CFB Zeitgeist Score
55
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 74th percentile.
Wesley Grimes
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
458 REC YDS · 31 REC · 3 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to NC State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · NC State
Returning around him
- 95% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 2 NC State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (20 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
NC State · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #45 · 2026 recruiting class #34
WR · NC STATE · ACC
Wesley Grimes
- 4
- #6
- 6-2 | 193 lb
- Raleigh, NC
Heisman Heat
#3394
<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 WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+1288%
Up 1288% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-star | 0.8996 | No. 326 recruit | HighSchool | Wake Forest |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wake Forest -> NC State | 3-star | 0.8800 | Immediate |
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 16Heisman 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 Wake Forest
Composite
0.8996
#326 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
PENDINGThe 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 Wesley Grimes
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 Wesley Grimes
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
14.8
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #112 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 79th
Why it matters
#112 of 531 All FBS WRs at 14.8 yards per reception (31 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 14.8 (79th)
HIGH · n=31 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#249 / 531
- Receiving TDs#222 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 vs East Carolina — 121 ypr
Result W 24-17
The week the volume broke through — put up 121 yds vs East Carolina.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
458Rec yards
31Receptions
3Rec TDs
Per game
41.6Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
541.3Rec yards
37Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 458): needs 121/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 458): needs 271/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 31): needs 14.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 31): needs 24.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 3.5/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Wesley Grimes's story is about how role and output meet each other. For NC State, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
31 76th
YDS
458 78th
YPR
14.8 75th
TD
3 82nd
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
YDS
-3 12th
YPC
-3.0 8th
TD
0 81st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17vs East Carolina | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 1 | 48 | Season-high 121 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 35-31vs Virginia | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-24@ Wake Forest | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-23vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 6 | W 56-10vs Campbell | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-36@ Notre Dame | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-53@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 37 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-36vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 13 | W 21-11vs Florida State | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-19vs North Carolina | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 1 | 18 | |
| Bowl | W 31-7vs Memphis | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 1 | 31 | |
| Total | 31 | 458 | 14.6 | 3 | 48 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced
2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning
2025NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NC State | 31 | 458 | 14.8 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 20 | 339 | 16.9 | 4 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 55 | 830 | 15.1 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NC State | 1 | -3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | 40 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 1 | -3 | 40 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 31 | #268/1110 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 458 | #250/1107 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #206/1111 | 82nd pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 14.8 | #280/1106 | 75th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 11.5% | #405/1137 | 64th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | -3 | #350/397 | 12th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | -3.0 | #363/393 | 8th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 48 | #298/1105 | 73rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 9.3% | #284/1137 | 75th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.5% | #270/1137 | 76th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 6.9% | #464/1137 | 59th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.6% | #410/1137 | 64th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.1% | #547/1137 | 52nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.0% | #522/1137 | 54th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/302 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
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
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.0 | 49.2 | 16.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 21.3 | 8.8 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 3.0 | 47.1 | 15.3 | 0.4 |
| Losses3g | 2.3 | 27.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 41.6 | 16.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 41.8 | 11.9 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
55Mid-pack
Elite: fumbles lost (80th). Concern: rush yards (10th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
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 · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Wesley GrimesNC StateHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 74% simNik McMillanBuffalo· 74% simChase HendricksOhio· 73% sim
Fumbles lost
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Long catch
Receptions
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Javon Ivory’s 2020 season.
Javon Ivory
78%match
#2
Latreal Jones
82%
#3
Javon Ivory
81%
#4
AJ Wilson
80%
#5
Tre Mosley
80%
Matches Javon on
Weight
Reception volume
Yards / reception
Differs from Javon on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Class year (higher)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen Kelsey’s path through Campbell.
Jalen Kelsey
99%match
#2
Stephon Johnson Jr.
97%
#3
Lujuan Winningham
97%
#4
JJ Jenkins
96%
#5
Jacob Harris
96%
Matches Jalen on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Keontra Smith's senior season at SMU (2023).
Keontra Smith
81%match
#2
Titus Mokiao-Atimalala
80%
#3
Jadon Jackson
77%
#4
Mudia Reuben
74%
#5
Stephon Johnson Jr.
73%
Matches Keontra on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Height
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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 · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Dave Doeren
NC State
2023
Dave Doeren
NC State
2025
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.
HometownRaleigh, NC
Height6'2"
Weight193 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey6
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamNC State
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
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 | WR4 | #3394 | #3495 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | WR4 | #1028 | #1476 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | WR4 | #2188 | #2150 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NC State | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 193 lb | Raleigh, NC |
| 2024 | NC State | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 193 lb | Raleigh, NC |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 193 lb | Raleigh, NC |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 193 lb | Raleigh, NC |