2017 Football Roster
Maggio, Dom
Jersey Number 48
Dom Maggio
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Monkton, MD
- High School:
- Boys' Latin
Bio
Maggio Post-Career Bio
2019 (Senior)
• Named second team All-ACC
• Finished second in the ACC in punting average at 46.8 yards
• Second in the ACC with 74 punts and league leader with 30 punts inside the 20
• Led the ACC with 30 punts of 50 or more yards
• His 46.8 punting average in 2019 was the second-highest in school history.
• Finished his career third in Wake Forest history with a 43.65 average.
• Set the school season record with a 40+ average in 12 games.
• Set school career records with 80 punts of 50 or more yards and 40 games with a 40-yard+ average
• ACC Specialist of the Week after averaging 41.2 yards on six punts with five punts inside the 10 vs. NC State on Nov. 2.
• Set school and ACC record with 57.7 average against Clemson, Nov. 16. Had 9 punts for 519 yards.
• Averaged 51.6 yards on seven punts at Virginia Tech, Nov. 9.
• Averaged 46.6 vs. Florida State with four punts of 40 or longer and 4 inside the 20. Season-long 63 yard punt. One of Ray’s 8 honorees Oct. 22
• Averaged 46.2 yards with three punts inside the 20 at Boston College
• His final punt of the game pinned the Eagles at their own five with :28 left in the game
• Went over 10,000 career punting yards vs. North Carolina
• Nominated for Ray Guy Award
• Also held on PATs and field goals
2018 (Junior)
A Ray Guy Award nominee ... Ranked fifth In the ACC with a 41.8 average. . . Had season-high four punts inside the 20 vs. Boston College (9/13) and Memphis (10/22) ... Had 11 punts inside the 10 in 2018 ... Averaged 45 or more yards per punt three times including a season high 47.0 vs. Louisville (10/27) ... Averaged 40 or more yards in 10 of 13 games including a streak of eight straight in the middle of the season ... Career high 12 punts and 496 yards vs. Clemson (10/6).
2017 (Sophomore)
Honorable mention All-ACC selection ... Was third in the ACC in punting average at 44.1 yards per punt ... Named ACC Specialist of the Week following the Duke game (11/25) ... Averaged 52.0 yards on seven punts including four punts of 50 or more yards ... Had five of seven punts downed inside the 20 and three inside the eight ... For the second straight year, had the longest punt in the ACC with a 74-yarder vs. Duke ... Had nine punts for 41.6 average at Boston College (9/9) with four punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 45.3 on nine punts against Appalachian State (9/23) with a long punt of 58 yards ... Averaged 45.3 yards on seven punts at Clemson (10/7) ... Averaged career-best 48.7 yards on three kicks at Georgia Tech (10/21) ... Averaged 38.5 on two punts vs. Louisville (10/28) with both punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 41.0 on five punts at Notre Dame and had three punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 40.2 on four punts at Syracuse (11/11) ... Had a 41.2 average on five punts vs. NC State (11/18) ... Averaged 47.2 yards on four punts with a long of 54 in the Belk Bowl vs. Texas A&M (12/29) ... Named to the All-American All-Bowl Team by Max Emfinger Scouting ... First team preseason All-ACC selection by The Sporting News ... Second Team preseason All-ACC by Lindy’s. . . Third Team preseason All-ACC by Athlon ... Member of Wake Forest’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2016 (Freshman)
Earned first team Freshman All-America honors from 247Sports ... Was a second team selection by Campus Insiders and fourth team by Athlon ... Earned third team All-ACC by the ACC coaches and honorable mention by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association ... An Academic All-ACC selection ... Finished the year with 42.0 punting average, the third-highest in school history by a freshman ... Averaged 40 yards or more in each of his first six games ... Missed two games early in the season but was able to continue to hold for field goals and PATs ... Averaged 40.2 yards on eight punts in his collegiate debut against Tulane (9/1) ... Had two punts of 50 or more yards and put four punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 46.2 yards per punt at Duke (9/10) ... Returned to action vs. NC State and averaged 46.8 YPP vs. the Wolfpack on six punts ... Became the first freshman to average over 40 yards per punt in each of his first three career games since Harry Newsome in 1981 ... Only freshman in school history to average 40+ in his first four games after collecting a 41.0 average vs. Syracuse (10/8) ... Averaged 44.7 vs. Florida State (10/15) with a career-long 67 yard punt ... Averaged 45.6 yards vs. Army (10/29) including punts of 62 and 58 yards ... Let loose with a career-long 80 yard punt vs. Clemson (11/19) that was the longest punt by an ACC kicker in 2016 ... Maggio was punting from his own 20 and the ball went into the end zone for a touchback ... Averaged 46.1 yards vs. Boston College (11/26) with a long of 55 yards ... Finished eighth in the ACC in punt average at 42.0 ... Averaged 42.6 vs. ACC opponents ... Was on the field for 132 snaps including a high of 14 vs. Clemson ... Earned his first varsity letter.
High School
Team captain at The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland ... Used as both a punter and placekicker ... Earned MaxPreps All-America status in 2015 ... Considered the No. 3 three prep kicker in the nation by ESPN ... Considered the top punter in the nation and a 5-star kicker by Kohl’s ... Three-star athlete by Scout, ESPN and 247Sports ... Earned Under Armour All-America honors and played for Team Highlight in the Under Armour All-American game ... First team Baltimore Sun All-Met selection in 2015 ... Two-time consensus all-state selection ... Three-time MIAA B all-conference and All-Metro selection ... An all-state selection in 2013 and consensus all-state in 2014 and 2015 ... Picked for the Crab Bowl All-Star game ... Set Maryland state record with 34 career field goals including a career-long 55-yarder ... Averaged 45.1 yards per punt as a senior ... Played for Coach Ritchie Schell ... Averaged 43.5 yards per punt as a junior ... Also lettered in baseball and basketball and earned all-conference honors as a shortstop and pitcher.
Personal
Son of Kirk and Cari Maggio ... Born April 23, 1998 ... Father was a punter at UCLA ... Dean’s List and Honor Roll student and a member of the National Honor Society ... Was a Williams Scholar ... Member of Wake Forest’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Business and Enterprise Management major.
2019 (Senior)
• Named second team All-ACC
• Finished second in the ACC in punting average at 46.8 yards
• Second in the ACC with 74 punts and league leader with 30 punts inside the 20
• Led the ACC with 30 punts of 50 or more yards
• His 46.8 punting average in 2019 was the second-highest in school history.
• Finished his career third in Wake Forest history with a 43.65 average.
• Set the school season record with a 40+ average in 12 games.
• Set school career records with 80 punts of 50 or more yards and 40 games with a 40-yard+ average
• ACC Specialist of the Week after averaging 41.2 yards on six punts with five punts inside the 10 vs. NC State on Nov. 2.
• Set school and ACC record with 57.7 average against Clemson, Nov. 16. Had 9 punts for 519 yards.
• Averaged 51.6 yards on seven punts at Virginia Tech, Nov. 9.
• Averaged 46.6 vs. Florida State with four punts of 40 or longer and 4 inside the 20. Season-long 63 yard punt. One of Ray’s 8 honorees Oct. 22
• Averaged 46.2 yards with three punts inside the 20 at Boston College
• His final punt of the game pinned the Eagles at their own five with :28 left in the game
• Went over 10,000 career punting yards vs. North Carolina
• Nominated for Ray Guy Award
• Also held on PATs and field goals
2018 (Junior)
A Ray Guy Award nominee ... Ranked fifth In the ACC with a 41.8 average. . . Had season-high four punts inside the 20 vs. Boston College (9/13) and Memphis (10/22) ... Had 11 punts inside the 10 in 2018 ... Averaged 45 or more yards per punt three times including a season high 47.0 vs. Louisville (10/27) ... Averaged 40 or more yards in 10 of 13 games including a streak of eight straight in the middle of the season ... Career high 12 punts and 496 yards vs. Clemson (10/6).
2017 (Sophomore)
Honorable mention All-ACC selection ... Was third in the ACC in punting average at 44.1 yards per punt ... Named ACC Specialist of the Week following the Duke game (11/25) ... Averaged 52.0 yards on seven punts including four punts of 50 or more yards ... Had five of seven punts downed inside the 20 and three inside the eight ... For the second straight year, had the longest punt in the ACC with a 74-yarder vs. Duke ... Had nine punts for 41.6 average at Boston College (9/9) with four punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 45.3 on nine punts against Appalachian State (9/23) with a long punt of 58 yards ... Averaged 45.3 yards on seven punts at Clemson (10/7) ... Averaged career-best 48.7 yards on three kicks at Georgia Tech (10/21) ... Averaged 38.5 on two punts vs. Louisville (10/28) with both punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 41.0 on five punts at Notre Dame and had three punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 40.2 on four punts at Syracuse (11/11) ... Had a 41.2 average on five punts vs. NC State (11/18) ... Averaged 47.2 yards on four punts with a long of 54 in the Belk Bowl vs. Texas A&M (12/29) ... Named to the All-American All-Bowl Team by Max Emfinger Scouting ... First team preseason All-ACC selection by The Sporting News ... Second Team preseason All-ACC by Lindy’s. . . Third Team preseason All-ACC by Athlon ... Member of Wake Forest’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2016 (Freshman)
Earned first team Freshman All-America honors from 247Sports ... Was a second team selection by Campus Insiders and fourth team by Athlon ... Earned third team All-ACC by the ACC coaches and honorable mention by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association ... An Academic All-ACC selection ... Finished the year with 42.0 punting average, the third-highest in school history by a freshman ... Averaged 40 yards or more in each of his first six games ... Missed two games early in the season but was able to continue to hold for field goals and PATs ... Averaged 40.2 yards on eight punts in his collegiate debut against Tulane (9/1) ... Had two punts of 50 or more yards and put four punts inside the 20 ... Averaged 46.2 yards per punt at Duke (9/10) ... Returned to action vs. NC State and averaged 46.8 YPP vs. the Wolfpack on six punts ... Became the first freshman to average over 40 yards per punt in each of his first three career games since Harry Newsome in 1981 ... Only freshman in school history to average 40+ in his first four games after collecting a 41.0 average vs. Syracuse (10/8) ... Averaged 44.7 vs. Florida State (10/15) with a career-long 67 yard punt ... Averaged 45.6 yards vs. Army (10/29) including punts of 62 and 58 yards ... Let loose with a career-long 80 yard punt vs. Clemson (11/19) that was the longest punt by an ACC kicker in 2016 ... Maggio was punting from his own 20 and the ball went into the end zone for a touchback ... Averaged 46.1 yards vs. Boston College (11/26) with a long of 55 yards ... Finished eighth in the ACC in punt average at 42.0 ... Averaged 42.6 vs. ACC opponents ... Was on the field for 132 snaps including a high of 14 vs. Clemson ... Earned his first varsity letter.
High School
Team captain at The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland ... Used as both a punter and placekicker ... Earned MaxPreps All-America status in 2015 ... Considered the No. 3 three prep kicker in the nation by ESPN ... Considered the top punter in the nation and a 5-star kicker by Kohl’s ... Three-star athlete by Scout, ESPN and 247Sports ... Earned Under Armour All-America honors and played for Team Highlight in the Under Armour All-American game ... First team Baltimore Sun All-Met selection in 2015 ... Two-time consensus all-state selection ... Three-time MIAA B all-conference and All-Metro selection ... An all-state selection in 2013 and consensus all-state in 2014 and 2015 ... Picked for the Crab Bowl All-Star game ... Set Maryland state record with 34 career field goals including a career-long 55-yarder ... Averaged 45.1 yards per punt as a senior ... Played for Coach Ritchie Schell ... Averaged 43.5 yards per punt as a junior ... Also lettered in baseball and basketball and earned all-conference honors as a shortstop and pitcher.
Personal
Son of Kirk and Cari Maggio ... Born April 23, 1998 ... Father was a punter at UCLA ... Dean’s List and Honor Roll student and a member of the National Honor Society ... Was a Williams Scholar ... Member of Wake Forest’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Business and Enterprise Management major.
Wake Forest Football Highlights vs WCU (Sept 6, 2025)
Sunday, September 07
Sterling Berkhalter snags a 51-yard touchdown
Saturday, September 06
Demond Claiborne takes it 85 yards for his 3rd TD of the day
Saturday, September 06
Claiborne get his 2nd score of the day
Saturday, September 06
