Donald Stewart

Senior wide receiver for Wake Forest. 2021: 33 catches, 388 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Wake Forest · Sr. · #2

6′4″ · 210 lb · Hillside, NJ

CFB Index 41 · #277 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceWake Forest 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 684 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Wake Forest. 2021: 33 catches, 388 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Stanford in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Wake Forest, 617 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 61 yds at Clemson.Clemson · L 27-482021

2016

Signed with Stanford3-star out of Paramus Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#684 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

1 coach

2016–2017

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

2019–2021

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Stanford10-3HC: David Shaw · Run-heavy

2017Stanford9-5HC: David Shaw · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #277 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#374 / 655 · 43rd pct

11.9

EPA / target#490 / 655 · 25th pct

0.45

Explosive rate#500 / 655 · 23rd pct

8.0%

Catch rate#546 / 655 · 16th pct

64.0%

TD rate#551 / 655 · 16th pct

2.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#230 / 557 · 58th pct

Rec yards#286 / 557 · 49th pct

388

Yards / catch#396 / 557 · 28th pct

11.8

Rec TDs#370 / 557 · 23rd pct

Long catch#457 / 557 · 18th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	31.2	13.1	0.2
Road6g	3.0	26.3	8.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	19.0	9.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	38.5	12.4	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 · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #277 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #277 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Wake Forest	33	388	11.8	1	--
2020	Wake Forest	5	41	8.2	0	--
2019	Stanford	1	40	40.0	1	--
2017	Stanford	11	131	11.9	0	--
2016	Stanford	2	17	8.5	0	--
Career		52	617	11.9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 45–42

vs NC State

3 rec · 51 yds

Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.

With S. Hartman — 290 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 72.9 · 43 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · I. Mora — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · NC State · 4&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 26 yds to the NCSt 8 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.96Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 11 yds for a TD (Nick Sciba KICK)
Week 11 · NC State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.18Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 12 yds to the WFrst 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · North Carolina · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.85Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 7 yds to the WFrst 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.79Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 27 yds to the Rutgr 32 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Norfolk State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.65Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 10 yds to the WFrst 37 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Clemson · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.64Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 8 yds to the WFrst 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Clemson · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.63Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 6 yds to the WFrst 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Duke · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.48Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 33 yds to the Duke 20 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.34Sam Hartman pass complete to Donald Stewart for 9 yds to the WFrst 38

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10vs Old Dominion	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 2	W 41-16vs Norfolk State	4	61	15.3	0	24	Season-high 61 yds
Wk 3	W 35-14vs Florida State	1	11	11.0	1	11
Wk 4	W 37-17@ Virginia	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 37-34vs Louisville	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 6	W 40-37@ Syracuse	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 8	W 70-56@ Army	2	17	8.5	0	9
Wk 9	W 45-7vs Duke	2	44	22.0	0	33
Wk 10	L 55-58@ North Carolina	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 11	W 45-42vs NC State	3	51	17.0	0	26
Wk 12	L 27-48@ Clemson	6	61	10.2	0	15
Wk 13	W 41-10@ Boston College	4	34	8.5	0	15
Total		31	345	10.8	1	33

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