The 2017 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 51, Presbyterian 7. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
Wake Forest's 2017 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- John WolfordQB3,192 passing yards
- Kendall HintonWR399 passing yards
- Matt ColburnRB904 rushing yards
- Arkeem ByrdDB395 rushing yards
- Cade CarneyRB232 rushing yards
- Greg DortchWR722 receiving yards
- Scotty WashingtonWR711 receiving yards
- Tabari HinesWR683 receiving yards
- Cameron GlennDB98 tackles
- Grant DawsonLB90 tackles
- Jaboree WilliamsLB85 tackles
- Duke EjioforDL6.5 sacks
- Justin StrnadLB4.5 sacks
- Willie YarbaryDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 14, Clemson 28. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wake Forest beat Texas A&M 55-52 in the postseason.
"Go Deacs"
2017 is a middle chapter for Wake Forest — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.