Player Dossier

2018-2022

SMU

Gary Wiley

DE • 6'3" • 239 lbs • Longview, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Gary Wiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.5

Efficiency

15.3

Consistency

3.3

Season Value

7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Gary Wiley, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · SMU. Gary Wiley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Gary Wiley played DE for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Gary Wiley recorded 123 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

SMU paired 16.5 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · SMU

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

15.3

Usage

4.5

Consistency

3.3

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. Unknown: 0. Maryland: 2. TCU: 0. UCF: 0. Navy: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Tulsa: 0. Houston: 0. Tulane: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 6 by 25. Maryland: 4 by 36.7. TCU: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 5 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 3 by 12.5. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Maryland

Result
Fri 11/18@ TulaneL 24-5941000
Sat 11/5vs HoustonW 77-6311000
Sat 10/29@ TulsaW 45-3432000
Sat 10/22vs CincinnatiL 27-2910000
Fri 10/14vs NavyW 40-3455000
Wed 10/5@ UCFL 19-4120000
Sat 9/24vs TCUL 34-4243000
Sat 9/17@ MarylandL 27-34421.500.500
Sat 9/10vs Unknown63000
Sat 9/3@ North TexasW 48-1021000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    SMU

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201820192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonSMU416.34.6
2019 PostseasonSMU511.82.71
2019 Regular SeasonSMU511.82.70
2020 Regular SeasonSMU5.517.24.60.5
2021 Regular SeasonSMU16.528.39.911
2022 Regular SeasonSMU215.34.5-14.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Navy

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#2

South Florida

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.1 takeover score.

#3

Maryland

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#4

Memphis

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.6 takeover score.

#5

Tulane

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · SMU

16.5 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage

33.6

#2

2020 Regular Season · SMU

24.6

5.5 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · SMU

20

4 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8104

Pine Tree · Longview, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

123

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 46 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.