2018 Football Roster
Roster
Wilton Speight
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 232
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
- High School:
- Collegiate School
2018
Arrived at UCLA for fall practices ... Was named the starter for the opener against Cincinnati ... Starter for five games (Cincinnati, Utah, Arizona State, USC and Stanford) ... Threw for 466 yards against Stanford, the fifth-most is UCLA history, while completing 29 of 47 attempts ... His 429 yards of total offense against the Cardinal ranks as the ninth-highest total in school history ... Completed 26 of 35 passing attempts for 335 yards and a couple of touchdowns at Arizona State ... Ran for 30 yards against Utah ... Scored rushing touchdowns against USC and Stanford ... Also saw action in a reserve role at Oregon (147 yards passing and a touchdown) and versus Arizona (204 yards passing and two touchdowns) ... Winner of the Kenneth S. Washington Award as the most outstanding senior.
MICHIGAN
Three-year letterwinner (2015-17) ... 2016 All-Big Ten third team (coaches and media) ... Appeared in 23 games and started 16 ... Tied the school record for most touchdown passes in the first two games of a season (7) ... Set a school record for most passing yards in the first half of a game (292 v. Maryland, 2016) ... Two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 12 and Nov. 7, 2016) ... Was a backup quarterback in seven games during the 2015 season.
2017
Preseason Watch List for Davey O'Brien and Maxwell Awards ... Started his second consecutive season opener against Florida (Sept. 2) and completed 11 of his 25 pass attempts for 181 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions ... Started against Cincinnati (Sept. 9) and completed 17 of 29 passes for 221 yards with two touchdowns ... Connected on 14 of 23 pass attempts for 169 yards against Air Force (Sept. 16) ... Completed two of four passing attempts before leaving the game at Purdue due to injury (Sept. 23).
2016
Named Most Improved Player in vote by coaching staff ... Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award Semifinalist ... All-Big Ten third team (coaches and media) ... Starter in 11 games ... Completed 204 of 331 passes for 2,538 yards with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions ... Was the team's Offensive Player of the Game after contests against UCF (Sept. 10), Penn State (Sept. 24), Illinois (Oct. 22) and Maryland (Nov. 5) ... Completed 20-of-32 passes for 219 yards, including a game-winning 46-yard touchdown pass to Amara Darboh in the fourth quarter vs. Wisconsin (Oct. 1) ... Set career-highs in completion percentage (79 percent) and yards (362) against Maryland (Nov. 5) to earn Offensive Player of the Game honors, breaking the program record for most first-half passing yards (292) while leading U-M to over 600 yards of offense, 10.0 yards per play and a season-high 31 first downs ... Completed 23-of-36 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns at Ohio State (Nov. 26), tossing a five-yard touchdown to Amara Darboh in the first overtime session on a fourth down play to keep the game alive.
2015
Appeared in seven games as a reserve quarterback ... Helped engineer the game-winning scoring drive at Minnesota (Oct. 31) ... Completed six passes for 44 yards vs. Ohio State (Nov. 28).
2014
Enrolled at Michigan in January of 2014.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Collegiate School (2014) in Richmond, Va., coached by Mark Palyo and helped team to VISAA state title game ... Passed for 2,845 yards and 33 touchdowns and rushed for 292 yards as a senior ... Threw for 3,034 yards and 35 touchdowns as a junior ... Assumed the punting duties and averaged 42.2 yards per punt ... Starting quarterback for Team Nitro in the 2014 Under Armour All-America Game ... Also named team captain for Team Nitro ... Named to the Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro Team ... 2013 Prep League Offensive Player of the Year ... Participated in the San Francisco Elite 11 Football Camp ... Also played lacrosse in high school.
PERSONAL
Arrived at UCLA in the summer of 2018 ... Enrolled in the School of Education ... Has a brother who is an offensive lineman at Michigan.
