Talk:Grayson McCall

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Grayson McCall/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Kline (talk · contribs) 20:23, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Jordano53 (talk · contribs) 04:58, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Will do! Jordano⁵³ 04:58, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• Link to NC State, and for consistency, expand to say NC State Wolfpack
• Clarify up top that they are NCAA Division I programs, and be sure to say that Coastal is in the Sun Fun Belt, especially since you mention Sun Belt Player of the Year

Early years

• Specify "Indian Trail, N.C., United States"
• Link to Little League, Cooperstown
• Add a cite for the Porter Ridge HS fact
• Italicize The Charlotte Observer (where "The" is part of the name)
• Is Southwestern 4A a division of the NCHSAA? If so, may be worth specifying/clarifying earlier
• "he, along with running back Jaylen Coleman,"
• "2,889th-ranked" (Can we include state and position rankings as well? This doesn't really show why D1 programs were interested)

College career

• Can we add some prose to the college statistics? Especially the fact that he is the 8th-all time career passing leader in the NCAA— not the biggest fan of a table-only section

• Any idea on how? I'm not exactly sure where to start. kline / talk / contribs 18:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

• Nothing too crazy, just note the times he led the NCAA with a cite, as it's not mentioned in the prose in college career. Jordano⁵³ 17:32, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

  @Jordano53; added prose near the end of the 2021 paragraph, let me know if that's good. kline / talk / contribs 21:10, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

• change "became the quarterback for the Chanticleers' last scoring drive" to "went in at quarterback for the Chanticleers' last scoring drive" or similar phrasing. "became the quarterback" kind of implies permanence
• "first game start" to "first start"
• "with passing three touchdowns" to "with three passing touchdowns"
• "2 rushing touchdowns for a 38–23 win" to "two rushing touchdowns for a 38–23 win"

• Per MOS:NUMNOTES, there generally should not be a change in how numbers are spelt in a sentence. kline / talk / contribs 18:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

• "last place projected" to "last place-projected"
• "first-ever appearance on the AP and Coaches Poll peaking at number 12" to "first-ever appearance on the AP and Coaches Poll, peaking at number 12"
• "first-ever Co-Sun Belt conference championship" to "first-ever Co-Sun Belt Conference championship"
• specify they lost to Liberty in the Cure Bowl
• "After the conclusion of the 2020 season" to "After the 2020 season"
• link to Sun Belt Conference further up— it is before you link it
• Break up his award recognitions to say which awards he won and the nominations/teams made into separate sentences
• "Following the loss, the Chanticleers dropped from No. 14 to being unranked nationally after a close 35–28 win over Troy." to "Following the loss, the Chanticleers dropped from No. 14 to unranked nationally after a close 35–28 win over Troy." Also specify in which poll
• "announcing it at a Sun Belt Conference media day with a shirt that read "I PISS TEAL"" to "announcing his decision at a Sun Belt Conference media day with a shirt that read "I PISS TEAL""
  • "Did you know... ...that Grayson McCall pisses teal?" would be a fire April Fools DYK
• "but was suffered an upper-body injury in the 29–53 loss" to "but suffered an upper-body injury in the 29–53 loss"
• "despite previous head coach Jamey Chadwell leaving to coach" to "despite previous head coach Chadwell leaving to coach"
• "The concussion required him to be carted off the field and sent to the hospital, where he was released the following day after the game" to "The concussion required him to be carted off the field and sent to the hospital, where he was released the following day"
• How long was he out with the second head injury?

• Permanently, since he retired. kline / talk / contribs 18:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

• "as well as another head injury he suffered the prior season with Coastal Carolina as the reason" to "as well as the head injury he suffered the prior season with Coastal Carolina as the reason"

Coaching career

• rephrase "After McCall announced his retirement in October 2024, where he stated he was interested in coaching football," to "After McCall announced his retirement in October 2024, he stated he was interested in a coaching career." or similar statement. I think the sentence reads better split up

Personal life

• What is there is good, but is there more here? This is a pretty light personal life section. This source talks about some life aspirations, which could be good. Parents? Faith? I suspect we can add more.

• I've decided to huck this into early life, as I don't really see a reason why it needs to be separated. kline / talk / contribs 18:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

References

• Reference 14 doesn't really show that the game was "the biggest win in program history." Please add a source that says this (I'm sure there is one, because it's pretty much correct)
• Reference 24 does not mention the drop in rankings. Please add a source for this.
• Reference 45 does not mention a concussion. Please add a source for that.
• Can we get a reference for him beating out the two freshman quarterbacks at NC State? If it was a battle, there's probably some coverage.
• Add reference 54 down to Coaching career section as well, as it mentions he was interested in coaching. It doesn't seem 55 does.

Lots of small things, but overall the bones are good here. Happy editing! Jordano⁵³ 23:19, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

@Jordano53; most comments should be fixed. Any that I haven't, I have replied to. Cheers, kline / talk / contribs 18:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

@Kline: With that addition, all should be well here. Thanks for your work! Jordano⁵³ 21:31, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:20, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Grayson McCall pisses teal?

• Source: Why Grayson McCall returned to Coastal Carolina and turned down transfer interest

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Yaxté totem pole
  • Comment: Open to any comments, questions, tweaks, or concerns. Cheers :)

Improved to Good Article status by Kline (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

kline / talk / contribs 22:50, 22 April 2026 (UTC).

• No he doesn't, he once wore a shirt that claims he did. New hook needed.--Launchballer 03:51, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

• @Launchballer, what about ALT1: ...that Grayson McCall wore a shirt that claims he "pisses teal"? kline / talk / contribs 12:37, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

  I'll let a reviewer adjudicate.--Launchballer 12:45, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

  I'm with Launchballer, the shirt doesn't seriously claim that Grayson McCall's urine is teal. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 11:09, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron, Launchballer, and Kline: What about: ALT1a ... that during a media day session, college football player Grayson McCall wore a shirt that said "I piss teal"? At least that formulation makes it clear it's talking about the shirt, not that he actually pees teal. Reading the article, there doesn't seem to be anything else interesting to a broad audience since most of what stands out seems more targeted towards college football or American football fans. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:09, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

I'd be fine with that hook. Let's see what the others say. kline / talk / contribs 02:25, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

• Full review of nomination still needed, including ALT1a hook (previous hooks have been struck). Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:36, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Will review in the next 24-48 hours. Stay put. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 04:40, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

• Article is a new GA, fully cited, well written in NPOV, has no copyright violations (19% is what I got, but I checked and the matches were incidental and/or the stats in numbers which are fine). No AISIGNS as this was written over time and the editor is experienced writing at this level/topic, hook is interesting and no longer has the issues brought up earlier of it being misleading.
• Minor concern: Per MOS:LEADCITE, everything in the lead needs to be cited elsewhere in the body paragraphs, but I'm seeing a few instances where it is not. For example, "LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels in 2023 (208.0)" is mentioned in the lead but not found anywhere else, same goes for the mention and wikilink of "passing efficiency". I understand the passing efficiency is (probably) based on the stats, but that needs to be written down in the body as well somewhere. I may have missed others in the lead but I'm confident that the nominator will flag any others. Ping me when this is done and I can review. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 14:49, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@Morogris, concerns should be fixed now. Cheers, kline / talk / contribs 15:39, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

• Concerns have been addressed. Ready for the main page. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 18:11, 2 June 2026 (UTC)