S.C. State QB gets his turn: Junior Wiley tries to fill shoes of Long as Bulldogs open with revamped offense

Orangeburg, SC - Derrick Wiley was recruited to be the guy to lead the South Carolina State football team to the next level.

Wrested away out of Richmond County High in Rockingham, N.C., from the recruiting charms of Appalachian State, Wiley was barely on campus before Buddy Pough did something coaches rarely do -- set the bar at a nearly unreachable height for his star recruit.

Pough couldn't help himself back then when he looked at Wiley, his ability to throw and run, and compared him to Armanti Edwards. That is Armanti Edwards, the quarterback who led App State to back-to-back FCS national titles.



Reminded of those comparisons after practice this week, Wiley began to smile before looking down at the turf at Willie E. Jeffries Field.

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