Running back, Ohio State, 2006–⁠08

Chris Wells

Hometown
Akron, OH
Born
Aug 7, 1988

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Chris Wells played running back at Ohio State (2006–⁠08). The Arizona Cardinals took Wells in the first round, No. 31 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,609
Rushing yards, 2007 (Ohio State, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 31
Overall, 2009 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Career highs

222rushing yards, career highat Michigan, 20073rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Wisconsin, 2007

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2006, 2007 and 2008

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2006Ohio State1045765.5752
2007Ohio State2741,6095.91565
2008Ohio State2071,1975.8859
Career5853,3825.83065

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006Ohio State2168.0010
2007Ohio State5214.208
2008Ohio State8475.9021
Career15845.6021

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Ohio State 10 games, 1,197 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.Youngstown StateW 43–⁠013111143310
Sep 27vs.MinnesotaW 34–⁠2114106028––
Oct 4atWisconsinW 20–⁠172216815410
Oct 11vs.PurdueW 16–⁠3229402423
Oct 18atMichigan StateW 45–⁠731140225––
Oct 25vs.Penn StateL 6–⁠13225508113
Nov 8atNorthwesternW 45–⁠1028140255––
Nov 15atIllinoisW 30–⁠2024143129––
Nov 22vs.MichiganW 42–⁠715134159––
Jan 5 ✦vs.TexasL 21–⁠2416106026121
2007 Ohio State 13 games, 1,609 rushing yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.Youngstown StateW 38–⁠61646120––
Sep 8vs.AkronW 20–⁠220143040––
Sep 15atWashingtonW 33–⁠142413512317
Sep 22vs.NorthwesternW 58–⁠71210013610
Sep 29atMinnesotaW 30–⁠72411622716
Oct 6atPurdueW 23–⁠71885013––
Oct 13vs.Kent StateW 48–⁠341717––
Oct 20vs.Michigan StateW 24–⁠173122114718
Oct 27atPenn StateW 37–⁠172513301710
Nov 3vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠1721169331––
Nov 10vs.IllinoisL 21–⁠282076217––
Nov 17atMichiganW 14–⁠339222262––
Jan 7 ✦vs.LSUL 24–⁠3820146165––
2006 Ohio State 13 games, 576 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2vs.Northern IllinoisW 35–⁠121050112––
Sep 9atTexasW 24–⁠751706––
Sep 16vs.CincinnatiW 37–⁠751808110
Sep 23vs.Penn StateW 28–⁠651103––
Sep 30atIowaW 38–⁠17147801916
Oct 7vs.Bowling GreenW 35–⁠76905––
Oct 14atMichigan StateW 38–⁠71253110––
Oct 21vs.IndianaW 44–⁠31065121––
Oct 28vs.MinnesotaW 44–⁠01590115––
Nov 4atIllinoisW 17–⁠10421113––
Nov 11atNorthwesternW 54–⁠101199133––
Nov 18vs.MichiganW 42–⁠39556152––
Jan 8 ✦vs.FloridaL 14–⁠412907––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2009Combine or pro day 2009
Height6′1″
Weight235 lb
Arm length33⅝″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.59 s
10-yard split1.60 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump10′8″
Bench press25 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 51 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2009Arizona Cardinals16–00
2010Arizona Cardinals13–00
2011Arizona Cardinals14300
2012Arizona Cardinals8–00
NFL career51300

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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