Player Dossier

2023-2025

Wake Forest

Sterling Berkhalter

WR • 6'3" • 203 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Sterling Berkhalter reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Cincinnati • Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Sterling Berkhalter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Cincinnati and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Sterling Berkhalter's...

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Sterling Berkhalter, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest. Sterling Berkhalter reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
607
Receptions
41
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Sterling Berkhalter quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · WR
Career Receiving Yards
607
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Wake Forest
Top game
Houston
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
416 receiving yards · WR 278th (top 26%) · ACC 46th (top 16%) · National 313th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonCincinnati0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati711191144.5
2025 PostseasonWake Forest12534074.2
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest1225382274.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Wake Forest to TexasP4 to P486.3Jan 15, 2026
2025Cincinnati to Wake ForestP4 to P479.1Jan 3, 2025
2023Unlisted to CincinnatiUnlisted to P479.8Dec 22, 2022

Sterling Berkhalter played WR for Cincinnati and Wake Forest. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sterling Berkhalter recorded 607 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 416 primary output with 80.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 80.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, Wake Forest.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

34.7

Efficiency

80.1

Usage

14.7

Consistency

67.7

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 34. Kennesaw State: 34. Western Carolina: 72. NC State: 43. Georgia Tech: 50. Oregon State: 26. SMU: 58. Florida State: 13. Virginia: 9. North Carolina: 19. Delaware: 42. Duke: 16

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 5 by 45.3. Kennesaw State: 3 by 75.6. Western Carolina: 2 by 100. NC State: 3 by 95.6. Georgia Tech: 2 by 100. Oregon State: 3 by 57.8. SMU: 5 by 77.3. Florida State: 1 by 86.7. Virginia: 1 by 60. North Carolina: 2 by 63.3. Delaware: 2 by 100. Duke: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins36.8 · Games = 8 · +6.3 vs Losses
Losses30.5 · Games = 4 · -6.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

100 vs Duke

Result
Sat 1/3@ Mississippi StateW 43-295346.86.80015
Sat 11/29@ DukeL 32-491161616016
Sat 11/22vs DelawareW 52-142422121123
Sat 11/15vs North CarolinaW 28-122199.59.50013
Sun 11/9@ VirginiaW 16-9199909
Sat 11/1@ Florida StateL 7-421131313013
Sat 10/25vs SMUW 13-1255811.611.60022
Sat 10/11@ Oregon StateW 39-143268.78.70011
Sat 9/27vs Georgia TechL 29-302502525039
Thu 9/11vs NC StateL 24-3434314.314.30026
Sat 9/6vs Western CarolinaW 42-102723636151
Fri 8/29vs Kennesaw StateW 10-933411.311.30018

Player Story

Sterling Berkhalter story

Sterling Berkhalter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Cincinnati and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Sterling Berkhalter's career was his receiving role: 41 catches, 607 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Sterling Berkhalter's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Cincinnati

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wake Forest

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati19174.38.1191
2025 PostseasonWake Forest41680.114.7225
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest41680.114.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Houston

Week 4 · W 34-0 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

60

Receiving Yards

84.1 takeover

60 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 23 SMU

Week 9 · W 13-12 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Receiving Yards

83.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 77.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Western Carolina

Week 2 · W 42-10

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Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

72 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Duke

Week 3

9

Receiving Yards

80 takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

9 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

#5

vs Towson

Week 1 · W 38-20

70

Receiving Yards

76.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

70 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

416 primary output · 80.1 efficiency · 14.7 usage

74.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest

74.2

416 primary · 80.1 efficiency · 14.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

44.5

191 primary · 74.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games