Steele Pizzella
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
69
Depth

Steele Pizzella

Wake Forest Demon DeaconsSolid
QBOffenseDepth
2nd String / Backup

Is Steele Pizzella starting?

Steele Pizzella is listed 2nd string at QB for Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Steele Pizzella is listed QB #2 for Wake Forest at 69 OVR.

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Depth at QB · Wake Forest Demon Deacons

  1. 1384Gio LopezStarter
  2. 2669Steele PizzellaYou

What's Next

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The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of Notre Dame, ranked #1,629 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #1,629 Natl
Simi Valley, CA
Jersey
#6
Class
RS FR
Height
5'11"
Weight
180 lbs

Steele Pizzella is currently behind Gio Lopez at QB on the Wake Forest depth chart, a ACC team rated 78 overall this season.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8533
National Rank
#1629
High School
Notre Dame
Hometown
Sherman Oaks, CA

Why this rating?

On a 78-rated offense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 69 after depth penalty.

Team offense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role; −6 depth penalty

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

Sep 3WAKRYDS 6
CMP-ATT
1-3
YDS
6
TD
0
INT
0
QBR
50.1
CAR
1
YDS
-7
AVG
-7.0
TD
0

Final W 38-16

Steele Pizzella's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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