#17

Alex Bachman

Senior wide receiver for Wake Forest. 2018: 37 catches, 541 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Wake Forest · Sr. · #17

6′0″ · 190 lb · Moorpark, CA

Wake Forest 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1930 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Wake Forest. 2018: 37 catches, 541 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wake Forest, 1,162 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 171 yds vs Memphis.Memphis · W 37-342018

2015

Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Oaks Christian

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1930 national

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 25-26 over that span.

2015Wake Forest3-9HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2016Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2018Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (81st percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#89 / 550 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#176 / 550 · 68th pct

14.6

Rec yards#190 / 550 · 66th pct

541

Receptions#207 / 550 · 62nd pct

Long catch#268 / 550 · 50th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.3	58.3	14.4	0.3
Road5g	3.4	38.2	10.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	61.0	13.7	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	39.3	12.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	37	541	14.6	6	--
2017	Wake Forest	21	365	17.4	3	--
2016	Wake Forest	23	248	10.8	1	--
2015	Wake Forest	1	8	8.0	0	--
Career		82	1,162	14.2	10	--

Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	--	--	54	49	--
2017	Wake Forest	--	--	69	--	--
2016	Wake Forest	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Wake Forest	--	--	--	-1	--
Career		--	--	123	48	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 51–20

vs Towson

4 rec · 54 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 31-point win at home against Towson.

With G. Dortch — 7 rec · 94 yds · 1 TD · S. Hartman — 242 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 64 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-17@ Tulane	5	62	12.4	2	19	Season-high 171 yds
Wk 2	W 51-20vs Towson	4	54	13.5	1	22
Wk 4	L 27-56vs Notre Dame	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 6	L 3-63vs Clemson	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 8	L 17-38@ Florida State	3	32	10.7	0	17
Wk 9	W 56-35@ Louisville	2	22	11.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 24-41vs Syracuse	3	47	15.7	0	23
Wk 11	W 27-23@ NC State	4	59	14.8	1	38
Wk 12	L 13-34vs Pittsburgh	4	60	15.0	1	28
Wk 13	W 59-7@ Duke	3	16	5.3	1	6
Bowl	W 37-34vs Memphis	7	171	24.4	0	49
Total		37	541	12.8	6	49

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology