Player Dossier

2014-2018

UCLA

Wilton Speight

QB • 6'6" • 232 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Wilton Speight is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

79%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

23

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan • UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Wilton Speight built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a quarterback from Richmond, VA wearing No. 3, spending time with Michigan and UCLA. The clearest part of Wilton Speight's career was his passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8764

Collegiate School · Richmond, VA

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Wilton Speight, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Michigan. Wilton Speight is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
4,657
Passing yards
4,719
Touchdowns
31

Quick Answers

Wilton Speight quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · QB
Career Total Offense
4,657
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Ohio State
Recruit profile
3-star · Collegiate School · Michigan
High school pipeline
Collegiate School · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2018 Total offense rank
1,564 total offense · QB 109th (top 30%) · Pac-12 12th (top 9%) · National 115th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan00000-
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan575732115.6
2016 PostseasonMichigan12156163-7163.8
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan122,3222,375-531863.8
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan4540581-41340.2
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA71,5641,52737856.2

Related Context

Wilton Speight played QB for Michigan and UCLA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Wilton Speight recorded 4,719 passing yards, -62 rushing yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Michigan paired 2,478 primary output with 60.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 60.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan, UCLA.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Win with 378 yards of offense and 83.1 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2016 Postseason · Michigan

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

206.5

Efficiency

60.8

Usage

8.5

Consistency

75.4

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 156. Hawai'i: 145. UCF: 300. Colorado: 215. Penn State: 198. Wisconsin: 189. Rutgers: 100. Illinois: 246. Michigan State: 249. Maryland: 378. Iowa: 100. Ohio State: 202

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida State: 44 by 45.1. Hawai'i: 13 by 79.7. UCF: 39 by 59.5. Colorado: 36 by 54.2. Penn State: 36 by 63.3. Wisconsin: 37 by 51.8. Rutgers: 13 by 70.1. Illinois: 26 by 65.3. Michigan State: 26 by 69.8. Maryland: 27 by 83.1. Iowa: 30 by 40. Ohio State: 39 by 48.1

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins224.4 · Games = 9 · +71.8 vs Losses
Losses152.7 · Games = 3 · -71.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

83.1 vs Maryland

Result
Sat 12/31@ Florida StateL 32-33213816355.31145.16-7-1.20017
Sat 11/26@ Ohio StateL 27-30233621963.92248.13-17-5.7000
Sun 11/13@ IowaL 13-14112610342.301404-3-0.8004
Sat 11/5vs Maryland300-yard game · 3+ TDW 59-3192436279.22083.13165.30110
Sat 10/29@ Michigan StateW 32-23162524464.00169.815505
Sat 10/22vs IllinoisW 41-8162325369.62065.33-7-2.30010
Sat 10/8@ RutgersW 78-061310046.21070.1
Sat 10/1vs WisconsinW 14-7203221962.51151.85-30-602
Sat 9/24vs Penn StateW 49-10213418961.81063.3294.5009
Sat 9/17vs ColoradoW 45-28163022953.31054.26-14-2.3003
Sat 9/10vs UCF300-yard game · 3+ TDW 51-14253731267.64059.52-12-600
Sat 9/3vs Hawai'i3+ TDW 63-3101314576.93179.7

Player Story

Wilton Speight story

Wilton Speight built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a quarterback from Richmond, VA wearing No. 3, spending time with Michigan and UCLA. The clearest part of Wilton Speight's career was his passing role: 4,719 passing yards, 28 touchdown passes, and 644 attempts across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan and UCLA.

The arc is straightforward: Wilton Speight moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Michigan

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UCLA

    2018

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan0
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan7540.22.775
2016 PostseasonMichigan2,47860.88.52,403
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan2,47860.88.50
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan54049.28.3-1,938
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA1,56456.115.91,024

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio State

Week 13 · L 13-42 · Conference game

Loss with 44 yards of offense and 46.8 efficiency.

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Total Offense

73.4 takeover

44 total offense with 46.8 efficiency.

#2

vs Stanford

Week 13 · L 42-49 · Conference game

429

Total Offense

73 takeover

Loss with 429 yards of offense and 59 efficiency.

429 total offense with 59 efficiency.

#3

vs Maryland

Week 10 · W 59-3 · Conference game

378

Total Offense

66.7 takeover

Win with 378 yards of offense and 83.1 efficiency.

378 total offense with 83.1 efficiency.

#4

@ Arizona State

Week 11 · L 28-31 · Conference game

337

Total Offense

62 takeover

Loss with 337 yards of offense and 61.5 efficiency.

337 total offense with 61.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Cincinnati

Week 2 · W 36-14

208

Total Offense

61.8 takeover

Win with 208 yards of offense and 55.5 efficiency.

208 total offense with 55.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Michigan

2,478 primary output · 60.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage

63.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Michigan

63.8

2,478 primary · 60.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UCLA

56.2

1,564 primary · 56.1 efficiency · 15.9 usage

Milestones

5

250+ passing yards

4

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

8

Above avg efficiency