Terry Wilson inks USFL deal with Houston Gamblers
After going undrafted in the 2022 NFL Draft, former Kentucky quarterback Terry Wilson has found a new home in United States Football League (USFL).
The man who helped the Wildcats snap the long losing streak to Florida was given a shot by the Dallas Cowboys in rookie minicamp but has since moved on from the NFC East franchise. However, Wilson is staying in the Lonestar State and will join the Houston Gamblers of the USFL.
Led by former Houston, Texas A&M, and Arizona head coach Kevin Sumlin, the Gamblers are currently 1-5 in the USFL rebirth season and currently own the worst record in the league along with the Michigan Panthers and Pittsburgh Maulers. The Gamblers are fresh off a devastating one-point loss to the New Jersey Generals and are looking for help as the franchise grinds through a professional football season.
Wilson is coming in to add some quarterback depth.
A high three-star prospect out of Del City (Okla.) High in the Oklahoma City metro area, Terry Wilson signed with Oregon and head coach Mark Helfrich in the class of 2016 as the Ducks were not far removed from a national runner-up finish in 2014. However, Helfrich was fired following the 2015 season, and Wilson found himself in the same signing class as star quarterback Justin Herbert.
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Terry Wilson would spend the 2017 season in junior college before moving to Kentucky in 2018. The transfer picked the Wildcats and would become the immediate starter helping the team go 10-3 and finish No. 12 in the AP Poll. However, Wilson suffered an early season injury and missed most of the 2019 season. The quarterback returned for his redshirt senior year in 2020, but things did not go well as the Wildcats put together one of the worst passing offenses in college football.
After that year, Mark Stoops decided to make some drastic offensive changes, and Wilson decided to enter the transfer portal. The quarterback landed at New Mexico and has now started his professional football journey.
Best of luck to “Terry Touchdown”.
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