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Heisman / Players / Grayson McCall /NC State

Grayson McCall

QB · NC State · Sr · #2

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSCoastal Carolina 2023 alumnus

QB · NC STATE · ACC

Grayson McCall

  • 4
  • #2
  • 6-3 | 220 lb
  • Indian Trail, NC

CFB Zeitgeist QB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1057

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 5 · Apex

R15 · POTY finalist

Position-of-the-Year finalist. Among the nation's elite at the position.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R15 POTY finalist · 2021

2021

Coastal Carolina · QB

R15 · POTY finalist

Apex

2022

Coastal Carolina · QB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2023

Coastal Carolina · QB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2021–2023
2,8732021
2,7002022
1,9192023

-33%

Sharp dropoff (-33%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#2839 national
CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionQB
Class4
Jersey2
Measurements6-3 | 220 lb
HometownIndian Trail, NC
Primary teamNC State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 2-star No. 2839 recruit
Composite rating 0.7906 HighSchool
Signed with Coastal Carolina 2019
Origin Porter Ridge Indian Trail, NC, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 2-star | 0.7906 No. 2839 recruit | HighSchool | Coastal Carolina

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1057Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1088Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★☆☆☆

to Coastal Carolina

Composite

0.7906

#2839 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Grayson McCall

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Grayson McCall

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Grayson McCall already has 4 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #1057 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 47.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 1,919 10 TD | 6 INT | #97/382 (75th pct)
Completion rate 67.4% 151/224 completions | #87/383 (78th pct)
Yards/attempt 8.6 Explosiveness through the air | #63/382 (84th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Steady volume | Efficient against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Steady volumeEfficient

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
151 73rd
ATT
224 73rd
CMP%
67.4% 78th
Y/A
8.6 84th

Passing Production

YDS
1,919 75th
TD
10 74th
INT
6 28th

Rushing

CAR
53 70th
YDS
48 54th
YPC
0.9 24th
TD
1 63rd

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Coastal Carolina10-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning
2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2023Coastal Carolina15122467.4%1,9198.6106148.7----
2022Coastal Carolina20729769.7%2,7009.1242171.4----
2021Coastal Carolina17624173.0%2,87311.9273207.6----
Career3 loaded seasons53476270.1%7,4929.86111176.2----
SeasonTeam
2023Coastal Carolina53480.91--
2022Coastal Carolina911952.16--
2021Coastal Carolina932903.14--
Career3 loaded seasons2375332.211--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Rush impact 48 1 rush TD | #188/408 (54th pct)
Usage 47.7% 88.7% pass share | 19.1% rush share | #97/428 (78th pct)
Passing WEPA +0.77 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #1/200 (100th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 1,919 #97/382 75th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 10 #105/407 74th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 151 #103/383 73rd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 67.4% #87/383 78th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 8.6 #63/382 84th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 48 #188/408 54th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.77 #1/200 100th pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 262 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 47.7% #97/428 78th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 224 #111/407 73rd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 6 #294/407 28th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 53 #122/408 70th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 12 #261/391 34th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #151/408 63rd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 0.9 #312/407 24th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 88.7% #75/428 83rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 62.8% #93/428 79th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 52.7% #60/428 86th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 52.2% #137/428 68th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 43.8% #79/428 82nd pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 43.0% #90/428 79th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 19.1% #71/428 84th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.05 #137/140 3rd pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 79 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 2 #163/258 37th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

Pass share

49.7%

411 pass / 416 run

Plays / game

63.6

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.5%

307 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
Dave Doeren
NC State
2022
Dave Doeren
NC State
2023
Dave Doeren
NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownIndian Trail, NC
Height6'3"
Weight220 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey2

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

4 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2023 All-Sun Belt all_conference Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt QB
2022 All-Sun Belt all_conference Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt QB
2021 All-Sun Belt all_conference Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt QB
2020 All-Sun Belt all_conference Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt QB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 NC State QB4 #1057 #1088 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 Coastal Carolina QB4 #410 #512 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Coastal Carolina QB4 #62 #100 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Coastal Carolina QB4 #3 #4 6.0% 35.9% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 NC State ACC QB 4 No. 2 | 6-3 | 220 lb | Indian Trail, NC
2023 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt QB 4 No. 2 | 6-3 | 220 lb | Indian Trail, NC
2022 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt QB 4 No. 2 | 6-3 | 220 lb | Indian Trail, NC
2021 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt QB 4 No. 2 | 6-3 | 220 lb | Indian Trail, NC