Antwane Wells Jr. lands in Top 50 in On3 transfer portal rankings
South Carolina football fans have likely already heard and potentially seen this spring what wide receiver Antwane Wells Jr. is capable of.
The folks at On3 have taken notice too.
The former James Madison standout who transferred to South Carolina this spring is now ranked the No. 47 overall prospect and the No. 10 wide receiver in On3’s 2022 transfer portal rankings.
On3 released its updated — and pretty much final — portal rankings on Friday since the May 1 deadline has now passed meaning any prospect who enters from this point forward would have to sit out the season at his new school without a waiver.
Better known as “Juice,” the 6-foot-1, 204-pound Wells has impressed pretty much everyone around the program since he arrived on campus, including South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer.
“Juice has had a great spring,” Beamer said. “He’s gotten more and more confident each practice. He’s got an unbelievable competitive spirit about himself and he loves to work. Players didn’t have to be here today until 3 o’clock, I walked in at 1 p.m. and he sat there going over the calls for tonight. It’s important to him. To have him on the outside, that whole receiving group has improved.”
Wells, who caught three passes for 31 yards in the Gamecocks’ spring game, was one of the most productive receivers in all of FCS last season.
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On3’s Mike Huguenin featured Wells on his list of the top 11 players making the jump from FCS to FBS via the transfer portal earlier this year.
As a redshirt freshman this past season, Wells caught 83 passes for 1,250 yards and 15 touchdowns. Those numbers rank fourth (tied), third and first (tied), respectively, in all of FCS and broke the JMU school record in all three categories.
A Highland Springs graduate from Richmond, Va., Wells ranks third all-time at JMU in career receiving touchdowns (21), ninth in career receiving yards (1,853) and ninth in career receptions (116) in a little over a season and a half played.
Wells chose South Carolina over offers from UNC, Miami, Mississippi State and Virginia Tech.
Wells, who has eight 100-yard receiving games in his career, has three years of eligibility remaining.
