Kendron Wayman

Former defensive lineman at Wake Forest. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DL · Wake Forest · Sr. · #5

6′4″ · 255 lb · Denton, MD

CFB Index 21 · #375 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceWake Forest 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1021 nationally · Signed with North Caroline

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Wake Forest. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Caroline in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wake Forest, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2020

Recruited3-star out of North Caroline

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1021 national

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 27-24 over that span.

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

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

21Below cohort / limited sample #375 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Tackles#2276 / 2892 · 20th pct

Solo tackles#2281 / 2892 · 19th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.2	0.3	0.0	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 · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

21 · #375 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #375 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Wake Forest	16	8	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Wake Forest	35	17	4.0	2.0	2	--	--
2022	Wake Forest	17	11	5.0	3.5	1	--	--
2021	Wake Forest	7	4	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		75	40	11.5	5.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 45–13

vs North Carolina A&T

2 TOT

Dominant 32-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With T. Morin — 6 rec · 100 yds · H. Bachmeier — 263 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.0 · 6 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-13vs North Carolina A&T	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 30-31vs Virginia	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 6-40vs Ole Miss	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 38-41vs Louisiana	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 34-30@ NC State	3	3	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 8	W 23-20@ UConn	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Stanford	1	0	0.5	—
Wk 12	L 24-31@ North Carolina	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 14-42@ Miami	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-23vs Duke	2	2	1.0	—
Total		16	8	1.5	—

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

Kendron Wayman

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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