Professional Career
Wiley was rated as the 13th best out of 51 Inside Linebackers and was projected to be selected in the sixth or seventh round. However, he went undrafted in the 2004 NFL Draft and later signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings, on April 27. On August 6, he was placed on the waived-injured list by the Vikings. He was later placed on injured reserve.
In 2005, Wiley returned to Vikings training camp once again. This training camp was to be his last, as he seriously injured his shoulder in early August. After injuring his shoulder he was listed as day-to-day. However, turned out the injury was worse than expected. Thus, on August 9, he was waived, after agreeing on an injury settlement. That injury, being his second to require surgery, turned out to be career ending.
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