The redshirt junior wide receiver had a breakout 2020 campaign en route to earning All-America honors from Pro Football Focus.
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. -- Wake Forest wide receiver Jaquarii Roberson was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, as announced by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday morning.
The award is presented annually to the best college football player. Roberson is one of 80 players nationwide to land on the watch list, including one of 13 selections from the ACC. This is the second consecutive season a Wake Forest wide receiver has been named to the watch list (Sage Surratt) and the third consecutive season a Demon Deacon was on the watch list (Sage Surratt, Jamie Newman).
Roberson proved he is one of the best wide receivers in the ACC and the country last season, registering one of the best offensive seasons in Wake Forest history, earning Second Team All-America honors from Pro Football Focus.
The Murfreesboro, N.C. native ranked in the top 10 in Wake Forest's single season records in receiving yards (926) and receiving touchdowns (8). Additionally, he tied a program record by finishing the 2020 campaign with four-straight 100-yard receiving yard games. In the Duke's Mayo Bowl, Roberson reeled in three touchdowns on his first three targets of the game, setting a new Demon Deacon record.
His 102.9 receiving yards per game were a program record and he was the only receiver in the ACC to have an average of over 100 yards in 2020.
Heading into the 2021 campaign, PFF ranked Roberson as the No. 6 wide receiver in the country and has received All-American honors from Pro Football Focus and Athlon Sports, as well as First Team All-ACC honors from multiple outlets.
Wake Forest on National Watch Lists
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. -- Wake Forest wide receiver Jaquarii Roberson was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, as announced by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday morning.
The award is presented annually to the best college football player. Roberson is one of 80 players nationwide to land on the watch list, including one of 13 selections from the ACC. This is the second consecutive season a Wake Forest wide receiver has been named to the watch list (Sage Surratt) and the third consecutive season a Demon Deacon was on the watch list (Sage Surratt, Jamie Newman).
Roberson proved he is one of the best wide receivers in the ACC and the country last season, registering one of the best offensive seasons in Wake Forest history, earning Second Team All-America honors from Pro Football Focus.
The Murfreesboro, N.C. native ranked in the top 10 in Wake Forest's single season records in receiving yards (926) and receiving touchdowns (8). Additionally, he tied a program record by finishing the 2020 campaign with four-straight 100-yard receiving yard games. In the Duke's Mayo Bowl, Roberson reeled in three touchdowns on his first three targets of the game, setting a new Demon Deacon record.
His 102.9 receiving yards per game were a program record and he was the only receiver in the ACC to have an average of over 100 yards in 2020.
Heading into the 2021 campaign, PFF ranked Roberson as the No. 6 wide receiver in the country and has received All-American honors from Pro Football Focus and Athlon Sports, as well as First Team All-ACC honors from multiple outlets.
Wake Forest on National Watch Lists
- Maxwell Award- Jaquarri Roberson (July 19)
- PFF (Third Team)
- Athlon Sports (Fourth Team)
- Athlon Sports (First Team)
- Phil Steele (First Team)
- PFF (First Team)
- Lindy's Sports (Second Team)
