Rushaun Tongue
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
84
Good

Rushaun Tongue

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FSDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Rushaun Tongue is the projected starter at FS for Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Redshirt junior · #6 · 6'1", 200 lbs

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Depth at FS · Wake Forest Demon Deacons

  1. 1684Rushaun TongueStarter
  2. 22471Micah Bright
  3. 32571Joshua Patterson

Wake Forest Starting Lineup

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Up next for Wake Forest

Wake Forest plays Merrimack at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of Chesapeake Sr., ranked #853 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #853 Natl
Pasadena, MD
Jersey
#6
Class
RS JR
Height
6'1"
Weight
200 lbs

At 6'1", 200 lbs, Rushaun Tongue plays for a Wake Forest team rated 89 overall in the ACC.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8697
National Rank
#853
High School
Chesapeake Sr.
Hometown
Pasadena, MD

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated defense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 84 after depth penalty.

Team defense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WUVATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 51-7

Oct 18WCALTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Oct 10WNCSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-14

Oct 3WSTANTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 57-3

Sep 26WLOUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-27

Sep 18LMIATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-20

Sep 12WPURTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-36 2OT

Sep 3WAKRTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 38-16

Rushaun Tongue's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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