| Southern Miss Golden Eagles – No. 8 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Redshirt |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Virginia) |
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Billy Wiles is an American football quarterback for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. He previously played for the Clemson Tigers.
Early life and high school
Wiles grew up in Ashburn, Virginia and attended Stone Bridge High School. During high school, he lead the football team to a state title in the spring of 2021 by completing a 16-yard walk-off touchdown pass during overtime.[1] 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.[2][3][4]
College career
Clemson
Wiles joined Clemson in 2021 as a walk-on.[5] 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.[1] During the 2022 season, he was placed on scholarship but did not play or appear in a game that year.[4] On December 4, 2022, Wiles announced that he had entered the transfer portal.[6] On December 15, 2022, he announced that he would be transferring to Southern Miss.[7]
Southern Miss
During the 2023 season, Wiles was named the starting quarterback.[8] In his first game as a Golden Eagle against Alcorn State, he threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns.[9] 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.[10]
College statistics
| 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 | |||
| Career | 12 | 164 | 305 | 53.8 | 1,971 | 6.5 | 12 | 7 | 116.4 | 58 | 21 | 0.4 | 1 | |||
References
- 1 2 "Billy Wiles: Clemson Football Quarterback - News, Stats, Bio". TigerNet. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Billy Wiles, Stone Bridge, Quarterback". 247sports.com. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Billy Wiles, FRESHMAN Quarterback, Southern Miss". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- 1 2 "Billy Wiles". Clemson Tigers. 25 June 2021.
- ↑ Hood, David (April 20, 2021). "Billy Wiles ready to compete as he adds depth to Clemson QB group". TigerNet. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Clemson QB Billy Wiles enters transfer portal". TigerNet. December 4, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ Crumpton, Tony (December 15, 2022). "Clemson QB Billy Wiles transfers to Southern Mississippi". TigerNet. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ Brent, Ansley (August 23, 2023). "Billy Wiles named Southern Miss starting quarterback". WXXV. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ Mixon, Dima (September 3, 2023). "Billy Wiles Throws Three Touchdowns, Leads Southern Miss to 40-14 Victory Over Alcorn State". SM2. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ Mixon, Dima. "Southern Miss suffers worst conference loss in history to South Alabama 55-3". SM2. Southern Miss Student Media. Retrieved 3 December 2023.