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Wells, Grant
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Jersey Number 8
Grant Wells
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Charleston, W.Va.
- High School:
- George Washington
Bio
R-FRESHMAN SEASON (2020): First year starting quarterback made a splash after taking hold of the job … Started all 10 games at QB … Conference USA Freshman of the Year … Selected by the coaches as the Conference USA all-conference first team quarterback … Only freshman QB to make the league’s all-conference first team in history … Named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week three times … Added to the Maxwell Award and Davey O’Brien Award Watch List during the season … Completed 165 of 270 passes for 2,091 yards, 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions … Fifth nationally in passing yards by freshman quarterbacks … Fourth-most passing TDs by a freshman QB in the nation … Led Conference USA in passing yards and passing touchdowns … Made a record-setting debut on Sept. 5, 2020 against Eastern Kentucky … Completed 16 of 23 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns (to four different receivers) with zero interceptions along with 30 rushing yards in the win vs. EKU … He is the first freshman QB in Marshall history to pass for 300-plus yards in a debut … He tied two others (Stan Hill and Chase Litton) for most touchdown passes in school history for a QB’s debut … He completed the first eight passes of his college career … In addition to the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honor following the game vs. EKU, he was named one of eight Manning Award Stars of the Week and was the Pro Football Focus College’s highest-graded player in the nation for the first weekend of play … Led Marshall to wins in its first seven games of the season as the team spent eight weeks in the Top 25 and was ranked in the College Football Playoff rankings multiple weeks for the first time in school history … Threw for 163 yards and added a career-high 43 rushing yards and a touchdown in a win against nationally ranked Appalachian State … Completed 72.7 percent of his passes and did not throw an interception in a 162-yard passing effort in his first road start at Western Kentucky … Passed for 227 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 27 yards with another touchdown in a win at Louisiana Tech … 251 passing yards and two touchdowns in a win vs. FAU … 228 passing yards and three touchdowns without an interception in a win against UMass, which earned Wells his second C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honor … Set career bests for completions (25), attempts (37), passing yards (336), passing touchdowns (five) without an interception in a win against Middle Tennessee … Also had 39 rushing yards … Named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week and Manning Award Quarterback of the Week for his performance vs. MT … Two touchdown passes in the C-USA Championship Game vs. UAB … Tied for No. 12 nationally for 40-yard pass plays with 12.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019): Enrolled in January 2019 and participated in spring football drills … Served as the No. 3 quarterback and backup punter … Saw action in one game, carrying the ball on a fake punt … Preserved his redshirt status and will begin 2020 as a redshirt freshman.
HERD FILE: Already enrolled at Marshall … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and ESPN.com … Listed by Rivals.com and ESPN.com as the state's eighth-best talent … Also had offers from Charlotte and Yale … Committed to the Thundering Herd all the way back in October of 2017 … Played baseball at George Washington as well.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019): Enrolled in January 2019 and participated in spring football drills … Served as the No. 3 quarterback and backup punter … Saw action in one game, carrying the ball on a fake punt … Preserved his redshirt status and will begin 2020 as a redshirt freshman.
HERD FILE: Already enrolled at Marshall … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and ESPN.com … Listed by Rivals.com and ESPN.com as the state's eighth-best talent … Also had offers from Charlotte and Yale … Committed to the Thundering Herd all the way back in October of 2017 … Played baseball at George Washington as well.
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