Wells attended Arnold (MO) Fox where he was a Parade, USA Today and Prep Report first-team All-American in 1988, as well as being named USA Today's all-sports Missouri state Athlete-of-the-Year, SuperPrep Midlands Defensive Player of the Year, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch College Prospect of the Year.
Wells set career highs in every significant defensive category except for sacks (9) as a redshirt junior.
Despite being drafted in the fourth round, Wells was released by the Minnesota Vikings before the 1994 season began.
[2] He was quickly picked up by the Detroit Lions, where he played primarily as a backup until 1997, his last season with the team, where he started all sixteen games.
Despite this and the fact that he was willing to take a pay cut, he was released in favor of recent free-agent acquisitions Ted Washington and Keith Traylor.
After leaving the NFL, Wells returned home to St. Louis where he now coaches the defensive line at MICDS.