Blake Whiteheart

Height:
6-4
Weight:
240
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Winston-Salem, NC
High School:
Mount Tabor

Career Accolades

2023 East-West Shrine Game Invitee
2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2022 John Mackey Award Watch List

2022 (Redshirt Senior)
Totaled career highs in receptions, receiving yards, touchdowns and yards per catch…Finished the season with 24 receptions for 295 yards (12.3 yd/reception) and three touchdowns…Posted at least one catch in 11 of 12 games played during the 2022 season…Pulled in touchdown receptions in three of the first four games of the season against VMI, Vanderbilt and No. 5 Clemson…Grabbed a career-best four receptions on the road at Louisville and Duke while also having a career-best 60 yards receiving against Duke with a career-long 30-yard reception at Duke...Member of the All-ACC Academic Team.

2021 (Redshirt Junior)
Tallied 15 receptions for 185 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 12.33 yards per reception which were all career bests…Totaled at least one reception in nine of the last 12 games including five games with multiple catches…Recorded his first collegiate touchdown versus Virginia....Caught a season-high three passes at Clemson including a touchdown reception…Helped clinch the ACC Atlantic Division title with his third touchdown catch of the season.

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in nine games ... Recorded five catches for 61 yards ... Made first career catch against NC State (9/19) ... Earned his second varsity letter.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in 12 games and was on the field for 104 snaps while earning his first varsity letter ... Totaled a season-high 18 plays at Clemson (11/16) ... Member of the kickoff return team

2018 (True Freshman)
Played in three games and retained his year of eligibility ... Made his debut on the kickoff return team against Syracuse (11/8) ... Also saw action against Pitt (11/17) and at Duke (11/24) ... Was on the field for 22 snaps.

High School
Enrolled at Wake Forest in January 2018 ... Team captain in high school ... A three-star athlete by ESPN and 247Sports ... Rated the No. 66 tight end in the nation by 247 and the No. 39 prospect in the state by ESPN ... Four-year letterman ... Played for Coach Tiesuan Brown ... Four-time All-Forsyth County selection ... As a senior was named to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game and had one reception for 38 yards ... Named All-Northwest North Carolina for the second straight year ... Had 24 receptions for 389 yards and four touchdowns ... All-conference honoree as a junior and senior ... Helped Mount Tabor to the third round of the Class 3-AA state playoffs ... Team finished the season 11-3 and earned the No. 1 seed in the playoffs ... Lettered four years in lacrosse and earned three all-conference selections ... Earned all-region and state honorable mention honors in lacrosse as well.

Personal
Son of Michael and Tina Whiteheart ... Born March 22, 2000 ... Member of the National Honor Society...Majoring in Communications with a Minor in Entrepreneurship.