Former quarterback at Wake Forest. 2024: 288 passing yards, 1 TD, 3 INT.
6′2″ · 192 lb · Orlando, FL
The story
Former quarterback at Wake Forest. 2024: 288 passing yards, 1 TD, 3 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMichael Kern
Operates within the system without forcing anything. This is his sixth year in the same quarterback room at Wake Forest. One game to point at: 172 pass yds, 1 pass TD against North Carolina — Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Wake Forest, 1,309 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dave Clawson.
Season context · Team result + system
6 seasons under Dave Clawson — 39-34 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (88th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 34.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 92.5 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 34.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 92.5 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 24 | 45 | 53.3% | 288 | 6.4 | 1 | 3 | 101.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 56 | 92 | 60.9% | 645 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 129.8 | 52 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 75.0% | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 87.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 2 | 5 | 40.0% | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 152.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 12 | 24 | 50.0% | 253 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 138.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | 50 | 5.6 | 1 | 0 | 161.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 104 | 179 | 58.1% | 1,309 | 7.3 | 6 | 5 | 125.0 | 52 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 27 | 15 | 0.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 48 | 47 | 1.0 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 45–13
57 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 19.0 · 5 rush yds (2 car)
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)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-13vs North Carolina A&T | 5/8 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 19.0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-40vs Ole Miss | 2/3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-49vs Clemson | 2/8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 4.9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31@ North Carolina | 14/23 | 172 | 1 | 2 | 7.5 | 14.5 | Season-high 172 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ Miami | 1/3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 15.8 | |
| Total | 24/45 | 288 | 1 | 3 | 6.0 | 12.6 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Emory Jones’s 2022 season.
Matches Emory on
Differs from Emory on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Cameron Rising’s path through Utah.
Matches Cameron on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Zach Gibson's graduate season at Georgia State (2024).
Matches Zach on
Differs from Zach on
Player DNA