2024 Football Roster

Kendron Wayman
Kendron Wayman
Jersey Number 5

Kendron Wayman

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    260
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Denton, MD
  • High School:
    North Caroline

2024 (Senior):
Saw action in 12 games during the 2024 season...Recorded a total of 19 tackles including 10 solo, 9 assisted with 2.5 tackles-for-loss...Ended the season with four quarterback hurries.

2023 (Junior)

Saw action in 12 games with 10 starts during the 2023 season… Finished the season with 35 total tackles including 17 solo tackles with 4.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sacks, four quarterback hurries and two pass breakups… Recorded a season-high five tackles with 4 solo tackles and one pass breakup against Clemson… Recorded a season high 1.5 tackles-for-loss in a win against Elon… Had five games with multiple tackles during the 2023 season.


2022 (Sophomore)
Saw action in 12 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 the season with 17 total tackles including 12 solo tackles while also having 4.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, four quarterback hurries and two pass breakups…Recorded three tackles and his first career sack in the season opener against VMI, ending the game with 1.5 sacks...Tied his season and career-high with 1.5 sacks against Army to go along with three tackles…Had at least one tackle in 10 of 12 games…Member of the All-ACC Academic Team.

2021 (Freshman)
Appeared in 12 of the 14 games during the historic 2021 season that included ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles...Totaled four total tackles during the season including three solo tackles..Set a new game high with two tackles against Old Dominion...Recorded a tackle for loss against Duke...Tallied 129 total plays over the course of the season.

2020 (Freshman)
Made his collegiate debut against Campbell (10/2), seeing seven snaps in the game.

High School
Rated a three-star defensive lineman and the No. 31 prospect in Maryland by 247Sports. 2019:  Team captain in both football and basketball ... Named the Bayside Conference Defensive Player of the Year and member of the all-conference first team ... Collected 60 tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 12 sacks ... The Bulldogs went 11-1 and reached the state quarterfinals ... Played for Coach James McCormick ... Also plays center on the basketball team where he is a four-year starter. 2018:  Had 60 tackles, two sacks and multiple forced fumbles as a junior ... Named Bayside Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a junior.

Personal
Son of Lennale Wayman ... Born Dec. 10, 2001 ... Named Homecoming King at North Caroline in 2019...Major is Undeclared.
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