Usage / Role
63%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Virginia Tech
Grant Wells
QB • 6'2" • 212 lbs • Charleston, WV, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Grant Wells is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.9 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Marshall
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Marshall • Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Grant Wells built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Charleston, WV wearing No. 6, spending time with Marshall and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Grant Wells' career was his passing...
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- Committed To
- Marshall
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Grant Wells, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Marshall. Grant Wells is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.9 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 8,827
- Passing yards
- 8,309
- Rushing yards
- 518
- Touchdowns
- 64
Quick Answers
Grant Wells quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia Tech · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 8,827
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Marshall
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · George Washington · Marshall
- High school pipeline
- George Washington · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2023 Total offense rank
- 594 total offense · QB 187th (top 47%) · ACC 34th (top 20%) · National 312th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 2020 Postseason | Marshall | 10 | 113 | 114 | -1 | 0 | 59.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 10 | 2,152 | 1,977 | 175 | 20 | 59.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Marshall | 13 | 93 | 99 | -6 | 0 | 67.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 13 | 3,495 | 3,433 | 62 | 23 | 67.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 11 | 2,379 | 2,167 | 212 | 15 | 67.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 5 | 594 | 519 | 75 | 6 | 37.3 |
Related Context
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Grant Wells played QB for Marshall and Virginia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Grant Wells recorded 8,309 passing yards, 518 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Marshall paired 3,588 primary output with 58.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 63.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Marshall, Virginia Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Win with 375 yards of offense and 73 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Marshall
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
226.5
Efficiency
63.1
Usage
15.9
Consistency
74.9
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 113. Eastern Kentucky: 337. App State: 206. Western Kentucky: 149. Louisiana Tech: 254. Florida Atlantic: 251. Massachusetts: 257. Middle Tennessee: 375. Rice: 169. UAB: 154
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Buffalo: 27 by 53.1. Eastern Kentucky: 29 by 79.9. App State: 31 by 63.5. Western Kentucky: 26 by 58.5. Louisiana Tech: 30 by 71.6. Florida Atlantic: 31 by 66.6. Massachusetts: 36 by 70.4. Middle Tennessee: 45 by 73. Rice: 43 by 34.6. UAB: 26 by 59.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins261.3 · Games = 7 · +116.0 vs Losses
Losses145.3 · Games = 3 · -116.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
79.9 vs Eastern Kentucky
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/25 | @ Buffalo | L 10-17 | 13 | 20 | 114 | 65.0 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 7 | -1 | -0.10 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 12/19 | vs UAB | L 13-22 | 8 | 23 | 138 | 34.8 | 2 | 0 | 59.5 | 3 | 16 | 5.30 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Rice | L 0-20 | 18 | 35 | 165 | 51.4 | 0 | 5 | 34.6 | 8 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Middle Tennessee300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 42-14 | 25 | 37 | 336 | 67.6 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 8 | 39 | 4.90 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Massachusetts3+ TD | W 51-10 | 21 | 30 | 228 | 70.0 | 3 | 0 | 70.4 | 6 | 29 | 4.80 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 20-9 | 18 | 31 | 251 | 58.1 | 2 | 2 | 66.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Louisiana Tech3+ TD | W 35-17 | 19 | 24 | 227 | 79.2 | 2 | 1 | 71.6 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 1 | 15 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Western Kentucky | W 38-14 | 16 | 22 | 162 | 72.7 | 0 | 0 | 58.5 | 4 | -13 | -3.30 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs App State | W 17-7 | 11 | 25 | 163 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | 63.5 | 6 | 43 | 7.20 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Eastern Kentucky300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 59-0 | 16 | 23 | 307 | 69.6 | 4 | 0 | 79.9 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
Player Story
Grant Wells story
Grant Wells built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Charleston, WV wearing No. 6, spending time with Marshall and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Grant Wells' career was his passing role: 8,309 passing yards, 48 touchdown passes, 1,115 attempts, and 518 rushing yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Marshall. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 518 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall and Virginia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Grant Wells moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Marshall
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia Tech
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020202021202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 1 | 10 | 2.2 | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Marshall | 2,265 | 63.1 | 15.9 | 2,264 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 2,265 | 63.1 | 15.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Marshall | 3,588 | 58.7 | 14.4 | 1,323 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 3,588 | 58.7 | 14.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 2,379 | 56.5 | 30 | -1,209 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 594 | 64.1 | 13.9 | -1,785 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ NC State
Week 9 · L 21-22 · Conference game
Loss with 260 yards of offense and 64.4 efficiency.
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Total Offense
80.7 takeover
260 total offense with 64.4 efficiency.
#2
vs Miami
Week 7 · L 14-20 · Conference game
214
Total Offense
75.5 takeover
Loss with 214 yards of offense and 57.7 efficiency.
214 total offense with 57.7 efficiency.
#3
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 11 · W 42-14 · Conference game
375
Total Offense
74.1 takeover
Win with 375 yards of offense and 73 efficiency.
375 total offense with 73 efficiency.
#4
vs Georgia Tech
Week 10 · L 27-28 · Conference game
196
Total Offense
72 takeover
Loss with 196 yards of offense and 52.9 efficiency.
196 total offense with 52.9 efficiency.
#5
@ Pittsburgh
Week 6 · L 29-45 · Conference game
292
Total Offense
71.1 takeover
Loss with 292 yards of offense and 52.6 efficiency.
292 total offense with 52.6 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Marshall
3,588 primary output · 58.7 efficiency · 14.4 usage
67.8
#2
2021 Regular Season · Marshall
67.8
3,588 primary · 58.7 efficiency · 14.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
67.8
2,379 primary · 56.5 efficiency · 30 usage
Milestones
15
250+ passing yards
9
300+ total offense
8
3+ TD games
17
Above avg efficiency
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