Garrett Wilson (American football)

Garrett Wilson (born July 22, 2000) is an American football wide receiver for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Wilson attended and played high school football at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas.

Garrett Wilson
Ohio State Buckeyes – No. 5
PositionWide receiver
ClassJunior
Personal information
Born: (2000-07-22) July 22, 2000
Columbus, Ohio
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight192 lb (87 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolLake Travis (Austin)
Career highlights and awards
  • First Team All Big Ten (2020)
  • Second Team All Big Ten (2021)
  • Big Ten co-Offensive Player of the Week (Week 11, 2021)
  • USA Today All-American (2018)

Early years

Wilson was born on July 22, 2000, in Columbus, Ohio.[1] He moved from Dublin, Ohio to Texas at age 11. He attended Lake Travis High School, winning a 6A state championship along with Charlie Brewer in 2016; Wilson would go on to break multiple Lake Travis wide receiver records, including total career receptions (204), total yards (3,359) and total touchdowns (55). Wilson played in the 2019 All-American Bowl.[2] He committed to play college football at Ohio State University.[3][4][5]

College career

As a true freshman at Ohio State in 2019, Wilson played in all 14 games and had 30 receptions for 432 yards and five touchdowns.[6][7] Entering 2020, he was moved from an outside to slot receiver. On November 21, 2020, Wilson became the 2nd Buckeye ever to record four straight games with at least 100 yards receiving.[8][9]

College statistics
Season Receiving Rushing
Rec Yds Avg/c TD Long Att Yds Avg TD Long
2019 30 432 14.4 5 47 0 0 0.0 0 0
2020 43 723 16.8 6 65 2 67 33.3 0 62
2021 70 1,058 15.1 12 77 4 76 19.0 1 51
Career 143 2,213 15.5 23 77 6 143 23.8 1 62

References
  1. "Meet the five-star prospect from Texas who's aiming to become Ohio State's next great wideout". CBSSports.com.
  2. "Garrett Wilson re-affirms Ohio State commitment with All-American jersey in hand". December 5, 2018.
  3. Cantu, Rick. "Changing chapters, Lake Travis' Garrett Wilson begins future with Ohio State". Austin American-Statesman.
  4. Spencer, Jon. "One and stun: True freshman a threat for OSU". Mansfield News Journal.
  5. "Football Recruiting - Garrett Wilson - Player Profiles - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  6. Kaufman, Joey. "Ohio State football | Garrett Wilson becomes option at slot receiver". Buckeyextra.
  7. "Garrett Wilson is another example of how Ohio State football uses wide receivers: Buckeye Take". cleveland. July 3, 2020.
  8. Kaufman, Joey. "Ohio State's Garrett Wilson studied up for new slot receiver position". The Columbus Dispatch.
  9. "How Ohio State football receiver Garrett Wilson's shift to the slot fit Brian Hartline's year-long vision". cleveland. May 4, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.