John Wolford

Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Jacksonville, FL
High School:
Bishop Kenny

2017 (Senior) — Second Team All-ACC ... Team captain ... Two-time CFPA National Player of the Week (Oct. 28, Nov. 11) ... Two-time ACC Offensive Back of the Week (Oct. 28, Nov. 11) ... Two-time Peyton Manning Star of the Week (Oct. 28, Nov. 11) ... Also named a Davey O’Brien “Great 8” honoree and named ACC Player of the Week by Athlon Sports, for his effort against the Louisville (Oct. 28), finishing the game 28-of-34 for a career-high 461 yards and six total touchdowns. In the process, Wolford tied the program record for touchdown passes in a game (5) and for total touchdowns (6)

Honors: Named to the All-ACC Academic Football Team . . . Named to the All-American All-Bowl First team by Max Emfinger . . . Named second team All-ACC . . . Second team All-ACC by Phil Steele . . . Named the Belk Bowl MVP and the CapitalOne Player of the Game in the Belk Bowl . . . Named a second team All-American by Max Emfinger Recruiting . . . Named to ESPN’s All-ACC Bowl team . . . Nominated for Academic All-American . . . Member of Wake Forest’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Records: Set school records as a senior with a 157.98 efficiency rating, 3,192 passing yards, 29 touchdown passes, 3,875 total offense yards, 39 touchdowns responsible for in a season and 78 in his career . . . Set school record with seven consecutive games with multiple touchdown passes . . . School records with 7.54 yards of total offense per play, 322.97 yards of total offense per game and 514 total offense plays in a season . . . Finished his career nine yards short of the school record for career total offense yards . . . Set Wake Forest bowl game records with 49 pass attempts, 32 completions, 400 yards and four touchdown passes in win over Texas A&M in the Belk Bowl.

Rankings: Finished third in the ACC in total offense with 322.9 yards per game . . . Was fourth in the ACC in passing yards per game at 266.0 . . . Led the ACC in passing efficiency with a 158.0 rating . . . Was the only ACC player in 2017 with two games of 6 TDR (vs Louisville and Syracuse) . . . His 461 passing yards vs. Louisville was the most in the ACC in 2017 . . . The only player in the ACC with two 400-yard passing games in 2017 . . . Third in the league with four 300-yard passing games . . . Finished career T-12 in ACC career TDR with 78 . . . Eighth in ACC history in total offense plays with 1,720, 11th in total offense yards with 9,914 . . . His 19 rushing TDs are the 14th-most in ACC history by a QB . . . 20th in ACC history with 8,794 career passing yards . . . Led the ACC in touchdown passes with 29 . . . Finished the season 10th in the nation in Total QBR with an 80.1 rating . . . Had a 99.1 QBR vs. Louisville, the seventh-best single game rating in the nation in 2017 and the best by an ACC QB . . . Also had a 94.3 rating vs. Syracuse . . . Finished second in the ACC in total offense yards per game in ACC games (330.7) . . . Second in the ACC in passing yards per game in conference games (276.6) . . . Had a 160.8 passing efficiency rating in league games, the best mark in the ACC.

NCAA Stats: Was 21st in the nation in completion percentage and 32nd in completions per game . . . Ranked 10th nationally in passing efficiency and 13th in passing touchdowns . . . 25th in the country in passing yards, 23rd in passing yards per game and 27th in yards per completion . . . Ninth in FBS in points responsible for . . .
Became the only player in FBS since 2000 with 400 or more passing yards, 65 or more rushing yards and no interceptions in a bowl game.

Milestones: Became just the eighth quarterback in ACC history to accumulate 8,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing . . . Quarterbacked the first Wake Forest team in school history with over 3,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards . . . Helped Wake Forest set a school record with 459 points, breaking the previous mark of 362 . . . Team set season mark for total offense yards and posted the top two single game total offense games in school history and five of the top 10 single game marks . . . Owns three of the top five school single game total offense marks . . . According to Sports Reference, Wolford was the only player since 2000 to accumulate 400 or more yards passing and 65 or more yards rushing without throwing an interception in a bowl game . . .Wolford finished with 400 yards passing and 68 yards rushing in a 55-52 win over Texas A&M . . . Deshaun Watson of Clemson notched 405 yards passing, 73 yards rushing and one interception in losing to Alabama in the national championship game on Jan. 11, 2016 . . . Had streak of 111 consecutive pass attempts without interception (last 16 of 2016 season, first 95 of 2017) . . . Had six games with a 160 or higher efficiency rating after having just three in his first three seasons.

Games: Started his fourth season opener vs. Presbyterian and was one of just three FBS QBs to start their fourth season opener with the same team . . . Completed 11 of 15 passes for 104 yards and three touchdowns vs. Presbyterian . . . Tied his career-high by accounting for four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) . . . Led the team in rushing with 92 yards on a career-high 20 carries in a win at Boston College (9/9) . . . Completed 13 of 18 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown while rushing for a score . . . Connected on 12 of 22 attempts for 242 yards and two touchdowns vs. Utah State (9/16) . . . Became the first player in school history with a rushing and passing touchdown in each of the first three games of a season . . . Led the team in rushing with 77 yards on 13 carries in win at Appalachian State (9/23) . . . Completed 14 of 27 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns . . . Had a 37-yard rush vs. the Mountaineers . . . Led the team in rushing with 63 yards on 19 carries vs. Florida State (9/30). . . Rushed for 3-yard touchdown . . . Completed 24 of 34 passes for 271 yards . . . It marked the first game all year in which he did not throw a touchdown pass . . . Threw his first interception of the year on a deflected pass off the hands of Tabari Hines . . . Missed the Clemson game (10/7) due to shoulder injury though he was available to play if needed . . . Completed 17 of 30 passes for 252 yards and two touchdowns at Georgia Tech (10/21) . . . Ran for a 1-yard touchdown late in the second quarter that put the Deacons ahead 21-10 . . . Posted a 98.9 QBR by ESPN in a Week 9 win over Louisville . . . It was the first time in his career that he posted a QBR of better than 90 . . . Completed 28 of 34 passes for career-best 461 yards and five touchdowns vs. Louisville (10/28) . . . Tied school record for TD passes in a game and touchdowns responsible for (6) . . . Named ACC Back of the Week, National Player of the Week by College Football Performance Awards . . . One of eight QBs named a Peyton Manning Award Star of the Week . . . A Davey O’Brien “Great 8” honoree . . . Completed 28 of career-high-tying 45 pass attempts at Notre Dame . . . Passed for 331 yards and two touchdowns vs. the Irish . . . Named ACC Player of the Week and Davey O’Brien National QB of the Week following the Syracuse game (11/11) . . . And National Offensive Player of the Week by College Sports Madness and National Performer of the Week by CFPA (College Football Performance Awads) . . . Churned out a career-best 499 yards of total offense vs. the Orange . . . Completed 25 of 38 passes for 363 yards and three touchdowns . . . Carried 19 times for 136 yards, his first career 100-yard rushing game . . . Led the Deacons to a 64-43 win . . . Collected his 18th career win as a QB with the victory at Syracuse . . . Started #WhyNotJohn campaign on Nov. 20 . . . Completed 19 of 28 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns in a home win vs. NC State (11/18) . . . Also rushed eight times for 31 yards . . . Became the first Deacon and just the eighth QB in ACC history to surpass 1,000 career rushing yards and 8,000 career passing yards . . . Completed 16 of 33 passes for 191 yards vs. Duke (11/25) . . . Only sub .500 completion game of the year . . . Fired a pair of touchdowns and rushed team-high 12 times for team-high 48 yards . . . Career-high 32 completions against Texas A&M in the Belk Bowl . . . Named the Belk Bowl MVP and the CapitalOne Player of the Game in the Belk Bowl . . . Completed 32 of 49 passes for 400 yards . . . Rushed 15 times for 68 yards for 468 total offense yards . . . Set school bowl records with 400 yards passing, four touchdowns, 32 completions and 49 attempts.

2016 (Junior)
Started 11 games and appeared in 12 contests as a junior ... Finished third on the team with 521 rushing yards, third-most rushing yards in a season by a Wake Forest QB ... Started his third consecutive opening game vs. Tulane (9/1) to tie a school record ... Alternated at QB with Kendall Hinton vs. Tulane ... Came on in the first quarter of the Delaware game after Hinton suffered a knee injury ... Rushed for a career-high 70 yards on seven carries vs. the Blue Hens ... Completed 13 of 24 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown ... Started at Indiana and led the Deacons to a 33-28 win over the Hoosiers (9/24) ... Rushed for touchdowns of four and 11 yards ... Completed 16 of 29 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown ... Hit Chuck Wade on a 26-yard TD just before the half that gave Wake Forest a 21-7 lead ... Posted a season-high 291 total offense yards vs. NC State (10/1) ... Rushed for 23 yards and completed season-high 25 passes on season-high 41 attempts for season-high 263 yards ... Started and went the distance vs. Syracuse (10/8) while rushing for career-high 94 yards on 12 carries ... Completed 13 of 22 passes for 140 yards ... Rushed for a 7-yard TD that put the Deacs in front 7-2 ... Added the second-longest TD run of his career with a 37-yard score in the second quarter ... Started at Florida State (10/15) and completed 16 of 34 for 184 yards vs. Seminoles ... for 220 yards and a touchdown vs. Army West Point (10/29) but was intercepted three times ... Scored on a season-long 64-yard touchdown run in the first quarter vs. Virginia (11/5) and matched his career-high with team-best 94 yards rushing ... Completed nine of 10 passes for 83 yards and a touchdown ... Tossed a 3-yard scoring pass to TE Cam Serigne in the win over Virginia ... Missed the Clemson game (11/19) due to injury ... Passed for two touchdowns against Boston College (11/26) ... Hit Cam Serigne on a 5-yard scoring strike and went 37 yards to Cortez Lewis ... Completed 16 of 33 passes for 137 yards ... Team rushing leader vs. the Eagles with 69 yards on 14 carries ... Completed 10 of 19 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns in leading Wake Forest to a 34-26 win over Temple in the Military Bowl ... Left the game early in the third quarter with an injury and a 31-10 lead ... Tied the school bowl record with two touchdown passes against Temple ...Academic All-ACC selection ... Earned his third letter ... On the field for 731 snaps.
2015 (Sophomore)
Ranks among the top 10 in school history in career completions (356), completion percentage (59.3%), passing efficiency (116.14) and is 13th in school history in career passing yards with 3,828 ... Threw for career-high 323 yards vs. Elon, completing 20 of 27 passes and tossing three touchdowns ... Led the team with 63 rushing yards vs. Elon including a career-long 70-yard TD run ... That 70-yard run marked the longest TD run by a Wake Forest QB since 1968 ... Completed 30 of 45 passes for 373 yards vs. Syracuse ... His 696 yards passing in the first two games of the season marked the best start ever by a Demon Deacon ... Became the first Wake Forest passer with back-to-back 300-yard games since Riley Skinner in 2009 ... Named to the Academic All-ACC team ... Surpassed the 3,000-yard mark in career passing yards in his 18th career game making him the third-fastest to that milestone.
2014 (True Freshman)
Started all 12 games as a true freshman, the first player in school history to do so ... Completed 214 of 367 pass attempts for 2,037 yards and 12 touchdowns... Set school records for most attempts, completions, yards, touchdown passes and completion percentage by a true freshman QB ... Posted more wins as a true freshman QB than any other player ... Finished eighth in the ACC in average passing yards per game at 169.8 ... Was the second-highest rated freshman in the category behind Miami's Brad Kaaya ... Finished eighth in the ACC in average passing yards per game at 169.8 ... Threw 13 interceptions in the first eight games but just one over the final four contests ... Had five games of 200 or more yards passing including a season-high 291 vs. Gardner-Webb ... Had one reception for 24 yards vs. Clemson on a pass from WR Jared Crump ... Had season-highs of 30 completions vs. Gardner-Webb, 50 attempts at Utah State and 291 yards passing vs. Gardner-Webb ... Threw a career-high three touchdowns in the season finale at Duke ... Named to the ACC All-Academic team ... Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Named the team's Player of the Week following the Gardner-Webb game.
High School
A 2014 graduate of Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Honorable mention selection to the Parade All-America team ... Named the Florida Times-Union's Offensive Player of the Year in 2013 ... Threw for 3,317 yards and 38 touchdowns and just seven interceptions while rushing for 931 yards and 14 scores as a senior ... Completed 197 of 284 pass attempts (.694) ... First team all-state in Florida's Class 5A ... Threw for a state-record 126 touchdowns ... Helped Bishop Kenny to a 10-0 record in 2011, the Class 5A Regional Finals in 2012 and a 10-1 record and the regional semifinals in 2013 ... Senior season ended with a record-setting 74-73 loss in the regional semifinals to Green Cove Springs Clay ... Threw for seven touchdowns and rushed for three vs. Clay and a national-record 773 total offense yards (539 passing; 234 rushing) ... Threw for five touchdowns and ran for one in a win over Wolfson ... Passed Tim Tebow for Northeast Florida's career leader in touchdown passes ... Ranked 90th in the nation in passing yards in 2013 ... Rated the No. 63 quarterback in the nation by Scout.com ... Played for Coach Mark Thorson ... Served as team captain.
Personal
Son of Robert Wolford ... Born Oct. 16, 1995 ... Name is pronounced "WOHL-ferd".