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Aaron Wilmer (born July 4, 1992) is an American former professional
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. He attended
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Early life

Wilmer played
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and baseball at George Washington High School, where he was a first team All-League player as a junior and senior.


College career

Wilmer started his collegiate career at
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where he red-shirted as a freshman. From 2011 to 2014, he played for the Aggies at
Delaware Valley University Delaware Valley University (DelVal) is a private university in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1896, it enrolls approximately 2,178 students on its suburban, 570-acre campus. DelVal offers more than 28 undergraduate majors, 12 master's prog ...
. Wilmer started all four of his collegiate seasons at Delaware Valley University where he was a four-time All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) and posted a 34–9 record as a starter. He also led the Aggies to a MAC Championship in 2011 and two trips to the
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Playoffs (2011 and 2014). Wilmer finished his career ranked second in school history in completions (692), passing yards (10,157), passing touchdowns (84), and total offense (11,795 yards) becoming just one of 26 QB's (at any NCAA level) to reach the 10,000-1,000 passing-rushing career yardage plateaus. During his senior season in 2014, he completed 185-of-316 pass attempts for 3,228 yards and 30 touchdowns while adding 310 rushing yards and seven scores on the ground. Wilmer was teammate of Rasheed Bailey.


Statistics


Professional career

After his collegiate career, Wilmer signed with MRM Agent Marty Magid, who also represented Elvis Dumervil. Wilmer worked out with the
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and competed in the NFL Regional Combine. He spent time with the
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's
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and the
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. On October 25, 2016, Wilmer signed with the
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of the
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.


Personal life

Wilmer is the son of Thomas and Dontissa Wilmer and he has one daughter, Giovana. As well as two older brothers, Thomas and Damien.


References


External links


Aaron Wilmer articles on CBS Local
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