2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons went 11-3 (7-3 in the ACC), finishing No. 15 in the AP poll. They scored 41.0 and allowed 28.9 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 7-7-0; games went 6-8-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 39 nationally.

Team details

Conference: ACC
Record: 11-3
Conference record: 7-3
AP rank: No. 20
Against the spread: 7-7-0
Over/under: 6-8-0
SP+ rank: No. 39

2021 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score	Spread	ATS	O/U
1	Old Dominion	2021-09-03	W	42-10	-32.5	L	U 61.5
2	Norfolk State	2021-09-11	W	41-16	-43	L	U 58
3	Florida State	2021-09-18	W	35-14	-4.5	W	U 62.5
4	at Virginia	2021-09-24	W	37-17	+3.5	W	U 71
5	Louisville	2021-10-02	W	37-34	-7	L	O 64.5
6	at Syracuse	2021-10-09	W	40-37	-6	L	O 58.5
8	at Army	2021-10-23	W	70-56	-3	W	O 54
9	Duke	2021-10-30	W	45-7	-16.5	W	U 71.5
10	at North Carolina	2021-11-06	L	55-58	+2.5	L	O 78
11	NC State	2021-11-14	W	45-42	-1	W	O 64.5
12	at Clemson	2021-11-20	L	27-48	+3.5	L	O 57
13	at Boston College	2021-11-27	W	41-10	-6	W	U 64
14	Pittsburgh	2021-12-05	L	21-45	+3.5	L	U 72.5
Bowl	vs Rutgers	2021-12-31	W	38-10	-16.5	W	U 63

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Sam Hartman	14	299	508	4228	39	14
Michael Kern	2	2	5	67	0	0
Leo Kelly	1	1	4	8	0	1

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
Christian Beal-Smith	12	131	604	7
Justice Ellison	11	107	541	7
Christian Turner	14	126	506	5
Quinton Cooley	7	45	156	1
Ahmani Marshall	6	23	103	0

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
A.T. Perry	14	71	1293	15
Jaquarii Roberson	13	71	1078	8
Taylor Morin	14	43	621	5
Ke'Shawn Williams	14	27	404	3
Donald Stewart	13	33	388	1

Defensive leaders

Player	G	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INT	PD
Ryan Smenda Jr.	14	83	4.5	0		2
Luke Masterson	13	78	12	2.5		0
Traveon Redd	14	70	2.5	1.5	3	1
Rondell Bothroyd	14	63	16.5	8		0
Ja'Sir Taylor	14	60	4	0	2	5

2021 Wake Forest players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Blake Whiteheart	TE	CLE	2023 UDFA	2020–2022
Caelen Carson	DB	DAL	2024 R5 #174	2020–2023
Ja'Sir Taylor	CB	CIN	2022 R6 #214	2017–2021
Malik Mustapha	SAF	SF	2024 R4 #124	2021–2023
Nick Andersen	SAF	LA	2026 UDFA	2020–2025
A.T. Perry	WR	DEN	2023 R6 #195	2019–2022
Luke Masterson	LB	LV	2022 UDFA	2017–2021
Nick Sciba	K	PIT	2022 UDFA	2018–2021

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