Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State (Jan 2, 2026)

Passing Matchup

Robby Ashford

WAKE QB #2

Blake Shapen

MSST QB #2

2,169

Pass Yds

2,433

9

Pass TD

15

7

Int

8

Rushing Matchup

Demond Claiborne

WAKE RB #1

Fluff Bothwell

MSST RB #24

907

Rush Yds

639

5.1

Yds/Rush

5.0

10

Rush TD

6

Receiving Matchup

Chris Barnes

WAKE WR #10

Brenen Thompson

MSST WR #0

39

Rec

53

547

Rec Yds

948

3

Rec TD

6

WAKE

Team Stats

MSST

26.8

PPG

30.5

21.5

Opp PPG

29.2

4,669

Total Yds

4,781

2,787

Pass Yds

2,841

1,882

Rush Yds

1,940

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	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Virginia	10	3	.769
3	Miami	11	2	.846
4	Pittsburgh	8	4	.667
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	3	.750
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	5	.583
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	9	3	.750
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	2	.833
8	Missouri	8	4	.667
9	Tennessee	8	4	.667
10	LSU	7	5	.583
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

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Game Info

January 2, 2026

ESPN

Bank of America Stadium

Charlotte, North Carolina

Team Leaders

PASS

2,169

Ashford

RUSH

907

Claiborne

REC

547

Barnes

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Robby Ashford R. Ashford	11	171	289	59.2	26.3	2,169	7.5	197.2	9	7	127.6	3.1	2.4	93	12	79
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie	8	41	82	50.0	10.3	618	7.5	77.3	6	3	130.1	7.3	3.7	55	4	28
Steele Pizzella S. Pizzella	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Demond Claiborne D. Claiborne	12	179	14.9	907	5.1	75.6	10	85	207	1,047
Robby Ashford R. Ashford	11	116	10.5	504	4.3	45.8	7	43	116	504
Ty Clark III T. Clark III	12	58	4.8	232	4.0	19.3	3	15	72	368
Chris Barnes C. Barnes	11	13	1.2	143	11.0	13.0	0	78	52	690
JaMario Clements J. Clements	6	20	3.3	54	2.7	9.0	0	9	22	61
Carlos Hernandez C. Hernandez	12	1	0.1	54	54.0	4.5	1	51	35	592
Jamar Searcy J. Searcy	4	5	1.3	39	7.8	9.8	0	21	5	39
Tate Carney T. Carney	12	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0	9	1	9
Mason Andrade M. Andrade	10	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	4	1	4
Steele Pizzella S. Pizzella	1	1	1.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	0	0	1	-1
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie	8	11	1.4	-11	-1.0	-1.4	0	13	11	-11

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chris Barnes C. Barnes	11	39	60	3.5	547	14.0	49.7	3	70	52	690
Carlos Hernandez C. Hernandez	12	34	65	2.8	538	15.8	44.8	3	93	35	592
Sterling Berkhalter S. Berkhalter	12	25	47	2.1	382	15.3	31.8	2	51	25	382
Micah Mays Jr. M. Mays Jr.	10	18	41	1.8	302	16.8	30.2	2	52	18	302
Sawyer Racanelli S. Racanelli	12	17	27	1.4	290	17.1	24.2	1	62	17	290
Eni Falayi E. Falayi	11	19	26	1.7	218	11.5	19.8	2	42	19	218
Demond Claiborne D. Claiborne	12	28	39	2.3	140	5.0	11.7	0	21	207	1,047
Ty Clark III T. Clark III	12	14	20	1.2	136	9.7	11.3	0	22	72	368
Kamrean Johnson K. Johnson	12	9	13	0.8	98	10.9	8.2	0	25	9	98
Karate Brenson K. Brenson	12	3	6	0.3	83	27.7	6.9	1	41	3	83
Jeremiah Melvin J. Melvin	10	3	10	0.3	39	13.0	3.9	1	27	3	39
JaMario Clements J. Clements	6	2	3	0.3	7	3.5	1.2	0	7	22	61
Dominic Deluca D. Deluca	6	1	2	0.2	7	7.0	1.2	0	7	1	7

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Nick Andersen N. Andersen	12	46	50	96	4	0.5	0	0	0		0
Davaughn Patterson D. Patterson	12	36	43	79	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
Dylan Hazen D. Hazen	12	31	38	69	5	0.0	0	0	0		0
Aiden Hall A. Hall	12	25	41	66	3	0.0	0	0	0		0
Langston Hardy L. Hardy	12	26	38	64	10	6.5	0	0	0		0
Quincy Bryant Q. Bryant	12	17	39	56	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
Frank Cusano F. Cusano	11	16	23	39	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Jayden Loving J. Loving	12	15	24	39	6	2.0	0	0	0		0
Nuer Gatkuoth N. Gatkuoth	11	17	19	36	6	6.0	1	1	0	0	0
Braylon Johnson B. Johnson	12	15	21	36	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Karon Prunty K. Prunty	12	22	13	35	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Gabe Kirschke G. Kirschke	12	18	14	32	3	4.0	0	0	0		0
Lardarius Webb Jr. L. Webb Jr.	12	18	12	30	2	1.0	0	0	0		0
Travon West T. West	12	13	17	30	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Dallas Afalava D. Afalava	12	10	20	30	2	2.0	1	1	3	3	3
Myles Turpin M. Turpin	12	17	6	23	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Zach Lohavichan Z. Lohavichan	12	9	13	22	3	0.0	0	0	0		0
Mateen Ibirogba M. Ibirogba	12	7	14	21	1	2.0	0	0	0		0
Zamari Stevenson Z. Stevenson	12	13	6	19	0	0.0	1	1	5	5	5
Tyler Walton T. Walton	12	7	8	15	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Koredell Bartley K. Bartley	8	5	3	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Zeek Jackson Z. Jackson	4	3	5	8	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Devin Cook D. Cook	12	4	3	7	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
William Tackie Jr. W. Tackie Jr.	11	4	2	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Rushaun Tongue R. Tongue	2	3	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashaad Williams A. Williams	4	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ty Clark III T. Clark III	12	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Alec Marenco A. Marenco	11	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Darius Jones D. Jones	6	1	3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
BJ Williams	12	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jerron Blackwell J. Blackwell	1	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kadear Dembele K. Dembele	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Melvin Siani M. Siani	12	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Whittman Whaley W. Whaley	8	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Brandon Smiley B. Smiley	3	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Robby Ashford R. Ashford	11	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Eni Falayi E. Falayi	11	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Freddie Gillens F. Gillens	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kerrington Lee K. Lee	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie	8	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Camden Hardy C. Hardy	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kamrean Johnson K. Johnson	12	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0

Team Leaders

PASS

2,433

Shapen

RUSH

639

Bothwell

REC

948

Thompson

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Blake Shapen B. Shapen	11	195	303	64.4	27.5	2,433	8.0	221.2	15	8	142.9	5.0	2.6	75	34	259
Kamario Taylor K. Taylor	10	30	55	54.5	5.5	388	7.1	38.8	4	1	134.2	7.3	1.8	57	6	26
Luke Kromenhoek L. Kromenhoek	2	2	4	50.0	2.0	20	5.0	10.0	0	0	92.0	0.0	0.0	13	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Fluff Bothwell F. Bothwell	11	128	11.6	639	5.0	58.1	6	43	141	738
Davon Booth D. Booth	12	136	11.3	553	4.1	46.1	7	62	151	718
Kamario Taylor K. Taylor	10	64	6.4	395	6.2	39.5	7	39	64	395
Xavier Gayten X. Gayten	12	24	2.0	149	6.2	12.4	2	25	27	151
Seth Davis S. Davis	2	5	2.5	47	9.4	23.5	1	23	5	47
Johnnie Daniels J. Daniels	3	9	3.0	44	4.9	14.7	0	13	12	63
Anthony Evans III A. Evans III	12	6	0.5	43	7.2	3.6	0	17	69	794
Blake Shapen B. Shapen	11	111	10.1	28	0.3	2.5	3	24	111	28
Kolin Wilson K. Wilson	5	6	1.2	26	4.3	5.2	0	17	6	26
Luke Kromenhoek L. Kromenhoek	2	4	2.0	24	6.0	12.0	1	13	4	24
Sam West S. West	12	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.3	0	15	5	50
Brenen Thompson B. Thompson	12	4	0.3	14	3.5	1.2	1	10	57	962
Stonka Burnside S. Burnside	4	1	0.3	6	6.0	1.5	0	6	1	6
Ricky Johnson R. Johnson	11	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0	0	4	10

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Brenen Thompson B. Thompson	12	53	82	4.4	948	17.9	79.0	6	58	57	962
Anthony Evans III A. Evans III	12	63	97	5.3	751	11.9	62.6	4	57	69	794
Seydou Traore S. Traore	12	34	51	2.8	358	10.5	29.8	5	57	34	358
Ayden Williams A. Williams	12	19	34	1.6	222	11.7	18.5	0	49	19	222
Jordan Mosley J. Mosley	11	8	17	0.7	168	21.0	15.3	1	75	8	168
Davon Booth D. Booth	12	15	21	1.3	165	11.0	13.8	2	62	151	718
Fluff Bothwell F. Bothwell	11	13	21	1.2	99	7.6	9.0	0	39	141	738
Sam West S. West	12	4	7	0.3	35	8.8	2.9	1	13	5	50
Sanfrisco Magee S. Magee	5	3	5	0.6	33	11.0	6.6	0	18	3	33
Johnnie Daniels J. Daniels	3	3	4	1.0	19	6.3	6.3	0	9	12	63
Ricky Johnson R. Johnson	11	3	6	0.3	17	5.7	1.5	0	12	4	10
Cam Ball C. Ball	12	2	2	0.2	12	6.0	1.0	0	9	2	12
Markus Allen M. Allen	12	1	3	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	7	1	7
Gracen Harris G. Harris	2	1	2	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	0	4	1	4
Xavier Gayten X. Gayten	12	3	4	0.3	2	0.7	0.2	0	5	27	151
Max Reese M. Reese	11	2	3	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0	5	2	1

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Jahron Manning J. Manning	12	32	47	79	3	0.0	1	1	21	21	21
Nic Mitchell N. Mitchell	12	17	52	69	4	2.5	1	1	12	12	12
Brylan Lanier B. Lanier	12	34	25	59	2	1.0	3	3	29	9.7	29
Isaac Smith I. Smith	10	15	39	54	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
Zakari Tillman Z. Tillman	12	18	27	45	2	1.0	1	1	26	26	26
Jalen Smith J. Smith	12	17	26	43	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Branden Jennings B. Jennings	12	11	27	38	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Hunter Washington H. Washington	12	18	19	37	0	0.0	1	1	6	6	6
Derion Gullette D. Gullette	8	17	18	35	1	1.5	0	0	0		0
DeAgo Brumfield D. Brumfield	12	22	9	31	0	0.0	1	1	-11	-11	0
Kelley Jones K. Jones	12	20	11	31	0	0.0	3	2	33	16.5	25
Malick Sylla M. Sylla	12	10	19	29	5	1.0	0	0	0		0
Tyler Lockhart T. Lockhart	11	10	17	27	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Tony Mitchell T. Mitchell	11	17	9	26	4	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jaray Bledsoe J. Bledsoe	12	8	18	26	3	1.5	0	0	0		0
Kedrick Bingley-Jones K. Bingley-Jones	12	4	18	22	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Trevion Williams T. Williams	12	7	14	21	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Kalvin Dinkins K. Dinkins	12	6	15	21	3	2.0	0	0	0		0
DJ Reed	12	4	16	20	2	2.0	0	0	0		0
Jayven Williams J. Williams	12	9	9	18	0	0.0	1	1	4	4	4
Red Hibbler R. Hibbler	12	6	12	18	1	0.5	0	0	0		0
Jamil Burroughs J. Burroughs	11	6	8	14	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Deonte Anderson D. Anderson	12	3	10	13	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Tanner Johnson T. Johnson	12	4	7	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Dwight Lewis III D. Lewis III	12	8	2	10	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jett Jefferson J. Jefferson	4	5	5	10	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ray Thomas R. Thomas	7	4	6	10	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Diesel Moye D. Moye	10	3	7	10	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Nevaeh Sanders N. Sanders	12	4	4	8	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Will Whitson W. Whitson	2	4	3	7	4	2.0	0	0	0		0
Joseph Head Jr. J. Head Jr.	11	3	3	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Tyler Woodard T. Woodard	2	1	5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
LaKendrick James L. James	3	0	5	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashun Shepphard A. Shepphard	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Cyrus Reyes C. Reyes	11	1	3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ja'Bryis Stewart J. Stewart	4	1	3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Sekou Smith Jr. S. Smith Jr.	2	3	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Seydou Traore S. Traore	12	3	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Corey Clark C. Clark	2	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Terrance Hibbler Jr. T. Hibbler Jr.	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ethan Myers E. Myers	12	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Montrell Chapman M. Chapman	4	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Davon Booth D. Booth	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Fluff Bothwell F. Bothwell	11	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Koby Keenum K. Keenum	12	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jordan Mosley J. Mosley	11	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Stonka Burnside S. Burnside	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah Cannon E. Cannon	8	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Marlon Hauck M. Hauck	12	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
AJ Rice	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0

Wake Forest WAKE

Mississippi State MSST

Passing Matchup

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Team Stats

2025 Atlantic Coast

Last 5

Game Info

2,169

907

547

2,433

639

948