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Brandon Smiley
Returning to Wake Forest for 2026
Brandon Smiley
Brandon Smiley arrived at Wake Forest from Elon. The receipt: 1 tackles against Florida State — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Wake Forest
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Wake Forest9-4HC: Jake Dickert · Balanced
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Wake Forest
Returning around him
- 2 Wake Forest players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (24 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wake Forest · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #74 · 2026 recruiting class #39
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology