesley Grimes and Ke’Shawn Williams, but losing

  the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Greene might impact the team’s ability to extend the field deep.