Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-16vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
#25
Josh Patterson
Freshman defensive back on Wake Forest's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Jacksonville, FL
Transferred Iowa State → Wake Forest for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1008 nationally · Signed with Iowa State
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Freshman defensive back on Wake Forest's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2025.
- Transferred from Iowa State to Wake Forest in 2026.
Josh Patterson
Josh Patterson has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Akron — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20253 games
- Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Ed White
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Wake Forest
2025Iowa State
2026Wake Forest
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Game log
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Iowa State8-4HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning
2026Wake Forest2-1HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
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
Pass share
55.1%
108 pass / 88 run
Plays / game
65.3
3 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
121 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
The secondary · Wake Forest
- #5Davaughn Patterson80 tackles · 2025
- #8Braylon Johnson38 tackles · 2025
- #27Travon West31 tackles · 2025
- #2Brian Blades26 tackles · 2025
- #25Josh Patterson4 tackles · 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