Demon Deacons turning to receiver for help with running game

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - With injuries taking a bite out of its running game, Wake Forest is turning to a wide receiver for help.<br> <br> The 22nd-ranked Demon Deacons are giving Kenneth Moore snaps at running back as they prepare this week for Saturday&#39;s game against No. 16 Boston College, hoping the redshirt junior can be the latest fill-in after losing its top two options to injury.<br> <br> Coach Jim Grobe said Tuesday that he probably won&#39;t decide on whether Moore starts at tailback for the Demon Deacons (7-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) until Saturday. But he sounds pretty certain that Moore will take handoffs in the backfield against the Eagles (7-1, 3-1).<br> <br> ``He&#39;s going to play there I think unless he just hyperventilates this week,&#39;&#39; Grobe said. ``We&#39;re running out. We can&#39;t get anybody else hurt.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> Moore&#39;s chance comes after Kevin Harris sprained a knee ligament in last weekend&#39;s win at North Carolina. Harris had run for most of his 349 yards this year after top tailback Micah Andrews was lost for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee against Connecticut on Sept. 16.<br> <br> Grobe said Harris is expected to be out for three to five weeks.<br> <br> Moore showed some big-play ability last week, running for a 34-yard touchdown and catching six passes for 82 yards, including one that for the go-ahead fourth-quarter score in the 24-17 victory against the Tar Heels. A former running back at Butler High School in Matthews, Moore boasts a sturdy 6-foot, 185-pound frame that Grobe figures could withstand the pounding of trying to run between the tackles in the Demon Deacons&#39; run-oriented attack.<br> <br> It&#39;s a challenge that Moore sounds eager to take on.<br> <br> ``It&#39;s being able to endure those hits and get the extra yard that we need,&#39;&#39; Moore said. ``I&#39;ll take the pounding. It&#39;s not nothing I haven&#39;t done before. It&#39;s just getting out there and seeing what I can do. I feel like I can. My coaches obviously feel like I can. This is just an opportunity for me to do that.&#39;&#39;<br> <br> Moore will practice along with reserve De&#39;Angelo Bryant while Wake Forest continues to save true freshmen Josh Adams and Lucas Caparelli for a redshirt year. Redshirt junior Travo Woods, who has rushed 13 times for 46 yards, is also on the roster at running back.<br> <br> That leaves Moore hoping that he can avoid the injuries that have plagued him through his career, starting with a stress fracture in his foot during his redshirt freshman year. He was limited last year with a shoulder sprain. Both injuries came in practice.<br> <br> ``Everything that I&#39;ve hurt has been in practice, so it&#39;s been frustrating,&#39;&#39; he said. ``I was like, &#39;Well, at least I can get hurt in a game or something.&#39;&#39;