Senior quarterback for Virginia Tech. 2023: 519 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
6′2″ · 212 lb · Charleston, WV
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 1956 nationally · Signed with Marshall
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Virginia Tech. 2023: 519 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
Grant Wells
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff and Brent Pry. He has been named All-Conference USA two seasons running, most recently in 2021. One game to point at: 251 pass yds, 27 rush yds against Old Dominion — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Virginia Tech, 8,309 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: pass yards (3rd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.9976 of 212 QBsSack rate
4.2%63 of 212 QBsRarely sacked (63 of 212 QBs) and still 76 of 212 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 56.9% completion on 65 attempts · 11 deep completions averaging 27.9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 247 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 8.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 247 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 8.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 37 | 68 | 54.4% | 519 | 7.6 | 5 | 2 | 136.9 | 54 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 196 | 332 | 59.0% | 2,167 | 6.5 | 9 | 9 | 117.4 | 22 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Marshall | 295 | 445 | 66.3% | 3,532 | 7.9 | 16 | 13 | 139.0 | 65 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Marshall | 165 | 270 | 61.1% | 2,091 | 7.7 | 18 | 9 | 141.5 | 62 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Marshall | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 693 | 1,115 | 62.2% | 8,309 | 7.5 | 48 | 33 | 133.0 | 49 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 17 | 75 | 4.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 111 | 212 | 1.9 | 6 | -- |
| 2021 | Marshall | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 7 | -- |
| 2020 | Marshall | 54 | 174 | 3.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Marshall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 243 | 518 | 2.1 | 16 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-17vs Old Dominion | 17/29 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | 86.6 | Season-high 251 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 17-24vs Purdue | 16/33 | 243 | 2 | 2 | 7.4 | 26.5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-34@ Louisville | 1/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-22@ Boston College | 2/3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 99.9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 55-17@ Virginia | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 99.8 | |
| Total | 37/68 | 519 | 5 | 2 | 5.5 | 63.5 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Brennan Armstrong’s 2022 season.
Matches Brennan on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brennan Armstrong's senior season at Virginia (2022).
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Player DNA