2024 Football Roster
Greene, Donavon
Jersey Number 11
Donavon Greene
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Mount Airy, NC
- High School:
- Mount Airy
Bio
Career Accolades
Averaged 20.1 yards per reception in 2020 the highest single-season mark in Wake Forest history (min. 25 receptions)...Registered a 96-yard kick return touchdown vs Campbell in 2020, the program's first since Kevin Marion in 2007. The 96-yard return tied for sixth in program history...Holds a career 18.6 yards per reception average with 79 receptions...Averaged 32.40 yards per kick return over his career…Has recorded at least one reception in all 25 career games entering the 2023 season.
2024 (Reshirt Junior)
Saw action in eight games with two starts during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Finished the season with 23 catches for 380 yards and three touchdowns... Caught three passes for 72 yards and a touchdown in his first game back for the Demon Deacons against North Carolina A&T... Hauled in a career-high 11 catches for 166 yards and a touchdown against Virginia... Had a season-best 45-yard touchdown catch against California... Totaled 298 snaps on offense during the 2024 season.
2023 (Redshirt Junior)
Missed the 2023 season due to an injury.
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started in all 13 games during the 2022 season, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Finished second on the team in receiving yards with a career-high 642 yards while also leading the team in yards per reception with a 17.4 yard average…Ended the season with a career-high six touchdown receptions including two multi-touchdown games against nationally-ranked opponents Clemson and North Carolina…Had his best game of the season against North Carolina, tallying four receptions for 85 yards and a pair of touchdowns while also having a season-long reception of 60 yards…Posted at least one reception in every game with multiple catches in 11 of 13 games.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman)
Missed the 2021 season due to injury...Earned preseason third team All-ACC specialist status, fourth team All-ACC Offense from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele and honorable mention by Pro Football Focus.
2020 (Redshirt Freshman)
Started eight games at wide receiver ... Had six catches for 122 yards in the Duke's Mayo Bowl vs Wisconsin (12/30) ... Reeled in eight balls for 170 yards and two touchdowns vs UNC (11/14) ... Caught four passes for 73 yards against Virginia (10/17) ... Held a 43.5 yard kick return average, good for third in the nation as of October 13th ... Registered a 96-yard kick return touchdown vs Campbell (10/2), the program's first since Kevin Marion in 2007... Finished the season opener against No. 1 Clemson with 103 total yards on four touches, averaging 25.33 yards on three receptions ... Earned second career varsity letter.
2019 (True Freshman)
Played in four games and retained his redshirt season ... Made his first career start vs. Michigan State in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (12/27) ... Averaged 19.2 yards per reception with 249 yards on 13 catches and two touchdowns ... Five of his 13 receptions were for 20 or more yards ... Tallied seven catches for 172 yards at Syracuse (11/30), becoming the first true freshman with a 100-yard receiving game since Todd Dixon in 1990 ... Averaged 24.6 yards per catch vs. Syracuse, the highest average ever in a game by a Deacon freshman ... Recorded the longest reception of the year with a 75-yard touchdown catch from Sam Hartman at Syracuse ... Appeared at No. 7 on SportsCenter Top 10 with his one-handed 16-yard touchdown catch against Michigan State in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl ... On the field for 236 snaps including a season-high 83 against Syracuse ... Played at least 30 snaps in each of the final four games of the season ... Earned his first varsity letter.
High School
Team captain at Mount Airy who enrolled at Wake Forest in January, 2019 ... A consensus four-star wide receiver and the No. 13 prospect in North Carolina by Rivals ... Rated the No. 36 wide receiver nationally and the No. 9 player in the state by 247 ... Named second team All-USA North Carolina ... Invited to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, becoming the first Mount Airy player in 35 years invited to the all-star game ... Helped the Granite Bears to a 12-1 record and the Class 1-AA state quarterfinals ... Played for Coach J.K. Adkins ... Made 56 receptions for 1,257 yards and 14 touchdowns ... Scored four times on defense ... On defense, had five interceptions and a team-high seven pass break-ups in 2018 including three picks in a single game ... Led Mount Airy to the Northwest 1A championship as a senior while leading the conference in receiving yards and touchdowns. . . Averaged nearly 114 yards receiving per game as a senior ... Had 95 yards and a 32-yard touchdown catch in a playoff win over Polk County ... Caught four passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns against Winston-Salem Prep ... Named a WXII Athlete of the Week in 2018 ... Returned a fumble 93 yards for a score against Swain County in the first round of the playoffs ... Had 46 receptions for 1,138 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior as Mount Airy won the Class 1-AA Western Region Championship and reached the state title game ... Named the Northwest 1-A Co-Offensive Player of the Year in 2017 ... Added 50 tackles, seven interceptions on defense during a 14-1 season as a junior ... Named to the All-Northwest team by the Winston-Salem Journal in 2017 and 2018 ... Lettered in football, basketball and track where he recorded a 6-4 high jump and a 20-11 long jump while running a leg on the state champions 4x200 relay team ... Was All-Northwest 1-A in basketball as a junior ... Four-year varsity player who competed on the varsity football team in 2015 and 2016 as well.
Personal
Son of Freda and Gregory Greene ... Has a twin brother, Greg, Jr., who also played football at Mount Airy...Majoring in Communications with a Minor in Entrepreneurship.
- 2022 Preseason Phill Steele Fourth Team All-ACC
- 2021 Paul Hornung Award Watch List
- 2021 Athlon Preseason All-ACC Third Team
- 2021 Preseason Third Team All-ACC specialist status
- 2021 Named to the Fourth Team All-ACC Offense by Athlon Sports
- 2021 Named to the Fourth Team All-ACC Offense by Phil Steele
- 2021 All-ACC honorable mention by Pro Football Focus
Averaged 20.1 yards per reception in 2020 the highest single-season mark in Wake Forest history (min. 25 receptions)...Registered a 96-yard kick return touchdown vs Campbell in 2020, the program's first since Kevin Marion in 2007. The 96-yard return tied for sixth in program history...Holds a career 18.6 yards per reception average with 79 receptions...Averaged 32.40 yards per kick return over his career…Has recorded at least one reception in all 25 career games entering the 2023 season.
2024 (Reshirt Junior)
Saw action in eight games with two starts during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Finished the season with 23 catches for 380 yards and three touchdowns... Caught three passes for 72 yards and a touchdown in his first game back for the Demon Deacons against North Carolina A&T... Hauled in a career-high 11 catches for 166 yards and a touchdown against Virginia... Had a season-best 45-yard touchdown catch against California... Totaled 298 snaps on offense during the 2024 season.
2023 (Redshirt Junior)
Missed the 2023 season due to an injury.
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started in all 13 games during the 2022 season, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Finished second on the team in receiving yards with a career-high 642 yards while also leading the team in yards per reception with a 17.4 yard average…Ended the season with a career-high six touchdown receptions including two multi-touchdown games against nationally-ranked opponents Clemson and North Carolina…Had his best game of the season against North Carolina, tallying four receptions for 85 yards and a pair of touchdowns while also having a season-long reception of 60 yards…Posted at least one reception in every game with multiple catches in 11 of 13 games.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman)
Missed the 2021 season due to injury...Earned preseason third team All-ACC specialist status, fourth team All-ACC Offense from Athlon Sports and Phil Steele and honorable mention by Pro Football Focus.
2020 (Redshirt Freshman)
Started eight games at wide receiver ... Had six catches for 122 yards in the Duke's Mayo Bowl vs Wisconsin (12/30) ... Reeled in eight balls for 170 yards and two touchdowns vs UNC (11/14) ... Caught four passes for 73 yards against Virginia (10/17) ... Held a 43.5 yard kick return average, good for third in the nation as of October 13th ... Registered a 96-yard kick return touchdown vs Campbell (10/2), the program's first since Kevin Marion in 2007... Finished the season opener against No. 1 Clemson with 103 total yards on four touches, averaging 25.33 yards on three receptions ... Earned second career varsity letter.
2019 (True Freshman)
Played in four games and retained his redshirt season ... Made his first career start vs. Michigan State in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (12/27) ... Averaged 19.2 yards per reception with 249 yards on 13 catches and two touchdowns ... Five of his 13 receptions were for 20 or more yards ... Tallied seven catches for 172 yards at Syracuse (11/30), becoming the first true freshman with a 100-yard receiving game since Todd Dixon in 1990 ... Averaged 24.6 yards per catch vs. Syracuse, the highest average ever in a game by a Deacon freshman ... Recorded the longest reception of the year with a 75-yard touchdown catch from Sam Hartman at Syracuse ... Appeared at No. 7 on SportsCenter Top 10 with his one-handed 16-yard touchdown catch against Michigan State in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl ... On the field for 236 snaps including a season-high 83 against Syracuse ... Played at least 30 snaps in each of the final four games of the season ... Earned his first varsity letter.
High School
Team captain at Mount Airy who enrolled at Wake Forest in January, 2019 ... A consensus four-star wide receiver and the No. 13 prospect in North Carolina by Rivals ... Rated the No. 36 wide receiver nationally and the No. 9 player in the state by 247 ... Named second team All-USA North Carolina ... Invited to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, becoming the first Mount Airy player in 35 years invited to the all-star game ... Helped the Granite Bears to a 12-1 record and the Class 1-AA state quarterfinals ... Played for Coach J.K. Adkins ... Made 56 receptions for 1,257 yards and 14 touchdowns ... Scored four times on defense ... On defense, had five interceptions and a team-high seven pass break-ups in 2018 including three picks in a single game ... Led Mount Airy to the Northwest 1A championship as a senior while leading the conference in receiving yards and touchdowns. . . Averaged nearly 114 yards receiving per game as a senior ... Had 95 yards and a 32-yard touchdown catch in a playoff win over Polk County ... Caught four passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns against Winston-Salem Prep ... Named a WXII Athlete of the Week in 2018 ... Returned a fumble 93 yards for a score against Swain County in the first round of the playoffs ... Had 46 receptions for 1,138 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior as Mount Airy won the Class 1-AA Western Region Championship and reached the state title game ... Named the Northwest 1-A Co-Offensive Player of the Year in 2017 ... Added 50 tackles, seven interceptions on defense during a 14-1 season as a junior ... Named to the All-Northwest team by the Winston-Salem Journal in 2017 and 2018 ... Lettered in football, basketball and track where he recorded a 6-4 high jump and a 20-11 long jump while running a leg on the state champions 4x200 relay team ... Was All-Northwest 1-A in basketball as a junior ... Four-year varsity player who competed on the varsity football team in 2015 and 2016 as well.
Personal
Son of Freda and Gregory Greene ... Has a twin brother, Greg, Jr., who also played football at Mount Airy...Majoring in Communications with a Minor in Entrepreneurship.
Football Media Availability (9/3/25)
Wednesday, September 03
Football Media Availability (9/2/25)
Tuesday, September 02
Coach Jake Dickert Weekly Press Conference (Sept. 1, 2025)
Monday, September 01
Wake Forest Head Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference
Monday, September 01
