Grant Wells
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 8, 2000 Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | George Washington |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Grant Wells (born August 8, 2000) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Marshall Thundering Herd and Virginia Tech Hokies.[1][2][3]
College career
[edit]Marshall
[edit]As a redshirt freshman in 2020, Wells completed 165 of 270 passes for 2,091 yards and 18 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. In 2020, Marshall started 7-0 and #21 in the poll, but lost 20-0 to Rice and Wells threw 5 picks.
He was named to the Maxwell Award watch list prior to the 2021 season.[4] In 2021, Wells repeated as a redshirt freshman. During the regular season, he completed 280 of 419 passes for 3,433 yards, 16 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.[5] He ranked 12th in passing yards among all Division I FBS players.[6]
Virginia Tech
[edit]On January 6, 2022, Wells announced that he had transferred to Virginia Tech.[7] On August 17, head coach Brent Pry announced that Wells would be the Hokies' week 1 starter against Old Dominion.[8] In that game, however, Virginia Tech lost to the Monarchs 20-17; Wells threw 4 interceptions. In 2023, he started the first 2 games against Old Dominion and Purdue, but after being replaced by Baylor transfer Kyron Drones, he never started a game again.
Statistics
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| 2019 | Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Marshall | 10 | 165 | 270 | 61.1 | 2,091 | 7.7 | 18 | 9 | 141.5 | 54 | 174 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Marshall | 13 | 295 | 444 | 66.4 | 3,535 | 8.0 | 16 | 13 | 139.4 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 7 |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 196 | 332 | 59.0 | 2,171 | 6.5 | 9 | 9 | 117.5 | 111 | 212 | 1.9 | 6 |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 33 | 62 | 53.2 | 494 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 140.3 | 14 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Career | 37 | 689 | 1,109 | 62.1 | 8,288 | 7.5 | 48 | 33 | 133.2 | 240 | 446 | 1.9 | 16 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Marshall football: Grant Wells has to prove himself again in new system". Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 26, 2021.
- ↑ Brocato, Joe (July 24, 2021). "Marshall football: Grant Wells' growth evident to teammates". Charleston Gazette-Mail.
- ↑ Brocato, Joe (April 1, 2020). "Former GW quarterback Grant Wells looks to climb depth chart at Marshall". WV MetroNews. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ↑ "Marshall QB Grant Wells named to the Maxwell Award Watch List". The Herald-Dispatch. July 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Grant Wells". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ↑ "College Football Player Passing Stats 2021". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ↑ Bitter, Andy (September 1, 2022). "Why did Grant Wells transfer to Virginia Tech? Inside his path to the Hokies". The Athletic. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ↑ Hale, David M. (August 17, 2022). "Marshall transfer Grant Wells named Virginia Tech's starting quarterback". ESPN. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
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