Biography
Veteran linebacker poised for an outstanding senior season ... natural defender who does it all and does it well ... combines explosiveness with speed and great football instincts to form the complete package ... a leader who is the sparkplug of the Mountaineer defense ... ranks fourth in WVU career tackles for loss (32) ... worked during spring to improve his ability to get off blocks more effectively ... led squad with 133 tackles for 2002 season ... eight tackles, two for losses, along with an interception and PBU against Tennessee-Chattanooga ... 11 tackles, one for a loss, at Wisconsin ... team-high 13 tackles, with a 4-yard sack, in win at Cincinnati ... leading tackler against East Carolina with 13 stops, two TFL ... team-high 11 tackles vs. Maryland ... nine tackles in win at Rutgers ... entered the Syracuse game bothered by a strained right hamstring, but still recorded 10 tackles sharing time with Scott Gyorko ... 15 tackles against Miami, with two PBU while forcing two fumbles ... 17-yard interception at Temple ... 13 tackles, three PBU in the win over Boston College ... 15 tackles in win at Virginia Tech ... one was a tackle of Lee Suggs on 4th-and-one at the goal line in the fourth quarter ... also had a fumble recovery, two TFL and intercepted a two-point conversion attempt against the Hokies ... seven tackles and a sack in the Pitt win ... received Ideal Mountaineer Man award from WVU coaches ... BIG EAST player of the week: Virginia Tech ... Defensive Champion: Tennessee-Chattanooga, East Carolina, Miami, Boston College ... Hammer Award: East Carolina ... switched to the outside during spring, 2002, to give him a better chance at making big plays ... injuries hampered him throughout the 2001 campaign ... missed the second half of the Boston College game with a hamstring pull, yet still recorded 12 tackles and a TFL ... missed the Ohio and Kent State games ... 11 tackles at Maryland ... key play against Maryland was an 11-yard third-down sack from the WVU 1 as time was running out in the first half ... 15-yard interception and career-best 14 tackles in Virginia Tech game ... hamstring strained slightly during Tech game ... limited play against Notre Dame, making five tackles ... nine tackles while splitting duty at Miami ... team season high 22 tackles with a sack and three TFL at Syracuse ... 13 tackles against Temple ... nine tackles in the Pitt game ... Defensive Award: Syracuse ... coaches voted him the Ideal Mountaineer Man award ... voted 2000 BIG EAST rookie of the year by the league’s coaches ... starter at will linebacker as a redshirt freshman ... was fourth on the team in tackles with 94 ... second team Freshman All-America from The Sporting News ... Gridiron Gladiator Award from WVU coaches for on-field intensity ... ranked seventh in BIG EAST in tackles for losses (13) and 12th in total tackles (90) ... made his first college start vs. Boston College ... 22-yard interception for touchdown in BC game, along with 12 tackles ... nine tackles against Maryland ... seven tackles and three QB hurries in win at Temple ... 15-yard interception for a touchdown and another one-yard pick against Idaho ... also had 11 tackles and a pair of sacks against the Vandals ... one of only nine linebackers in NCAA history with two interception TDs in a season ... eight tackles at Virginia Tech, including a six-yard sack of Michael Vick ... team-high 13 tackles in the Notre Dame game, three for a loss (-13) ... five tackles against Syracuse ... three tackles before suffering a neck stinger late in the Rutgers game ... nine tackles and a TFL in the win over East Carolina ... 10 tackles, two for losses, in Pitt game ... broke his left leg during the second quarter of the Music City Bowl ... defensive champion: Boston College, Idaho, Notre Dame ... defensive hustler: Virginia Tech ... did not see varsity action in 1999, but won the Danny Van Etten Award as top defensive rookie performer on WVU's scout teams ... rookie of the week: Miami (Ohio), Navy, Rutgers, Miami, Pitt ... top-flight prep running back at Perkiomen Valley High ... named offensive player of the year by the Norristown Times-Herald ... named Pac Ten MVP, PCPV offensive player of the year and the Pottstown Mercury player of the year ... Philadelphia Inquirer all-area team ... selected to play in the prestigious Big 33 all-star game ... rushed for 1,600 yards and 24 touchdowns as a senior ... rated the eighth-best linebacker prospect in the East by PrepStar ... earned conference defensive player of the year honors as a junior ... Pennsylvania Sports Fever Fab 85 ... Pennsylvania Football News all-state ... played at Perkiomen Valley for Coach Scott Fuhrman ... born March 11, 1981 ... son of Jim and Lynne Wiley ... one of three children ... majoring in economics with a minor in communications ... recipient of the Ed and Mona Pastilong endowed scholarship ... Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll
