Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 16-30vs Georgia Tech | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41vs Florida State | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-45@ Notre Dame | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | Season-high 18 yds |
| Total | 9 | 23 | 2.4 | 0 | 6 |
#28
David Egbe
Sophomore running back for Wake Forest. 2023: 23 rushing yards.
5′10″ · 206 lb · Millstone, NJ
Returning to Wake Forest for 2026
Recruiting
3★
RB recruit
No. 1545 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Wake Forest. 2023: 23 rushing yards.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2023.
David Egbe
The receipt: 18 rush yds against Notre Dame — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
20233 games
- Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of The Loomis Chaffee School
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Wake Forest
NFL
NFL Draft
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2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 18.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+2g | 11.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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 · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 12 · Notre Dame · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.05David Egbe run for 3 yds to the WAKE 37 for a 1ST down
- Week 12 · Notre Dame · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA -0.77David Egbe run for 1 yd to the WAKE 41
- Week 12 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.42David Egbe run for 3 yds to the WAKE 40
- Week 12 · Notre Dame · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA -0.40David Egbe run for 2 yds to the WAKE 43
- Week 12 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.30David Egbe run for 3 yds to the WAKE 28
- Week 12 · Notre Dame · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +0.27David Egbe run for 6 yds to the WAKE 34
- Week 9 · Florida State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA -0.16David Egbe run for 2 yds to the WAKE 13
- Week 9 · Florida State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA -0.16David Egbe run for no gain to the WAKE 13
- Week 9 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.13David Egbe run for 3 yds to the WAKE 11
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Wake Forest
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Wake Forest players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (24 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wake Forest · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #63 · 2026 recruiting class #39
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology