#96

Charles Wiley

Senior linebacker for UTSA. 2021: 36 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

LB · UTSA · Sr. · #96

6′2″ · 245 lb · Stockbridge, GA

CFB Index 72 · #105 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceUTSA 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 253 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for UTSA. 2021: 36 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UTSA, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2016

Signed with Ole Miss4-star out of Stockbridge

202010 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202113 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#253 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Frank Wilson

UTSA

2020–2021

Jeff Traylor

UTSA

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Wilson → Jeff Traylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Ole Miss6-6HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020UTSA7-5HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021UTSA12-2HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #105 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#138 / 2743 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#183 / 2743 · 93rd pct

9.0

Sacks#280 / 2743 · 89th pct

3.5

Tackles#1084 / 2743 · 60th pct

Solo tackles#1273 / 2743 · 52nd pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.0
Road6g	2.7	0.8	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #105 of 578 LBs

Former four-star. Now #105 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UTSA	36	18	9.0	3.5	1	--	--
2020	UTSA	43	17	10.0	2.0	1	--	--
2019	Ole Miss	27	15	5.0	3.0	--	--	--
2018	Ole Miss	24	7	6.0	2.5	--	--	--
2017	Ole Miss	6	3	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		136	60	31.0	11.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2021

W 52–46

at Western Kentucky

1 PD · 4 SOLO · 5 TOT

Edged out Western Kentucky on the road in a shootout.

With F. Harris — 349 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.4 · 51 rush yds (9 car) · J. Cephus — 23 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 5 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 37-30@ Illinois	2	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 54-0vs Lamar	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-13vs Middle Tennessee	5	1	1.5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 4	W 31-28@ Memphis	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-17vs UNLV	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 52-46@ Western Kentucky	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 45-0vs Rice	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 45-16@ Louisiana Tech	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 44-23@ UTEP	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-17vs Southern Miss	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 34-31vs UAB	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 23-45@ North Texas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 49-41vs Western Kentucky	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		33	17	9.0	3.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology