
Wake Forest’s explosive speed threat still remembered for big-play juice
John Stone is a former Wake Forest WR, not a current 2026 roster player, so there isn’t reliable current-season performance to report. In his Wake career, he stood out as a dynamic multi-purpose playmaker: track-speed burst, elite return value, and real open-field explosiveness, including 1,906 career kickoff return yards and three kickoff-return touchdowns, which made him a special-teams weapon with game-flipping upside. If you want a player who changes field position and can threaten defenses vertically, Stone’s profile fits; if you need a current, active prospect, this is the wrong John Stone.