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Entering portal Wilcke plans to enter the transfer portal, he announced on his personal X account.

Impact Wilcke will have one year of eligibility remaining and is searching for a second by having his JUCO season not count. The quarterback made two starts with Charlotte in 2025, and he totaled 296 passing yards and a 2:3 TD:INT while adding 52 yards and a score on the ground.

DECEMBER 31, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

In reserve role again Wilcke won't start Friday's game against North Texas, Hunter Bailey of The Charlotte Observer reports.

Impact The 49ers benched Wilcke ahead of last week's game against Temple, and the team will once again proceed with Grayson Loftis under center. Wilcke made two starts before being benched, totaling 192 passing yards and a 2:1 TD:INT.

OCTOBER 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Serves as the backup against Temple Wilcke was 5 of 7 passing for 50 yards during Saturday's 49-14 defeat against Temple. He also had five rushes for 39 yards with one touchdown.

Impact After starting the last two games, Wilcke was benched for Grayson Loftis, as Charlotte is still trying to find their long-term quarterback following Conner Harrell's season-ending leg injury. Wilcke did rush for a touchdown in his limited playing time Saturday, and it will be interesting to see who will be the starter next week against North Texas.

OCTOBER 19, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Serves as the backup against Temple Wilcke was 5 of 7 passing for 50 yards during Saturday's 49-14 defeat against Temple. He also had five rushes for 39 yards with one touchdown.

Impact After starting the last two games, Wilcke was benched for Grayson Loftis, as Charlotte is still trying to find their long-term quarterback following Conner Harrell's season-ending leg injury. Wilcke did rush for a touchdown in his limited playing time Saturday, and it will be interesting to see who will be the starter next week against North Texas.

OCTOBER 19, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Gets pulled in second start Wilcke completed eight of 14 passes for 42 yards during Saturday's 24-7 defeat against Army. He also had six rushes for negative three yards.

Impact Wilcke started his second straight game Saturday, but was taken out for Grayson Loftis after struggling to generate any offense. With Conner Harrell out for the remainder of the season with a leg injury, Charlotte still seems to have not decided on who will play quarterback the remainder of the season.

OCTOBER 13, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Cale Hellums rushes for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns in Army's 24-7 victory over Charlotte

Quarterback Cale Hellums rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns, and Army had 304 yards on the ground in a 24-7 victory over Charlotte on Saturday

OCTOBER 11, 2025 • Associated Press

Up and down in first start of 2025 Wilcke was 14-for-18 passing for 150 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during Friday's 54-26 defeat against South Florida.

Impact After losing the starting job to Conner Harrell in training camp, Wilcke was called upon Friday night as the 49ers wanted to make a change. The Southern Miss transfer was decent, completing almost 78 percent of his passes, but only for 150 yards. Head coach Tim Albin said after the game that he doesn't yet know who the starter will be going forward.

OCTOBER 5, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Byrum Brown leads South Florida to 54-26 romp over Charlotte

Byrum Brown threw three touchdown passes and rushed for 98 yards — in the first half — and South Florida rolled to a 54-26 victory over Charlotte in the Bulls’ American Athletic Co...

OCTOBER 4, 2025 • Associated Press

Loses out to Harrell Wilcke lost Charlotte's quarterback competition to Conner Harrell, per Pete Thamel of ESPN.com.

Impact Wilcke was considered a long shot to win the job, especially with Harell's experience at the Power Four level. Wilcke hasn't played since 2022 with Southern Mississippi, when he threw for 1,163 yards, nine touchdowns and nine interceptions while completing 57.4 percent of his passes.

AUGUST 25, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

In running for starting quarterback Wilcke is currently in a three-man competition with Conner Harrell and Grayson Loftis for UNC Charlotte's starting quarterback position, Hunter Bailey of The Charlotte Observer rep...

Impact Wilcke looks to still be putting in work for the starting quarterback role as UNC Charlotte looks to name a starter before the fall. While the quarterbacks rotated early and often, Loftis and Harrell looked to be in a 1A-1B role, while Wilcke worked with the second team. The 6-foot-3 quarterback looks to still be in third place for the role, but he's still making some noise at this point in the race.

APRIL 21, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Zach Wilcke: Southern Miss football quarterback in photos A look at Zach Wilcke, Southern Miss football quarterback who played at Hernando High School in Mississippi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 • HATTIESBURGAMERICAN.COM

Sticking as starter Wilcke will start Saturday against Tulane, David Eckert of The Hattiesburg American reports.

Impact Wilcke made his Southern Miss debut against Miami in Week 2 and threw two touchdowns. He was less impressive in Week 3 against Northwestern State, going 9-for-18 for 102 yards and a touchdown. Still, he will remain as the starter heading into the Week 4 matchup with Tulane.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Southern Miss football will start Zach Wilcke at QB Saturday. Here's why Zach Wilcke will get the start over Ty Keyes at quarterback for Southern Miss football on Saturday against Northwestern State.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 • HATTIESBURGAMERICAN.COM

Splitting first-team reps Wilcke split first-team reps with QB Ty Keyes during Tuesday's practice, David Eckert of The Hattiesburg American reports.

Impact With Keyes sidelined during the team's Week 2 contest against Miami with an undisclosed injury, Wilcke stepped in as the Golden Eagles' starting quarterback and completed 16 of 27 passes for 207 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the 30-7 loss to the Hurricanes. If Wilcke is indeed called upon to make a second consecutive start, he'll compete against an exploitable Northwestern State defense, as they've allowed 47 points to both of their opponents this season. Expect Southern Miss to name their starting QB on Wednesday.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 • ROTOWIRE