2021 Football Roster
Wells, Carson
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
TBA
Jersey Number 26
Carson Wells
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bushnell, Fla.
- High School:
- South Sumter
Bio
AT COLORADO: Finished his career with 40 games played including 34 starts, including his final 27 games … His 187 career tackles ranked 89th on CU’s all-time list, with his 38 tackles for losses (for 132 yards) tying for eighth in the Buff record book; 15½ of those were quarterback sacks (ranking 15th all-time), and his 41 third down stops tied for seventh (five of those were fourth down stops).
2021 (Jr.-2)—Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the Pac-12 Hotline and Phil Steele’s College football, with honorable mention recognition of the Pac-12 Coaches and Pro Football Focus … Named second-team All-Colorado by the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation … Accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game in Las Vegas … He started all 12 games on the “edge,” be it lining up at outside linebacker or defensive end and played the third-most snaps on defense (712) … Finished fifth on the team in tackles with 62 (44 solo), numbers that included 15 for losses with five-and-a-half of those quarterback sacks … Also had four tackles for zero gains, giving him 19 tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage … Led the team in both quarterback hurries (17) and third down stops (15, four of which were also a team-best on fourth downs) … Was the Colorado Chapter/NFF state player of the week (as well as CU’s athlete of the week) for his efforts in CU’s 34-0 win over Arizona: he was in on five tackles, four for losses including a sack and another for zero gain, with two hurries and an interception he returned 50 yards for a touchdown … Also was named the school’s AOW for wins over Oregon State and Washington: in the former, he had a season-high nine tackles (six solo, with a sack and a school record-tying five third down stops), and in the latter, he had eight tackles (six solo, one sack), four passes broken up, a forced fumble, a pressure and four third down stops (in each game one of the third down stops was a fourth down effort) … One of his PBU’s against Washington came on the Huskies’ final play of the game, ending a mild scoring threat as time ran down … Came on strong the final third of the season after Nate Landman was lost for the season due to injury, as in the last four games he had 30 tackles, six for losses with 12 third down stops … Was one of four team captains for the Minnesota game … Named preseason All-Pac-12 by the league's coaches, Athlon, Lindy's and Phil Steele's College Football (which ranked him as the No. 63 outside linebacker in the nation).
2020 (Jr.)—Started all six games and extended his consecutive games started streak to 15 … Named first-team All-Pac-12 by the Bay Area News Group, second team by the Associated Press, third team by Phil Steele's College Football and honorable mention by the league's coaches … Finished the regular season with 34 tackles, 14 of which were for a loss including 4.5 sacks, and one tackle for zero, and also had eight third down stops, five quarterback hurries, five pass breakups and one interception … Led the nation in tackles for loss, averaging 2.7 per game counting the Alamo Bowl, no other player averaged more than 2.0 tackles for loss per game nationally … His 1.08 sacks per game ranked third in the Pac-12 and sixth nationally … He became the first player at CU to record three or more tackles for loss in four straight games since Alfred Williams and extended that streak to five games counting the Alamo Bowl … Named CU's Defensive MVP and given the team's Dave Jones Award … Named a team captain for three games, at Stanford, against Utah and against Texas in the Alamo Bowl … CU's Defensive Player of the Game three times against UCLA, at Stanford and at Arizona … Opened the season against the Bruins with five tackles, one pass breakup and one interception, the second of his career against Dorian Thompson-Robinson … At Stanford in the second game, he had another five tackles, but three were behind the line of scrimmage and he added three pass breakups … Against San Diego State, he had five tackles, four of which were behind the line of scrimmage including one sack and two third down stops … At Arizona, had a career best 12 tackles, four behind the line of scrimmage including 1.5 sacks, and matched the CU record with four third down stops … Against Utah he had seven tackles, three for a loss with one sacks, two third down stops and a pass break up … Credited with six tackles in the Alamo Bowl with three tackles for loss including two sacks … Given the Alamo Bowl's Sportsmanship Award … In the preseason, named the No. 66 outside linebacker nationally by Phil Steele's College Football.
2019 (Soph.)—Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors by Pro Football Focus … He played and started in 10 of the 12 games, missing two due to injury … He played in 514 snaps and had 57 tackles, including three for a loss with one sack and two more for no gain, and also added five quarterback hurries, five third down stops, three pass break-ups, an interception and two quarterback chase downs … His best game was against Arizona where he had a season-best 10 tackles (nine solo) with a quarterback hurry … He was named CU's Defensive Player of the Game and the Buffs nominee for Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week … He opened the season with six tackles and two quarterback hurries against Colorado State … He had seven tackles and his interception at UCLA, when he also had three third down stops and two pass breakups … He had six tackles and his sack against Washington … Named the No. 59 outside linebacker nationally by Phil Steele in the preseason … Had nine tackles in the two scrimmages and spring game, with one for a loss and one third down stop.
2018 (Fr.-RS)—Played in all 12 games and started six … Played 399 snaps on defense with 34 tackles, including six for a loss with 4.5 sacks, and three additional stops for no gain … Led the team with 13 third down stops and added six quarterback pressures, two quarterback chase downs and a pass breakup … His 4.5 sacks ranked 10th in the Pac-12 … Started the Colorado State game and had three tackles, one for a loss with a half-sack … He became the first redshirt freshman to start at outside linebacker in the first game of the season in 19 years, since Drew Wahlroos in 1999 … Had three quarterback hurries against Arizona State to go with three tackles and two third down stops .. In just 12 snaps at Arizona, he had five tackles, two sacks and a third down stop … Had five tackles three times, including against California in the season finale where he also had a sack and two third down stops.
2017 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he had a tough go in the fall as he missed significant practice time due to an infection in his leg.
HIGH SCHOOL—He played defensive end, middle linebacker and outside linebacker during his prep career under coach Ty Lawrence … The Orlando Sentinel named him the Defensive Player of the Year in Central Florida and he also garnered first-team All-State honors as both a junior and a senior … He finished his senior season with 96 tackles, including 18 for losses, seven sacks and two interceptions splitting time between defensive end and linebacker … That year he helped lead his team to a 10-2 record and into the third round of the playoffs ... His junior year in an 8-3 season he posted 111 tackles, 25 tackles for a loss, six sacks, six pass breakups and he forced and recovered one fumble … He had three games during his prep career recording over 20 tackles, his high being 22 in a 42-18 win over Santa Fe as a senior, a game in which he also forced and returned a fumble 90 yards … He posted 20 tackles and forced a fumble in a 21-15 win over Dunnellon and as a junior in a loss to Bishop Moore he had 20 tackles … He made the varsity team as a freshman and over his career he posted 341 tackles, 76 tackles for losses, 21 sacks, eight fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and two interceptions … He also played on the basketball team at South Sumter and was on the track and field team … In basketball, he averaged 10 rebounds and five points per game his junior season … In track, he ran the 100 meters, where his best time in the event was 11.3 seconds his junior year, and he also threw the shot put and discus … His top marks in those events were 42 feet in the shot put and 150 feet in the discus.
ACADEMICS—He graduated from Colorado with degrees in both Accounting and Finance from the Leeds School of Business and is pursuing a master's degree in Organizational Leadership … As redshirt frosh in 2018, he was named first-team Academic All-Colorado by the state’s NFF Chapter (honorable mention as a sophomore and senior), and also garnered honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12 honors for 2018 … He was the valedictorian of his high school class, carrying a 4.6 weighted GPA with his honors classes, and a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL—He was born February 20, 1999 in Inverness, Fla. … Volunteered at the Southlake County Youth Center growing up … He is the son of Patty and Larry Wells … His father is a rancher who raises cattle and mother is a teacher at a high school, teaching agriculture … His grandfather, Paul McCormick, ran track at Florida.
2021 (Jr.-2)—Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors from the Pac-12 Hotline and Phil Steele’s College football, with honorable mention recognition of the Pac-12 Coaches and Pro Football Focus … Named second-team All-Colorado by the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation … Accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game in Las Vegas … He started all 12 games on the “edge,” be it lining up at outside linebacker or defensive end and played the third-most snaps on defense (712) … Finished fifth on the team in tackles with 62 (44 solo), numbers that included 15 for losses with five-and-a-half of those quarterback sacks … Also had four tackles for zero gains, giving him 19 tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage … Led the team in both quarterback hurries (17) and third down stops (15, four of which were also a team-best on fourth downs) … Was the Colorado Chapter/NFF state player of the week (as well as CU’s athlete of the week) for his efforts in CU’s 34-0 win over Arizona: he was in on five tackles, four for losses including a sack and another for zero gain, with two hurries and an interception he returned 50 yards for a touchdown … Also was named the school’s AOW for wins over Oregon State and Washington: in the former, he had a season-high nine tackles (six solo, with a sack and a school record-tying five third down stops), and in the latter, he had eight tackles (six solo, one sack), four passes broken up, a forced fumble, a pressure and four third down stops (in each game one of the third down stops was a fourth down effort) … One of his PBU’s against Washington came on the Huskies’ final play of the game, ending a mild scoring threat as time ran down … Came on strong the final third of the season after Nate Landman was lost for the season due to injury, as in the last four games he had 30 tackles, six for losses with 12 third down stops … Was one of four team captains for the Minnesota game … Named preseason All-Pac-12 by the league's coaches, Athlon, Lindy's and Phil Steele's College Football (which ranked him as the No. 63 outside linebacker in the nation).
2020 (Jr.)—Started all six games and extended his consecutive games started streak to 15 … Named first-team All-Pac-12 by the Bay Area News Group, second team by the Associated Press, third team by Phil Steele's College Football and honorable mention by the league's coaches … Finished the regular season with 34 tackles, 14 of which were for a loss including 4.5 sacks, and one tackle for zero, and also had eight third down stops, five quarterback hurries, five pass breakups and one interception … Led the nation in tackles for loss, averaging 2.7 per game counting the Alamo Bowl, no other player averaged more than 2.0 tackles for loss per game nationally … His 1.08 sacks per game ranked third in the Pac-12 and sixth nationally … He became the first player at CU to record three or more tackles for loss in four straight games since Alfred Williams and extended that streak to five games counting the Alamo Bowl … Named CU's Defensive MVP and given the team's Dave Jones Award … Named a team captain for three games, at Stanford, against Utah and against Texas in the Alamo Bowl … CU's Defensive Player of the Game three times against UCLA, at Stanford and at Arizona … Opened the season against the Bruins with five tackles, one pass breakup and one interception, the second of his career against Dorian Thompson-Robinson … At Stanford in the second game, he had another five tackles, but three were behind the line of scrimmage and he added three pass breakups … Against San Diego State, he had five tackles, four of which were behind the line of scrimmage including one sack and two third down stops … At Arizona, had a career best 12 tackles, four behind the line of scrimmage including 1.5 sacks, and matched the CU record with four third down stops … Against Utah he had seven tackles, three for a loss with one sacks, two third down stops and a pass break up … Credited with six tackles in the Alamo Bowl with three tackles for loss including two sacks … Given the Alamo Bowl's Sportsmanship Award … In the preseason, named the No. 66 outside linebacker nationally by Phil Steele's College Football.
2019 (Soph.)—Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors by Pro Football Focus … He played and started in 10 of the 12 games, missing two due to injury … He played in 514 snaps and had 57 tackles, including three for a loss with one sack and two more for no gain, and also added five quarterback hurries, five third down stops, three pass break-ups, an interception and two quarterback chase downs … His best game was against Arizona where he had a season-best 10 tackles (nine solo) with a quarterback hurry … He was named CU's Defensive Player of the Game and the Buffs nominee for Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week … He opened the season with six tackles and two quarterback hurries against Colorado State … He had seven tackles and his interception at UCLA, when he also had three third down stops and two pass breakups … He had six tackles and his sack against Washington … Named the No. 59 outside linebacker nationally by Phil Steele in the preseason … Had nine tackles in the two scrimmages and spring game, with one for a loss and one third down stop.
2018 (Fr.-RS)—Played in all 12 games and started six … Played 399 snaps on defense with 34 tackles, including six for a loss with 4.5 sacks, and three additional stops for no gain … Led the team with 13 third down stops and added six quarterback pressures, two quarterback chase downs and a pass breakup … His 4.5 sacks ranked 10th in the Pac-12 … Started the Colorado State game and had three tackles, one for a loss with a half-sack … He became the first redshirt freshman to start at outside linebacker in the first game of the season in 19 years, since Drew Wahlroos in 1999 … Had three quarterback hurries against Arizona State to go with three tackles and two third down stops .. In just 12 snaps at Arizona, he had five tackles, two sacks and a third down stop … Had five tackles three times, including against California in the season finale where he also had a sack and two third down stops.
2017 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he had a tough go in the fall as he missed significant practice time due to an infection in his leg.
HIGH SCHOOL—He played defensive end, middle linebacker and outside linebacker during his prep career under coach Ty Lawrence … The Orlando Sentinel named him the Defensive Player of the Year in Central Florida and he also garnered first-team All-State honors as both a junior and a senior … He finished his senior season with 96 tackles, including 18 for losses, seven sacks and two interceptions splitting time between defensive end and linebacker … That year he helped lead his team to a 10-2 record and into the third round of the playoffs ... His junior year in an 8-3 season he posted 111 tackles, 25 tackles for a loss, six sacks, six pass breakups and he forced and recovered one fumble … He had three games during his prep career recording over 20 tackles, his high being 22 in a 42-18 win over Santa Fe as a senior, a game in which he also forced and returned a fumble 90 yards … He posted 20 tackles and forced a fumble in a 21-15 win over Dunnellon and as a junior in a loss to Bishop Moore he had 20 tackles … He made the varsity team as a freshman and over his career he posted 341 tackles, 76 tackles for losses, 21 sacks, eight fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and two interceptions … He also played on the basketball team at South Sumter and was on the track and field team … In basketball, he averaged 10 rebounds and five points per game his junior season … In track, he ran the 100 meters, where his best time in the event was 11.3 seconds his junior year, and he also threw the shot put and discus … His top marks in those events were 42 feet in the shot put and 150 feet in the discus.
ACADEMICS—He graduated from Colorado with degrees in both Accounting and Finance from the Leeds School of Business and is pursuing a master's degree in Organizational Leadership … As redshirt frosh in 2018, he was named first-team Academic All-Colorado by the state’s NFF Chapter (honorable mention as a sophomore and senior), and also garnered honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12 honors for 2018 … He was the valedictorian of his high school class, carrying a 4.6 weighted GPA with his honors classes, and a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL—He was born February 20, 1999 in Inverness, Fla. … Volunteered at the Southlake County Youth Center growing up … He is the son of Patty and Larry Wells … His father is a rancher who raises cattle and mother is a teacher at a high school, teaching agriculture … His grandfather, Paul McCormick, ran track at Florida.
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