THIRD AND DATA

Week 2 · 2025

Western Carolina at Wake Forest

Sat 09/06/2025 02:00 PMAllegacy Federal Credit Union StadiumWake Forest pregame89% — Pregame win probability: 89% for Wake Forest. Wake Forest favored, and won.

89°6 mph SW · 44% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data

Western Carolina

10

7–5

Wake Forest

42

9–4

Attendance

28,239

reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2025, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

WCUQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
  • 33-star recruitQB5Taron Dickens5'11"·1803yr
    3,508 Pass yds38 TD2 Int74.2 Cmp%321 Rush yds
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB17Bennett Judy6'3"·2003yr
    420 Pass yds3 TD2 Int60.2 Cmp%-17 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB11Isaac Lee6'4"·1901yr
    279 Pass yds2 TD2 Int57.4 Cmp%145 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB12Jack Benson6'4"·1952yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB—Ian Grissom6'1"·1701yr
WAKEQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
  • 44-star recruitQB2Robby Ashford ← South Carolina6'2"·2206yr
    2,472 Pass yds12 TD8 Int59.3 Cmp%554 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB5Deshawn Purdie ← Charlotte6'4"·2282yr
    618 Pass yds6 TD3 Int50.0 Cmp%-11 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB6Steele Pizzella5'11"·1851yr
    0 Pass yds0 TD0 Int0.0 Cmp%-1 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB15Elijah Oehlke6'2"·2221yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB13Billy Johnson5'10"·1851yr
WCUOffensive lineNo blue chips18
WAKEDefensive lineNo blue chips20
  • 33-star recruitDL11Langston Hardy ← UConn6'4"·2455yr
    65 Tackles14.5 TFL6.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL91Jayden Loving ← Western Kentucky6'2"·3174yr
    44 Tackles9.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL7Nuer Gatkuoth ← Colorado State6'3"·2374yr
    39 Tackles8.5 TFL6.0 Sacks1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL10Gabe Kirschke ← Colorado State6'5"·2504yr
    37 Tackles9.0 TFL5.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL52Dallas Afalava ← Idaho6'2"·2953yr
    33 Tackles6.0 TFL3.5 Sacks1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL94Zach Lohavichan6'3"·2905yr
    25 Tackles5.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL98Mateen Ibirogba6'4"·3004yr
    21 Tackles3.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL14Tyler Walton6'5"·2603yr
    16 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL55Kadear Dembele6'2"·2951yr
    4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL18BJ Williams6'4"·2734yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL95Brandon Smiley ← Elon6'2"·3104yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL20Kerrington Lee6'4"·2453yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 22-star recruitDL98Wyatt Crespi6'1"·2806yr
    career 5 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL9Camden Hardy6'3"·2352yr
    career 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL93Josh Harrison6'2"·2482yr
  • 33-star recruitDL55Cole Funderburk6'3"·2441yr
  • 33-star recruitDL99Josiah Pratt6'0"·3151yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL57Brandon Hoyle6'2"·2594yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL13Kendal Howard6'3"·2451yr
  • 33-star recruitDT94Ka'Shawn Thomas6'0"·2913yr
WCUDefensive lineNo blue chips19
WAKEOffensive lineNo blue chips20
WCUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips15
  • 33-star recruitRB1Patrick Boyd Jr.5'10"·1703yr
    90 Car420 Rush yds1 TD4.7 Rush avg
    34 Rec322 Rec yds9.5 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB28Markel Townsend5'8"·1852yr
    70 Car322 Rush yds6 TD4.6 Rush avg
    26 Rec173 Rec yds6.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB2Branson Adams5'9"·1905yr
    38 Car147 Rush yds1 TD3.9 Rush avg
    12 Rec95 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB20Camury Reid5'11"·2003yr
    49 Car134 Rush yds4 TD2.7 Rush avg
    10 Rec174 Rec yds17.4 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB3Josh Perry6'0"·2051yr
    10 Car39 Rush yds0 TD3.9 Rush avg
    2 Rec7 Rec yds3.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB24Anthony Benjamin5'10"·1703yr
    3 Car21 Rush yds0 TD7.0 Rush avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB8Marlin Cochran6'0"·2003yr
    career 55 Car191 Rush yds1 TD3.5 Rush avg
    13 Rec117 Rec yds9.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB21Jaiden Bond5'9"·1853yr
    career 1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB25Noah Best5'11"·1951yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE15Josiah Thomas6'2"·2151yr
    28 Rec228 Rec yds3 TD8.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE86Brayden Blackmon6'3"·2503yr
    27 Rec213 Rec yds2 TD7.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE85David Hulbert6'4"·2401yr
    7 Rec30 Rec yds1 TD4.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE9Bode Burns6'5"·2451yr
    1 Rec23 Rec yds0 TD23.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE44Isaac McLellan6'2"·2403yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE88Cole Craddock6'4"·2451yr
WAKELinebackersNo blue chips10
  • 33-star recruitLB24Dylan Hazen6'1"·2395yr
    73 Tackles9.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB21Aiden Hall6'1"·2203yr
    73 Tackles8.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB9Quincy Bryant6'0"·2285yr
    57 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB43Frank Cusano ← Washington State6'2"·2302yr
    45 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB—Alec Marenco ← Kansas State6'2"·2345yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB1Darius Jones6'1"·2152yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB30Jerron Blackwell6'0"·2151yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB40Whittman Whaley6'2"·2201yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB32Joel Lowenberg6'0"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB51Luke White6'0"·2183yr
WCULinebackersNo blue chips13
  • 33-star recruitLB8Ryan McKinnis ← App State6'2"·2203yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB5Hayward McQueen Jr.6'1"·2154yr
    3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB18Jordan Thompson ← Middle Tennessee6'0"·2303yr
    3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB15Hank Bodine6'0"·2301yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB40Kenyon Partridge6'3"·2502yr
    1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB17Armond Anderson6'2"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB0Blue Monroe6'1"·2254yr
    career 3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB3Joshua Collins6'1"·2252yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB43Braeden Barger6'1"·2301yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB35Trey Berry III6'1"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB49Bryce Hart6'2"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB46Nolan McClanahan6'1"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB41Beady Waddell V6'0"·2201yr
WAKEBacks & tight ends1 blue chip17
  • 44-star recruitRB1Demond Claiborne5'10"·1954yr
    179 Car905 Rush yds10 TD5.1 Rush avg
    28 Rec140 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB4Ty Clark III6'0"·2052yr
    75 Car323 Rush yds3 TD4.3 Rush avg
    17 Rec209 Rec yds12.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB—JaMario Clements ← Duquesne5'11"·2054yr
    22 Car63 Rush yds0 TD2.9 Rush avg
    2 Rec7 Rec yds3.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB29Jamar Searcy5'7"·2001yr
    5 Car39 Rush yds0 TD7.8 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB30Tate Carney6'0"·2074yr
    1 Car9 Rush yds0 TD9.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB27Ryan Henley5'9"·2002yr
  • 33-star recruitRB28David Egbe5'10"·2063yr
    career 9 Car23 Rush yds0 TD2.6 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB26Drew Pickett5'10"·1863yr
  • 33-star recruitTE—Eni Falayi ← Utah Tech6'4"·2404yr
    21 Rec228 Rec yds2 TD10.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE12Kamrean Johnson ← Vanderbilt6'5"·2303yr
    11 Rec122 Rec yds1 TD11.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE44Dominic Deluca6'6"·2402yr
    1 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE43Mason Andrade5'11"·2224yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE48Matthew Lusardi6'1"·2504yr
  • 33-star recruitTE19Harry Lodge ← Georgia Tech6'7"·2474yr
    career 12 Rec110 Rec yds0 TD9.2 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE85Will Loerzel ← South Alabama6'5"·2502yr
  • 33-star recruitTE87Charlie Wingfield6'4"·2501yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE46Kevin Check6'5"·2274yr
WCUReceiversNo blue chips18
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR16James Tyre5'8"·1712yr
    68 Rec832 Rec yds11 TD12.2 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR7Malik Knight6'1"·1853yr
    47 Rec774 Rec yds7 TD16.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR5Michael Rossin6'0"·2001yr
    22 Rec462 Rec yds6 TD21.0 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR4Dominic Dutton5'10"·1704yr
    25 Rec314 Rec yds2 TD12.6 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR8Painter Richards-Baker6'2"·1804yr
    20 Rec276 Rec yds2 TD13.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR0Jaylin Terzado6'0"·1803yr
    8 Rec168 Rec yds1 TD21.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR6Marcus Striggles5'9"·1801yr
    11 Rec136 Rec yds1 TD12.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR7Trey Walker5'10"·1801yr
    3 Rec35 Rec yds1 TD11.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR1Jai Boyd6'2"·1802yr
    2 Rec21 Rec yds1 TD10.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Richard Hollis5'8"·1701yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR0AJ Colombo5'8"·1704yr
    career 94 Rec1,040 Rec yds10 TD11.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR81Ca'Lique Cunningham5'9"·1903yr
    career 1 Rec17 Rec yds1 TD17.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR4Kha'leal Sterling5'9"·1701yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR89Ellis Chappell6'0"·1851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83Austin Cunningham6'0"·1851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR87Eli Griffin6'1"·1601yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR18Matthew Keener6'2"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR84Jemarious Reaves6'1"·1901yr
WAKEDefensive backsNo blue chips23
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB45Nick Andersen5'11"·1976yr
    107 Tackles7 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB5Davaughn Patterson6'1"·2153yr
    80 Tackles9 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB3Karon Prunty ← North Carolina A&T6'2"·1925yr
    40 Tackles8 PD1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB8Braylon Johnson ← Virginia Tech6'1"·1903yr
    38 Tackles4 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB—Lardarius Webb Jr. ← South Alabama5'9"·1683yr
    35 Tackles7 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB27Travon West6'0"·1853yr
    31 Tackles2 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB22Myles Turpin5'11"·1902yr
    24 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB17Zamari Stevenson5'10"·1854yr
    18 Tackles0 PD1 Int
  • 33-star recruitDB35Koredell Bartley5'11"·1951yr
    8 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB15Devin Cook5'11"·1752yr
    7 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB10Juju Tackie5'11"·2103yr
    5 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB6Rushaun Tongue6'1"·2003yr
    4 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB13Ashaad Williams ← North Alabama6'1"·1914yr
    4 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB26Freddie Gillens6'0"·1801yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB41Kalil Townes5'9"·2101yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB12Jaxon Mull5'10"·1804yr
    career 30 Tackles2 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB5Jaylon Edmond ← Washington State5'10"·1702yr
    career 3 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB4Sascha Garcia ← William & Mary6'1"·1952yr
    career 3 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB19Jacob Cosby-Mosley5'11"·2002yr
  • 33-star recruitDB36Seth Carethers5'11"·1801yr
  • 33-star recruitDB10William Wiebush6'0"·1851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB38Anthony Borriello5'11"·2034yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB29Jake Ryan6'0"·1952yr
WCUDefensive backsNo blue chips25
WAKEReceivers1 blue chip18
  • 33-star recruitWR8Carlos Hernandez ← Washington State6'0"·1903yr
    40 Rec611 Rec yds3 TD15.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR2Chris Barnes ← Washington State5'7"·1692yr
    39 Rec547 Rec yds3 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR18Sterling Berkhalter ← Cincinnati6'3"·1965yr
    30 Rec416 Rec yds2 TD13.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR9Sawyer Racanelli ← Montana6'3"·2086yr
    18 Rec315 Rec yds1 TD17.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR5Micah Mays Jr.6'1"·1973yr
    18 Rec302 Rec yds2 TD16.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR—Karate Brenson ← Tennessee State6'2"·2155yr
    3 Rec83 Rec yds1 TD27.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR10Jack Foley6'4"·2051yr
    1 Rec64 Rec yds1 TD64.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR11Jeremiah Melvin6'4"·2052yr
    3 Rec39 Rec yds1 TD13.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR23Zeek Jackson5'7"·1602yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR0RJ Vick6'3"·1982yr
    career 3 Rec132 Rec yds1 TD44.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR4EJ Reid5'10"·1802yr
  • 33-star recruitWR88Bryce Kania6'4"·2051yr
  • 33-star recruitWR80Braxton Winston III6'0"·1901yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR10Ian Ver Steeg6'0"·1804yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR48Wesley Stroebel6'1"·1843yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR6Ben Grice5'11"·1941yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR28Hugh O'Brien5'11"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83Austin Rinello5'11"·1651yr
WCUKickersNo blue chips3
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK96Christian Lowery5'11"·1854yr
    2 FG2 FGA29 Long12 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK60Bryan McCollum5'8"·1651yr
    2 FG2 FGA29 Long12 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK61Marcus Trout5'11"·1751yr
    4 FG7 FGA44 Long59 Pts
WAKEKickersNo blue chips3
  • 33-star recruitPK99Matthew Dennis5'11"·2075yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long3 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK90Connor Calvert ← Washington State6'3"·2152yr
    18 FG22 FGA50 Long86 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK97Caleb Carlson6'2"·2054yr
    career 0 FG0 FGA0 Long2 Pts
WCUPuntersNo blue chips2
WAKEPuntersNo blue chips3
  • —No recruiting profile foundP31Cal Joseph6'1"·1951yr
    63 Punts38.1 Avg19 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP96Jack Ploszay6'2"·1952yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP—Rohan Macneill6'3"·1871yr

Previous 3 meetings vs. Western Carolina

Wake Forest 3–0 vs Western Carolina

  • 1991 · wk 3Western Carolina 24 @ Wake Forest 40
  • 1983 · wk 4Western Carolina 0 @ Wake Forest 21
  • 1982 · wk 1Western Carolina 10 @ Wake Forest 31

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