Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-36@ Purdue | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 16 yds |
| Total | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 |
#85
Will Loerzel
Redshirt sophomore tight end for Wake Forest. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 244 lb · New Orleans, LA · Isadore Newman
Returning to Wake Forest for 2026
The numbers
16
receiving yards · 2026
2 catches · 8 per catch
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 rec, 16 yds, at Purdue
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 tight end for Wake Forest. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2024.
- Transferred from South Alabama to Wake Forest in 2025.
Will Loerzel
South Alabama to Wake Forest — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 16 rec yds, 2 receptions against Purdue — Week 2, 2026.
16 REC YDS · 2 REC · 0 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- portal record
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with South Alabama3-star out of Isidore Newman
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Wake Forest
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026Wake Forest2-0HC: Jake Dickert · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 REC/g, 16.0 YDS/g, 8.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/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 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 38–36
at Purdue
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · 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 (Redshirt Freshman) Participated in the final six games of the season for the Demon Deacons… Made his collegiate debut against Florida State (11/1) … Played 81 snaps during the regular season… Also appeared in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl against Mississippi State (1/2). Prior to Wake Forest 2024 (F...
The tight end room · Wake Forest
- #12Kamrean Johnson122 receiving yards · 2025
- #81Landon Morris94 receiving yards · 2025
- #48Matthew Lusardi1 game · 2026
- #85Will Loerzel1 game · 2026
- #89Brady Shustno box-score line yet
3 more on the roster · Wake Forest team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology