Aaron Wilmer (born July 4, 1992) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
quarterback
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...
who is currently a free agent. He attended
Delaware Valley University.
Early life
Wilmer played high school football 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
West Chester University where he
red-shirted as a freshman. From 2011 to 2014, he played for the Aggies at
Delaware Valley University. 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
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...
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 current Carolina Panthers wide receiver
Rasheed Bailey.
College career statistics
Professional career
After his collegiate career, Wilmer signed wit
MRMAgent Marty Magid, who also represented Elvis Dumervil. Wilmer worked out with the
Philadelphia Eagles
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and competed in the
NFL Regional Combine. He spent time with the
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
's
BC Lions and the
Calgary Stampeders.
On October 25, 2016, Wilmer signed with the
Spokane Empire of the
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams amon ...
.
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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Living people
1992 births
American football quarterbacks
Canadian football quarterbacks
American players of Canadian football
Delaware Valley Aggies football players
Spokane Empire players
BC Lions players
Calgary Stampeders players