Wake Forest’s long, rangy DB with real special-teams and upside pop
Jerron Blackwell enters the 2026 season as a 6-foot-2, 190-pound redshirt freshman defensive back at Wake Forest, and his early calling card is length, versatility, and a fast-learning profile from Greensboro’s Dudley program. In 2025, he appeared in one game and made two tackles in his Wake Forest debut against Delaware, then redshirted, which suggests the staff is still building him into a bigger role. He was a productive prep defender with 35 tackles, six tackles for loss, nine pass breakups, an interception, and a fumble recovery as a senior, so the appeal is clear: developmental DB size with ball skills and some two-way athletic juice.
