2017 Football Roster
Dortch, Greg
Jersey Number 89
Greg Dortch
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Richmond, VA
- High School:
- Highlands Springs
Bio
Wake Forest Career
Declared his intention to enter the NFL Draft on Dec. 23, 2018 . . . Ranks 9th in school history with 142 receptions, 13th with 1,800 career receiving yards and eighth with 17 TD receptions . . . Played in 20 career games and scored 19 touchdowns, 17 by reception and two on punt returns.
Records
Tied school record with two punt returns for touchdown in win over Towson (Sept. 8) . . . That also tied ACC record for PR TDs in a game . . . Set school record with four consecutive 200-yard all-purpose games (final 2 of 2017, first 2 of 2018) . . . Averaged school record 152.0 all-purpose yards per game for his career with 3,040 AP yards in 20 games . . . Owns school record for TD receptions with 4 twice, vs. Louisville in 2017 and Rice in 2018 . . . Holds school career record for touchdowns per game at 0.95 . . . Set new marks for fewest games needed to get to 100 career receptions (14) and fewest games to get to 1,000 career receiving yards (11).
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Named preseason All-ACC by the league’s media ... Named preseason First Team All-ACC as a receiver and Third Team All-ACC as a punt returner by Athlon ... Picked up in the 2018 season where he left off before his 2017 injury, hauling in a career-high 12 catches for 149 yards in the season-opener at Tulane (Aug. 30) ... Became the fourth player in ACC history to record two punt-return touchdowns in a game against Towson (Sept. 8), also tallying 310 total yards of offense - third-most in program history ... Also caught seven passes for 94 yards and a touchdown against Towson ... Was named the ACC Specialist of the Week for his performance against the Tigers ... Caught nine passes for 93 yards against Boston College (Sept. 13), becaming the fastest Wake Forest player to surpass 1,000 career yards ... Led team with six catches and 56 yards against Notre Dame (Sept. 22) ... Named ACC Receiver of the Week after tying the program record with four touchdown catches against Rice (Sept. 29), totaling 163 yards on 11 receptions ... Became the fastest Deacon ever to 100 career catches with three against Clemson (Oct. 6), reaching 100 in 14 games ... Hauled in eight passes for 135 yards at Louisville (Oct. 27), his third 100-yard game of the season ... Snagged nine passes for 95 yards and a score against Syracuse (Nov. 3) ... Made six catches for 75 yards and another touchdown at NC State (Nov. 8) ... Caught 10 passes for 124 yards and a score at Duke (Nov. 24), becoming just the fifth Deacon to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in a season ... Did not play in the Birmingham Bowl game vs. Memphis due to injury ...
Honors-2018
First team All-American punt returner by Pro Football Focus . . . First team All-American return specialist by Sports Illustrated . . . First team All-American punt returner by Football Writers Association of America . . . Second team All-American by The Athletic at all-purpose player . . . Second team All-American by Associated Press as an all-purpose player . . . Named first team All-ACC at both all-purpose back and as a return specialist . . . Named to the ESPN All-ACC team . . . Named the (area code) 804 FBS Player of the Year by the Richmond Times-Dispatch . . . Named to the Paul Hornung Honor Roll after making 11 catches for 163 yards and tied his own school record with four TD catches in a 56-24 win over Rice (9/29) . . . Named the ACC Receiver of the Week on Oct. 1 following the win over Rice . . . Named to the Week 5 Pro Football Focus Team of the Week.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Freshman All-American by USA Today ... Named Second Team All-ACC as an all-purpose back and honorable mention as a return specialist ... Runner-up to Boston College’s A.J. Dillon as the ACC Rookie of the Year ... Earned three ACC Player of the Week awards, two as the Rookie of the Week and one as Receiver of the Week ... Tied for the team lead in receptions with 53 ... Team leader in receiving yards (722) and touchdown receptions (9) ... Led team with 18 kickoff returns, 20 punt returns and 1,290 all-purpose yards ... Set school freshman record for most punt return yards in a game with 76 vs. Presbyterian (8/31) ... Set school records for TD receptions in a game with four vs. Louisville (10/28), all-purpose yards per game with 161.6, and punt returns in a season by a redshirt freshman (20) ... Set school redshirt freshman records for all-purpose yards (1,290), receiving yards (722) and touchdown receptions (9) ... Owns freshman records for receptions (10) and touchdown receptions in a game (4) vs. Louisville, most all-purpose yards (258) vs. Georgia Tech and most punt return yards (76) vs. Presbyterian ... His 1,270 total offense yards were the seventh-most in the ACC ... His 161.2 yards per game would have led the league but he was not eligible because he didn’t play in enough games ... Had 100 or more all-purpose yards in six of eight games including the last four ... Topped 200 yards of APR vs. Georgia Tech (258) and Louisville (216) ... Caught two TD passes in the season-opener against Presbyterian (8/31) ... Returned four punts for 76 yards, marking the most punt returns by a freshman in school history ... Became the first player in school history with two TD receptions in their first game ... Became the first freshman in school history with a touchdown reception in each of his first four career games ... Led Wake Forest with six receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown at Boston College (9/9) ... Had four receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown against Utah State (9/16) ... Marked his fourth-straight game with a TD catch with a 10-yard reception from Wolford against Appalachian State (9/23) ... Led the team in receptions and all-purpose yards (98) vs. the Mountaineers ... Had 196 all-purpose yards vs. Florida State (9/30) ... Had 10 receptions for 110 yards, four carries for seven yards, four punt returns for 48 yards and a pair of kickoff returns for 31 yards ... Seven of his 10 catches went for first downs ... Named the ACC Rookie of the Week following the Florida State game ... Also picked up ACC Offensive Freshman of the Week honors from Athlon ... Posted one of the top 10 all-purpose yard games in school history against Georgia Tech (10/21) ... Had career-high 125 yards receiving on eight catches ... Returned five kickoffs for 123 yards and had two punt returns for 10 yards ... Totaled 258 all-purpose yards ... Led the team with five receptions for 78 yards at Clemson (10/7) including a long reception of 43 yards ... Team leader with 158 all-purpose yards vs. the Tigers ... Named to the midseason All-ACC team by ESPN (Oct. 10) ... Had outstanding game against Louisville (10/28) with 10 receptions for 167 yards and school record four TD catches ... Named ACC Receiver of the Week and Rookie of the Week ... Had 216 all-purpose yards including 50 kickoff return yards ... Suffered season-ending abdominal injury during the game and underwent surgery that night ... Named to the Paul Hornung Honor Roll. . . Received a helmet sticker from ESPN’s College Football Final for his efforts against Louisville ... At the time of his injury, led all freshmen in the nation in receptions (53), touchdown receptions (9), receiving yards (722) and receiving yards per game (90.2) ... One of only four players nationally to catch four TD passes in a game in 2017 and the only freshman ... His nine touchdown catches were the second-most ever by an ACC freshman behind only Clemson’s Sammy Watkins who had 12 in 2011 ... Tied for fifth in the ACC with three 100-yard receiving games ... Had the 11th-most receptions and 10th-most receiving yards by a freshman in ACC history ... Became the first Wake Forest player with 200 or more all-purpose yards in consecutive games since Billy Ray Barnes in 1956 ... First Deacon to eclipse 1,000 all-purpose yards since Chris Givens in 2011.
2016 (True Freshman)
Redshirted ... Scout team quarterback week of Army game.
High School
Team captain and Virginia 5-A Player of the Year in 2015 ... Added Richmond All-Metro Player of the Year honors from the Richmond Times-Dispatch... Named All-Metro Richmond in 2014 ... First Team All-Region 5-A South at both wide receiver and kick returner ... 5-A South Region and Conference 12 Player of the Year ... Ranked No. 49 on the Roanoke Times list of top 100 players in Virginia ... Three-star athlete by ESPN and Rivals and considered one of the top 50 players in Virginia by the Roanoke Times ... Helped the Springers win the Virginia 5-A state championship in 2015 ... Scored on a 66-yard run in the title game win over Stone Bridge while adding an interception ... Finished the year 14-1 ... Had 55 receptions for 1,029 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior ... Had nine receptions for 134 yards and two touchdowns to go with a 63-yard kickoff return in a state semifinal win over Indian River ... As a junior, caught 44 passes for 914 yards and 16 touchdowns ... Played in the Virginia High School Coaches Association All-Star game ... Coached by Loren Johnson ... Versatile athlete who saw action at cornerback, wide receiver, kick returner and holder.
Personal
Son of Greg and Loretta Dortch ... Born May 29, 1998 ... Cousin of former Iowa running back Jordan Canzeri.
Declared his intention to enter the NFL Draft on Dec. 23, 2018 . . . Ranks 9th in school history with 142 receptions, 13th with 1,800 career receiving yards and eighth with 17 TD receptions . . . Played in 20 career games and scored 19 touchdowns, 17 by reception and two on punt returns.
Records
Tied school record with two punt returns for touchdown in win over Towson (Sept. 8) . . . That also tied ACC record for PR TDs in a game . . . Set school record with four consecutive 200-yard all-purpose games (final 2 of 2017, first 2 of 2018) . . . Averaged school record 152.0 all-purpose yards per game for his career with 3,040 AP yards in 20 games . . . Owns school record for TD receptions with 4 twice, vs. Louisville in 2017 and Rice in 2018 . . . Holds school career record for touchdowns per game at 0.95 . . . Set new marks for fewest games needed to get to 100 career receptions (14) and fewest games to get to 1,000 career receiving yards (11).
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Named preseason All-ACC by the league’s media ... Named preseason First Team All-ACC as a receiver and Third Team All-ACC as a punt returner by Athlon ... Picked up in the 2018 season where he left off before his 2017 injury, hauling in a career-high 12 catches for 149 yards in the season-opener at Tulane (Aug. 30) ... Became the fourth player in ACC history to record two punt-return touchdowns in a game against Towson (Sept. 8), also tallying 310 total yards of offense - third-most in program history ... Also caught seven passes for 94 yards and a touchdown against Towson ... Was named the ACC Specialist of the Week for his performance against the Tigers ... Caught nine passes for 93 yards against Boston College (Sept. 13), becaming the fastest Wake Forest player to surpass 1,000 career yards ... Led team with six catches and 56 yards against Notre Dame (Sept. 22) ... Named ACC Receiver of the Week after tying the program record with four touchdown catches against Rice (Sept. 29), totaling 163 yards on 11 receptions ... Became the fastest Deacon ever to 100 career catches with three against Clemson (Oct. 6), reaching 100 in 14 games ... Hauled in eight passes for 135 yards at Louisville (Oct. 27), his third 100-yard game of the season ... Snagged nine passes for 95 yards and a score against Syracuse (Nov. 3) ... Made six catches for 75 yards and another touchdown at NC State (Nov. 8) ... Caught 10 passes for 124 yards and a score at Duke (Nov. 24), becoming just the fifth Deacon to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in a season ... Did not play in the Birmingham Bowl game vs. Memphis due to injury ...
Honors-2018
First team All-American punt returner by Pro Football Focus . . . First team All-American return specialist by Sports Illustrated . . . First team All-American punt returner by Football Writers Association of America . . . Second team All-American by The Athletic at all-purpose player . . . Second team All-American by Associated Press as an all-purpose player . . . Named first team All-ACC at both all-purpose back and as a return specialist . . . Named to the ESPN All-ACC team . . . Named the (area code) 804 FBS Player of the Year by the Richmond Times-Dispatch . . . Named to the Paul Hornung Honor Roll after making 11 catches for 163 yards and tied his own school record with four TD catches in a 56-24 win over Rice (9/29) . . . Named the ACC Receiver of the Week on Oct. 1 following the win over Rice . . . Named to the Week 5 Pro Football Focus Team of the Week.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Freshman All-American by USA Today ... Named Second Team All-ACC as an all-purpose back and honorable mention as a return specialist ... Runner-up to Boston College’s A.J. Dillon as the ACC Rookie of the Year ... Earned three ACC Player of the Week awards, two as the Rookie of the Week and one as Receiver of the Week ... Tied for the team lead in receptions with 53 ... Team leader in receiving yards (722) and touchdown receptions (9) ... Led team with 18 kickoff returns, 20 punt returns and 1,290 all-purpose yards ... Set school freshman record for most punt return yards in a game with 76 vs. Presbyterian (8/31) ... Set school records for TD receptions in a game with four vs. Louisville (10/28), all-purpose yards per game with 161.6, and punt returns in a season by a redshirt freshman (20) ... Set school redshirt freshman records for all-purpose yards (1,290), receiving yards (722) and touchdown receptions (9) ... Owns freshman records for receptions (10) and touchdown receptions in a game (4) vs. Louisville, most all-purpose yards (258) vs. Georgia Tech and most punt return yards (76) vs. Presbyterian ... His 1,270 total offense yards were the seventh-most in the ACC ... His 161.2 yards per game would have led the league but he was not eligible because he didn’t play in enough games ... Had 100 or more all-purpose yards in six of eight games including the last four ... Topped 200 yards of APR vs. Georgia Tech (258) and Louisville (216) ... Caught two TD passes in the season-opener against Presbyterian (8/31) ... Returned four punts for 76 yards, marking the most punt returns by a freshman in school history ... Became the first player in school history with two TD receptions in their first game ... Became the first freshman in school history with a touchdown reception in each of his first four career games ... Led Wake Forest with six receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown at Boston College (9/9) ... Had four receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown against Utah State (9/16) ... Marked his fourth-straight game with a TD catch with a 10-yard reception from Wolford against Appalachian State (9/23) ... Led the team in receptions and all-purpose yards (98) vs. the Mountaineers ... Had 196 all-purpose yards vs. Florida State (9/30) ... Had 10 receptions for 110 yards, four carries for seven yards, four punt returns for 48 yards and a pair of kickoff returns for 31 yards ... Seven of his 10 catches went for first downs ... Named the ACC Rookie of the Week following the Florida State game ... Also picked up ACC Offensive Freshman of the Week honors from Athlon ... Posted one of the top 10 all-purpose yard games in school history against Georgia Tech (10/21) ... Had career-high 125 yards receiving on eight catches ... Returned five kickoffs for 123 yards and had two punt returns for 10 yards ... Totaled 258 all-purpose yards ... Led the team with five receptions for 78 yards at Clemson (10/7) including a long reception of 43 yards ... Team leader with 158 all-purpose yards vs. the Tigers ... Named to the midseason All-ACC team by ESPN (Oct. 10) ... Had outstanding game against Louisville (10/28) with 10 receptions for 167 yards and school record four TD catches ... Named ACC Receiver of the Week and Rookie of the Week ... Had 216 all-purpose yards including 50 kickoff return yards ... Suffered season-ending abdominal injury during the game and underwent surgery that night ... Named to the Paul Hornung Honor Roll. . . Received a helmet sticker from ESPN’s College Football Final for his efforts against Louisville ... At the time of his injury, led all freshmen in the nation in receptions (53), touchdown receptions (9), receiving yards (722) and receiving yards per game (90.2) ... One of only four players nationally to catch four TD passes in a game in 2017 and the only freshman ... His nine touchdown catches were the second-most ever by an ACC freshman behind only Clemson’s Sammy Watkins who had 12 in 2011 ... Tied for fifth in the ACC with three 100-yard receiving games ... Had the 11th-most receptions and 10th-most receiving yards by a freshman in ACC history ... Became the first Wake Forest player with 200 or more all-purpose yards in consecutive games since Billy Ray Barnes in 1956 ... First Deacon to eclipse 1,000 all-purpose yards since Chris Givens in 2011.
2016 (True Freshman)
Redshirted ... Scout team quarterback week of Army game.
High School
Team captain and Virginia 5-A Player of the Year in 2015 ... Added Richmond All-Metro Player of the Year honors from the Richmond Times-Dispatch... Named All-Metro Richmond in 2014 ... First Team All-Region 5-A South at both wide receiver and kick returner ... 5-A South Region and Conference 12 Player of the Year ... Ranked No. 49 on the Roanoke Times list of top 100 players in Virginia ... Three-star athlete by ESPN and Rivals and considered one of the top 50 players in Virginia by the Roanoke Times ... Helped the Springers win the Virginia 5-A state championship in 2015 ... Scored on a 66-yard run in the title game win over Stone Bridge while adding an interception ... Finished the year 14-1 ... Had 55 receptions for 1,029 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior ... Had nine receptions for 134 yards and two touchdowns to go with a 63-yard kickoff return in a state semifinal win over Indian River ... As a junior, caught 44 passes for 914 yards and 16 touchdowns ... Played in the Virginia High School Coaches Association All-Star game ... Coached by Loren Johnson ... Versatile athlete who saw action at cornerback, wide receiver, kick returner and holder.
Personal
Son of Greg and Loretta Dortch ... Born May 29, 1998 ... Cousin of former Iowa running back Jordan Canzeri.
QB Robbie Ashford takes it himself for the score
Thursday, September 11
Chris Barnes scores the TD on the game's first kick
Thursday, September 11
Matt Barrie SportsCenter at Wake Forest with Demond Claiborne
Wednesday, September 10
Matt Barrie SportsCenter on Wake Forest Campus (Arnold Palmer Complex)
Wednesday, September 10
