Grayson McCall: QB · NC State · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Grayson McCall
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for four head coaches at two programs in six seasons: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, Tim Beck and Dave Doeren. All-Sun Belt in 2023 made it four straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 318 passing yards and 16 rushing yards against Western Carolina — Week 1, 2024.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NC State | 53 | 80 | 66.2% | 518 | 6.5 | 3 | 2 | 128.0 | 22 |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 151 | 224 | 67.4% | 1,919 | 8.6 | 10 | 6 | 148.7 | 71 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 207 | 297 | 69.7% | 2,700 | 9.1 | 24 | 2 | 171.4 | 78 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 176 | 241 | 73.0% | 2,873 | 11.9 | 27 | 3 | 207.6 | 93 |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 172 | 249 | 69.1% | 2,488 | 10.0 | 26 | 3 | 185.1 | 89 |
| 2019 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 25 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 235.0 | -- |
| Career | 763 | 1,095 | 69.7% | 10,523 | 9.6 | 91 | 16 | 174.9 | 79 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NC State | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 0 | 12 |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 53 | 48 | 0.9 | 1 | 12 |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 91 | 195 | 2.1 | 6 | 21 |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 93 | 290 | 3.1 | 4 | 25 |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 111 | 569 | 5.1 | 7 | 62 |
| 2019 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Career | 369 | 1,166 | 3.2 | 18 | 62 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Western Carolina | 26/40 | 318 | 3 | 1 | 8.0 | 48.8 | Season-high 318 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 10-51vs No. 14 Tennessee | 15/22 | 104 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 22.7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-20vs Louisiana Tech | 9/13 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 32.6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-34vs Wake Forest | 3/5 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 1.2 | |
| Total | 53/80 | 518 | 3 | 2 | 6.5 | — |
Week 1 · 2024
W 38-21
318 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.8 · 16 rush yds (5 car)
With K. Concepcion — 9 rec · 121 yds · 3 TD · J. Waters — 123 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 10 yds
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 68 passing plays (41 completions) against the box score's 80 attempts (53 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.61136 of 205 QBsSack rate
4.8%81 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (81 of 205), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (136 of 205).
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 66.2% completion on 80 attempts · 83% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 138 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 130 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
48.5%
391 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Coastal Carolina and NC State, 10,523 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2023)
Weekly recognition
3 weekly honors (2020)
7 career weekly honors across 4 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jamey Chadwell, Tim Beck and Dave Doeren.
