#1Demond Claiborne

RB·Wake Forest·2025

Demond Claiborne is a Featured Back for Wake Forest. Demond's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 212 plays — a developing rate for the RB.

What projects, and what doesn't · RBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

Usage share (volume)0.52
Beats guessing the RB average by 18%. n=4,219 RB seasons
EPA per play (efficiency)0.10
Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=3,575 RB seasons
Total EPA (value)0.41
Beats guessing the RB average by 9%. n=3,575 RB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Demond Claiborne's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Rushing

905 Rush yards10 Rush TD179 Carries5.1 Yards/carry

Receiving

28 Receptions140 Rec yards0 Rec TD5.0 Yards/rec

Returns

1 Kick returns18 KR yards0 KR TD

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs RB peers

Efficiency0
Volume77
Explosiveness42
Consistency0
Receiving68

Player type

Featured Back

The centerpiece of the run game — high carry volume, used in early downs and goal-line, true workhorse role.

Primary ball carrierHigh volumeGoal-line threat

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg

Game-to-game consistency0th %ile · below avg

Key findings

▸Below-average efficiency vs RB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
▸High game-to-game variance — boom-or-bust profile.
▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.54 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
▸Peak game: 1.06 EPA/play in Wk 2 vs Western Carolina.

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗

Contributor

Rotational contributor. Smaller collective or local deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Car	Rush Yds	Avg	Rush TD	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	EPA/play
1	vsKennesaw State	W10-9	-5.4	3	19	6.3	0	—	—	—	0.12
2	vsWestern Carolina	W42-10	—	10	193	19.3	3	2	-2	0	1.06
3	vsNC State	L24-34	4.8	12	35	2.9	1	8	33	0	0.12
5	vsGeorgia Tech	L29-30	9.3	21	119	5.7	2	2	9	0	0.30
6	@Virginia Tech	W30-23	-10.1	7	29	4.1	1	2	7	0	0.05
7	@Oregon State	W39-14	-15.9	16	144	9.0	1	2	26	0	0.24
9	vsSMU	W13-12	13.4	23	73	3.2	0	1	1	0	-0.24
10	@Florida State	L7-42	7.2	14	27	1.9	0	2	16	0	-0.25
11	@Virginia	W16-9	11.1	25	75	3.0	0	2	8	0	-0.29
12	vsNorth Carolina	W28-12	-6.6	23	98	4.3	1	2	12	0	-0.02
13	vsDelaware	W52-14	-10.9	12	37	3.1	1	3	20	0	0.07
14	@Duke	L32-49	6.6	13	56	4.3	0	2	10	0	-0.65

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

26.9%

Passing plays

10.0%

Rushing plays

43.4%

Standard downs

30.8%

Passing downs

19.0%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: -0.02
Passing downs: -0.03
Pass / Rush EPA: -0.02 / -0.02

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).