Evan Slocum: DB · Wake Forest · #7.
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Evan Slocum
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Four seasons in the Wake Forest secondary to date. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Stanford — Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 65 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 29 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 43 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 20 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 157 | 98 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-13vs North Carolina A&T | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-31vs Virginia | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-40vs No. 5 Ole Miss | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 38-41vs Louisiana | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-30@ NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-49vs No. 10 Clemson | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-20@ UConn | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Stanford | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31@ North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ No. 11 Miami | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-23vs Duke | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 23-20
at UConn
1 interception · 4 tackles · 2 pass breakups
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL65 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 27-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
48.3%
403 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
65 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #192 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 157 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
