Langston Hardy

Height:
6-4
Weight:
250
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Jacksonville, FL
High School:
Sandalwood

Career Accolades

2025 All-ACC Honorable Mention

2025 (Redshirt Junior)
Earned an All-ACC honorable mention… Appeared in and started all 13 games for the Demon Deacons… Led the ACC and finished fifth in the country with 17 tackles for loss… Tied for 11th in Wake Forest history with 17 TFLs in a season… Totaled 67 tackles, 17 TFLs, seven sacks and a fumble recovery… His seven sacks led the team and was good for fifth-most in the conference… Made four tackles and 2.5 sacks in his second game as a Deac against Western Carolina… Recorded a season-high three tackles for loss the next week against NC State (9/11) … Finished the year strong with eight tackles (season-high), two tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and two QB hits in the season finale against Duke (11/29) … Graded as the No. 11 EDGE in the ACC by PFF (min. 500 snaps)… Graded as the third-best overall defender on the team by PFF… Played 619 regular season snaps, fifth-most in the ACC amongst all linemen and edge rushers.

Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 12 games for the Huskies, helping them to a nine win season for the first time since 2007… Recorded 44 total tackles with 19 solo tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, and 3.5 sacks, as well as three quarterback hurries, a forced fumble, and an interception… Notched four solo tackles with a tackle-for-loss in the victory over Maryland… Returned an interception 64 yards for a touchdown against Duke to go along with three tackles with two solo tackles and a tackle-for-loss… Tallied three solo tackles with a career-high two sacks in the win against Buffalo… Recorded a career-high eight tackles with three solo tackles against Temple… Notched seven tackles with one solo tackle, a sack, and a forced fumble in the season finale against Massachusetts.

2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in eight games for the Huskies… Made four tackles with two solo tackles… Recorded two tackles, including one solo tackle, against Rice.

2022 (Freshman)
Saw action against Utah State… Redshirted.

High School
Helped lead Sandalwood High School to the third round of the 2020 state playoffs… Previously played at Episcopal School of Jacksonville … Competed in 11 games, posting 49 tackles and one pick six … Also saw time at receiver as a junior, racking up 332 yards on 22 receptions and caught seven touchdown passes … Earned All-State honors his junior and senior year and was an All-City selection his sophomore, junior, and senior years… Also named All-City in baseball… Son of Kevin and Terrie Hardy… His father Kevin was an NFL Pro Bowl Linebacker… Brother Camden Hardy is a redshirt freshman at Wake Forest… Born on April 14, 2003.