| Old Dominion Monarchs–No. 7 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Junior |
| Major | Finance |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 217 lb (98 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Yorktown (Arlington County, Virginia) |
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Grant Wilson is an American football quarterback for the Old Dominion Monarchs. He previously played for the Fordham Rams.
Wilson grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and attended Yorktown High School where he played football and lacrosse. As a senior, he completed 179 out of 264 passing attempts for 2,632 yards and 24 touchdowns. He was a two-time District 6A Offensive Player of the Year, First Team All-District selection, and Offensive Player of the Year. Despite coming out of high school unranked, he received interest from schools such as Howard and Fairmont State. He ultimately chose to play at Fordham University, a private college in New York. [1] [2] [3]
Wilson did not see action during his true freshman season. In 2021, He appeared in three games during his sophomore season and completed six out of eight passing attempts for 52 yards. [4] During his game against Bucknell, Wilson completed a perfect four out of four passing attempts for 36 yards. [5] [3] During the 2022 season, he appeared in four games and completed four out of five passing attempts for 41 yards and two touchdowns. [6] [7] On December 6, 2022, Wilson announced that he had entered the transfer portal. Two days later, on December 8, he announced that he would be transferring to Old Dominion. [2]
During the 2023 season, Wilson was named as the starting quarterback. [8] After his second game with the Monarchs, in which he threw four touchdowns in a win against Louisiana, he was named to the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 List and the DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Player of the Week. He leads the Monarchs to a 5–5 record in the regular season and an appearance in the 2023 Famous Toastery Bowl. They lost 38–35 against Western Kentucky [9] [10]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Fordham Rams | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Fordham | 0 | 0 | — | Redshirt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Fordham | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 52 | 6.5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 129.6 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Fordham | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 41 | 8.2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 280.9 | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Old Dominion Monarchs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Old Dominion | 12 | 11 | 5–6 | 178 | 312 | 57.1 | 2,149 | 6.9 | 78 | 17 | 8 | 127.8 | 130 | 291 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 197 | 5.2 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 99.6 | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 20 | 12 | 5–7 | 210 | 363 | 57.9 | 2,439 | 6.7 | 78 | 20 | 10 | 127.0 | 152 | 334 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 1 | |
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