| Billy Wiles | |
| School: | Appalachian State Mountaineers |
| Currentnumber: | 9 |
| Currentposition: | Quarterback |
| Class: | Junior |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 2002[1] |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightin: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 215 |
| Highschool: | Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Virginia) |
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| Espn: | 4682927 |
Billy Wiles (born June 26, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Appalachian State Mountaineers. He previously played for the Clemson Tigers and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
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]
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. During the 2022 season, he was placed on scholarship but did not play or appear in a game that year. 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]
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]
On April 24, 2024, Wiles announced that he would transfer to Appalachian State.[13]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||||
| Clemson Tigers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 197.6 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Southern Miss Golden Eagles | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 11 | 162 | 301 | 53.8 | 1,940 | 6.4 | 11 | 7 | 115.4 | 57 | 19 | 0.3 | 1 | |||
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 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 | |||