2014 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Matt James
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, NC
- High School:
- Sanderson
Bio
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2021 (The Bachelor)
Provider of fine roses (and orchids too).
2014 (Senior)
Caught a career-best 40 passes for 401 yards as a senior . . . Set career-highs with nine receptions for 87 yards in the season finale at Duke ... Led Wake Forest with 40 yards on three catches in the season-opener at ULM (Aug. 28), surpassing his 2013 receiving yardage in just one game ... Notched five catches and 60 yards against GWU (Sept. 6) ... Caught three passes for 53 yards at Utah State (Sept. 13), including a career-long 36-yard reception ... Led the Deacs with career-bests of seven catches and 64 yards versus Army (Sept. 20) ... Was targeted twice at Louisville (Sept. 27), making a tackle after an interception ... Did not play vs. Florida State (Oct. 4), Syracuse (Oct. 18) or Boston College (Oct. 25) due to injury ... Returned from a broken hand against Clemson (Nov. 6), making three catches on nine targets for 28 yards ... Made four catches for 40 yards at NC State (Nov. 15) ... Caught six passes for 29 yards against Virginia Tech (Nov. 22).
2013 (Junior)
Limited to just four games, including one start, due to injury ... Caught four passes for 39 yards on the year ... Missed the first five games of the season due to a shoulder injury ... Made his season debut vs. Maryland (Oct. 19) and was targeted twice ... Caught his first pass of the season, a 13-yarder, at Miami (Oct. 26) ... Started and caught three passes for 26 yards at Syracuse (Nov. 2).
2012 (Sophomore)
Played in three games with one start before suffering a broken collar bone at Florida State (Sept. 15) ... Missed the remainder of the season after suffering the injury ... Member of the kickoff return unit prior to the injury ... Started the season opener vs. Liberty (Sept. 1) but did not record any stats ... Had one catch for three yards against the Seminoles before suffering the injury.
2011 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in eight games off the bench to earn his first varsity letter ... Caught three passes for 15 yards on the season ... Made first career reception for five yards vs. NC State (Sept. 10) ... Hauled in a season-long six-yard reception vs. Gardner-Webb (Sept. 17) ... Had a four-yard reception in the regular season finale vs. Vanderbilt (Nov. 26). 2010 (True Freshman)
Redshirted the season.
High School
A 2010 graduate of Sanderson High School in Raleigh, N.C. ... Had 716 receiving yards and four touchdown catches as a senior ... Named to the Cap-7 all-conference team ... Scored on a 13-yard reception and a 56-yard run against Wake Forest-Rolesville High ... Had seven receptions for 128 yards against Millbrook ... Made nine receptions for 120 yards against Wakefield ... Made nine receptions for 141 yards against Panther Creek ... Played for head coach Tony Lewis ... Scored 12 touchdowns as a junior ... Rated the No. 28 player in North Carolina by the Fayetteville Observer ... Rated as the 27th-best prospect in the state by Rivals.com and 28th by SuperPrep ... MVP of the National Underclassmen Combine ... Timed at 4.48 in the 40 ... Helped Sanderson to a league championship in basketball in 2007 ... Was the basketball team MVP in 2006-07 ... Also earned football offensive MVP honors and MVP of the track & field team ... Set school records in the 200m (21.7), 400m (48.8), long jump (23[apos]5'), triple jump and high jump ... Outstanding student with a 3.7 grade point average ... Chose Wake Forest over Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland and Syracuse ... Recruited by Steve Russ. Personal
Majoring in economics ... Son of Manny and Patty James ... Born Dec. 5, 1991.
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