Wake Forest Demon Deacons

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
	Doug Alexander D. Alexander	QB	6'0"	185	SO
45	Bob Bartholomew B. Bartholomew	OL	6'2"	210	SO
17	John Behrman J. Behrman	RB	5'11"	180	SO
15	James Bland J. Bland	FB	5'11"	196	SR
19	Bob Brincefield B. Brincefield	RB	5'9"	163	JR
50	Cliff Brookshire C. Brookshire	OL	5'11"	210	JR
21	Ed Chaney E. Chaney	FB	5'9"	190	JR
12	Bill Churm B. Churm	RB	5'9"	175	SR
	John Coles J. Coles	OL	5'10"	195	SR
23	Nick Consoles N. Consoles	QB	6'1"	180	SO
28	Claude Croston C. Croston	TE	5'11"	190	SO
32	Joe Dupree J. Dupree	OL	6'0"	185	SO
47	Tommy Frank T. Frank	OL	6'3"	195	SO
18	Bob Frederick B. Frederick	RB	6'0"	185	JR
58	Donnie Garrison D. Garrison	OL	6'0"	195	JR
22	Charles George C. George	QB	5'10"	190	SR
51	Jim Hall J. Hall	OL	5'11"	210	SO
14	Burt Harrison B. Harrison	RB	5'11"	180	SO
16	John Herrlein J. Herrlein	RB	5'9"	160	JR
24	Bruce Hillenbrand B. Hillenbrand	RB	5'9"	185	SR
	Deane Hillenbrand D. Hillenbrand	FB	5'10"	185	SO
34	Gerald Huth G. Huth	OL	5'11"	206	SO
13	Paul Kelly P. Kelly	OL	5'11"	170	SO
57	Bob Koontz B. Koontz	TE	5'11"	195	JR
56	George Koufalexis G. Koufalexis	OL	5'10"	225	SO
36	Wesley Ledford W. Ledford	TE	6'4"	200	SR
55	David Lee D. Lee	TE	6'1"	195	SO
	Jim Lewis J. Lewis	OL	6'0"	190	SO
29	Lowell Littleton L. Littleton	OL	6'1"	200	SO
44	Nick Maravic N. Maravic	FB	6'0"	210	JR
27	Dick Marshall D. Marshall	RB	5'9"	170	SO
11	Harry Mazman H. Mazman	RB	5'9"	164	SO
42	Bill McLean B. McLean	OL	6'2"	220	SO
	Bob Morgan B. Morgan	QB	6'1"	170	JR
	Tom Murray T. Murray	RB	6'0"	180	SO
35	Bob Ondilla B. Ondilla	TE	5'11"	195	SR
20	John Parham J. Parham	RB	6'0"	175	SO
43	Ralph Pellecchia R. Pellecchia	OL	5'11"	188	SO
46	Coy Privette C. Privette	OL	5'11"	190	JR
60	Fred Santangelo F. Santangelo	OL	5'11"	215	SR
	Earl Shields E. Shields	OL	5'11"	210	SO
48	Mike Soltis M. Soltis	OL	6'2"	205	JR
	R.L. Stocks	TE	6'1"	200	SO
39	Ed Stowers E. Stowers	TE	6'0"	210	JR
59	Tom Swatzel T. Swatzel	OL	6'5"	235	JR
31	Bench Tench B. Tench	QB	6'2"	195	SO
41	Charles Topping C. Topping	TE	6'2"	200	SO
37	Tony Trentini T. Trentini	OL	5'11"	210	SO
54	James Turner J. Turner	OL	6'0"	195	JR
38	Marco Viola M. Viola	OL	5'11"	200	SO
53	Tommy Waggoner T. Waggoner	TE	6'0"	190	SO
	Earl Ware E. Ware	TE	5'10"	185	JR
33	Tommy Whims T. Whims	TE	6'0"	185	SO
30	Joe White J. White	QB	6'1"	185	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375