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Former WVU football wide receiver catches first career NFL touchdown pass

Sometimes, if you work hard and persevere, you eventually find the success that you've worked for. Even if it takes a bit longer than you might have hoped.

Such was the case for former WVU football wide receiver David Sills V, who realized what has likely been a dream for years on Sunday as he managed to score his first-ever NFL touchdown with the Atlanta Falcons. Sills, who starred for the Mountaineers from 2015-2018 and became one of the best receivers the program has seen in the past decade, has bounced around multiple organizations within the NFL since signing with the Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2019

Sills secured his first-career score in the NFL in the second quarter of Sunday's NFC South showdown between the Falcons and the New Orleans Saints, as quarterback Kirk Cousins dialed up a nine-yard pass to the back of the endzone to connect with Sills and put the Falcons up 10-0.