Wake Forest basketball's Jaylen Hoard came into the season as the highest ranked Deacon Deacon freshman since Al-Farouq Aminu in 2008. He was also the Deacons’ first five-star recruit since Aminu.
As such, the expectations for Hoard were set extremely high, and may have even been too high.
Through 15 games so far, Hoard is averaging 14.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.5 blocks, 2.3 fouls, and 2.7 turnovers in 29.7 minutes per game. He is shooting 47.4% from the field, 19.2% from beyond the arc, and 70.8% from the free throw line.