Wake Forest Athletics
Hartman Receives National Recognition Following Boston College Performance
10/24/2022 5:16:00 PM | Football
The redshirt junior quarterback threw for 313 yards and totaled six touchdowns en route to being named a Manning Star of the Week and to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 on Monday afternoon.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Redshirt junior quarterback Sam Hartman was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Quarterback of the Week after his standout performance on Saturday in the win over Boston College, as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon.
This comes on the heels of being named the ACC Quarterback of the Week for the second time this season. Additionally, this is the second time he has been named to the Manning Star of the Week and Davey O'Brien Great 8 lists. He also was named to the lists following a four-touchdown performance against Vanderbilt in Week Two.
Hartman completed 25-of-40 passes for 313 yards and five touchdowns in Saturday's win. Additionally, Hartman added a touchdown on the ground in the third quarter. This marked Hartman's 28th-straight game with a touchdown, the longest active streak in the nation.
Hartman broke the Wake Forest all-time passing mark against Liberty, eclipsing Riley Skinner (2006-09) with a five-yard pass to Ke'Shawn Williams in the third quarter. With 313 yards today against Boston College, he has now thrown for 11,021 career passing yards.
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Sam Hartman (2018-present), 11,021
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Riley Skinner (2006-09), 9,762
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Tanner Price (2010-13), 8,899
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John Wolford (2014-17), 8,794
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Brian Kuklick (1994-98), 8,017
Hartman is the 131st player in NCAA history and just the ninth passer in the history of the ACC to eclipse the 10,000-yard passing barrier for his career and 75th player in NCAA history and fourth in ACC history to have 11,000 yards, joining elite company:
1. Philip Rivers, NC State (2000-03) 13,484
2. Kenny Pickett, Pitt (2017-21) 12,303
3. Tajh Boyd, Clemson (2010-13) 11,904
4. Sam Hartman, Wake Forest (2018-Pres.) 11,021
5. Ryan Finley, NC State (2014-18) 10,501
6. Sam Howell, North Carolina (2019-21) 10,283
7. Deshaun Watson, Clemson (2014-16) 10,168
8. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson (2018-20) 10,098
9. Thaddeus Lewis, Duke (2006-09) 10,065
10. Brad Kaaya, Miami (2014-16) 9,968
Hartman already holds the program record with 93 career touchdown passes, which he added to with five passing scores on Saturday. With that, Hartman moved into third in ACC history in this category.
1. Tajh Boyd, Clemson (2010-13) – 107
2. Philip Rivers, NC State (2000-03) – 95
3. Sam Hartman, Wake Forest (2018-Present) – 93
4. Sam Howell, North Carolina (2019-21) – 92
5. Deshaun Watson, Clemson (2014-16) – 90
Trevor Lawrence, Clemson (2018-20) – 90
7. Kenny Pickett, Pitt (2017-21) – 81
8. Chris Weinke, Florida State (1997-00) – 79
9. Russell Wilson, NC State (2008-10) – 76
Among active players, Hartman has the most career passing touchdowns in the FBS. Oklahoma's Dillon Gabriel trails Hartman by 10 ahead of the Sooners' Week 9 matchup.
Additionally, Hartman has been on hot streak the last two season as he is just one of three quarterbacks in the country to have 60 or more touchdown passes in 2021 and 2022:
1. CJ Stroud (Ohio State) - 72
2. Bryce Young (Alabama) - 65
3. Sam Hartman (Wake Forest) - 60
With 93 career passing touchdowns and 18 career rushing scores, Hartman's 111 total touchdowns is tied for sixth in conference history.
1. Tajh Boyd, Clemson (2010-13) – 133
2. Lamar Jackson, Louisville (2015-17) – 119
3. Deshaun Watson, Clemson (2014-16) – 116
4. Malik Cunningham, Louisville (2018-Pres.) – 114
5. Philip Rivers, NC State (2000-03) – 113
6. Sam Hartman, Wake Forest (2018-Present) – 111
Sam Howell, North Carolina (2019-21) – 111
7. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson (2018-20) – 108
9. Kenny Pickett, Pitt (2017-21) – 102
10. Marquise Williams, North Carolina (2012-15) – 99
Among active players, Hartman ranks second in the Power-5 in total touchdowns, behind Louisville's Malik Cunningham.
Additionally with Louisville's Malik Cunningham having his streak of 30 consecutive games with a TD responsible for coming to an end in Week 1 at Syracuse and Oklahoma's Dillon Gabriel's streak of 29-straight games coming to an end last week against TCU, Hartman's streak of 28-straight games with a TD now leads the FBS.
Hartman is second on the Wake Forest wins chart as a starting quarterback, with 25 career victories:
1. Riley Skinner (2006-09), 31
2. Sam Hartman (2018-pres.), 25
3. John Wolford (2014-17), 20
4. Mike Elkins (1985-88), 18
5. Tanner Price (2010-13), 17
