Donald Stewart

#2 · WR · Sr. · Wake Forest6′4″ · 210 lb · Hillside, NJ · Paramus Catholic

Donald Stewart: WR · Wake Forest · #2.

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Donald Stewart

WR · Wake Forest · Sr · #2

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: David Shaw and Dave Clawson. One game to point at: 61 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Clemson — Week 12, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Wake Forest	33	388	11.8	1	33
2020	Wake Forest	5	41	8.2	0	14
2019	Stanford	1	40	40.0	1	40
2017	Stanford	11	131	11.9	0	41
2016	Stanford	2	17	8.5	0	9
Career		52	617	11.9	2	41

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10vs Old Dominion	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 2	W 41-16vs Norfolk State	4	61	15.3	0	24	Season-high 61 yds
Wk 3	W 35-14vs Florida State	1	11	11.0	1	11
Wk 4	W 37-17@ Virginia	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 37-34vs Louisville	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 6	W 40-37@ Syracuse	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 8	W 70-56@ Army	2	17	8.5	0	9
Wk 9	W 45-7vs Duke	2	44	22.0	0	33
Wk 10	L 55-58@ North Carolina	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 11	W 45-42vs No. 21 NC State	3	51	17.0	0	26
Wk 12	L 27-48@ Clemson	6	61	10.2	0	15
Wk 13	W 41-10@ Boston College	4	34	8.5	0	15
Total		31	345	11.1	1	33

Signature game

Week 12 · 2021

L 27-48

at Clemson

6 rec · 61 yds

With S. Hartman — 312 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.9 · I. Mora — 45.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 50 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · NC State · 4th and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 26 yds to the NCSt 8 for a
Week 3 · Florida State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.96Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 11 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 11 · NC State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.18Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 12 yds to the WFrst 40 for a
Week 10 · North Carolina · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.85Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 7 yds to the WFrst 42 for a
Week 1 · Rutgers · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.79Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 27 yds to the Rutgr 32 for a
Week 2 · Norfolk State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.65Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 10 yds to the WFrst 37 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Clemson · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +1.64Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 8 yds to the WFrst 41 for a
Week 12 · Clemson · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +1.63Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 6 yds to the WFrst 49 for a
Week 9 · Duke · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.48Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 33 yds to the Duke 20 for a
Week 6 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.34Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 9 yds to the WFrst 38

Teams and coaches

2016Stanford10-3HC: David Shaw · Run-heavy

2017Stanford9-5HC: David Shaw · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 41 (#277 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

41Rotational starter #277 of 468 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: td rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#374 / 655 · 43rd pct

11.9

EPA / target#490 / 655 · 25th pct

0.45

Explosive rate#500 / 655 · 23rd pct

8.0%

Catch rate#546 / 655 · 16th pct

64.0%

TD rate#551 / 655 · 16th pct

2.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#230 / 557 · 58th pct

Rec yards#286 / 557 · 49th pct

388

Yards / catch#396 / 557 · 28th pct

11.8

Rec TDs#370 / 557 · 23rd pct

Long catch#457 / 557 · 18th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	31.2	13.1	0.2
Road6g	3.0	26.3	8.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	19.0	9.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	38.5	12.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Dave Clawson

Pass share

48.4%

519 pass / 554 run

Plays / game

82.5

13 games

Team sack rate

6.0%

565 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

33 catches in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

41 · #277 of 468 WRs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #277 at the position.

Donald Stewart

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

33 catches in 12 games

Six seasons, two schools

2016