Quarterback, Sam Houston (from Arizona, Memphis, North Texas), 2019–⁠24

Grant Gunnell

Lettered 2019 at Arizona (school media guide)

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′6″
Weight: 220 lb
Class (2024): Senior
Hometown: The Woodlands, TX
Born: Nov 24, 1999, in The Woodlands, Texas

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Grant Gunnell played quarterback at Arizona (2019–⁠20), Memphis (2021), North Texas (2022) and Sam Houston (2023–⁠24).

352passing yards, career highvs. UCLA, 2019 3touchdown passes, career highthree times; last at Washington, 2020

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,239

625

100

4–⁠80–⁠57–⁠73–⁠9

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2019	Arizona	101	155	65.2	1,239	8.0	9	1
2020	Arizona	63	92	68.5	625	6.8	6	2
2022	North Texas	4	9	44.4	75	8.3	0	1
2023	Sam Houston	14	22	63.6	100	4.5	0	1
Career		182	278	65.5	2,039	7.3	15	5

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2019	Arizona	32	14	0.4	1	12
2020	Arizona	23	22	1.0	0	19
2022	North Texas	1	−5	−5.0	0	0
2023	Sam Houston	4	−4	−1.0	0	5
Career		60	27	0.5	1	19

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Arizona	5	QB	Yr 1
2020	Arizona	5	QB	Yr 2
2021	Memphis	5	QB	Yr 3
2022	North Texas	5	QB	Yr 4
2023	Sam Houston	5	QB	Yr 5
2024	Sam Houston	5	QB	Sr. (Yr 6)	6′6″	220

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage	Adj. pass
2019	Arizona	185	0.24	40th (n=155)	0.27	44.6	32%	0.24
2020	Arizona	115	0.28	–	–	32.6	39%	0.34
2022	North Texas	11	-1.23	–	–	-13.5	–	–
2023	Sam Houston	25	-0.03	–	–	-0.8	51%	–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 Sam Houston 1 game, 100 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 23	atHouston	L 7–⁠38	14	22	100	0	1	−4

2022 North Texas 2 games, 75 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 3	vs.SMU	L 10–⁠48	2	5	34	0	0	−5
Sep 10	vs.Texas Southern	W 59–⁠27	2	4	41	0	1	–

2020 Arizona 4 games, 625 passing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Nov 14	vs.USC	L 30–⁠34	23	35	286	3	1	40
Nov 21	atWashington	L 27–⁠44	27	39	259	3	0	−23
Nov 28	atUCLA	L 10–⁠27	1	1	2	0	0	–
Dec 11	vs.Arizona State	L 7–⁠70	12	17	78	0	1	5

2019 Arizona 8 games, 1,239 passing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 7	vs.Northern Arizona	W 65–⁠41	9	11	151	3	0	6
Sep 28	vs.UCLA	W 20–⁠17	29	44	352	1	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Washington	L 27–⁠51	3	8	25	0	0	6
Oct 19	atUSC	L 14–⁠41	16	26	196	2	1	4
Oct 26	atStanford	L 31–⁠41	7	7	68	1	0	−17
Nov 2	vs.Oregon State	L 38–⁠56	19	29	269	2	0	17
Nov 16	atOregon	L 6–⁠34	10	14	82	0	0	−7
Nov 23	vs.Utah	L 7–⁠35	8	16	96	0	0	5