2017 Football Roster
Newman, Jamie
Jersey Number 12
Jamie Newman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Graham, NC
- High School:
- Graham
Bio
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
Finished second in the ACC in total offense yards per game at 286.8 ... Was fifth in the ACC in passing yards per game at 239.0 and fourth in passing efficiency with a 145.3 rating ... 227.9 career total offense yards per game is school record and 19th in ACC history and 286.8 season total offense yards per game is second-best ... Set season record with 6.37 career total offense yards per play ... 142.7 career passing efficiency is 18th in ACC history ... Set school record by throwing a touchdown pass in 12 consecutive games including the final four games of 2018 and the first eight games of 2019 ... 2,868 passing yards were fourth-most in a season and his 26 touchdown passes tied for the second-most in a season ... Posted the third-best season passing efficiency mark in school history at 145.4 ... 35 career TD passes is fifth-most in school history ... Finished fifth in school history in career rushing yards by a QB with 826 ... Second-best season completion percentage in school history at 60.5 ... School record 142.70 career passing efficiency mark ... Set school record for season total offense plays with 541 ... 3,442 total offense yards in 2019 were second-most in school history ... His 32 TD responsible for in 2019 were second-most in a season ... 2019 season was sixth-most total offense yards per play at 6.49 ... Named to the Manning Award Watch List at mid-season ... His 68 total offensive plays against Utah State (8/30) was the most by an ACC player in 2019 ... His 401 passing yards vs. USU were the second-most by an ACC player in 2019 ... Fourth in the ACC with three games of 300 or more passing yards ... 16th in the nation in points responsible for with 16.0 per game ... 20th in the nation in total offense ... Honorable mention All-ACC quarterback ... Did not play vs. Florida State ... Started vs. Louisville but did not finish the game with a shoulder injury ... Completed 24 of 41 for 251 and three touchdowns but also threw career-high two interceptions. ... Added to the Maxwell Award Watch List on Oct. 10 ... Rushed for 144 yards vs. Duke (11/23), the second-most rushing yards by a Wake QB in school history ... Recorded his first 100-yard rushing game with 102 yards at Boston College ... Had a career-long 50-yard run vs. the Eagles ... Completed 21 of 33 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns ... Became just the fourth Deacon QB to have a 100-yard rushing, 200-yard passing game ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Elon game ... Tied the school record with five touchdown passes against Elon ... Completed 27 of 35 passes for 351 yards with one interception ... Posted 368 yards of total offense vs. Elon ... Completed 14 of 26 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown vs. North Carolina ... Rushed for two TDs vs. UNC ... Threw a TD pass for the seventh straight game vs. UNC ... Entered the UNC game with 104 consecutive pass attempts without throwing interception ... Threw an interception on his 23rd attempt of the game ... Just missed a 300-yard total offense game vs. UNC with 292 yards ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Rice game ... Named ACC Player of the Week (Quarterback) following the Utah State game ... Career-highs 34 completions, 47 attempts, 401 passing yards vs. Utah State, ninth-most in school history ... Had career-best 437 total offense yards vs. Utah State, the 10th-most in a game in school history ... 68 total offense plays vs. Utah State was sixth-most in a game in school history ... Threw three TD passes including game winning 2-yarder to Kendall Hinton vs. USU ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Utah State game.
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Finished the season as Wake Forest’s starting quarterback and led the Deacons to a 3-1 record ... Became the starter after Sam Hartman suffered a broken leg against Syracuse (11/3) ... In his first career start at No. 14 NC State (11/8), led the Deacons to come-from-behind 27-23 win with game-winning 2-minute drill ... Hit Jack Freudenthal with a 32-yard pass with 30 seconds left ... Completed 22-of-33 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns ... Third QB in school history to throw three TD passes in first career start, joining Keith West vs Vanderbilt (1990) and Norm Snead vs. Maryland (1958) ... Received Manning Award Star of the week following the NC State contest ... Had been Involved In just 27 previous career snaps before taking all 71 snaps vs. NC State ... Second-most passing yards ever by a Wake Forest QB in first career start, trailing only Sam Hartman (378 vs. Tulane, 2018) ... Posted 172.27 passing efficiency rating vs. NC State, second only to Snead’s 203.33 for a Deacon in first career start ... Named the Jared Birmingham Bowl MVP following 37-34 win over Memphis (12/2) ... Completed 22-of-40 passes for a career-high 328 yards and a touchdown while rushing for three scores ... Led another 2-minute drive, rushing one yard for the winning score with :34 left ... Tied school bowl records for rushing touchdowns, points scored and total touchdowns in a bowl game ... Set the Jared Birmingham Bowl record with 419 total offense yards ... Missed the first three games of the season with an injury before debuting vs. Notre Dame (9/22) ... Had 73 yards on eight carries, a 9.1 YPC vs. the Irish while completing 4-of-7 passes for 29 yards and an interception ... All four of his starts came against bowl teams ... Threw eight touchdown passes in his first three career starts, a school record and his 1,008 passing yards are the most-ever for the first four starts of a career ... At 6-4, tied for the tallest QB to ever start a game at QB for the Deacons ... Averaged 6.49 yards per play of total offense, the sixth-highest single season average in school history ... His 221.7 total offense yards per game average is the 12th-best in school history ... Led Wake Forest to more than 500 total offense yards in two of his four starts ... Has thrown a TD pass in each of his four career starts ... Was the first Deacon to start his first career game on the road at a ranked opponent and produce a victory.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw his first college action in a relief role vs. Presbyterian (8/31) ... Carried once for five yards and completed 2-of-4 passes for eight yards ... Member of the hands team at Notre Dame (11/4) ... Played 22 snaps on the season including 17 vs. Presbyterian.
2016 (True Freshman)
Redshirted ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week following the Duke game (9/10).
High School
Team captain at Graham High School ... Three-time Burlington Times-News All-Region selection ... Ranked as the No. 4 quarterback in North Carolina and No. 26 in the South by Scout ... The No. 16 dual threat QB nationally by 247 Sports ... A three-star recruit by ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals and Scout ... Considered one of the top 32 players in North Carolina by ESPNB, 247Sports and Rivals ... Finished among the top 30 in the Elite 11 competition ... Helped the Red Devils to the state playoffs in 2015 ... As a senior, completed 80 of 158 passes for 1,367 yards and 12 touchdowns despite missing two games with an injury ... Rushed 106 times for 419 yards and eight touchdowns ... Had 3,091 yards of total offense and accounted for 29 touchdowns as a junior ... Completed 100 of 195 passes for 1,840 yards and 20 touchdowns while rushing for 1,251 yards and nine scores in 2014 ... Rushed for 750 yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore while throwing for 2,034 yards and 13 touchdowns ... Played for Coach Anthony Timmons ... Became the starting QB as a freshman.
Personal
Son of Willie Bigelow, Jr. and Charity Newman ... Born Dec. 1, 1997 ... Three-year member of the A-B Honor Roll.
Finished second in the ACC in total offense yards per game at 286.8 ... Was fifth in the ACC in passing yards per game at 239.0 and fourth in passing efficiency with a 145.3 rating ... 227.9 career total offense yards per game is school record and 19th in ACC history and 286.8 season total offense yards per game is second-best ... Set season record with 6.37 career total offense yards per play ... 142.7 career passing efficiency is 18th in ACC history ... Set school record by throwing a touchdown pass in 12 consecutive games including the final four games of 2018 and the first eight games of 2019 ... 2,868 passing yards were fourth-most in a season and his 26 touchdown passes tied for the second-most in a season ... Posted the third-best season passing efficiency mark in school history at 145.4 ... 35 career TD passes is fifth-most in school history ... Finished fifth in school history in career rushing yards by a QB with 826 ... Second-best season completion percentage in school history at 60.5 ... School record 142.70 career passing efficiency mark ... Set school record for season total offense plays with 541 ... 3,442 total offense yards in 2019 were second-most in school history ... His 32 TD responsible for in 2019 were second-most in a season ... 2019 season was sixth-most total offense yards per play at 6.49 ... Named to the Manning Award Watch List at mid-season ... His 68 total offensive plays against Utah State (8/30) was the most by an ACC player in 2019 ... His 401 passing yards vs. USU were the second-most by an ACC player in 2019 ... Fourth in the ACC with three games of 300 or more passing yards ... 16th in the nation in points responsible for with 16.0 per game ... 20th in the nation in total offense ... Honorable mention All-ACC quarterback ... Did not play vs. Florida State ... Started vs. Louisville but did not finish the game with a shoulder injury ... Completed 24 of 41 for 251 and three touchdowns but also threw career-high two interceptions. ... Added to the Maxwell Award Watch List on Oct. 10 ... Rushed for 144 yards vs. Duke (11/23), the second-most rushing yards by a Wake QB in school history ... Recorded his first 100-yard rushing game with 102 yards at Boston College ... Had a career-long 50-yard run vs. the Eagles ... Completed 21 of 33 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns ... Became just the fourth Deacon QB to have a 100-yard rushing, 200-yard passing game ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Elon game ... Tied the school record with five touchdown passes against Elon ... Completed 27 of 35 passes for 351 yards with one interception ... Posted 368 yards of total offense vs. Elon ... Completed 14 of 26 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown vs. North Carolina ... Rushed for two TDs vs. UNC ... Threw a TD pass for the seventh straight game vs. UNC ... Entered the UNC game with 104 consecutive pass attempts without throwing interception ... Threw an interception on his 23rd attempt of the game ... Just missed a 300-yard total offense game vs. UNC with 292 yards ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Rice game ... Named ACC Player of the Week (Quarterback) following the Utah State game ... Career-highs 34 completions, 47 attempts, 401 passing yards vs. Utah State, ninth-most in school history ... Had career-best 437 total offense yards vs. Utah State, the 10th-most in a game in school history ... 68 total offense plays vs. Utah State was sixth-most in a game in school history ... Threw three TD passes including game winning 2-yarder to Kendall Hinton vs. USU ... Named to the Pro Football Focus ACC Team of the Week following the Utah State game.
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Finished the season as Wake Forest’s starting quarterback and led the Deacons to a 3-1 record ... Became the starter after Sam Hartman suffered a broken leg against Syracuse (11/3) ... In his first career start at No. 14 NC State (11/8), led the Deacons to come-from-behind 27-23 win with game-winning 2-minute drill ... Hit Jack Freudenthal with a 32-yard pass with 30 seconds left ... Completed 22-of-33 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns ... Third QB in school history to throw three TD passes in first career start, joining Keith West vs Vanderbilt (1990) and Norm Snead vs. Maryland (1958) ... Received Manning Award Star of the week following the NC State contest ... Had been Involved In just 27 previous career snaps before taking all 71 snaps vs. NC State ... Second-most passing yards ever by a Wake Forest QB in first career start, trailing only Sam Hartman (378 vs. Tulane, 2018) ... Posted 172.27 passing efficiency rating vs. NC State, second only to Snead’s 203.33 for a Deacon in first career start ... Named the Jared Birmingham Bowl MVP following 37-34 win over Memphis (12/2) ... Completed 22-of-40 passes for a career-high 328 yards and a touchdown while rushing for three scores ... Led another 2-minute drive, rushing one yard for the winning score with :34 left ... Tied school bowl records for rushing touchdowns, points scored and total touchdowns in a bowl game ... Set the Jared Birmingham Bowl record with 419 total offense yards ... Missed the first three games of the season with an injury before debuting vs. Notre Dame (9/22) ... Had 73 yards on eight carries, a 9.1 YPC vs. the Irish while completing 4-of-7 passes for 29 yards and an interception ... All four of his starts came against bowl teams ... Threw eight touchdown passes in his first three career starts, a school record and his 1,008 passing yards are the most-ever for the first four starts of a career ... At 6-4, tied for the tallest QB to ever start a game at QB for the Deacons ... Averaged 6.49 yards per play of total offense, the sixth-highest single season average in school history ... His 221.7 total offense yards per game average is the 12th-best in school history ... Led Wake Forest to more than 500 total offense yards in two of his four starts ... Has thrown a TD pass in each of his four career starts ... Was the first Deacon to start his first career game on the road at a ranked opponent and produce a victory.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw his first college action in a relief role vs. Presbyterian (8/31) ... Carried once for five yards and completed 2-of-4 passes for eight yards ... Member of the hands team at Notre Dame (11/4) ... Played 22 snaps on the season including 17 vs. Presbyterian.
2016 (True Freshman)
Redshirted ... Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week following the Duke game (9/10).
High School
Team captain at Graham High School ... Three-time Burlington Times-News All-Region selection ... Ranked as the No. 4 quarterback in North Carolina and No. 26 in the South by Scout ... The No. 16 dual threat QB nationally by 247 Sports ... A three-star recruit by ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals and Scout ... Considered one of the top 32 players in North Carolina by ESPNB, 247Sports and Rivals ... Finished among the top 30 in the Elite 11 competition ... Helped the Red Devils to the state playoffs in 2015 ... As a senior, completed 80 of 158 passes for 1,367 yards and 12 touchdowns despite missing two games with an injury ... Rushed 106 times for 419 yards and eight touchdowns ... Had 3,091 yards of total offense and accounted for 29 touchdowns as a junior ... Completed 100 of 195 passes for 1,840 yards and 20 touchdowns while rushing for 1,251 yards and nine scores in 2014 ... Rushed for 750 yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore while throwing for 2,034 yards and 13 touchdowns ... Played for Coach Anthony Timmons ... Became the starting QB as a freshman.
Personal
Son of Willie Bigelow, Jr. and Charity Newman ... Born Dec. 1, 1997 ... Three-year member of the A-B Honor Roll.
Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference (Sept. 8, 2025)
Monday, September 08
Head Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference (NC State)
Monday, September 08
Wake Forest Football Highlights vs WCU (Sept 6, 2025)
Sunday, September 07
Sterling Berkhalter snags a 51-yard touchdown
Saturday, September 06
