He played in the NFL from 1983 to 1991 for the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wilcher replaced Lawrence Taylor in the Tar Heel lineup, recording 68 tackles his senior season.
With the Los Angeles Rams he spent his first year-and-a-half playing special teams and backing up outside linebackers Mel Owens and George Andrews.
When Andrews suffered a knee injury in 1984, Wilcher took over the right outside linebacker position and held it though 1990.
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