Grayson McCall

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Grayson McCall
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers – No. 10
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Sophomore
Personal information
Born: (2000-12-13) December 13, 2000 (age 21)
Indian Trail, North Carolina
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolPorter Ridge (Indian Trail, North Carolina)
Career highlights and awards

Grayson McCall is an American football quarterback for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.

Early years[]

At the age of 12, McCall joined a traveling Little League all-star baseball team that played in a televised tournament in Cooperstown, New York. McCall decided to quit baseball before high school.[1] McCall attended Porter Ridge High School in Indian Trail, North Carolina. During his high school career, he passed for 3,863 yards with 34 touchdowns and rushed for 3,003 yards and 41 touchdowns. He was listed as a two-star recruit and the 2889th player coming out of high school in the class of 2019. He committed to Coastal Carolina University on December 19, 2018 to play college football over offers from Army, Chattanooga, Eastern Kentucky, and Gardner-Webb.[2]

College career[]

Redshirt Freshman[]

McCall played in two games his first year at Coastal Carolina in 2019 and took a redshirt. He completed all four of his pass attempts for 25 yards and a touchdown. He became the team's starting quarterback in 2020.[3][4][5][6]

Freshman[]

During the 2020 NCAA football season Grayson McCall made a name for himself by leading the last place projected Coastal Carolina football team to its first-ever undefeated regular season, first-ever appearance on the AP and Coaches Poll peaking at number 12,[7] first-ever Co-Sunbelt conference championship, as well as its first-ever bowl game appearance in the 2020 Cure Bowl where they suffered their only loss on the season.[8] Starting all twelve games, McCall led Coastal Carolina to wins in big matchups between undefeated teams against Louisiana and BYU. The latter game is considered to be the biggest win in program history and was nicknamed Mormons vs. Mullets.[9] After the conclusion of the 2020 season McCall was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, Sun Belt Freshman of the Year,[10] received First-team All-Sun Belt honors and nominations for the Davey O'Brien Award[11] and Manning Award.[12]

College statistics[]

Legend
FBS record
Bold Career high
Season Team Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2019 Coastal Carolina 4 4 100.0 25 6.3 1 0 235.0 2 11 5.5 0
2020 Coastal Carolina 172 250 68.8 2,488 10.0 26 3 184.3 111 569 5.1 7
2021 Coastal Carolina 176 241 73.0 2,873 11.9 27 3 207.6 92 287 3.1 4

Personal life[]

McCall has an older brother and a sister.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports/college/sun-belt/coastal-carolina-university/article246574863.html
  2. ^ "Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, Quarterback".
  3. ^ Who is Grayson McCall? CCU’s young QB has been a football fanatic nearly since birth
  4. ^ JVERNON@THEEJ.COM, JEREMY VERNON. "Coastal's QB coach explains how McCall rose from third-string to starter". The Enquirer Journal.
  5. ^ dkelly@postandcourier.com, Danny Kelly. "CCU freshman Grayson McCall quickly making a name for himself". Post and Courier.
  6. ^ Observer (TNS), Scott Fowler-The Charlotte. "Scott Fowler: Coastal Carolina QB Grayson McCall headlines best underdog story in college football". Colorado Springs Gazette.
  7. ^ Blondin, Alan (15 December 2020). "CCU moves up again in the College Football Playoff rankings. What that means for Chants". Myrtle Beach Online. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ^ Bromberg, Nick (27 December 2020). "Liberty ends No. 12 Coastal Carolina's undefeated season in a wild overtime Cure Bowl finish". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  9. ^ Kercheval, Ben (5 December 2020). "BYU vs. Coastal Carolina score: No. 13 Cougars fall 1 yard shy of comeback as No. 18 Chanticleers hang on". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on 2020-12-06. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. ^ Blondin, Alan (21 December 2020). "Coastal Carolina nearly sweeps Sun Belt Conference's top awards. See who claimed honors". Myrtle Beach Online. Archived from the original on 2021-01-01. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  11. ^ "CCU QB Grayson McCall named a Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Semifinalist". WMBF News. 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Finalists". AllStateSugarBowl.org. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  13. ^ https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports/college/sun-belt/coastal-carolina-university/article246574863.html

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