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David Sills V

Senior wide receiver for West Virginia. 2018: 58 catches, 846 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · West Virginia · Sr. · #13

6′4″ · 204 lb · Wilmington, DE

West Virginia 2018 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for West Virginia. 2018: 58 catches, 846 receiving yards, 13 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 1,957 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 153 yds vs East Carolina.East Carolina · W 56-202017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

West Virginia

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2017–2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 23-15 over that span.

2015West Virginia8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (88th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#5 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec yards#68 / 550 · 88th pct

846

Receptions#78 / 550 · 86th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Long catch#132 / 550 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#176 / 550 · 68th pct

14.6

Rush yards#134 / 277 · 51st pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.3	86.8	15.1	1.5
Road5g	4.0	65.0	15.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	56.7	13.3	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	101	17.8	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	58	846	14.6	13	--
2017	West Virginia	60	980	16.3	18	--
2015	West Virginia	7	131	18.7	2	--
Career		125	1,957	15.7	33	--

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	--	14	--	--	--
2017	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2015	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	14	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 42–41

at Texas

6 rec · 97 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With W. Grier — 346 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (2 car) · K. McKoy — 94 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 52-17vs Youngstown State	2	33	16.5	0	19
Wk 4	W 35-6vs Kansas State	10	73	7.3	3	23	3 TD catches
Wk 5	W 42-34@ Texas Tech	4	48	12.0	0	24
Wk 6	W 38-22vs Kansas	7	74	10.6	1	26
Wk 7	L 14-30@ Iowa State	2	22	11.0	1	18
Wk 9	W 58-14vs Baylor	5	139	27.8	2	65	Season-high 139 yds
Wk 10	W 42-41@ Texas	6	97	16.2	2	60	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 47-10vs TCU	6	71	11.8	1	23
Wk 12	L 41-45@ Oklahoma State	4	68	17.0	1	22
Wk 13	L 56-59vs Oklahoma	8	131	16.4	2	41	2 TD catches
Bowl	L 18-34@ Syracuse	4	90	22.5	0	48
Total		58	846	15.4	13	65

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

David Sills V

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

DNA match

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Heisman trajectory

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