The 2021 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 45, Duke 7. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Ten-Win Year
Wake Forest's 2021 season (10-3) 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
- Sam HartmanQB4,228 passing yards
- Christian Beal-SmithRB604 rushing yards
- Justice EllisonRB541 rushing yards
- Christian TurnerRB506 rushing yards
- A.T. PerryWR1,293 receiving yards
- Jaquarii RobersonWR1,078 receiving yards
- Taylor MorinWR621 receiving yards
- Ryan Smenda Jr.LB83 tackles
- Luke MastersonDB78 tackles
- Traveon ReddDB70 tackles
- Luiji VilainDL9 sacks
- Rondell BothroydDL8 sacks
- Jasheen DavisDL5.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 21, Pittsburgh 45. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wake Forest beat Rutgers 38-10 in the postseason.
"Go Deacs"
2021 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.