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Lane Kiffin offered Falcons' WR David Sills V a QB scholarship in 7th grade
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With the thinning out of the Atlanta Falcons ' WR depth chart due to Drake London 's injury, David Sills V has gotten a lot of action.
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And for college football fans of a certain age, his name is very familiar.
That's because Sills is the guy, once upon a time, who was offered a quarterback scholarship by USC's Lane Kiffin when he was in just seventh grade.
Sills committed in seventh grade, too.
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Given all the time that had to pass between then and college, it's no surprise Sills didn't stick with USC all the way through.
In 2014, four years after he committed, he decommitted and ended up choosing West Virginia.
He arrived in Morgantown still a QB, but it didn't take long for Sills to decide to play wide receiver instead.
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He had a brief stint at El Camino College before returning to WVU. He led the country in touchdown catches in 2017, then led the Big 12 in TDs in 2018.
Sills went undrafted in 2019.
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He spent time with the Buffalo Bills , then the New York Giants and Denver Broncos before joining the Falcons this season.
Sills caught a touchdown in both Week 12 and Week 13, his first two NFL TDs.
He has played 29 NFL games, with 21 catches for 188 yards. And he's still showing he belongs -- not bad for a former quarterback.
