2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 13
David Sills V
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, Del.
- High School:
- Eastern Christian Academy
- Prev School:
- El Camino College
- Played in 33 career games and started 26
2018 (Sr.)
- 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
2017 (Jr.)
- 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
2016 (So.) – 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)
2015 (Fr.) – West Virginia
- 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
- Graduated in December 2018 with a bachelor's degree in finance
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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