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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025NC State
Wesley Grimes
WR • 6'2" • 193 lbs • Raleigh, NC, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Wesley Grimes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wake Forest • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Wesley Grimes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 6, spending time with NC State and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Wesley Grimes' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Wesley Grimes, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State. Wesley Grimes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,149
- Receptions
- 79
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Wesley Grimes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,149
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · NC State
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Millbrook · Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- Millbrook · 11 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 458 receiving yards · WR 250th (top 23%) · ACC 40th (top 14%) · National 272nd (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 30.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 10 | 20 | 339 | 4 | 67.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | NC State | 10 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 64.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 10 | 21 | 281 | 1 | 64.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | NC State | 11 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 72.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 11 | 28 | 410 | 2 | 72.9 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wake Forest to NC State | P4 to P4 | 81.2 | Dec 4, 2023 |
Wesley Grimes played WR for Wake Forest and NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Wesley Grimes recorded -3 rushing yards, 1,149 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
NC State paired 458 primary output with 84 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 84 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2025 Postseason · NC State
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
41.6
Efficiency
84
Usage
14.5
Consistency
59.1
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 48. East Carolina: 121. Virginia: 33. Wake Forest: 19. Virginia Tech: 36. Campbell: 34. Notre Dame: 0. Pittsburgh: 45. Georgia Tech: 49. Florida State: 12. North Carolina: 61
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. Memphis: 3 by 100. East Carolina: 4 by 100. Virginia: 2 by 100. Wake Forest: 3 by 42.2. Virginia Tech: 3 by 80. Campbell: 2 by 100. Pittsburgh: 4 by 75. Georgia Tech: 4 by 81.7. Florida State: 1 by 80. North Carolina: 5 by 81.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins47.1 · Games = 8 · +20.1 vs Losses
Losses27 · Games = 3 · -20.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
100 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | vs Memphis | W 31-7 | — | 3 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 31 |
| Sun 11/30 | vs North Carolina | W 42-19 | — | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 12.20 | 1 | 18 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Florida State | W 21-11 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Georgia Tech | W 48-36 | — | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Pittsburgh | L 34-53 | — | 4 | 45 | 8.4 | 11.30 | 0 | 37 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Notre Dame | L 7-36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Campbell | W 56-10 | — | 2 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Virginia Tech | L 21-23 | — | 3 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| Thu 9/11 | @ Wake Forest | W 34-24 | — | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Virginia | W 35-31 | — | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 16.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs East Carolina100 receiving yards | W 24-17 | — | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 30.30 | 1 | 48 |
Player Story
Wesley Grimes story
Wesley Grimes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 6, spending time with NC State and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Wesley Grimes' career was his receiving role: 79 catches, 1,149 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles and 40 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Wesley Grimes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Wake Forest
2022-2023
Opening stop
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NC State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 33 | 50 | 7.1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 339 | 88.3 | 13.7 | 306 |
| 2024 Postseason | NC State | 319 | 77.4 | 11.7 | -20 |
| 2024 Regular Season | NC State | 319 | 77.4 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | NC State | 458 | 84 | 14.5 | 139 |
| 2025 Regular Season | NC State | 458 | 84 | 14.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stanford
Week 10 · W 59-28 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
90.1 takeover
65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 38 East Carolina
Week 1 · W 24-17
121
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
121 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Elon
Week 1 · W 37-17
76
Receiving Yards
84.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Virginia Tech
Week 7 · L 13-30 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
78.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 98.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs Duke
Week 11 · L 19-29 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
76.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
44 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · NC State
458 primary output · 84 efficiency · 14.5 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · NC State
72.9
458 primary · 84 efficiency · 14.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
67.7
339 primary · 88.3 efficiency · 13.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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