Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-16vs Akron | 1/3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.1 | Season-high 6 yds |
| Total | 1/3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
#6
Steele Pizzella
Redshirt freshman quarterback for Wake Forest. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Simi Valley, CA · Notre Dame High School
Returning to Wake Forest for 2026
The numbers
6
passing yards · 2026
0 INT · 2 per attempt
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 6 pass yds, -7 rush yds, vs Akron
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 quarterback for Wake Forest. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2025.
Steele Pizzella
He has spent two seasons in the Wake Forest quarterback room. The receipt: 6 pass yds against Akron — Week 1, 2026.
6 PASS YDS · 0 PASS TD · -7 RUSH YDS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Notre Dame
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Wake Forest
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Jake Dickert — 11-4 over that span.
2025Wake Forest9-4HC: Jake Dickert · Balanced
2026Wake Forest2-0HC: Jake Dickert · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (92nd percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (91st percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (8)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 6.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 2.0 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
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.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 37.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Wake Forest
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Wake Forest players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (24 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wake Forest · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #63 · 2026 recruiting class #39
Background
2025 (Freshman) Appeared in one game for the Demon Deacons… Made his collegiate debut in the win over Oregon State (10/11)... Redshirted. High School Three-star quarterback by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com, and ESPN… Rated as the No. 26 dual-threat quarterback prospect in the class of 2025 according...
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology