Billy Wiles (American football)
American football player (born 2002)
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Billy Wiles (born June 26, 2002)[1] is an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Appalachian State Mountaineers, the Clemson Tigers and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
| Profile | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 26, 2002[1] |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| College |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Early life
Wiles grew up in Ashburn, Virginia and attended Stone Bridge High School. During high school, he led the football team to a state title in the spring of 2021 by completing a 16-yard walk-off touchdown pass during overtime.[2] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Clemson over offers from Bryant, Bucknell, Campbell, Fordham, Gardner–Webb, Georgetown, Harvard, Holy Cross, Howard, Lehigh, UMass, Old Dominion, Tulane, William & Mary and Yale.[3][4][5]
College career
Clemson
Wiles joined Clemson in 2021 as a walk-on.[6] During the season, he completed 2 out of 4 passing attempts for 31 yards and a touchdown in 11 snaps making him the second Clemson walk-on quarterback to throw a touchdown pass.[2] During the 2022 season, he was placed on scholarship but did not play or appear in a game that year.[5] On December 4, 2022, Wiles announced that he had entered the transfer portal.[7] On December 15, 2022, he announced that he would be transferring to Southern Miss.[8]
Southern Miss
During the 2023 season, Wiles was named the starting quarterback.[9] In his first game as a Golden Eagle against Alcorn State, he threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns.[10] During a blowout 55-3 loss to South Alabama, Wiles was benched due to only throwing for 5 yards on a 40% completion percentage. He resumed starting duties the following week.[11]
On April 12, 2024, Wiles announced that he would enter the transfer portal for the second time.[12]
Appalachian State
On April 24, 2024, Wiles announced that he would transfer to Appalachian State.[13]
College statistics
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||
| 2021 | Clemson | 1 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 197.6 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 11 | 162 | 301 | 53.8 | 1,940 | 6.4 | 11 | 7 | 115.4 | 57 | 19 | 0.3 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | Appalachian State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| Career | 12 | 164 | 305 | 53.8 | 1,971 | 6.5 | 12 | 7 | 116.4 | 58 | 21 | 0.4 | 1 | ||||