Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/21Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).
Grant Wells
Grant Wells: QB · Virginia Tech · #6.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Grant Wells
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff and Brent Pry. All-Conference USA in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 251 passing yards and 27 rushing yards against Old Dominion — Week 1, 2023.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Virginia Tech in the news
- ACC team to play bowl game in San Juan
The Roanoke Times Oct 23 - Clemson vs. Virginia Tech depth charts released
TigerNet Oct 20
Where to follow
Career stats
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| 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 | 60 |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 111 | 212 | 1.9 | 6 | 20 |
| 2021 | Marshall | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 7 | 15 |
| 2020 | Marshall | 54 | 174 | 3.2 | 2 | 25 |
| 2019 | Marshall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 243 | 518 | 2.1 | 16 | 60 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
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| 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@ No. 15 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 | 7.6 | — |
Signature game
Week 1 · 2023
W 36-17
vs Old Dominion
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Purdue · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA +4.40Grant Wells pass complete to Bhayshul Tuten for 30 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
- Week 1 · Old Dominion · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA −3.94Grant Wells run for no gain to the ODU 13
- Week 1 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.63Grant Wells pass complete to Ali Jennings for 44 yds to the ODU 16 for a
- Week 1 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.32Grant Wells pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 20 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
- Week 2 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.15Grant Wells pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 39 yds to the PUR 41 for a
- Week 1 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Grant Wells pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 34 yds to the ODU 12 for a
4 more plays
- Week 2 · Purdue · 2nd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Grant Wells pass complete to Stephen Gosnell for 20 yds to the PUR 36 for a
- Week 11 · Boston College · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Grant Wells pass complete to Bryce Duke for 16 yds to the BC 33 for a
- Week 1 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Grant Wells pass complete to Ali Jennings for 10 yds for a TD (John Love KICK)
- Week 1 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Grant Wells pass complete to Da'Quan Felton for 34 yds to the ODU 30 for a
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
65 of 68 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 65 passing plays (37 completions) against the box score's 68 attempts (37 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
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 yds41%of completions
15 comp4.3 yds avg2 TD
Middle
10–19 yds30%of completions
11 comp13.5 yds avg1 TD
Deep
20+ yds30%of completions
11 comp27.9 yds avg2 TD
Overall 54.4% completion on 68 attempts · 11 deep completions averaging 27.9 yds.
Teams and coaches
2019Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning
2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning
2021Marshall7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced
2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
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
Brent Pry
Pass share
41.9%
356 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
65.3
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
68 pass attempts and 17 carries in 5 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons, two schools
- 2023 Virginia Tech PryYear 5 · 5 games
- 2022 Virginia Tech PryYear 4 · 11 games
- Jan 2022 Entered the transfer portalMarshall to Virginia Tech
- 2021 Marshall HuffYear 3 · 12 gamesAll-conference
- 2020 Marshall HollidayYear 2 · 9 gamesAll-conference
- 2019 Marshall HollidayYear 1 · 1 game
- High school George WashingtonCharleston, WV · Class of 2019Three-star, No. 1,956 in the 2019 class. Signed with Marshall.
Moves
- Transferred from Marshall to Virginia Tech, Jan 3, 2022.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Marshall and Virginia Tech, 8,309 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over five seasons.
2019
- Signed with MarshallThree-star, out of George Washington
2020 9 games
The role got bigger.
- Conference USA Freshman Player of the Yearwinner
- All-Conference USAfirst
2021 12 games
- All-Conference USAhonorable mention
2022 11 games
- Transferred to Virginia Techfrom Marshall
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Weekly recognition
3 weekly honors (2020)
Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff and Brent Pry.