Robert Wilton Speight III is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines and UCLA.
33 Facts About Wilton Speight
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In 2017, Wilton Speight started four games before suffering a season-ending injury.
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Wilton Speight later signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers in 2019, but did not make the team during final roster cuts, ending his National Football League career.
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Wilton Speight was born in Henrico County, Virginia, on December 6,1994.
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Wilton Speight is the oldest of three brothers; his younger brothers are Griffin and Jess.
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Wilton Speight played high school football and basketball for the Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia.
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Wilton Speight was a highly recruited Virginia high school athlete who was being recruited by the likes of Virginia Tech until a severe collarbone injury during the first game of his fall 2011 junior season that required a metal plate and eight screws to repair caused most schools to lose interest in him.
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Wilton Speight hired quarterback guru Steve Clarkson to help him regain his form and posted 2,900 yards and 32 touchdowns in ten games during the 2012 season.
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Wilton Speight was unranked by most services at the time.
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Wilton Speight appeared in the 2014 Under Armour All-America Game, completing two of six passes for 63 yards.
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Wilton Speight started at quarterback and served as team captain.
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In early February 2013, Wilton Speight received a scholarship offer, and promptly verbally committed, to play college football at the University of Michigan.
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Wilton Speight attended Michigan's spring camp in March 2014 under coach Brady Hoke.
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Wilton Speight redshirted his entire freshman season for the 2014 Wolverines as fifth-year senior Devin Gardner led the team.
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Wilton Speight made his Michigan debut on September 12,2015, taking kneel-down snaps in the closing minutes of a victory over Oregon State.
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Harbaugh ultimately decided to redshirt Morris during the 2015 season, resulting in Wilton Speight seeing playing time as Rudock's principal backup.
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Wilton Speight failed to complete a pass in three attempts against UNLV on September 19 and in his only pass attempt against Maryland on October 3,2015.
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Wilton Speight received his first significant playing time on October 31,2015, in the Little Brown Jug rivalry game against Minnesota.
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Wilton Speight completed three of six passes for 29 yards and one rush for six yards.
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Wilton Speight had not completed any passes prior to that game.
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Harbaugh explained that Wilton Speight had earned the backup role in practice in the preceding weeks.
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Wilton Speight next saw significant playing time against Ohio State on November 28,2015.
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On September 3,2016, Wilton Speight was named the starting quarterback.
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On Michigan's first play from scrimmage, Wilton Speight threw an interception on an attempted screen pass to Jake Butt.
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Two days later, it was reported that Wilton Speight had endured a broken collarbone during the game and was feared lost for the rest of the season.
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However, after missing one game against Indiana, Wilton Speight returned to the lineup to start against Ohio State in the rivalry game.
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Wilton Speight posted 2 touchdowns, but had 2 interceptions and a critical fumble in the double-overtime loss.
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The ensuing Michigan possession ended with Florida State intercepting a Wilton Speight pass and running out the clock for a Florida State victory.
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In 12 starts, Wilton Speight finished the year with 2,538 passing yards, 18 touchdowns, 7 interceptions, and completed 61.6 percent of his passes.
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Wilton Speight entered training camp in a quarterback competition against redshirt senior O'Korn and redshirt freshman Brandon Peters, with additional competition from true freshman Dylan McCaffrey, redshirt sophomore Alex Malzone, and Mike Sessa.
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On November 26,2017, Wilton Speight announced he would be transferring from Michigan to play as a graduate transfer at another school.
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Wilton Speight suffered a back injury in the opener and was replaced with true freshman Dorian Thompson-Robinson in the second quarter.
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Wilton Speight was waived during final roster cuts on August 31,2019.