#85

Blake Whiteheart

Junior tight end for Wake Forest. 2022: 24 catches, 295 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Wake Forest · Jr. · #85

6′4″ · 243 lb · Winston-salem, NC

CFB Index 48 · #60 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceWake Forest 2022 alumnus

The story

3 tight end for Wake Forest. 2022: 24 catches, 295 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Wake Forest, 541 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 60 yds at Duke.Duke · L 31-342022

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dave Clawson — 23-13 over that span.

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #60 of 132?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#207 / 636 · 67th pct

8.6%

EPA / target#312 / 636 · 51st pct

0.70

Yards / catch#347 / 636 · 46th pct

11.9

Explosive rate#376 / 636 · 41st pct

11.4%

Catch rate#464 / 636 · 27th pct

71.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#52 / 158 · 67th pct

12.3

Rec yards#59 / 158 · 63rd pct

295

Rec TDs#50 / 158 · 62nd pct

Receptions#66 / 158 · 58th pct

Long catch#99 / 158 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

74th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

34th → 41st percentile

Catch rate

48th → 27th percentile

TD rate

94th → 67th percentile

Yards / catch

48th → 46th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	25.8	12.0	0.5
Road5g	2.2	28.0	11.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	21.7	12.7	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	33.0	10.4	0.0

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 · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #60 of 132 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Wake Forest	24	295	12.3	3	--
2021	Wake Forest	15	185	12.3	3	--
2020	Wake Forest	5	61	12.2	0	--
Career		44	541	12.3	6	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Duke · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.62Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 30 yds to the Duke 31 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Clemson · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 19 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 13 · Duke · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.99Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 12 yds to the Duke 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · VMI · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Mitch Griffis pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 27 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 3 · Liberty · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 8 yds for a TD, (Matthew Dennis KICK)
Week 2 · Vanderbilt · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.35Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 14 yds to the Vandy 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · VMI · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Mitch Griffis pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 23 yds to the WFrst 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.78Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 25 yds to the Lvile 35 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Boston College · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.78Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 15 yds to the BC 34 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Louisville · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.10Sam Hartman pass complete to Blake Whiteheart for 11 yds to the Lvile 12 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-10vs VMI	2	50	25.0	1	27
Wk 2	W 45-25@ Vanderbilt	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 3	W 37-36vs Liberty	3	20	6.7	1	9
Wk 4	L 45-51vs Clemson	2	31	15.5	1	19
Wk 6	W 45-10vs Army	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 8	W 43-15vs Boston College	3	34	11.3	0	16
Wk 9	L 21-48@ Louisville	4	52	13.0	0	25
Wk 10	L 21-30@ NC State	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 12	W 45-35vs Syracuse	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 13	L 31-34@ Duke	4	60	15.0	0	30	Season-high 60 yds
Bowl	W 27-17@ Missouri	1	8	8.0	0	8
Total		24	295	11.6	3	30

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

Blake Whiteheart

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

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Signature plays

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