Ryan Smenda Jr. is a high-volume, tone-setting linebacker with proven production at Wake Forest
Smenda finished his Wake Forest career with 355 tackles, the most by any Demon Deacon since 2000, and he peaked with 117 tackles in his senior season, showing a true sideline-to-sideline workload and the instincts to live around the ball[2]. He also flashed splash-play value with tackles for loss, quarterback pressure, and a memorable 16-tackle bowl performance, while his wrestling background and hard-hitting reputation point to toughness, leverage, and contact balance that don’t always show up in box scores[2][9][8].
