Bernard Causey III

Sophomore cornerback on Wake Forest's 2026 roster.

CB · Wake Forest · So. · #3

5′11″ · 165 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 49 · #187 of 364 cornersLow confidenceTransferred Georgia State → Wake Forest for 2026

Next upFri Sep 18 · 7:30 pm ETvs MiamiAllegacy Federal Credit Union StadiumMiami by 21

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 761 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 cornerback on Wake Forest's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to LSU in 2024.
Transferred from Georgia State to Wake Forest in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

The full scouting read

Bernard Causey III

CB · Wake Forest · So · #3

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Bernard Causey III arrived at Wake Forest from Georgia State. The receipt: 4 tackles against App State — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Georgia State1-11HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

49Rotational starter #187 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

Tackles#2072 / 2975 · 29th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

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 · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #187 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #187 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia State	19	13	2.0	1.0	6	--	--
Career		19	13	2.0	1.0	6	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-63@ 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@ 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

The secondary · Wake Forest

#5Davaughn PattersonDB · R-Jr.80 tackles · 2025
#8Braylon JohnsonDB · R-Jr.38 tackles · 2025
#27Travon WestDB · R-Jr.31 tackles · 2025
#2Brian BladesDB · Sr.26 tackles · 2025
#3Bernard Causey IIIDB · So.19 tackles · 2025

18 more on the roster · Wake Forest team page

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

Bernard Causey III

2024

202510 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

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