2022 Football Roster

Isaiah Wingfield
Jersey Number 8

Isaiah Wingfield

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    193
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Burlington, N.J.
  • High School:
    The Lawrenceville School
  • Deals:
2022 (Graduate Student)
Saw action in all 13 games, making 10 starts in the defensive backfield, 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 49 tackles including 33 solo and 16 assisted tackles while also having two tackles for loss…Recorded six pass breakups during the season including a pair in the opener win against VMI…Intercepted a pass in the victory over Liberty…Tallied at least two tackles in every game…Finished the game against No. 5 Clemson with a season-high and Wake Forest high seven tackles including five solo tackles and a tackle for loss.

2021 (Graduate Student)
In his first season with the Demon Deacons, totaled 11 tackles including nine solo tackles…Made his Wake Forest debut during the win over Old Dominion, recording a tackle…Notched multiple tackles against Norfolk State, Army and North Carolina during the 2021 season…Picked up one tackle in the ACC Championship Game against No. 15 Pitt, helping lead during the Demon Deacons historic 11-win season en route to the ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles.

Prior to Wake Forest:
Appeared in 18 games for the Crimson...Named All-Ivy League First-Team his junior year, after tallying 40 tackles, five pass breakups, 1.5 sacks and an interception....Contributed 28 tackles and four pass breakups as a true freshman...2020 Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League First Team ... Did not compete in 2020 due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.

High School: 
Played for coach Harry Flaherty...Three year letterwinner and three-year starter at Lawrenceville...Named a team captain his senior year...Awarded the Black Lion Award and the G.W.W. Berriman Trophy during his prep career...Named First Team Defense in Mercer County in 2014 and 2016, and First Team Offense in 2015...Nominated for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Leader-Athlete Award...Lettered for four years in basketball, being named captain his senior year...His father, Edward Wingfield, played football at Morehouse College.

Personal:
Received an undergraduate degree in Economics in Spring 2021 from Harvard. Currently pursuing a degree in Business Administration.
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