#10

John Wolford

Quarterback for Wake Forest. 2017: 3,192 passing yards, 29 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Wake Forest · #10

6′1″ · 200 lb · Jacksonville, FL

Watch-list name (model)Wake Forest 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 936 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest

Statement game461 yds · 5 TDvs Louisville (FBS) · W 42-32

Top 1% passing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 quarterback for Wake Forest. 2017: 3,192 passing yards, 29 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wake Forest, 8,794 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201412 games

Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Bishop Kenny

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#936 national

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 21-29 over that span.

2014Wake Forest3-9HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2015Wake Forest3-9HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2016Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (94th percentile). Strength: pass tds (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#12 / 179 · 94th pct

683

Pass TDs#13 / 179 · 93rd pct

Rush TDs#14 / 179 · 92nd pct

Yards / att#23 / 179 · 87th pct

8.5

Pass yards#25 / 179 · 86th pct

3192

Completion %#34 / 179 · 81st pct

63.9%

Fumbles lost#26 / 163 · 68th pct

Interceptions#73 / 179 · 53rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	253	2.5	9.0	0.7
Road6g	279	2.3	8.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	224	2.0	8.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	308	2.8	8.9	0.8

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 · 2017

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Wake Forest	239	374	63.9%	3,192	8.5	29	6	158.0	--	--	--
2016	Wake Forest	166	299	55.5%	1,774	5.9	9	10	108.6	--	--	--
2015	Wake Forest	142	233	60.9%	1,791	7.7	9	11	128.8	--	--	--
2014	Wake Forest	214	367	58.3%	2,037	5.6	12	14	108.1	--	--	--
Career		761	1,273	59.8%	8,794	6.9	59	41	126.7	--	--	--

Season	Team
2017	Wake Forest	140	683	4.9	10	--
2016	Wake Forest	130	521	4.0	6	--
2015	Wake Forest	73	67	0.9	3	--
2014	Wake Forest	104	-151	-1.5	0	--
Career		447	1,120	2.5	19	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 42–32

vs Louisville

461 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.8 · 14 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.

With G. Dortch — -6 rush yds (1 car) · M. Colburn — 134 rush yds (24 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week