Cornell University Athletics

At Cornell
One of the Ivy League’s top kickoff specialists, Wells was granted a fifth year of eligibility after missing his freshman season due to injury. The Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 23, Wells was perfect in seven placement attempts in the 2013 opener against Bucknell, including all six PAT kicks and a 38-yard field goal. He had 26 touchbacks in his 50 attempts this season (52 percent), including putting all three of his kickoffs through the end zone against Monmouth. Wells ranked third on the team in scoring in his first season as the team's starting place-kicker. He connected on 28-of-30 extra-point kicks and made 6-of-13 field goals with a long of 42 yards for a total of 46 points. He also handled kickoffs, averaging 61.2 yards with 17 touchbacks on 52 kicks. Wells made 2-of-3 field goals, including his career-long kick, at Harvard. He was perfect on five PATs in contests against Yale and Monmouth. Wells served as a backup place-kicker in his first two seasons.

At Cathedral Catholic
Wells was named first-team all-league and conference Kicker of the Year as a senior at Cathedral Catholic HS, helping the school to a league title. He kicked for state championship teams in consecutive years in two different states. As a junior, he was a member of Cathedral Catholic’s CIF State Division II title team in San Diego after winning a 5A-1 crown as a sophomore at Brophy Prep HS in Phoenix, Ariz. Wells captured honorable mention all-state accolades as a sophomore. As a senior, Wells earned a National Football Foundation/College Hall of Fame Scholar-Leader-Athlete Award for the San Diego Chapter and earned the Academic Achievement and School Leadership Award in San Diego County and Imperial County. He also played two years of varsity baseball.

Personal
John Andrew Wells is the son of John and Jacqueline Wells and has an older sister. His cousin is John Huarte, the 1964 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback from Notre Dame. Another cousin, Chris Carter, plays professional baseball. Wells is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.