Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman sets ACC career passing touchdown mark
Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman has peppered his name all over the record books for the Demon Deacons football program. On Friday night, against Missouri in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, the ultra-accurate quarterback added yet another impressive record to his prolific college football career. He threw his 108th career touchdown pass, giving him the most passing touchdowns in ACC history.
Hartman passed the former ACC career passing touchdowns leader, former Clemson great, Tajh Boyd.
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If you want to check out a clip of the record-breaking touchdown pass, you can find it here. Hartman connected with his receiver, Taylor Morin, in the back of the end zone to give Wake Forest an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter.
The bad news for Wake Forest fans is that it’s rumored that Hartman will officially enter the NCAA Transfer Portal or declare for the 2023 NFL Draft following the bowl game. There is some online chatter via social media that has suggested that Notre Dame is the “most likely” suggestion for the gifted quarterback.
If that does indeed happen, it’d be a brutal blow to the Demon Deacon program, as Hartman has been everything to them and head coach Dave Clawson for the past few seasons. It’d also be a massive land for the Notre Dame program. We’ll have to see what happens following the bowl game.
Hartman has done an incredible job running the slow mesh for Wake Forest, holding onto the football right until the last second to freeze defenders in the backfield.
Entering Friday night’s game, Hartman ranked second on the Wake Forest all-time passing yardage list to Riley Skinner. Hartman also owns the single-season passing yardage record for the program (4,228 yards–2021). Not only that, but he also owns the school records for passing touchdowns in a single-season (39) and passing touchdowns in a single-game (6–2022 vs. Clemson).
He has thrown a touchdown pass in 30 consecutive games–the longest active streak in FBS.
Regardless of where he ends up playing his college football next, he’s cemented his legacy in Wake Forest football history as one of the greatest to ever suit up there.