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WRDavid Sills V

West Virginia — Big 12

  • Height: 6-4
  • Weight: 210
  • Hometown: Wilmington, DE
  • Age: 22

SENIOR (2018): 

·        Two-time All-Big 12 First-Team Selection (2018, 2017)

·        AFCA, Walter Camp All-American (Second Team)

·        AP All-American (Third Team)

·        Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist

·        WVU Offensive Player of the Year

·        WVU Team Captain

·        No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 2 nationally in receiving touchdowns (15)

·        No. 2 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 2 nationally in total touchdowns (15)

·        No. 5 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 47 nationally in scoring (7.5)

·        No. 6 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 40 nationally in receptions per game (5.4)

·        No. 7 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 63 nationally in total points scored (90)

·        No. 8 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 32 nationally in receiving yards per game (82.2)

·        No. 10 in the Big 12 Conference in yards per reception (15.2)

·        His 35 career receiving touchdowns are No. 2 in WVU history

·        Only player in WVU history to have at least 15 receiving touchdowns in two different years

·        Led the Mountaineers in 2018 with 65 catches and 15 receiving touchdowns and was No. 2 in yards with 986

·        Holds the national mark for most receiving touchdowns over his last two years (33)

·        Forty-Three of his 65 catches (66.2 percent) have resulted in either a first down or a touchdown in 2018

·        Eighty-five of his 126 catches (67.5 percent) over the past two years have resulted in a first down or a TD

·        Registered four catches for 90 yards with a long of 48 against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl

·        Finished with eight catches for 131 yards and two touchdowns against Oklahoma; his 12th multiple touchdown game of his career

·        Had four catches for 68 yards and a TD at Oklahoma State

·        WVU Special Teams Champion: TCU

·        Caught team-leading six passes for 71 yards and a touchdown vs. TCU

·        Had six catches for 97 yards and two touchdowns at Texas, long was a 60-yard touchdown the first quarter

·        Finished with a game-high five catches for 139 yards and two scores against Baylor

·        Led all receivers with seven catches for 74 yards and a touchdown against Kansas

·        Finished with four catches for 48 yards, including a long reception of 24 yards, at Texas Tech

·        His three-touchdown game against Kansas State marked his fourth three-touchdown game of his career

·        His 10 receptions vs. K-State was a career high; the seventh player to record 10 or more catches in a game

·        In the season opener at Tennessee, he finished with 140 receiving yards and two touchdowns

JUNIOR (2017): 

·        2017 Biletnikoff Award Finalist

·        Earned All-American honors, including three first-team selections, five second-team and two third-team honors

·        Big 12 Conference First-Team selection (AP, ESPN.com, coaches)

·        Started 13 games at wide receiver

·        Finished with 60 receptions for 980 yards, averaging 16.3 yards per reception, 18 receiving touchdowns and a long of 75 yards

·        Tied for No. 1 nationally with 18 receiving touchdowns

·        Ranked No. 11 nationally in total touchdowns, with 18

·        Scored 8.6 points per game, ranking No. 24 in the country in scoring

·        Ranked No. 2 in school history with 18 touchdown receptions in a season

·        Has 20 touchdown receptions in his career, ranking

·        No. 5 in school history for receiving touchdowns in a career

·        One of two receivers in the nation’s top 50 scorers, which includes 33 placekickers, 11 running backs and four quarterbacks

·        One of 20 players nationally to register at least 18 touchdown receptions in a season since 2000

·        The third player in the Big 12 to record at least 15 receiving touchdowns in the last five seasons

·        Caught three touchdowns in a game three times in 2017, becoming the second player in school history to do so (Stedman Bailey, 2012)

·        Averaged a season-high 25.7 yards per catch at Oklahoma

·        Hauled in two touchdowns and recorded 63 receiving yards at Kansas State

·        Caught three passes and gained 44 receiving yards against Oklahoma State

·        Hauled in three touchdown catches at Baylor, the sixth game this season he has recorded two or more receiving touchdowns

·        Hauled in six catches and tallied three touchdown receptions against Texas Tech

·        Recorded 116 yards receiving at TCU, the second consecutive game and the third time this season he had at least 100 receiving yards

·        Tallied two receiving touchdowns at TCU, marking the fourth time this season he has recorded at least two receiving touchdowns in a game

·        Finished with eight receptions for 130 yards and two touchdowns at Kansas

·        Recorded three touchdown catches against East Carolina, marking the first time a Mountaineer has caught three touchdowns since Stedman Bailey caught four against Oklahoma in 2012

·        Hauled in career highs in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns against East Carolina

·        Had two receiving touchdowns against Virginia Tech, the most in a season-opening game since 2012

SOPHOMORE (2016) – El Camino College:

·        Played one season for coach Gifford Lindheim at El Camino College

·        Completed 127-of-237 passes for 1,636 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2016

·        Rushed for 258 yards on 96 carries with five touchdowns

·        Southern California Football Association All-Central League Second Team (2016)

FRESHMAN (2015): 

·        Became a key member of the receiving corps in the second half of season

·        Finished with seven catches for 131 yards and two touchdowns in seven games

·        Caught the game-winning touchdown on a 15-yard reception with 2:19 remaining against Arizona State in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl

HIGH SCHOOL: 

·        Coached by Dwayne Thomas at Eastern Christian Academy

·        Played three games in 2014 before breaking his ankle and missing the remainder of the season

·        Completed 38-of-74 passes for 594 yards and seven touchdowns

·        Ran for 203 yards on 34 carries and six touchdowns

·        Maryland Consensus All-State (2013)

·        Maryland Private School All-State First Team (2013)

·        Completed 202-of-318 passes for 2,688 yards and 27 touchdowns in 2013

·        Also rushed for 672 yards and 15 touchdowns

PERSONAL: 

·        Son of David IV and Denise Sills

·        One of four children

·        Majoring in finance

·        Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

·        Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll