Player Dossier

2011-2013

Wake Forest

Sherman Ragland III

WR • 6'2" • Durham, NC, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Sherman Ragland III reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

40

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Sherman Ragland III built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 26, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Sherman Ragland III's career was his...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8781

Orange Lutheran · Orange, CA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Sherman Ragland III, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Sherman Ragland III reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
401
Receptions
43
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Sherman Ragland III quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · WR
Career Receiving Yards
401
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
3-star · Orange Lutheran
High school pipeline
Orange Lutheran · 48 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 26 · Class 2013
2013 Receiving yards rank
154 receiving yards · WR 503rd (top 55%) · ACC 78th (top 39%) · National 700th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonWake Forest0-00-
2012 Regular SeasonWake Forest1023247066.3
2013 Regular SeasonWake Forest520154155.8

Related Context

Sherman Ragland III played WR for Wake Forest. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sherman Ragland III recorded 5 rushing yards, 401 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 247 primary output with 58.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 46.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2013 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

30.8

Efficiency

46.1

Usage

23

Consistency

38.2

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 10. NC State: 23. Syracuse: 91. Florida State: 3. Duke: 27

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. Clemson: 1 by 66.7. NC State: 4 by 38.3. Syracuse: 10 by 60.7. Florida State: 1 by 20. Duke: 4 by 45

Split Comparison

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

Wins23 · Games = 1 · -9.8 vs Losses
Losses32.8 · Games = 4 · +9.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Syracuse

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 11/23vs DukeL 21-284276.46.80011
Sat 11/9vs Florida StateL 3-59133303
Sat 11/2@ SyracuseHigh volumeL 0-1310919.19.10023
Sat 10/5vs NC StateW 28-134235.85.8009
Sat 9/28@ ClemsonL 7-561101010110

Player Story

Sherman Ragland III story

Sherman Ragland III built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 26, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Sherman Ragland III's career was his receiving role: 43 catches, 401 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 5 rushing yards across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Sherman Ragland III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Wake Forest

    2011-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonWake Forest0
2012 Regular SeasonWake Forest24758.911.4247
2013 Regular SeasonWake Forest15446.123-93

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida State

Week 3 · L 0-52 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

48

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Syracuse

Week 10 · L 0-13 · Conference game

91

Receiving Yards

86.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 60.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs North Carolina

Week 2 · W 28-27 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

70.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ NC State

Week 11 · L 6-37 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

64 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 58.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Boston College

Week 10 · W 28-14 · Conference game

39

Receiving Yards

60.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

39 receiving yards with a 65 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Wake Forest

247 primary output · 58.9 efficiency · 11.4 usage

66.3

#2

2013 Regular Season · Wake Forest

55.8

154 primary · 46.1 efficiency · 23 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Wake Forest

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games