Tennessee transfer WR Kaleb Webb commits to Wake Forest

Tennessee Volunteers transfer wide receiver Kaleb Webb has committed to join the Wake Forest Demon Deacons via the transfer portal, he announced via Instagram. The former four-star recruit and redshirt sophomore will have two years of eligibility remaining. 

The former top 300 recruit has 22 career catches for 214 yards and a touchdown. Webb redshirted this season with the Volunteers, but he pulled down six catches for 48 yards in four games. An On3 top 100 recruit, the 6-foot-3, 195-pound wide receiver picked the Volunteers over Michigan and Louisville coming out of high school.

“I don’t know if anybody spends more time in the building catching balls off the JUGS,” Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel said about Webb in 2023. “He’s always coming back for extra work in the middle of the day to understand what he’s doing, what he’s seeing to continue to grow within our offense, understanding defensive structure.”

Webb was the Georgia High School Football Daily 2021 Region 2-7A Player of the Year. He caught 83 passes for 1,601 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior in 2021 to earn all-state accolades. He became the first McEachern High School player to tally over 1,000 receiving yards in a season since 2015.

This past season wasn’t the best campaign for Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons finished 4-8 during Dave Clawson’s 11th season on the job. Now, they’re looking to move forward and return to being a surprise contender in the ACC.

An addition like Webb can help that mission. Time will tell how it works out, but the former Tennessee pass catcher has a new home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

On3’s Pete Nakos contributed to this article.