Demond Claiborne Earns Phil Steele All-America Honors
12/31/2024 11:31:00 AM | Football
The junior becomes the eighth Demon Deacon offensive player in the last seven years to be named an All-American.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest junior running back Demond Claiborne earned All-America honors from Phil Steele Magazine Tuesday.
The junior becomes the eighth Demon Deacon offensive player in the last seven years to be named an All-American.
In addition to earning Phil Steele All-America and All-ACC honors, he was also named to the official All-ACC team as voted on by media and coaches.
Claiborne capped off a historic season in 2024. His totals for the season included 228 carries for 1,049 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. Additionally, he caught 23 passes for 254 yards and a pair of receiving touchdowns. Finally, he returned 11 kickoffs for 277 yards (25.1 average) and had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Miami in Week 13.
Clairborne became the second Demon Deacon to ever log 1,000 rushing yards and 250 receiving yards in a season. He is the first Wake Forest running back to total 1,000 yards on the ground since Cade Carney accomplished this feat in 2018.
His 11 scoring runs are tied with quarterback Sam Hartman's tally (11) which ranks second in program history from his historic 2021 season.
Claiborne's aforementioned 100-yard return against Miami is tied for the longest play in program history, matching Alphonso Smith's 100-yard interception return for a touchdown against Maryland in 2007. The kickoff return for a touchdown marked the second of his career and he became the second Demon Deacon in program history to record multiple in his career (John Stone, 3 kickoff return touchdowns).
The junior becomes the eighth Demon Deacon offensive player in the last seven years to be named an All-American.
In addition to earning Phil Steele All-America and All-ACC honors, he was also named to the official All-ACC team as voted on by media and coaches.
Claiborne capped off a historic season in 2024. His totals for the season included 228 carries for 1,049 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. Additionally, he caught 23 passes for 254 yards and a pair of receiving touchdowns. Finally, he returned 11 kickoffs for 277 yards (25.1 average) and had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Miami in Week 13.
Clairborne became the second Demon Deacon to ever log 1,000 rushing yards and 250 receiving yards in a season. He is the first Wake Forest running back to total 1,000 yards on the ground since Cade Carney accomplished this feat in 2018.
His 11 scoring runs are tied with quarterback Sam Hartman's tally (11) which ranks second in program history from his historic 2021 season.
Claiborne's aforementioned 100-yard return against Miami is tied for the longest play in program history, matching Alphonso Smith's 100-yard interception return for a touchdown against Maryland in 2007. The kickoff return for a touchdown marked the second of his career and he became the second Demon Deacon in program history to record multiple in his career (John Stone, 3 kickoff return touchdowns).
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