David Sills V (born May 29, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
Sills was born in 1996.
His parents are Denise and David Sills IV.
He has two older sisters, Emma and Abby.
His father is a commercial developer and contractor, who played cornerback for the Virginia Military Institute.
He began playing youth football at age six and began training at age nine with quarterback trainer Steve Clarkson.
2010
As a seventh-grade quarterback in 2010, he garnered national attention when he verbally committed to play football at the University of Southern California.
Lane Kiffin offered Sills a scholarship to play college football at USC in 2010.
Sills gave USC a non-binding verbal commitment in 2010.
Sills was among the youngest football players to receive a scholarship offer from a major football program.
As a high school freshman, Sills was the starting quarterback for Red Lion Christian Academy, a private Delaware school for grades K-12.
Sports Illustrated hailed him as one of the greatest prospects ever, and Bloomberg News described him as the "best arm money can buy".
At Red Lion in 2010, he accumulated 1,355 passing yards and nine touchdowns against five interceptions in eight games.
Lane Kiffin, who had originally offered Sills a scholarship back in 2010, was fired by USC in 2013.
He was replaced by Ed Orgeron on an interim basis.
Eventually, USC would hire Steve Sarkisian to become the new head coach.
According to Sills' father, Sarkisian told his son that USC would honor their scholarship offer.
While receiving reassurance from Sarkisian, the Sillses got the feeling that David wasn't USC's first option.
USC had offered and eventually signed two highly ranked quarterbacks in the same class, Sam Darnold and Ricky Town.
2011
In 2011, he totalled 2,340 yards and 28 touchdowns in what was his second year as a varsity quarterback.
He was named a MaxPreps.com U.S. Air Force second-team freshman All-American.
As a sophomore, Sills became the quarterback for Eastern Christian Academy (ECA) of Elkton, Maryland.
The move was controversial because the school was a newly-formed online school.
All enrolled boys were on the 46-man football team established by David Sills IV to showcase their talents to college scouts.
2012
Eastern Christian Academy was only able to play in three games in 2012 due to the school's failure to gain accreditation from the state.
As a junior, Sills injured his knuckle and his delivery was impacted forever.
2014
In 2014, Sills decommitted from USC and eventually signed a national letter of intent to play at West Virginia University.
Sills began his college career as a quarterback, but moved to wide receiver as a freshman.
Sills decommitted from USC in June 2014.
On July 16, 2014, Sills announced his commitment to West Virginia University via Twitter.
2015
Sills was one of West Virginia's early enrollees from the 2015 recruiting class.
As a result, he was able to participate in spring practice.
He battled fellow quarterbacks Skyler Howard, William Crest Jr. and Chris Chugunov for the starting quarterback spot.
Howard was eventually named the starting quarterback.
Sills earned playing time as a wide receiver after impressing coaches with his performance on the scout team.
On October 17, 2015, Sills made his collegiate debut against the Baylor Bears.
He finished the game with two receptions for 64 yards.
2017
After spending his freshman year playing for the West Virginia Mountaineers, Sills transferred to El Camino College, but transferred back to West Virginia in 2017.
He led the nation that season in touchdown receptions and was a first-team 2017 College Football All-America Team selection by Sporting News, Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports for the 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers.
2018
He led the 2018 Big 12 Conference in touchdowns and was named 2018 All-Big 12 Conference football team first-team selection as well as a Second-team 2018 College Football All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and American Football Coaches Association.
