Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#26
Freddie Gillens
Redshirt freshman defensive back on Wake Forest's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 171 lb · Columbia, SC · Cardinal Newman
Returning to Wake Forest for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1467 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive back on Wake Forest's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2025.
Freddie Gillens
One game to point at: 1 tackles against Delaware — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Cardinal Newman School
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Wake Forest
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Wake Forest9-4HC: Jake Dickert · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · 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 #63 · 2026 recruiting class #39
Background
2025 (Freshman) Appeared in three games for the Demon Deacons… Made his first career tackle in the win over Delaware (11/22). High School Coached by former Demon Deacon Cory Helms…As a senior, he tallied 33 tackles, seven pass breakups, one sack, one forced fumble and two receiving touchdowns…For...
The secondary · Wake Forest
- #5Davaughn Patterson80 tackles · 2025
- #8Braylon Johnson38 tackles · 2025
- #27Travon West31 tackles · 2025
- #2Brian Blades26 tackles · 2025
- #26Freddie Gillens1 tackle · 2025
18 more on the roster · Wake Forest team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology