Player Dossier

2013-2017

San Diego State

David Wells

TE • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Clovis, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

David Wells reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

David Wells built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Clovis, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of David Wells' career was his receiving role: 38...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7793

Clovis · Clovis, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

David Wells, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · San Diego State. David Wells reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
449
Receptions
38
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

David Wells quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
449
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
Best season
2014 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
2-star · Clovis · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Clovis · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 88 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
133 receiving yards · TE 104th (top 31%) · Mountain West 72nd (top 40%) · National 806th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1-00100
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State4422034.6
2016 PostseasonSan Diego State13433072.5
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1321261472.5
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State79133255.5

Related Context

David Wells played TE for San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, David Wells recorded 449 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 73.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

19

Efficiency

73.3

Usage

10.9

Consistency

67.1

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 30. Air Force: 28. Northern Illinois: 23. UNLV: 2. Boise State: 9. Hawai'i: 30. Nevada: 11

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. Stanford: 3 by 66.7. Air Force: 1 by 100. Northern Illinois: 1 by 100. UNLV: 1 by 13.3. Boise State: 1 by 60. Hawai'i: 1 by 100. Nevada: 1 by 73.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins20.7 · Games = 6 · +11.7 vs Losses
Losses9 · Games = 1 · -11.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

100 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sun 11/19vs NevadaW 42-231111111011
Sun 10/29@ Hawai'iW 28-71303030030
Sun 10/15vs Boise StateL 14-31199909
Sun 10/8@ UNLVW 41-10122202
Sun 10/1vs Northern IllinoisW 34-281232323023
Sat 9/23@ Air ForceW 28-241282828128
Sun 9/17vs StanfordW 20-173301010114

Player Story

David Wells story

David Wells built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Clovis, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of David Wells' career was his receiving role: 38 catches, 449 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 25 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives David Wells' 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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    San Diego State

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201320142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0
2014 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State2236.79.622
2016 PostseasonSan Diego State29467.319.7272
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State29467.319.70
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State13373.310.9-161

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San José State

Week 8 · W 42-3 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

62

Receiving Yards

94.2 takeover

62 receiving yards with a 82.7 efficiency score.

#2

@ Hawai'i

Week 9 · W 28-7 · Conference game

30

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Colorado State

Week 13 · L 31-63 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

76.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Air Force

Week 4 · W 28-24 · Conference game

28

Receiving Yards

75.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

28 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Nevada

Week 11 · W 46-16 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

72.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Regular Season · San Diego State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2016 Postseason · San Diego State

72.5

294 primary · 67.3 efficiency · 19.7 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · San Diego State

72.5

294 primary · 67.3 efficiency · 19.7 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games