Last confirmed: Wake Forest, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 250 lb · Miami, FL · Miami Palmetto
Wendell Dunn: DL · Wake Forest · #14.
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Wendell Dunn
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Wake Forest defensive front. On tape: 8 tackles and 1 sack against Texas A&M, Bowl, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 46 | 26 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 32 | 23 | 6.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| Career | 78 | 49 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 34-10@ Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 46-10vs Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-19@ App State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-26vs Florida State | 7 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 6 | L 14-28@ No. 2 Clemson | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Louisville | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 37-48@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 64-43@ Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-24vs No. 25 NC State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-31vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 55-52@ Texas A&M | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 26 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%7 TFLSack rate
7%3 sacksHurry rate
13%6 hurries46 tackles · 7 for loss · 3 sacks.
2 seasons under Dave Clawson, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.8%
426 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
73.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
46 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wake Forest, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Grobe → Dave Clawson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
