Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Oregon State
David Wells Jr.
WR • 6'1" • 183 lbs • Lakewood, WA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
David Wells Jr. reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston
Player Story
David Wells Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Lakewood, WA wearing No. 1, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of David Wells Jr.'s career was his receiving...
Read the storyDavid Wells Jr., WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Oregon State. David Wells Jr. reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 551
- Receptions
- 51
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
David Wells Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 551
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Sam Houston
- High school pipeline
- Lakes · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Sophomore
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 466 receiving yards · WR 246th (top 23%) · Pac-12 4th (top 11%) · National 267th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 27.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | 79 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon State | 11 | 44 | 466 | 5 | 67.6 |
Related Context
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David Wells Jr. played WR for Oregon State. Across 3 tracked seasons, David Wells Jr. recorded 37 rushing yards, 551 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 466 primary output with 59.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 59.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
42.4
Efficiency
59.4
Usage
19.7
Consistency
45.6
Best Game by takeover score
Sam Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. California: 16. Fresno State: 32. Texas Tech: 103. Oregon: 19. Houston: 6. App State: 36. Wake Forest: 58. Lafayette: 23. Washington State: 0. Sam Houston: 112. Tulsa: 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. California: 2 by 53.3. Fresno State: 2 by 100. Texas Tech: 6 by 100. Oregon: 2 by 63.3. Houston: 2 by 20. App State: 4 by 60. Wake Forest: 6 by 64.4. Lafayette: 3 by 51.1. Washington State: 1 by 0. Sam Houston: 9 by 83. Tulsa: 7 by 58.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins11.5 · Games = 2 · -37.7 vs Losses
Losses49.2 · Games = 9 · +37.7 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
Sam Houston
Best efficiency game
100 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/15 | @ Tulsa | L 14-31 | — | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 1 | 16 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Sam Houston100 receiving yards · High volume | L 17-21 | — | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 0 | 28 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Washington State | W 10-7 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 10/19 | vs Lafayette | W 45-13 | — | 3 | 23 | 6.8 | 7.70 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Wake Forest | L 14-39 | — | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 1 | 19 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ App State | L 23-27 | — | 4 | 36 | 13.2 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Houston | L 24-27 | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Oregon | L 7-41 | — | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Texas Tech100 receiving yards | L 14-45 | — | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 17.20 | 0 | 56 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Fresno State | L 27-36 | — | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| Sun 8/31 | vs California | L 15-34 | — | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
Player Story
David Wells Jr. story
David Wells Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Lakewood, WA wearing No. 1, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of David Wells Jr.'s career was his receiving role: 51 catches, 551 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 37 rushing yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Oregon State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 37 rushing yards and 226 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State.
The arc is straightforward: David Wells Jr. 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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Oregon State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 6 | 40 | 5.6 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 79 | 55 | 10.2 | 73 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon State | 466 | 59.4 | 19.7 | 387 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 135 Sam Houston
Week 11 · L 17-21
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
94.3 takeover
112 receiving yards with a 83 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 3 Texas Tech
Week 3 · L 14-45 · Ranked opponent
103
Receiving Yards
90.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
103 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 38-15
63
Receiving Yards
86.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 7 · L 14-39
58
Receiving Yards
72.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
58 receiving yards with a 64.4 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 104 Tulsa
Week 12 · L 14-31
61
Receiving Yards
70.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
61 receiving yards with a 58.1 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Oregon State
466 primary output · 59.4 efficiency · 19.7 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
32.3
79 primary · 55 efficiency · 10.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Oregon State
27.5
6 primary · 40 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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