Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Wake Forest
Demond Claiborne
RB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Aylett, VA, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Demond Claiborne leans workhorse runner traits and 50.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Demond Claiborne built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Aylett, VA wearing No. 1, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Demond Claiborne's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 17
- Overall
- No. 198
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Demond Claiborne, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Demond Claiborne leans workhorse runner traits and 50.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,020
- Rushing yards
- 2,596
- Receiving yards
- 424
- Touchdowns
- 32
Quick Answers
Demond Claiborne quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,020
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · King William · Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- King William · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 6 · Pick 17 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,045 scrimmage yards · RB 53rd (top 8%) · ACC 10th (top 3%) · National 75th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 4 | 52 | 57 | -5 | 0 | 23.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 10 | 621 | 586 | 35 | 7 | 52.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 1,302 | 1,048 | 254 | 15 | 80.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 1,045 | 905 | 140 | 10 | 71.4 |
Related Context
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Demond Claiborne played RB for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Demond Claiborne recorded 2,596 rushing yards, 424 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Wake Forest paired 1,302 primary output with 50.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
62.1
Efficiency
39.4
Usage
24.6
Consistency
53.4
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Elon: 70. Vanderbilt: 165. Old Dominion: 47. Georgia Tech: 42. Clemson: 60. Virginia Tech: 4. Pittsburgh: 118. Florida State: 22. Duke: 81. NC State: 12
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Elon: 13 by 56.1. Vanderbilt: 26 by 66.1. Old Dominion: 13 by 34.4. Georgia Tech: 13 by 33.7. Clemson: 19 by 32.9. Virginia Tech: 3 by 13.9. Pittsburgh: 15 by 75.6. Florida State: 11 by 20.8. Duke: 19 by 44.4. NC State: 8 by 15.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins100 · Games = 4 · +63.2 vs Losses
Losses36.8 · Games = 6 · -63.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
75.6 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/11 | vs NC State | L 6-26 | 8 | 12 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Thu 11/2 | @ Duke | L 21-24 | 19 | 81 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Florida State | L 16-41 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Pittsburgh2+ TD | W 21-17 | 14 | 96 | 6.90 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7.9 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Virginia Tech | L 13-30 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Clemson | L 12-17 | 19 | 60 | 3.20 | 1 | — | — | 3.2 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Georgia Tech | L 16-30 | 13 | 42 | 3.20 | 1 | — | — | 3.2 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Old Dominion | W 27-24 | 11 | 34 | 3.10 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Vanderbilt100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 36-20 | 26 | 165 | 6.30 | 0 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Thu 8/31 | vs Elon | W 37-17 | 13 | 70 | 5.40 | 1 | — | — | 5.4 |
Player Story
Demond Claiborne story
Demond Claiborne built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Aylett, VA wearing No. 1, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Demond Claiborne's career was his backfield work: 2,596 rushing yards, 558 carries, 26 rushing touchdowns, and 424 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Wake Forest. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 424 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 579 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Demond Claiborne moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Wake Forest
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 52 | 38 | 6 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 621 | 39.4 | 24.6 | 569 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1,302 | 50.7 | 37.3 | 681 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1,045 | 50.2 | 34.1 | -257 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 126 Oregon State
Week 7 · W 39-14
Win with 170 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
170
Scrimmage Yards
92.8 takeover
170 scrimmage yards and 45 usage.
#2
vs Western Carolina
Week 2 · W 42-10
191
Scrimmage Yards
91 takeover
Win with 191 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
191 scrimmage yards and 25.5 usage.
#3
vs Vanderbilt
Week 2 · W 36-20
165
Scrimmage Yards
88.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
165 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#4
@ Stanford
Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game
189
Scrimmage Yards
88.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
189 scrimmage yards and 41.3 usage.
#5
@ NC State
Week 6 · W 34-30 · Conference game
144
Scrimmage Yards
82 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
144 scrimmage yards and 46.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
1,302 primary output · 50.7 efficiency · 37.3 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest
71.4
1,045 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 34.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
52.6
621 primary · 39.4 efficiency · 24.6 usage
Milestones
8
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
8
2+ TD games
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