Demond Claiborne: RB · Wake Forest · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Demond Claiborne
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. The four seasons at Wake Forest span two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Jake Dickert. All-ACC in 2025 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 193 rushing yards and 3 rushing TD against Western Carolina, Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
40.4% of carries overall (169/418) → 16.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/99) — 93.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
10 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (71.4%). 6 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (33.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 179 | 905 | 5.1 | 10 | 85 |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 228 | 1,048 | 4.6 | 11 | 60 |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 137 | 586 | 4.3 | 5 | 42 |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 0 | 32 |
| Career | 558 | 2,596 | 4.7 | 26 | 85 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 28 | 140 | 5.0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 23 | 254 | 11.0 | 2 | 44 |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 22 |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 1 | −5 | −5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 55 | 424 | 7.7 | 2 | 44 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 10 | 193 | 19.3 | 3 | 85 | Season-high 193 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 24-34vs NC State | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs No. 16 Georgia Tech | 21 | 119 | 5.7 | 2 | 27 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 16 | 144 | 9.0 | 1 | 66 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 23 | 73 | 3.2 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ Florida State | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ No. 12 Virginia | 25 | 75 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-12vs North Carolina | 23 | 98 | 4.3 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-49@ Duke | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 179 | 905 | 5.1 | 10 | 85 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 42-10
193 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD
Dominant 32-point win at home against Western Carolina.
With R. Ashford — 227 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.6 · 66 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Barnes — 6 rec · 149 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
34%169 carriesFumble rate
3.9%7 of 179 carries · 4 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.1 yds/carry on 179 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 34% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
3912% of team targetsCatch rate
72%28 of 39 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
72% catch rate on 39 targets · 12% of the team's targets.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 82.0 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| Road5g | 66.2 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 89.8 | 7.9 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 61.0 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
48.0%
405 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #109 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 2,596 rushing yards — drafted at #198 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2025)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2025)
3 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Minnesota Vikings2026 NFL rookie season
Minnesota Vikings2026 NFL rookie season
