Bernard Causey III is a cornerback at Wake Forest who has not played in Wake Forest's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia State.
Wake Forest lists 24 defensive backs this season.
Wake Forest is 7-1, No. 14 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: vs Merrimack, Sat Nov 7.
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Arrived at Wake Forest from Georgia State. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against App State — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | 19 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 6 |
| Career | 19 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-63@ No. 21 Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-38vs Memphis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-21vs Murray State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-70@ No. 20 Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-14vs James Madison | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-41vs App State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 24-41@ Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-40@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 18-30vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
32%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this season19 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Pass share
56.5%
472 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
500 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #187 at the position.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Brian Kelly, Dell McGee and Jake Dickert.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Wake Forest
