Wake Forest Demon Deacons Team Profile

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Wake Forest's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
Fri 8/29	Wake Forest vs Kennesaw State
Sat 9/6	Wake Forest vs Western Carolina
Thu 9/11	Wake Forest vs NC State
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/27	Wake Forest vs Georgia Tech
Sat 10/4	Wake Forest at Virginia Tech
Sat 10/11	Wake Forest at Oregon State
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/25	Wake Forest vs SMU
Sat 11/1	Wake Forest at Florida State
Sat 11/8	Wake Forest at Virginia
Sat 11/15	Wake Forest vs North Carolina
Sat 11/22	Wake Forest vs Delaware
Sat 11/29	Wake Forest at Duke

Record Prediction: 4.2 - 7.8 (#73)
Schedule Rating: 5.82 (#104)
Future 2026 Schedule

Wake Forest's 2024 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
Thu 8/29	Wake Forest vs North Carolina A&T			W 45 - 13
Sat 9/7	Wake Forest vs Virginia	+1.5	55.5	L 30 - 31
Sat 9/14	Wake Forest vs Ole Miss	+20.5	65.5	L 6 - 40
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/28	Wake Forest vs Louisiana	-3.0	59.5	L 38 - 41
Sat 10/5	Wake Forest at NC State	+4.0	52.5	W 34 - 30
Sat 10/12	Wake Forest vs Clemson	+21.0	63.0	L 14 - 49
Sat 10/19	Wake Forest at UConn	-2.5	55.5	W 23 - 20
Sat 10/26	Wake Forest at Stanford	-3.0	53.0	W 27 - 24
	BYE WEEK
Fri 11/8	Wake Forest vs California	+7.5	54.5	L 36 - 46
Sat 11/16	Wake Forest at North Carolina	+10.5	64.5	L 24 - 31
Sat 11/23	Wake Forest at Miami	+23.5	67.0	L 14 - 42
Sat 11/30	Wake Forest vs Duke	+3.5	53.5	L 17 - 23

2024 Schedule Rating: 46.82 (#48)
2024 Record: 4 - 8 (4 - 6 - 1) (ACC: 2 - 6)

Opponents: 0 Elite, 4 Good, 5 Avg, 0 Bad, 3 Poor

Reg Season Opponents: 3 Elite, 1 Good, 4 Avg, 3 Bad, 1 Poor

2025 class: 189.05 points #62
2024 class: 196.48 points #52
2023 class: 193.24 points #53
2022 class: 164.19 points #71
2021 class: 165.75 points #66

Average Class Ranking: # #61
Average Recruiting Points: 181.74

Class Averages
ACC Class: 211.15 #42
Power 5 Class: 224.59 #42
FBS Class: 179.02 #69

2020 class: 173.82 points #60
2019 class: 182.26 points #57
2018 class: 176.31 points #64
2017 class: 161.99 points #68
2016 class: 169.40 points #57

Average Class Ranking: # #61
Average Recruiting Points: 172.76

Player Name	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA
Deshawn Purdie	100	200	50%	1802	10	6	9.0
Robby Ashford	23	32	72%	324	2	0	10.1

Player Name	CAR	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Demond Claiborne	228	1048	11	4.6	60
Tate Carney	82	335	6	4.1	18
Robby Ashford	41	227	2	5.5	38
Jaydn Girard	1	3	0	3.0	3

Player Name	REC	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Carlos Hernandez	31	397	5	12.8	42
Demond Claiborne	23	254	2	11.0	44
Micah Mays Jr.	16	218	2	13.6	41
Sterling Berkhalter	11	191	1	17.4	61

Returning Production
Overall Returning Production: 50% (#88)
Offense Returning Production: 43% (#101)
Defense Returning Production: 57% (#54)

Transfer Portal
2025 Portal Class (#40)
22 Commits, 85.6 Avg Rating
0% of 2025 Roster are from Transfer Portal

Team Talent
2025 Talent Rating: 766.00 (#56)
2024 (#70) | 2023 (#63) | 2022 (#68) | 2021 (#62)

Average ACC Talent Rating is 825.88

Average Power Five Talent: 862.84
Average FBS Talent: 688.93

2025 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0.04
Blue Chip Players:

2024 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0
Blue Chip Players:

2023 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0
Blue Chip Players:

2022 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0
Blue Chip Players:

2025 - 2022 Records (vs Spread)
2025 Record: 0 - 0 (0 - 0 - 0)
2025 Conf Record: 0 - 0

2024 Record: 4 - 8 (4 - 6 - 1)
2024 Conf Record: 2 - 6

2023 Record: 4 - 8 (4 - 8 - 0)
2023 Conf Record: 1 - 7

2022 Record: 8 - 5 (8 - 5 - 0)
2022 Conf Record: 3 - 5

Four Year Record: 16 - 21
Four Year Record vs. Spread: 16 - 19 - 1
Four Year Conference Record: 6 - 18

2021 - 2018 Records (vs Spread)
2021 Record: 11 - 3 (7 - 7 - 0)
2021 Conf Record: 0 - 0

2020 Record: 4 - 5 (6 - 3 - 0)
2020 Conf Record: 3 - 4

2019 Record: 8 - 5 (5 - 7 - 1)
2019 Conf Record: 4 - 4

2018 Record: 7 - 6 (5 - 8 - 0)
2018 Conf Record: 3 - 5

Eight Year Record: 46 - 40
Eight Year Record vs. Spread: 39 - 44 - 2
Eight Year Conference Record: 26 - 34

Wake Forest Recent Bowl History
Date	Bowl	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
2022	Gasparilla Bowl	Wake Forest vs Missouri	-3.0	59.0	W 27 - 17
2021	Gator Bowl	Wake Forest vs Rutgers	-17.0	63.0	W 38 - 10
2020	Mayo Bowl	Wake Forest vs Wisconsin	+7.0	51.5	L 28 - 42
2019	Pinstripe Bowl	Wake Forest vs Michigan State	+3.5	50.5	L 21 - 27
2018	Birmingham Bowl	Wake Forest vs Memphis	+2.0	71.0	W 37 - 34
2017	N/A	Wake Forest vs Texas A&M	-3.5	63.0	W 55 - 52
2016	Military Bowl	Wake Forest vs Temple	+12.5	42.0	W 34 - 26

WAKE's OC Rob Ezell - DC Scottie Hazelton
Power Ranking Stats (2024)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2024	.13 (104)	42% (80)	3.2 (121)	29 (71)	39%	64%	.27 (118)	51% (134)	4.12 (99)	28.2 (48)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2023	.07 (122)	41% (76)	3.03 (124)	30.7 (35)	34%	42%	.21 (89)	41% (49)	4.25 (110)	27.8 (43)

More Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2024	12	28:51 (103)	21.8 (55)	39%	64%	5.1 (23)	45.9 (33)	1.8 (105)	1.4	4.9 (93)	1.7 (90)	2

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2023	12	29:05 (110)	19.9 (86)	34%	42%	4.1 (7)	38.8 (11)	1.8 (109)	1.3	5.8 (61)	1.9 (79)	1

Overall Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2024 Offense	12	25.7	26.6	24.4	41.9% (80)	3.2 (121)	1.8	22	372	131	240	3.6	48% (86)	52% (50)	43% (78)	41% (75)	16% (82)	.13 (104)
2024 Defense	12	32.5	34.7	29.4	50.7% (134)	4.12 (99)	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	44% (6)	56% (129)	48% (110)	53% (133)	12% (130)	.27 (118)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2023 Offense	12	20.3	22	18.5	41.4% (76)	3.03 (124)	1.8	20	326	130	196	3.3	54% (35)	45% (101)	42% (85)	42% (65)	24% (133)	.07 (122)
2023 Defense	12	27.2	25.2	29.2	40.5% (49)	4.25 (110)	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	51% (79)	48% (54)	40% (40)	42% (74)	17% (61)	.21 (89)

Run Game Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2024 Offense	12	48% (86)	43% (78)	36.4	131.4	3.6	18 (78)	.05 (106)	3 (79)	81% (17)	10% (71)	0.92 (89)
2024 Defense	12	44% (6)	48% (110)	-	-	-	-	.18 (101)	3.13 (87)	80% (112)	8% (110)	0.96 (58)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2023 Offense	12	54% (35)	42% (85)	39	130.4	3.3	13 (108)	.02 (124)	2.97 (97)	63% (122)	15% (132)	0.79 (132)
2023 Defense	12	51% (79)	40% (40)	-	-	-	-	.06 (25)	3.11 (71)	64% (20)	11% (31)	0.89 (24)

Pass Game Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2024 Offense	12	52% (50)	41% (75)	20.7	33.6	240.1	7.2	11.6	17 (79)	13 (103)	.23 (83)	1.5 (115)	31% (62)	28% (101)	.15 (125)	7% (92)	1.9 (103)
2024 Defense	12	56% (129)	53% (133)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11 (52)	.36 (116)	1.3 (2)	26% (130)	40% (132)	.41 (106)	4% (131)	1.8 (17)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2023 Offense	12	45% (101)	42% (65)	16	26.8	196	7.3	12.3	14 (106)	12 (85)	.19 (98)	1.6 (81)	31% (53)	29% (77)	.24 (96)	9% (131)	1.9 (110)
2023 Defense	12	48% (54)	42% (74)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8 (100)	.4 (120)	1.7 (113)	33% (53)	29% (46)	.4 (105)	5% (102)	2.3 (127)

Team Notes

Injury Notes

Staff/Schedule Notes

Power Ratings Overall: -8.55 #95
Offense: 11.21 #85
Defense: 19.76 #107
SP+ Overall: -5.2 #83
SP+ Offense: 25.2 #81
SP+ Defense: 30.5 #86

Returning Prod WAKE lost their '24 starting QB (38%) #90
OL Starters back: 1, Prod: 60% #50
Rush Prod: 92% #17 | Rec Prod: 34% #91
Returning Production: 50% #88
Offense: 43% #101 | Defense: 57% #54
Front 7 Back: 60% - Secondary: 40%

Roster Team Talent #56 Blue Chips: 4% #61
Offense Talent #36 Defense Talent #66
Crootin: Class #62 4 YR Rank #61
Portal Class #40 22 players, 86 Avg
20% of Roster from Portal, 24% TY
45 New Players, 48% of '25 Roster #129

2025 Schedule Record Prediction: 4.2 - 7.8 #73
Schedule Rating: 5.82 #104
View WAKE's 2025 Predicted Schedule Results
Opps: Elite: 0, Good: 4, Avg: 5, Bad: 0, Poor: 3

Scoring Scoring: 25.7 - 32.5 (20 - 27 LY)
Scoring at Home: 27 - 35 | Road: 24 - 29
OC: Rob Ezell - in his first season
DC: Scottie Hazelton - in his first season

Records 2024 Record: 4 - 8 (4 - 6 - 1) (ACC: 2 - 6)
2023 Record: 4 - 8 (4 - 8 - 0) (ACC: 1 - 7)
2022 Record: 8 - 5 (8 - 5 - 0) (ACC: 3 - 5)
4 Yr Record: 16 - 21 | 8 Yr Record: 46 - 40)