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2022 Football Roster

Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)

21 EJ Wilson Jr.

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 210
  • Position Running Back
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • High School Armwood HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHS
Kickoff return long: 100, at WKU (11/21/20)
Rush: 21 yards at MTSU (11/13/21)
Reception: 69 yards at Texas Tech (9/11/21)
Rushing Yards: 56 at Southern Mississippi (11/27/21)

2021: Saw action in all 12 games last season… tabbed 239 rushing yards on 42 carries…averaged 5.7 yards per carry… also hauled in eight receptions for 93 yards and a touchdown… rang up 56 yards on eight rushes at Southern Mississippi (11/27)… totaled 42 yards on 10 carries at Middle Tennessee State (11/13)… posted 30 yards on four touches against Old Dominion (11/6)… recorded 37 yards on five rushes at FAU (10/2)… tabbed a 69-yard touchdown catch at Texas Tech (9/11)…opened season with 43 yards on five rushing attempts vs. Long Island (9/2).

2020: Played in four of FIU's five games as a true freshman in 2020... Had five kickoff returns in replacement of Lexington Joseph... Earned a 39.6 average and nearly 200 yards in kickoff returns, with a 100-yard return coming against WKU (11/21)... He became just the third Panther ever to return a kickoff 100 yards... Alongside Lexington Joseph's 100-yard return earlier in the season, FIU was the only team in the nation to have multiple players return 100-yard kickoffs in 2020.

PREP CAREER:  Rated as a three-star prospect by 24/7 sports… Ranked as high as the 63rd-best running back in the nation by 24/7 sports… Named to the All-Hillsborough County Second Team by the Tampa Bay Times as a senior… Had a breakout game against Chamberlin, rushing for 132 yards and three scores… Racked up over 2,100 yards on the ground and 25 scores in his final two seasons at Armwood HS… Also hauled in nearly 20 catches, for 300 yards and two scores over that time… Rushed for 1,223 yards and 13 scores as a junior to help Armwood reach the 6A state title game for the second-straight season… Received offers from Cincinnati, Missouri, Pitt, Purdue and Utah.
 
PERSONAL: Native of Tampa, Florida.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2020Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 205 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2021Freshman

    Running Back
    6'0" 210 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2022Sophomore

    Running Back
    6'0" 210 lbs
    21