CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Wake Forest redshirt senior wide receiver Taylor Morin has been named the recipient of the 2024 Jim Tatum Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday.
The award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the 1950s at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete.
A semifinalist for the 2024 William V. Campbell Trophy, which is presented annually by the National Football Foundation (NFF) and the College Football Hall of Fame to the best football scholar-athlete in the nation for their combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership, Morin has posted a career 3.77 cumulative grade point average while working toward a master’s degree in business administration after earning his bachelor’s degree in engineering.
A member of both the Dean’s List and AD Honor Roll in 11 of 11 semesters at Wake Forest, Morin is also a four-time member of the All-ACC Academic Team, a five-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll and a three-time Military Bowl 3M STEM Scholar-Athlete Program honoree (2022 and 2023).
The fifth-year wideout played in 61 games, starting 54 for the Demon Deacons in his collegiate career. He totaled 227 receptions, 2,974 receiving yards and 21 receiving touchdowns. He also totaled 4,019 all-purpose yards over his college career, including 809 punt return yards and 236 kick return yards.
In the regular-season finale versus Duke (November 30), Morin became Wake Forest’s all-time leader in receiving yards with 2,974, passing former NFL player Ricky Proehl, who had 2,929 yards in the late 1980s.
Morin also ranks in the top five in Wake Forest’s program history in receptions and receiving touchdowns. He ranks second in school history in career punt return yards.
This season, Morin hauled in 64 catches for 756 yards and two touchdowns. He also returned three kickoffs for 66 yards and 14 punts for 238 yards and a touchdown.
Morin is the seventh Wake Forest football student-athlete to be honored with the ACC's Jim Tatum Award and the first Demon Deacon to win the award since Zach Tom in 2021.
ACC Jim Tatum Award Winners
1979 Scott Hamilton, OG, Duke
1980 No Award
1981 Bert Krupp, LB, Virginia
1982 Pat Chester, S, Virginia
Phil Denfield, TE, Wake Forest
1983 Phil Denfield, TE, Wake Forest
1984 Not Available
1985 Kevin Anthony, QB, North Carolina
1986 David Cardenas, DB. Virginia
1987 Harris Barton, OT, North Carolina
1988 Not Available
1989 Doug Kley, DT, Duke
1990 Charlie Cobb, C, NC State
1991 Steve Ainsworth, OL, Wake Forest
1992 Not Available
1993 Thomas Burns, LB, Virginia
1994 Ed Glenn, TE, Clemson
1995 Russell Babb, OT, North Carolina
1996 Daryl Bush, DB, Florida State
1997 Stephen Phelan, DB, Virginia
Jonathan Claiborne, S, Maryland
1998 Ebenezer Ekuban, DE, North Carolina
1999 Noel LaMontagne, OG, Virginia
2000 Louis Marchetti, OT, North Carolina
2001 Kyle Young, C, Clemson
2002 Jeremy Muyres, DB, Georgia Tech
2003 Chris Douglas, RB, Duke
2004 Nick Novak, PK, Maryland
2005 Brendan Dewan, LB, Duke
David Castillo, C, Florida State
2006 Josh Wilson, DB, Maryland
2007 Tom Santi, TE, Virginia
2008 Darryl Richard, DT, Georgia Tech
2009 Riley Skinner, QB, Wake Forest
2010 Christian Ponder, QB, Florida State
2011 Danny Coale, WR/P, Virginia Tech
2012 Sean Renfree, QB, Duke
2013 Perry Simmons, OT, Duke
2014 David Helton, LB, Duke
2015 Jeremy Cash, S, Duke
2016 Ryan Janvion, S, Wake Forest
2017 Braxton Berrios, WR, Miami
2018 Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson
2019 Jordan Mack, LB, Virginia
2020 Kingsley Jonathan, DE, Syracuse
2021 Zach Tom, OT, Wake Forest
2022 Dillan Gibbons, OG, Florida State
2023 DeWayne Carter, DT, Duke
2024 Taylor Morin, WR, Wake Forest