Grant Wiley

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Retired — No. --
Outside Linebacker
Date of birth: March 11, 1981 (1981-03-11) (age 27)
Place of birth: Trappe, Pennsylvania
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 230 lb (100 kg)
National Football League debut
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
College: West Virginia
 Teams:
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Stats at CBS Sportsline.com

Grant Wiley (born March 11, 1981 in Trappe, Pennsylvania) is a retired American football linebacker who played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Wiley is one of a handful of consensus All-Americans from WVU. He is currently a model and an actor.

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[edit] High school career

Wiley attended Perkiomen Valley High School in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Wiley won Offensive Player of the Year by the Norristown Times-Herald. He was named Pac Ten MVP, PCTV offensive Player of the Year and the Pottstown Mercury Player of the Year. Wiley was also named to the Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area team. He was selected to play in the Ohio-Pennsylvania Big 33 game. He was rated the eighth-best linebacker prospect in the East by PrepStar. Conference defensive player of the year honors as a junior. Wiley was named to the Pennsylvania Sports Fever Fab 85. Wiley was also named to the Pennsylvania Football News all-state team.

[edit] Collegiate career

[edit] Freshman (2000)

Wiley came to West Virginia in 2000 and made an immediate impact. Wiley earned Big East Rookie of the Year honors after totaling 94 tackles and 14 tackles for losses. Wiley was voted second-team freshman All-American and finished the season 12th in the league in tackles and 7th in tackles-for-losses. Wiley's best performance of the season came against Idaho, when Wiley recorded seven tackles, 2.5 sacks, and two interceptions. Wiley's first interceptions came in the third quarter, down 9-0, when he picked off a pass and took it back for his second interception return for a score on the season. The interception turned the game around for the Mountaineers, who mounted a come from behind victory.[1]

[edit] Sophomore (2001)

Wiley's sophomore season was a relatively quiet one. One of Wiley's highlight performances came in a 35-0 loss to Virginia Tech, where he had a key interception.[2] Wiley was awarded the Ideal Mountaineer Man Award by the West Virginia coaches at the end of the season.

[edit] Junior (2002)

As a junior, Wiley earned national recognition. One of his best games on the season was against Temple, where the Mountaineers won 46-20. Wiley made an interception in the game that he took deep into Temple territory, and a forced fumble on quarterback Mike Frost.[3] Wiley had 133 tackles and two interceptions on the season.

[edit] Senior (2003)

Wiley's senior season, was an average season for the Mountaineers. After starting the season 1-4, West Virginia went up against Rutgers in a must-win situation. Wiley helped the Mountaineers win 34-19, by totaling 11 tackles and a diving interception.[4] Also, in the 52-31 victory over Pitt, Wiley had a key interception in the endzone.[5] Team captain Wiley earned consensus All-American honors on the season, making him one of only a handful of Mountaineers to do so. Wiley was also a finalist for the 2003 Bronko Nagurski Award, which was won by Okalahoma's Derrick Strait.[6]

Wiley owns the record for most tackles in a career at West Virginia[citation needed] with 492 tackles and tackles for a loss with 47.5.

[edit] Career statistics

Career Defensive Statistics
Year Team G Tack Solo Ast TFL Sack FF FR Int Yds Lng TD Pass Def. Block
2000 West Virginia Mountaineers 12 94 57 37 14.0 3.0 0 0 3 38 22 2 2 0
2001 West Virginia Mountaineers 9 98 51 47 6.0 2.0 0 0 1 15 15 0 3 0
2002 West Virginia Mountaineers 13 133 91 42 13.5 3.0 2 1 2 17 17 0 9 0
2003 West Virginia Mountaineers 13 167 99 68 14.0 1.0 7 1 2 4 4 0 4 0
Total 47 492 298 194 47.5 9.0 9 2 8 74 22 2 18 0

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[edit] Pro career

[edit] 2004

After going undrafted in the 2004 NFL Draft, Wiley signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings, on April 27, 2004.[8] On August 6, 2004 Wiley was placed on the waived-injured list by the Vikings.[9] Later Wiley was placed on the injured reserve list.[10]

[edit] 2005

In 2005 Wiley enter Vikings training camp once again. However, this camp was to be his last, as he seriously injuried his shoulder.

In early August 2005, Wiley injured his shoulder and was listed as day-to-day.[11] It turned out the injury was worse than expected. So on August 9, 2005, Wiley was waived, after agreeing on an injury settlement.[12] That injury, being his second to require surgery, turned out to be career ending.

[edit] After football

Wiley was an instructor a football camp in Bridgeport, West Virginia on July 14-15, at Wayne Jemison Stadium. This camp was not an ordinary football camp. At the camp, along with several instructors familiar to state football fans, Wiley spent the camp demonstrating and instructing the attendees in the same session at the same time, rather than splitting them up into postion specific groups.[13]


[edit] Acting career

Wiley is currently an actor and model. His credits include "All My Children" (extra, February 6, 2008, he played a bar patron at the Pine Valley Inn).[14] He is currently shooting a film in Colorado.[citation needed]

[edit] Television appearances

Year Title Role Notes
2008 All My Children extra one episode (February 6)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Colby McCarren. Pressure defense too much for Vandals. The Daily Athenaeum Interactive. West Virginia University. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  2. ^ Will Stewart (October 6, 2001). Virginia Tech 35, West Virginia 0. TechSideline.com. Virginia Tech. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  3. ^ John Antonik (November 2, 2002). Bowl Eligible!. MSNsportsNET.Com. West Virginia University. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  4. ^ West Virginia 34, Rutgers 19. Labs.net. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  5. ^ WVU upsets Pitt for tie atop Big East - NCAA College Football Recap (HTML). ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  6. ^ James Alder (December 9, 2003). Strait Wins Bronko Nagurski Award. Football.about.com. About.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  7. ^ Mark DeVault. Grant Wiley. WVUStats.com. West Virginia University. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  8. ^ Sports Transactions from The Sports Network (HTML). SportsNetwork.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  9. ^ Minnesota Vikings Transactions - 2004 (HTML). ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  10. ^ Grant Wiley # - LB (HTML). TSN.ca. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  11. ^ Grant Wiley, LB, Free Agent Players (HTML). KFFL.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  12. ^ Grant Wiley, LB, Free Agent Players (HTML). KFFL.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  13. ^ Kevin Kinder (July 13, 2006). Moving On. BlueGoldNews.com. Scout.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  14. ^ Grant Wiley to be on All My Children....... (Last post on 02/04 ... (HTML). mbd.Scout.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.

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