Grant Wells (born August 8, 2000) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Marshall Thundering Herd and Virginia Tech Hokies.
College career Marshall As a redshirt freshman in 2020, Wells completed 165 of 270 passes for 2,091 yards and 18 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. In 2020, Marshall started 7-0 and #21 in the poll, but lost 20-0 to Rice and Wells threw 5 picks.
He was named to the Maxwell Award watch list prior to the 2021 season. In 2021, Wells repeated as a redshirt freshman. During the regular season, he completed 280 of 419 passes for 3,433 yards, 16 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. He ranked 12th in passing yards among all Division I FBS players.
Virginia Tech On January 6, 2022, Wells announced that he had transferred to Virginia Tech. On August 17, head coach Brent Pry announced that Wells would be the Hokies' week 1 starter against Old Dominion. In that game, however, Virginia Tech lost to the Monarchs 20-17; Wells threw 4 interceptions. In 2023, he started the first 2 games against Old Dominion and Purdue, but after being replaced by Baylor transfer Kyron Drones, he never started a game again.
Statistics Year Team Passing Rushing 2019 Marshall 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 — 1 1 1.0 0 2020 Marshall 10 165 270 61.1 2,091 7.7 18 9 141.5 54 174 3.2 2 2021 Marshall 13 295 444 66.4 3,535 8.0 16 13 139.4 60 56 0.9 7 2022 Virginia Tech 11 196 332 59.0 2,171 6.5 9 9 117.5 111 212 1.9 6 2023 Virginia Tech 2 33 62 53.2 494 8.0 5 2 140.3 14 3 0.2 1Career 37 689 1,109 62.1 8,288 7.5 48 33 133.2 240 446 1.9 16
References
External links Marshall Thundering Herd bio Virginia Tech Hokies bio