Brandon Wilds (born July 22, 1993) is a former American football running back.
He played college football at South Carolina and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
[3] Wilds began attending South Carolina in 2011 and entered fall camp as the Gamecock's fifth running back on their depth chart.
He became the starter after injuries to Marcus Lattimore, Shon Carson, Kenny Miles, and Eric Baker.
He returned the following season, but was held to only seven games and two starts after suffering hamstring and elbow injuries.
[7] Coming out of South Carolina, Wilds was projected by the majority of analysts to go undrafted and was ranked the 29th best running back by NFLDraftScout.com.
[10] Although he had offers from other teams, he chose the Falcons to be closer to his daughter and his filmiliarity with their fullback Patrick DiMarco.
[11] He entered training camp competing to be the Falcon's third running back with Terron Ward.
[15] On December 11, 2016, Wilds made his professional regular season-debut against the San Francisco 49ers, finishing with two carries for four-yards in a 23–17 overtime victory.
[35] After the CFL canceled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wilds chose to opt-out of his contract with the Stampeders on September 3, 2020.