Player Dossier

2019-2023

Virginia 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.

Usage / Role

71%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

2

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

14

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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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8215

George Washington · Charleston, WV

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

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall1101028.7
2020 PostseasonMarshall10113114-1059.1
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall102,1521,9771752059.1
2021 PostseasonMarshall139399-6067.8
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall133,4953,433622367.8
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech112,3792,1672121567.8
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech559451975637.3

Related Context

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

2021 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 58.7 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: Navy

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 76.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Marshall

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

276

Efficiency

58.7

Usage

14.4

Consistency

80.3

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 93. Navy: 347. North Carolina Central: 348. East Carolina: 432. App State: 290. Middle Tennessee: 321. Old Dominion: 292. North Texas: 327. Florida International: 193. Florida Atlantic: 357. UAB: 228. Charlotte: 283. Western Kentucky: 77

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 30 by 43.5. Navy: 36 by 64. North Carolina Central: 53 by 57.6. East Carolina: 41 by 58.4. App State: 40 by 62.8. Middle Tennessee: 53 by 51.5. Old Dominion: 52 by 50.5. North Texas: 38 by 63.3. Florida International: 27 by 71.6. Florida Atlantic: 42 by 62.5. UAB: 44 by 48.9. Charlotte: 32 by 73.6. Western Kentucky: 17 by 55

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins306.7 · Games = 7 · +66.5 vs Losses
Losses240.2 · Games = 6 · -66.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

73.6 vs Charlotte

Result
Sun 12/19vs LouisianaL 21-3615269957.70143.54-6-1.5004
Sat 11/27vs Western KentuckyL 21-5310147671.41055310.3014
Sat 11/20@ CharlotteW 49-28212826775.02073.6416405
Sat 11/13vs UABL 14-21223923256.42148.95-4-0.8007
Sat 11/6@ Florida Atlantic300-yard gameW 28-13263835168.41162.5461.5004
Sat 10/30vs Florida InternationalW 38-0202518480.00071.6294.5017
Fri 10/15@ North Texas300-yard game · 3+ TDW 49-21243232375.02163.3640.7033
Sat 10/9vs Old DominionW 20-13304629965.22250.56-7-1.2009
Sat 10/2@ Middle Tennessee300-yard gameL 28-34314732166.01251.5600011
Thu 9/23@ App StateL 30-31183327054.51062.87202.90015
Sat 9/18vs East Carolina300-yard gameL 38-42243943361.51258.42-1-0.5016
Sat 9/11vs North Carolina Central300-yard game · 3+ TDW 44-10344834470.83157.6540.80110
Sat 9/4@ Navy300-yard gameW 49-7203033366.702646142.30012

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Marshall

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia Tech

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall1102.2
2020 PostseasonMarshall2,26563.115.92,264
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall2,26563.115.90
2021 PostseasonMarshall3,58858.714.41,323
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall3,58858.714.40
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech2,37956.530-1,209
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech59464.113.9-1,785

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

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#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