Carlos Hernandez
Carlos Hernandez
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 40 | 611 | 15.3 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Washington State | 31 | 397 | 12.8 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 24 | 258 | 10.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 95 | 1,266 | 13.3 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 1 | 54 | 19 | 253 | 1 |
| 2024 | Washington State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 54 | 19 | 253 | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025
W 13–12
vs SMU
2 FUM · 1 LOST · 3 NO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Moves the chains on third down.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Wake Forest
Returning around him
- 26% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 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
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dante Cephas’s 2022 season.
Matches Dante on
Differs from Dante on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Julius Young’s path through Lafayette.
Julius Young
Adrian Hardy
Malik Murray
Matches Julius on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to DeAndre Moore Jr.'s junior season at Texas (2025).
Matches DeAndre on
Differs from DeAndre on
Player DNA
Players who play like Carlos Hernandez
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #270
Peaked at #270 this season.
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+137%
Up 137% from first season to most-recent.