Player Dossier

2009-2012

Wake Forest

Brendan Cross

QB • 6'2" • Alpharetta, GA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Brendan Cross is a balanced quarterback profile with 4.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

3

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

14

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Gardner-Webb
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8433

Chattahoochee · Alpharetta, GA

Committed To
Wake Forest
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Brendan Cross, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Brendan Cross is a balanced quarterback profile with 4.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
85
Passing yards
16
Rushing yards
69

Quick Answers

Brendan Cross quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · QB
Career Total Offense
85
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Top game
Gardner-Webb
Recruit profile
3-star · Chattahoochee · Wake Forest
High school pipeline
Chattahoochee · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 12 · Class 2012
2012 Total offense rank
29 total offense · QB 264th (top 87%) · ACC 94th (top 68%) · National 911th (top 69%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonWake Forest00000-
2010 Regular SeasonWake Forest336531053.9
2011 Regular SeasonWake Forest120911062.2
2012 Regular SeasonWake Forest429227037.2

Related Context

Brendan Cross played QB for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brendan Cross recorded 16 passing yards and 69 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 20 primary output with 82.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 44.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Presbyterian

Win with 18 yards of offense and 47.9 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2010 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

3

Primary Metric / G

12

Efficiency

44.8

Usage

5.9

Consistency

57.7

Best Game by takeover score

Presbyterian

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Presbyterian: 18. Stanford: 9. Georgia Tech: 9

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Presbyterian: 6 by 47.9. Stanford: 7 by 29.5. Georgia Tech: 3 by 57.1

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins18 · Games = 1 · +9 vs Losses
Losses9 · Games = 2 · -9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Presbyterian

Best efficiency game

57.1 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Sat 10/2vs Georgia TechL 20-2412250.00057.117707
Sun 9/19@ StanfordL 24-680200.00029.5591.80010
Thu 9/2vs PresbyterianW 53-1313333.30047.93155011

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wake Forest

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonWake Forest0
2010 Regular SeasonWake Forest3644.85.936
2011 Regular SeasonWake Forest2082.54.8-16
2012 Regular SeasonWake Forest29504.59

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Gardner-Webb

Week 3 · W 48-5

Win with 20 yards of offense and 82.5 efficiency.

20

Total Offense

64.4 takeover

20 total offense with 82.5 efficiency.

#2

vs Vanderbilt

Week 13 · L 21-55

31

Total Offense

58.9 takeover

Loss with 31 yards of offense and 66.7 efficiency.

31 total offense with 66.7 efficiency.

#3

vs Presbyterian

Week 1 · W 53-13

18

Total Offense

53.7 takeover

Win with 18 yards of offense and 47.9 efficiency.

18 total offense with 47.9 efficiency.

#4

vs Georgia Tech

Week 5 · L 20-24 · Conference game

9

Total Offense

37.5 takeover

Loss with 9 yards of offense and 57.1 efficiency.

9 total offense with 57.1 efficiency.

#5

@ Stanford

Week 3 · L 24-68

9

Total Offense

33.5 takeover

Loss with 9 yards of offense and 29.5 efficiency.

9 total offense with 29.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Wake Forest

20 primary output · 82.5 efficiency · 4.8 usage

62.2

#2

2010 Regular Season · Wake Forest

53.9

36 primary · 44.8 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Wake Forest

37.2

29 primary · 50 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

3

Above avg efficiency