Gio Lopez

QB · #3 · Wake Forest · JR · 6'0" · 220 · Madison, AL

Transferred from UNC · Projected QB starter

1,747 2025 pass yards
10-5 2025 TD-INT
130.2 Passer rating
27 Career games (23 starts)
Heisman odds (#90 board)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSCmp-Att Pass yds TD-INT Rtg Rush yds
2025 North Carolina1111170-261 1,747 10-5 130.2 133
2024 South Alabama1111206-312 2,559 18-5 150.8 463
2023 South Alabama5141-61 475 4-2 147.7 154

2025 Percentile vs QBs

Pass yards per game 158.8 51
Completion rate 65.1% 71
Yards per attempt 6.7 35
TD rate 3.8% 30
INT rate 1.9% 64
Passer rating 130.2 45

Around Gio

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
RB Ty Clark III RB · 323 rush yds · 13g
WR-X Antonio Meeks WR · 189 rec yds · 13g · at LOU
WR-Z Carlos Hernandez WR · 611 rec yds · 13g
WR-SL Kam Shanks WR · 101 rec yds · 12g · at ARK
TE Kamrean Johnson TE · 122 rec yds · 13g

The situation

Wake Forest 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 12.0% 68
Red zone TD rate 68.3% 44
Line yards per carry 2.6 60
Sack rate allowed 4.3% 84

2025 Game log

with North Carolina
WkOpponentCmp-Att Yds TD INT Sk taken
W1 TCU4-10 69 1 2
W2 @ CHAR17-25 155 1
W3Richmond Spiders10-18 119 2 2
W4 @ UCF11-14 87 2 2
W8 @ CAL19-35 167 1
W9 UVA23-36 208 1 2 3
W10 @ SYR15-19 216 2
W11 STAN18-25 203 2 2
W12 @ WAKE21-36 201 2
W13 DUKE21-27 204 1 3
W14 @ NCST11-16 118 1 3

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2023 board
#1331 Jarriett Buie WR · Tampa Jesuit IOWA
#1331 Xe'ree Alexander LB · Kennedy Catholic
#1331 Gio Lopez QB · James Clemens USA
#1331 Will Stallings RB · Clayton Valley ARMY
#1331 Tracy Revels S · Texarkana Liberty-Eylau BGSU
QBs in the class
#59 Jax Leatherwood Scripps Ranch NEV
#60 Dylan Wittke Buford VT
#61 Gio Lopez James Clemens USA
#62 Keyone Jenkins Miami Central FIU
#63 Ethan Crawford Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa USM
2025 · 51th pctile of QBs
Recruit · 51th pctile of class