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Grayson McCall
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Indian Trail, N.C.
- High School:
- Porter Ridge
2024 SEASON:
• Transferred to NC State in January of 2024
2023 SEASON (AT COASTAL CAROLINA):
• Threw for 10,005 yards in 42 games at Coastal Carolina.
• Notched 88 touchdown passes vs. just 14 interceptions.
• Named a 2023 College Football News (CFN) All-American honorable mention, he was a HERO Sports’ Group of Five All-American second team performer.
• The 2023 Preseason Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year
• Threw for 1,919 yards in 2023.
• Also named to the preseason watch lists for the Manning Award, Maxwell Award, Unitas Award, Davey O’Brien Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year.
2022 SEASON (AT COASTAL CAROLINA):
• Named the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year for the third consecutive season - a Sun Belt Conference record
• Earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors for the third straight season.
• Started all 11 games he played in, he missed two with an injury.
• Completed 70 percent of his passes (207-297), gaining 2,700 yards and throwing for 24 touchdowns with only two interceptions. That TD-to-INT ratio was among the FBS leaders.
• Threw a touchdown pass in 23-straight games over two seasons.
• Ranked in the top 40 in all of NCAA Division I FBS in several offensive categories: passing efficiency (3rd, 171.4), completion percentage (3rd, 69.7 percent), yards per pass attempt (5th, 9.09), points responsible for per game (18th, 16.4), passing touchdowns (29th, 24), passing yards per completion (30th, 13.04), points responsible for (32nd, 180), and total offense (40th, 263.2 yards per game).
• Led the Sun Belt Conference in completion percentage, passing efficiency, points responsible for per game, and yards per pass attempt
• Served as a team captain for the Chanticleers.
• A semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, he was a member of the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2022
• Earned a spot on the 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Top 25 list.
2021 SEASON (AT COASTAL CAROLINA):
• Awarded the 2021 Blanchard-Rogers Trophy (South Carolina’s Heisman).
• Broke the NCAA Division I FBC record for passing efficiency - his 207.6 rating eclipsed the records set by Alabama’s Mac Jones (203.1) in 2020 and LSU’s Joe Burrow (202) in 2019
• Completed 73 percent of his passes for 2,873 yards and 27 touchdowns with only three interceptions.
• Posted several CCU single-season records: completion percentage (73.02), passing efficiency (207.6), yards per completion (16.3).
• Also posted some of the best marks in school history other categories: TD passes (2nd, 27), passing yards per game (2nd, 261.2), passing yards (5th, 2,873), pass completions (6th, 176).
• The 2021 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference performer.
• Tabbed the 2021 Pro Football Network (PFN) Sun Belt QB of the Year.
• A semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award and the Maxwell Award. He was a member of the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2021.
• A 2021 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award - Top 10 Finalist.
• Picked up Cure Bowl MVP honors by going 22-for-30 for 315 yards and four touchdowns versus the Huskies
2020 SEASON (AT COASTAL CAROLINA):
• Named the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.
• Also was a first-team all-conference performer.
• Named the 2020 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Most Inspirational Freshman.
• Earned a spot on the 2020 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-American team
• Named to The Athletic’s 2020 College Football Freshman All-American team
• A 2020 Manning Award finalist, he was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, the Davey O’Brien award and the Shaun Alexander-FWAA Freshman of the Year Award.
• A member of the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2020.
• Named to the FWAA “Fresh Four” list three times throughout the season.
• Named to the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award’s Great 8 list three times and was a three-time Manning Star of the Week. Also a three-time Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week selection.
• Led the Sun Belt with 26 passing touchdowns, that was the No. 10 mark nationally.
• The Chanticleers’ offense ranked first in the Sun Belt in scoring (37.2 ppg), second in total yards on the season (5,398), third in total yards per game (449.8), third in rushing (218.3 ypg), and fifth in passing (231.5 ypg).
• The offense was also first in the conference and among the nation’s leaders in third-down conversion percentage (52.3), fourth-down conversion percentage (76.5), and average time of possession per game (33:50)
2019 SEASON (AT COASTAL CAROLINA):
• Played in two games and redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL:
• Rankings: A three-star dual-threat quarterback recruit by 247Sports.
• A three-year starter at quarterback for Porter Ridge High School under head coach Michael Hertz. Led his high school team to a 10-5 overall record and a spot in the 2018 North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 4A state championship semifinals game. Helped the team improve from 1-10 his freshman year to three-straight NCHSAA 4A state playoff appearances from 2016-18.
• Honors: Named the 2017 Southwestern 4A Player of the Year as a junior. A two-time Southwestern 4A first-team All-Conference selection (20017 and 2018). Named All-UCHSF first team in 2018, second team in 2017, and earned honorable mention honors as a sophomore in 2016.
• Career Stats: Completed 50 percent of his passes and threw for over 3,863 yards and 34 touchdowns. Also rushed for 3,003 yards and 41 touchdowns for the Pirates.
• Senior Stats: Recorded six 100-plus rushing yard games. Threw for 1,337 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for 1,460 yards and 21 scores.
• Junior Stats: Threw for 13 touchdowns and 1,414 yards in 2017, while also rushing for 907 yards and 12 touchdowns.