Kyle Wilber

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Kyle Wilber
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Wilber with the Oakland Raiders in the 2019 NFL season.
Green Bay Packers
Position:Special teams quality control coach
Personal information
Born: (1989-04-26) April 26, 1989 (age 34)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:Apopka
(Apopka, Florida)
College:Wake Forest (2007–2011)
NFL draft:2012 / Round: 4 / Pick: 113
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:153
Sacks:3.5
Forced fumbles:3
Fumble recoveries:6
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Kyle Wilber (born April 26, 1989) is a former

2012 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wake Forest
.

Early years

Wilber attended Apopka High School where he was a Class 6A all-state third-team selection as a senior, after finishing with 55 tackles (10 for loss), four sacks and a fumble recovery. He also practiced wrestling and weightlifting.

At

Will linebacker
position, appearing at that position in 5 games with 18 tackles, one sack, one fumble recovery and a blocked field goal.

As a junior, he began the season at defensive end before being moved back to linebacker, posting 65 tackles (third on the team), 6 sacks (led the team), 14.5 tackles for loss (led the team), one quarterback pressure, 4 passes defensed and 2 blocked kicks.

As a senior, he recorded 70 tackles (second on the team), 3.5 sacks (tied for the team lead), 11.5 tackles for loss, 3 quarterback pressures, 3 forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one pass defensed and one blocked kick. He finished his college career with 13.5 sacks (sixth in school history), 35.5 tackles (ninth in school history) for loss, 195 tackles (thirteenth in school history), 6 forced fumbles and 4 blocked kicks in 43 career games.

Professional career

Wilber was one of 38 collegiate linebackers to attend the

Indianapolis, Indiana. He completed all of the combine drills and had a mediocre performance. Wilber finished tenth among linebackers in the bench press, 14th in the short shuttle, and seventh in the three-cone drill.[1]

On March 19, 2012, Wilber attended Wake Forest's pro day, along with Chris Givens, Joe Looney, and six other prospects. He opted to run all of the combine drills again, but skipped the bench. Wilber was able to lower his times in the 40-yard dash (4.64s), 20-yard dash (2.65s), and 10-yard dash (1.65s).[2] At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Wilber was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the 12th best outside linebacker prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[3]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split
20-yard shuttle
 Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3+3⁄4 in
(1.92 m) 		249 lb
(113 kg) 		33+1⁄4 in
(0.84 m) 		9+1⁄4 in
(0.23 m)		 4.86 s 1.72 s 2.84 s 4.31 s 7.11 s 33 in
(0.84 m)		 9 ft 9 in
(2.97 m)		 25 reps
All values from
NFL Combine[4]

Dallas Cowboys

Wilber was selected by the

2012 NFL Draft. He was the 13th linebacker selected in 2012.[5]

2012

On June 14, the Dallas Cowboys signed Wilber to a four-year, $2.53 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $439,220.[6]

Throughout training camp, Wilber competed for a backup outside linebacker role against

Anthony Spencer, Victor Butler, and Alex Albright.[9]

He made his professional regular season debut on special teams in the Dallas Cowboys' season-opening 19–3 victory against the

special teams tackles and ten total tackles (seven solo) in 16 games.[10] Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan
was fired at the end of the season.

2013

Wilber was moved to defensive end in training camp after the Cowboys hired

4–3 alignment. Throughout training camp, he competed for the job as backup defensive end against Monte Taylor, Ikponmwosa Igbinosun, and DeVonte Holloman.[11] Wilber gained 15 pounds to his frame during the off-season and was named the backup right defensive end behind DeMarcus Ware to start the regular season.[12]

On September 22, he recorded two solo tackles and made his first career sack on

sam linebacker in place of an injured Justin Durant.[14][15] In Week 13, he made his first career start at outside linebacker and recorded four combined tackle in the 31–24 victory against the Oakland Raiders. The following week, Wilber collected a season-high ten combined tackles during a 45–28 loss at the Chicago Bears. He finished the season with a total of 44 combined tackles (31 solo) and two sacks in six starts and 16 games.[16]

2014

Wilber entered training camp competing for the starting weak side linebacker role after Justin Durant was moved to middle linebacker after Sean Lee tore his ACL in organized team activities.[17][18] During the preseason he was tried at linebacker and defensive end after DeMarcus Lawrence fractured his foot in training camp.[19] Head coach Jason Garrett named Wilber the backup strong side linebacker to Bruce Carter to begin the regular season. Durant was named the starting weakside linebacker after the Cowboys acquired Rolando McClain and named him the starting middle linebacker.[20]

In the regular season he was used mainly in a reserve pass-rusher role (only 3 starts). On September 14, Wilber made his first start of the season and recorded a season-high nine combined tackles during the Cowboys' 26–10 victory at the Tennessee Titans. In Week 16, he recorded two solo tackles and made his only sack of the season on Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Andrew Luck in a 42–7 victory. He finished the 2014 season with 27 combined tackles (16 solo), two pass deflections, and 1.5 sacks in 16 games and three starts.[21]

On January 4, 2015, Wilber played in his first career playoff games and made two combined tackles, a pass deflection, and intercepted a pass by Matthew Stafford as the Cowboys defeated the Detroit Lions 24–20.[22]

2015

The Dallas Cowboys entered the regular season with an entirely different linebacker core after experiencing the departures of Justin Durant, Bruce Carter, and the suspension of Rolando McClain. Anthony Hitchens was named starting middle linebacker after emerging at the end of the 2014 season, Sean Lee was moved to weakside linebacker, and Wilber was named starting strongside linebacker, coming off the field in obvious passing situations.[23]

He started the

special teams, he tied for the team lead in tackles (9) with Jeff Heath and Damien Wilson
.

2016

On March 11, the Dallas Cowboys signed Wilber to a two-year, $3.25 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $1 million.[6][26]

He entered training camp competing against Justin Durant, Anthony Hitchens, Andrew Gachkar, Damien Wilson, and Mark Nzeocha for the starting strongside linebacker.[27] He suffered a setback after sustaining a back injury during camp.[28] Head coach Jason Garrett named Wilber the starting strong linebacker.

On September 25, he made a season-high two combined tackles in the Cowboys' 31–17 victory over the

Matt Stafford in the fourth quarter.[30]

The Cowboys finished first in the

special teams and finished with 5 defensive tackles, one forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries and 8 special teams tackles (second on the team) in 15 games and one start.[31]

With the Cowboys in 2017

2017

Wilber he began the season as the starter in the base defense at

special teams tackles (tied for second on the team).[33]

Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders

On March 17, 2018, the

special teams coach with the Cowboys.[35]
He appeared in 14 games, making 8 defensive tackles and 8 special teams tackles. He was declared inactive in 2 games.

In 2019, he was a core special teams player. He had one special teams tackle and 2 passes defensed in the ninth game against the Los Angeles Chargers. He started at linebacker in the season finale against the Denver Broncos, making one tackle on special teams. He appeared in 14 games with one start, focusing on special teams, while making 3 defensive tackles, 2 passes defensed and 4 special teams tackles. He was declared inactive in 2 games.

On March 25, 2020, Wilber re-signed with the Raiders.[36] He was released during final roster cuts on September 5,[37] but re-signed with the team two days later.[38] He appeared in 16 games.

On December 29, 2021, Wilber was signed by the Las Vegas Raiders.[39]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD
2012 DAL 10 0 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 DAL 16 6 44 31 13 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
2014 DAL 16 3 27 16 11 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
2015 DAL 16 6 25 16 9 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 DAL 15 1 9 7 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
2017 DAL 16 0 10 8 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2018 OAK 14 0 15 10 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 OAK 14 1 6 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2020 LVR 16 0 12 7 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2021 LVR 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
135 17 153 104 49 3.5 6 0 0 0 0 4 3 6 1 0

Playoffs

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD
2014 DAL 2 0 2 1 1 0.0 0 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
2016 DAL 1 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 LVR 1 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 5 4 1 0.0 0 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0

Coaching career

Green Bay Packers

On March 10, 2023, Wilber was hired by the Green Bay Packers as their special teams quality control coach.[40]

References

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