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Jon Abbate. Jon Abbate (born June 18, 1985) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Wake Forest University in 2004–2006 and was signed as a free agent by the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) in 2007.
Luke Abbate is a popular high school athlete, who plays lacrosse and football. When the 15-year-old dies in a car accident caused by a reckless teenage driver after lacrosse practice in February 2006, Luke's older brother, Jon Abbate, is motivated to have the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team be successful in their upcoming season.
The 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe, in his fifth season at the school, and played its home games at Groves Stadium (now known as BB&T Field). The Deacons finished the regular season with a 10–2 record, giving ...
The Wake Forest defense was led by All-America honorable mention linebacker Jon Abbate. [51] Abbate, who was a first-team All-ACC selection, [ 38 ] was the team's leading tackler and earned the second-most tackles in the ACC during the season. [ 51 ]
The 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe in his seventh season at the school and played its home games at BB&T Field. The team began its season with an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) game on Saturday, September 1 ...
Wake Forest would finish the season with a 9–4 (5–3 ACC) record. [114] A win in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl against UConn [115] gave the Deacons twenty wins over the last two seasons. In 2008, Wake Forest's 56th season as a member of the ACC the Demon Deacons began their season on August 28 at Baylor. [116]
Jon Abbate, linebacker in NFL, CFL and UFL, central figure in The 5th Quarter, film on Wake's 2006 season Ernie Accorsi (B.A. 1963), NFL executive [ 140 ] Billy Ard , New York Giants [ 141 ]
The 2006 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors for their All- Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") teams for the 2006 college football season. Selectors in 2006 included the Associated Press . AP = Associated Press [1]