Sills was born in 1996. His parents are Denise and David Sills IV. He has two older sisters, Emma and Abby. His father is a commercial developer and contractor,[3] who playedcornerback for the Virginia Military Institute.[4] He began playing youth football at age six and began training at age nine withquarterback trainerSteve Clarkson.[5][6]
Lane Kiffin offered Sills ascholarship to playcollege football at USC in 2010.[7] Sills gave USC a non-binding verbal commitment in 2010.[3][8][9] Sills was among the youngest football players to receive a scholarship offer from a major football program.[10][11][12]
As a high school freshman, Sills was the starting quarterback for Red Lion Christian Academy, a private Delaware school for grades K-12.[3]Sports Illustrated hailed him as one of the greatest prospects ever,[13] andBloomberg News described him as the "best arm money can buy".[14] At Red Lion in 2010, he accumulated 1,355 passing yards and nine touchdowns against five interceptions in eight games.[15] In 2011, he totalled 2,340 yards and 28 touchdowns in what was his second year as avarsity quarterback. He was named aMaxPreps.com U.S. Air Force second-team freshman All-American.[16][17]
As a sophomore, Sills became the quarterback forEastern Christian Academy (ECA) ofElkton, Maryland. The move was controversial because the school was a newly-formed online school. All enrolled boys were on the 46-man football team established by David Sills IV to showcase their talents to college scouts.[18][19] Eastern Christian Academy was only able to play in three games in 2012 due to the school's failure to gain accreditation from the state.[20][21] As a junior, Sills injured his knuckle and his delivery was impacted forever.[4]
Lane Kiffin, who had originally offered Sills a scholarship back in 2010, was fired by USC in 2013. He was replaced byEd Orgeron on an interim basis. Eventually, USC would hireSteve Sarkisian to become the new head coach. According to Sills' father, Sarkisian told his son that USC would honor their scholarship offer. While receiving reassurance from Sarkisian, the Sillses got the feeling that David wasn't USC's first option. USC had offered and eventually signed two highly ranked quarterbacks in the same class,Sam Darnold and Ricky Town. Sills decommitted from USC in June 2014.[1]
On July 16, 2014, Sills announced his commitment toWest Virginia University via Twitter.[22][23] Sills was one of West Virginia's early enrollees from the 2015 recruiting class. As a result, he was able to participate in spring practice. He battled fellow quarterbacksSkyler Howard, William Crest Jr. andChris Chugunov for the starting quarterback spot.[2][24][25] Howard was eventually named the starting quarterback.[26][27] Sills earned playing time as awide receiver after impressing coaches with his performance on the scout team.[4] On October 17, 2015, Sills made his collegiate debut against theBaylor Bears. He finished the game with two receptions for 64 yards. His second collegiate reception was a 35-yard touchdown.[28][29] He made the game-winning touchdown reception in the2016 Cactus Bowl againstArizona State and ended the season with seven receptions for 131 yards.[30]
During spring drills in 2016, Sills split time between quarterback and wide receiver.[30] After West Virginia's 2016 spring game, West Virginia head coachDana Holgorsen stated that Howard solidified his position as the starting quarterback and that Crest and Chugunov would continue to battle for the backup quarterback spot. With several quarterbacks ahead of him on the depth chart and formerFlorida starting quarterbackWill Grier scheduled to become eligible to play for the Mountaineers in 2017, it appeared unlikely Sills would ever get an opportunity to play quarterback at West Virginia.[31][32]
On June 23, 2016, Sills announced he would transfer toEl Camino College.[33] He spent seven months on the couch of high school friend Khaliel Rodgers who was on the USC roster as an offensive lineman at the time.[4] In his lone season playing for the Warriors, Sills played quarterback and threw for 1,636 yards and 15 touchdowns.[34]
On December 15, 2016, West Virginia football announced on Twitter that Sills would be returning to West Virginia.[35] In West Virginia's 2017 spring game, Sills lined up at wide receiver and caught six passes for 98 yards fromWill Grier.[34] In the September 3 season opener for the2017 West Virginia Mountaineers against the 21st-rankedVirginia Tech Hokies Sills posted nine receptions for 94 yards and two touchdowns in a losing effort against the Hokies.[36] On September 9, Sills posted seven catches for a career-high 153 yards and a career-high three touchdowns againstEast Carolina.[37] He then tallied 130 yards and two touchdowns againstKansas on September 23.[38] Following the Kansas game and a bye week Sills was tied for the national lead in touchdown receptions with seven in his first four games and then he added two touchdown receptions on October 7 againstTCU, bringing his total to nine.[39] Sills added three more touchdown receptions on October 14 againstTexas Tech extending his national lead.[40] Sills' three receiving touchdowns on October 21 in a 38–36 victory overBaylor gave sills a total of 15 for the season, which continued to lead the nation.[41] Sills made his 17th and 18th touchdown catches of the season on November 11 againstKansas State.[42] However, in the following game, starting quarterback Grier was lost for the season, and Sills finished the season with 18 touchdowns.[43]
Sills was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Giants on July 28, 2020,[78] and activated from the list on August 4.[79] On September 4, Sills was placed on theinjured reserve list after fracturing his foot during training camp.[80] He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 30,[81] and moved back to injured reserve on January 7, 2021.[82] Sills signed a contract extension with the team on January 7 through the 2021 season.[82]
On August 31, 2021, Sills was waived by the Giants and re-signed to their practice squad the next day.[83][84] On October 23, Sills was signed to the active roster.[85] He was waived on October 26, and re-signed to the practice squad.[86] On January 8, 2022, Sills was promoted to the active roster.
On March 11, 2022, Sills re-signed with the Giants.[87] He surpassed 100 career receiving yards in Week 7 against theJacksonville Jaguars, when he recorded a 19-yard reception that increased his career total from 99 to 118 receiving yards. Sills was released on December 31.[88] He re-signed with the team's practice squad on January 3, 2023.[89]
Sills signed a reserve/future contract on January 26, 2023.[90] He was waived as part of final roster cuts on August 29.[91]
On January 21, 2025, Sills signed a reserve/future contract with theAtlanta Falcons.[96] After making the initial 53-man roster, he was released on September 5 and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[97][98] He was promoted to the active roster on September 13.[99]on 11/23/2025 David caught his first NFL touchdown. A 9 yard reception thrown by Kirk Cousins against the New Orleans Saints.
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