Honors

Wake ForestDemon Deacons

4 consensus All-Americans between 1976 and 2008, 2 unanimous · 2 national awards.

All-Americans

1976–2008 · 2 unanimous

Heisman

no winners

Consensus All-Americans

Season	Player	Pos
2008	Alphonso Smith	DB
2007	Steve Justice	OL
2005	Ryan Plackemeier unanimous	P
1976	Bill Armstrong unanimous	DB

National awards

Wins only. Places in the voting are listed separately below.

Award	Won
Dick Butkus Award	1
Ray Guy Punting Award	1

Every winner

Season	Award	Player
2008	Dick Butkus Award	Aaron Curry
2005	Ray Guy Punting Award	Ryan Plackemeier

Source: the NCAA’s official Football Records and Awards books, 2026 edition — printed there as WAKE FOREST. Consensus All-America is the NCAA’s own designation, recognising players named by a majority of the official selectors in a given season.