Background
Wiggins was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario before moving to Florida for his junior year at Godby High School in Tallahassee.
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He played two seasons of Division I college basketball for Wichita State University before playing professionally in Germany and the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League. At Godby, Wiggins was one of the Sunshine State"s top prep players in 2008-2009 for head coach Andrew Colville. After averaging 16.6 points per game as a freshman at Vincennes University in 2010-2011, Wiggins moved to Wabash Valley JC for his sophomore year in 2011-2012.
He averaged 17.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game as he earned second-team All-American honors after leading the Warriors to a 27-10 record and an eighth-place finish in the NJCAA Tournament in Hutchinson.
He was subsequently named to the NJCAA all-tournament team after averaging 20.2 points. Foreign his junior year, Wiggins transferred to Wichita State where he went on to earn 2012-2013 MVC All-Bench team honors after averaging 4.9 points and 1.8 rebounds in 36 games.
As a senior in 2013-2014, he again played 36 games while averaging 5.1 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Germany
After going undrafted in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft, Wiggins joined the Sacramento Kings for the 2014 National Basketball Association Summer League.
On July 26, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Tigers Tübingen of the German Basketball Bundesliga.
However, he parted ways with the club on December 3, 2014 after appearing in 11 games. Over those 11 games, he averaged 5.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. National Basketball Association Doctorate-League
On January 9, 2015, Wiggins was acquired by the Idaho Stampede of the National Basketball Association Development League.
In 28 games for Idaho in 2014-2015, he averaged 9.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.
In July 2015, Wiggins joined the Utah Jazz for the Utah Summer League and the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 18, 2015, Wiggins signed with the Timberwolves, but was waived by the team on October 24 after appearing in four preseason games.
On November 1, he returned to the Stampede, but was waived on November 11. Two days later, he was acquired by Raptors 905.
On December 26, he was waived by Raptors 905 after appearing in 10 games.
Over those 10 games, he averaged 4.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. New Zealand and Australia
On January 26, 2016, Wiggins signed with the Canterbury Rams for the 2016 New Zealand NBL season. However, on March 7, just days before the start of the season, he was released by the Rams.
A day after being cut by the Rams, Wiggins signed with the Mackay Meteors for the 2016 Queensland Basketball League season.
Both of Wiggins" parents are in the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame. His father, Mitchell, was an honorable mention All-American at Florida State and went on to play six seasons in the National Basketball Association.
