Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/23Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (4.3%).
- touchdown
Purdue · W 38-36
No carries.
Miami · L 20-33
No carries.
Virginia · W 51-7
8 carries, 78 yards, 1 TD
The other 5 games average 24 yards. This one was 54 above.
Searcy has carries in 6 of Wake Forest’s 8 games: none against Purdue and Miami.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
This week
- RecordWake Forest is 7-1, No. 14 in the AP poll (week 10).
- Next gamevs Merrimack · Sat Nov 7
A play of his this season
Jamar Searcy
Second year in the same backfield at Wake Forest. On tape: 78 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Virginia, Week 9, 2026.
198 rushing yards · 3 rushing TD · 26 carries
Style of play
Style of play
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Where to follow
The latest game
Against Virginia on Oct. 31: 8 carries for 78 yards. In the 6 games drawn here: 26 carries for 198 yards.
First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
- W 51-7 vs Virginia8 carries, 78 yds, 1 TD
- W 41-7 at California5 carries, 61 yds, 1 TD
- W 38-14 at NC State4 carries, 28 yds
- W 57-3 vs Stanford5 carries, 14 yds, 1 TD
- W 30-27 at Louisville2 carries, 8 yds
- W 38-16 vs Akron2 carries, 9 yds
a carry, by its yardsa loss, below the linea catcha touchdown
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 26 | 198 | 7.6 | 3 | 55 |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 21 |
| Career | 31 | 237 | 7.6 | 3 | 55 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
Last game (Wk 9): 78 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-16vs Akron | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ No. 16 Louisville | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 57-3vs Stanford | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ NC State | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-7@ California | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 9 | W 51-7vs Virginia | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 1 | 55 | Season-high 78 yds |
| Total | 26 | 198 | 7.6 | 3 | 55 |
Signature game
Week 9 · 2026
W 51-7
vs Virginia
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 9 · Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.75J.Searcy rush middle for 55 yards gain (J.Ross)
- Week 5 · Stanford · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.66J.Searcy rush left for 6 yards gain for a touchdown
- Week 9 · Virginia · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.54J.Searcy rush right for 7 yards gain for a touchdown
- Week 7 · California · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45J.Searcy rush middle for 1 yard gain for a touchdown
- Week 7 · California · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.51J.Searcy rush left for 29 yards gain to the WF 33 (D.Harris), out of bounds
- Week 7 · California · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.51J.Searcy rush middle for 16 yards gain to the WF 49 (A.Manutai; I.Crosby), out of bounds
4 more plays
- Week 5 · Stanford · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.80J.Searcy rush left for 1 yard loss (S.Howard)
- Week 9 · Virginia · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA −0.72J.Searcy rush right for 1 yard gain (M.Brown)
- Week 6 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −0.64J.Searcy rush middle for 2 yards gain (Z.Moore)
- Week 5 · Stanford · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.49Lopez to Searcy: a 19-yard pass.
Where he ranks
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Jake Dickert — 16-5 over that span.
2025Wake Forest9-4HC: Jake Dickert · Balanced
2026Wake Forest7-1HC: Jake Dickert · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 33.7 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Road3g | 32.3 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 24.0 | 6.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 78.0 | 9.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
45.3%
237 pass / 286 run
Plays / game
65.4
8 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
26 carries and 1 catch in 6 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Starter
The No. 1,667 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the ACC as a redshirt freshman.
Two seasons at Wake Forest
2026 is in progress.
- 2026 Wake Forest DickertYear 2 · 6 games
- 2025 Wake Forest DickertYear 1 · 4 games
- High school PittsburgPittsburg, CA · Class of 2025Three-star, No. 1,667 in the 2025 class. Signed with Wake Forest.Also from Pittsburg: Jaden Rashada (Mississippi State), R.J. Mosley (Arizona), Justice Williams (Washington) and 8 more.
2025 4 games
- Signed with Wake ForestThree-star, out of Pittsburg