2019 Football Roster
Surratt, Sage
Jersey Number 14
Sage Surratt
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lincolnton, NC
- High School:
- Lincolnton
Bio
Awards
2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Pro Football Focus' Top 25 prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft who chose to return...Placed on Phil Steele's Preseason Third Team All-America Team...Honored as a preseason fourth team All-American by Athlon Sports...Named a preseason first team All-ACC selection by Athlon Sports...Listed as a preseason first team All-ACC honoree by Lindy's Sports...Listed as a preseason first team All-ACC selection by Phil Steele...Honored as a preseason first team All-ACC selection by Street & Smith...Rated as the Best Hands in the ACC according to Street & Smith Preseason Magazine.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Earned third team All-American by Athlon honors … Named first team All-ACC at wide receiver ... Named CoSIDA Academic All-District III ...Named one of 12 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award ... Named to All-ACC Academic team ... PFF College ACC Team of the Year … Will enter his junior year with a streak of 14 consecutive games with a reception ... Career average of 111.2 receiving yards per game is eighth-best in ACC history … Started each of the first nine games before suffering a season-ending injury at Virginia Tech (11/9) ... Led all Power-5 receivers with 1,001 receiving yards on the season before his injury, tied for the fifth-most ever by a Deacon ... Notched 11 touchdown catches, the second-most in a season by a Deacon and the most since Ricky Proehl had 11 in 1989 ... Set the school record for most consecutive games with a touchdown catch with seven including the first five games of 2019 … Had 196 receiving yards vs Louisville (10/12), the third-most in a game in school history by a Wake receiver, the second-most by an ACC receiver in 2019 … Tallied four games of 150 or more yards receiving and has five for his career. No other Deacon has more than two in a season or four in a career ... Set school record for most receiving yards in the first half with 157 vs. North Carolina (9/13) ... Finished second on the team to Kendall Hinton with 17 plays of 20 or more yards ... Ended the season sixth in the ACC in all-purpose yards with an average of 121.3 per game ... Led all ACC receivers with four games of 150 or more receiving yards ... Received a vote in the USA Today Heisman Watch poll of Oct. 29 ... Earned four ACC Receiver of the Week Awards following games with Utah State (7 receptions, 158 yards, 1 TD), North Carolina (9/169/1), Louisville (12/196/3), and Florida State (7/170/0) . . . Surpassed the 1,000-yard mark in career receiving yards vs. Elon (9/21), his 17th career-game, making him the second-fastest Deacon to 1,000 yards behind only Greg Dortch ... Tallied a career-long 70-yard reception vs. Utah State (8/30) ... Posted a career-high 12 receptions for 196 yards vs. Louisville (10/12) ... Added 11 punt returns for 91 yards, an 8.3 average ... At the time of his injury, ranked first in the ACC in receiving yards (1,001) and receiving yards per game (111.2), second in the ACC in receptions per game (7.3), second in total receptions with 66, ninth in the ACC in scoring with 66 points and tied for fourth in touchdowns with 11 ... Ranked fifth in the nation in touchdown catches and receiving yards following the Virginia Tech game … Went over 100 yards receiving in the first half of two other games with 103 vs. Elon (9/21) and 150 vs. Florida State (10/19) ... Totaled seven career 100-yard receiving games and the school record is 12 ... Enters 2020 with a career average of 14.8 yards per catch ... Caught three touchdown passes vs. Louisville, tied for the most by an ACC receiver in 2019 ... Ranked second in the ACC with five 100-yard receiving games.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Named to the All-ACC Academic team ... Was Wake Forest’s second-leading receiver as a redshirt freshman with 41 receptions for 581 yards and four touchdowns ... Played in all 13 games, starting nine ... Had two 100-yard receiving games ... Had 150 yards in his first career start in the opener at Tulane in earning ACC Rookie of the Week honors ... It marked the most receptions and receiving yards for a Deacon freshman in the first game of their career ... Added 109 yards on eight catches in Jamie Newman’s first career start at NC State (11/8) ... Caught his first career TD pass vs. Boston College (9/13) ... Caught a nine-yard TD pass from Sam Hartman vs. Florida State (10/20) and a career-long 43-yard scoring catch from Newman vs. NC State (11/8) ... That play was the No. 6 Play of the Day on SportsCenter ... Added a nine-yard TD catch from Newman for Wake Forest’s first score in the Birmingham Bowl win over Memphis (12/22).
2017 (True Freshman)
Redshirted ... Was the top receiver in the spring game with six receptions for 106 yards ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School
Team captain ... Three-star prospect by 247 and Scout ... Ranked 98th nationally at WR by ESPN ... Named a Parade All-American in football ... Two-time First Team Associated Press all-state selection ... Named First Team all-state by USA Today and NC Preps ... State Offensive Player of the Year by Associated Press ... Offensive Player of the Year by the Gaston Gazette ... Pulled off a rare double-double by being named the state player of the year in both football and basketball ... As a senior, set state records with 129 receptions, 2,104 yards and 28 touchdowns ... Returned two interceptions for touchdowns for a total of 30 scores in 2016 ... Set the state record for career receiving with 366 receptions, 5,926 yards and 80 touchdowns ... Earned all-conference honors in all four seasons in both football and basketball ... Played for Coach Ledford Gibson at Lincolnton ... Three-time MaxPreps All-American in football and basketball ... Helped East Lincoln HS to the 2014 2A state championship in football ... Also played basketball where he was a 2,500-point scorer in high school and had seven 40-point games and three 50-point games including a school record 57 points as a senior ... Averaged 35.7 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in basketball as a senior and finished as the state’s No. 2 all-time scorer with 2,951 career points ... Is Lincoln County’s all-time scoring leader ... All-state basketball player by Associated Press, USA Today, NC Preps and NCBA ... Named the Gaston Gazette Basketball Player of the Year as both a junior and senior ... Named to the Charlotte Observer All-Region basketball team ... State basketball Player of the Year by USA Today ... Named the most outstanding player in the 2A state title game in 2015 and 2016 ... Named the Wendy’s High School Heisman winner for North Carolina ... Named the boys NCHSAA Athlete of the Year for 2016-17 ... Named to the High School OT All-Decade team for North Carolina High School players.
Personal
Son of Brandi and Kevin Surratt ... Born April 13, 1998 ... Valedictorian of his senior class ... Ranked second in his class ... Member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club ... Brother, Chazz, plays at North Carolina ... Economics major.
- 2020 Fred Biletnikoff Award Watch List
- 2020 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- 2020 Maxwell Award Watch List
- 2019 Fred Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist
2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Pro Football Focus' Top 25 prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft who chose to return...Placed on Phil Steele's Preseason Third Team All-America Team...Honored as a preseason fourth team All-American by Athlon Sports...Named a preseason first team All-ACC selection by Athlon Sports...Listed as a preseason first team All-ACC honoree by Lindy's Sports...Listed as a preseason first team All-ACC selection by Phil Steele...Honored as a preseason first team All-ACC selection by Street & Smith...Rated as the Best Hands in the ACC according to Street & Smith Preseason Magazine.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Earned third team All-American by Athlon honors … Named first team All-ACC at wide receiver ... Named CoSIDA Academic All-District III ...Named one of 12 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award ... Named to All-ACC Academic team ... PFF College ACC Team of the Year … Will enter his junior year with a streak of 14 consecutive games with a reception ... Career average of 111.2 receiving yards per game is eighth-best in ACC history … Started each of the first nine games before suffering a season-ending injury at Virginia Tech (11/9) ... Led all Power-5 receivers with 1,001 receiving yards on the season before his injury, tied for the fifth-most ever by a Deacon ... Notched 11 touchdown catches, the second-most in a season by a Deacon and the most since Ricky Proehl had 11 in 1989 ... Set the school record for most consecutive games with a touchdown catch with seven including the first five games of 2019 … Had 196 receiving yards vs Louisville (10/12), the third-most in a game in school history by a Wake receiver, the second-most by an ACC receiver in 2019 … Tallied four games of 150 or more yards receiving and has five for his career. No other Deacon has more than two in a season or four in a career ... Set school record for most receiving yards in the first half with 157 vs. North Carolina (9/13) ... Finished second on the team to Kendall Hinton with 17 plays of 20 or more yards ... Ended the season sixth in the ACC in all-purpose yards with an average of 121.3 per game ... Led all ACC receivers with four games of 150 or more receiving yards ... Received a vote in the USA Today Heisman Watch poll of Oct. 29 ... Earned four ACC Receiver of the Week Awards following games with Utah State (7 receptions, 158 yards, 1 TD), North Carolina (9/169/1), Louisville (12/196/3), and Florida State (7/170/0) . . . Surpassed the 1,000-yard mark in career receiving yards vs. Elon (9/21), his 17th career-game, making him the second-fastest Deacon to 1,000 yards behind only Greg Dortch ... Tallied a career-long 70-yard reception vs. Utah State (8/30) ... Posted a career-high 12 receptions for 196 yards vs. Louisville (10/12) ... Added 11 punt returns for 91 yards, an 8.3 average ... At the time of his injury, ranked first in the ACC in receiving yards (1,001) and receiving yards per game (111.2), second in the ACC in receptions per game (7.3), second in total receptions with 66, ninth in the ACC in scoring with 66 points and tied for fourth in touchdowns with 11 ... Ranked fifth in the nation in touchdown catches and receiving yards following the Virginia Tech game … Went over 100 yards receiving in the first half of two other games with 103 vs. Elon (9/21) and 150 vs. Florida State (10/19) ... Totaled seven career 100-yard receiving games and the school record is 12 ... Enters 2020 with a career average of 14.8 yards per catch ... Caught three touchdown passes vs. Louisville, tied for the most by an ACC receiver in 2019 ... Ranked second in the ACC with five 100-yard receiving games.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Named to the All-ACC Academic team ... Was Wake Forest’s second-leading receiver as a redshirt freshman with 41 receptions for 581 yards and four touchdowns ... Played in all 13 games, starting nine ... Had two 100-yard receiving games ... Had 150 yards in his first career start in the opener at Tulane in earning ACC Rookie of the Week honors ... It marked the most receptions and receiving yards for a Deacon freshman in the first game of their career ... Added 109 yards on eight catches in Jamie Newman’s first career start at NC State (11/8) ... Caught his first career TD pass vs. Boston College (9/13) ... Caught a nine-yard TD pass from Sam Hartman vs. Florida State (10/20) and a career-long 43-yard scoring catch from Newman vs. NC State (11/8) ... That play was the No. 6 Play of the Day on SportsCenter ... Added a nine-yard TD catch from Newman for Wake Forest’s first score in the Birmingham Bowl win over Memphis (12/22).
2017 (True Freshman)
Redshirted ... Was the top receiver in the spring game with six receptions for 106 yards ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
High School
Team captain ... Three-star prospect by 247 and Scout ... Ranked 98th nationally at WR by ESPN ... Named a Parade All-American in football ... Two-time First Team Associated Press all-state selection ... Named First Team all-state by USA Today and NC Preps ... State Offensive Player of the Year by Associated Press ... Offensive Player of the Year by the Gaston Gazette ... Pulled off a rare double-double by being named the state player of the year in both football and basketball ... As a senior, set state records with 129 receptions, 2,104 yards and 28 touchdowns ... Returned two interceptions for touchdowns for a total of 30 scores in 2016 ... Set the state record for career receiving with 366 receptions, 5,926 yards and 80 touchdowns ... Earned all-conference honors in all four seasons in both football and basketball ... Played for Coach Ledford Gibson at Lincolnton ... Three-time MaxPreps All-American in football and basketball ... Helped East Lincoln HS to the 2014 2A state championship in football ... Also played basketball where he was a 2,500-point scorer in high school and had seven 40-point games and three 50-point games including a school record 57 points as a senior ... Averaged 35.7 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in basketball as a senior and finished as the state’s No. 2 all-time scorer with 2,951 career points ... Is Lincoln County’s all-time scoring leader ... All-state basketball player by Associated Press, USA Today, NC Preps and NCBA ... Named the Gaston Gazette Basketball Player of the Year as both a junior and senior ... Named to the Charlotte Observer All-Region basketball team ... State basketball Player of the Year by USA Today ... Named the most outstanding player in the 2A state title game in 2015 and 2016 ... Named the Wendy’s High School Heisman winner for North Carolina ... Named the boys NCHSAA Athlete of the Year for 2016-17 ... Named to the High School OT All-Decade team for North Carolina High School players.
Personal
Son of Brandi and Kevin Surratt ... Born April 13, 1998 ... Valedictorian of his senior class ... Ranked second in his class ... Member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club ... Brother, Chazz, plays at North Carolina ... Economics major.
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