Biography
Career Highs at FIU
Punts – 9; two times, last at Miami (9/22/18)
Punt Yards – 423 at Miami (9/22/18)
Punt Long – 71 at FAU (11/18/17)
Pass Touchdowns – 1 vs. WKU (11/24/17)
Broken Records at FIU
Most career punts - 203
Most career punt yards - 8,225
Highest punt average in a game - 52.2 at FAU (11/18/17)
Awards
2018 C-USA All-Conference Second Team for Special Teams
2018 Ray Guy Award Watch List
Ray Guy Award’s Ray’s 8 for Week 10 (2018)
2018 (SENIOR): Appeared in all 13 games as the starting punter… Recorded the third-highest punt average (44.0) in Conference USA… Also ranked third in C-USA for punts of 50-or-more yards (12)… In a game against Miami (9/22) Wilson punted a program-record 423 yards, with an average of 47 yards per punt… Punted a long of 63 yards against FAU (11/3), which was the eight-best of any C-USA punter in 2018… Forced 21 fair catches and placed 14 punts inside the 20 yard line… Held opponents to 10.7 yards per punt return… Recorded a punting average of 54 yards during an important conference win against Middle Tennessee (10/13)… Placed four punts inside the 20 yard line in a crucial road game against Charlotte (11/17), helping the Panthers earn another critical conference victory… His 52-yard punt in FIU’s bowl victory was the second-longest in Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl history… Amounted over 1,890 punting yards on the season and finished as the school’s all-time leader in that category… Became school’s career leader in punts (203), punt yards (8,225), while ranking third in career punt average (40.52)… Earned C-USA All-Conference Second Team honors following the season.
2017 (JUNIOR): Appeared in all 13 games for the Panthers… Recorded 57 punts for 2,337 yards and an average of 41 yards-per-punt… Had a season-long punt of 71 yards... tallied 14 punts of 50 yards or more... Placed 22 punts inside the 20-yard line... Recorded one kickoff against UCF for 47 yards... Tallied one total tackle on the season against UCF... Threw a 24-yard touchdown against Western Kentucky.
2016 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in all 12 games for the Panthers…Recorded 61 punts for 2,293 yards and an average of 37.6 yards-per-punt…The 2,293 yards were the seventh-most in a season at FIU, while the 61 punts rank No. 6 all-time…Place 12 punts inside the 20-yard line and had 23 punts fair caught…Booted three punts over 50 yards, including a career-best 58 yards two times (vs. Middle Tennessee – 10/29; at UMass – 9/17)… Has punted 103-consecutive times without a blocked punt (third-longest streak in school history)..Tallied seven punts for 233 yards at Old Dominion (11/26)…Recorded six punts for 224 yards, including a game-best 44-yarder with four fair catches and one inside the 20 at WKU (11/5)…Averaged 41.8 yards-per-punt versus Middle Tennessee (10/29), registering five punts for 208 yards, including a career-long-tying 58-yard boot…Notched three punts for an average of 41.7 yards-per-punt at UTEP (10/8)…Averaged 42.5 yards-per-punt versus Florida Atlantic (10/1), sending four punts 170 yards, including one for 55 yards…Registered a career-high nine punts versus UCF (9/24) for 320 yards, including three inside the 20-yards line and four that were fair caught…Tallied seven punts for 235 yards (245 ypp), including a career-long 58-yarder at UMass (9/17)…Three punts versus the Minutemen were fair caught, while two were placed inside the 20…Had seven punts for 242 yards versus Maryland (9/9)…Made season debut, recording six punts for 248 yards and an average of 41.3 yards-per-punt, including four fair catches and two inside the 20-yard line.
2015 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 12 games for the Panthers as a true freshman…Averaged 40.5 yards-per-punt…Ranked No. 9 in C-USA in punting…Notched a team-high 42 punts for 1,702 yards…Placed nine punts inside the 20-yd line and had 18 punts fair caught…Also tallied four punts of 50-yds-or-more...Also registered five kickoffs for 305 yards (61.0 yards-per-kick) and one touchback...Recorded a 50-yard punt at Marshall (11/14)...Placed two of his five punts versus the Thundering Herd inside the 20-yard line...Booted a 51-yard punt at Florida Atlantic (10/31)...Set a career-mark in punts (7) and punt yardage (279) at LA Tech (9/26)...Had 51-yard punt versus N.C. Central (9/19)...Registered four punts - three were fair caught - at Indiana (9/12)...Made FIU debut at UCF (9/3), recording three punts for 143 yards, including a career-long punt of 52 yards.
PREP CAREER: A four-year letterwinner at IMG Academy under Head Coach Chris Weinke...Helped the Ascenders to a 10-1 record and a national ranking of No. 16, while converting a perfect 22-of-22 on point after attempts in 2014...Finished the year with a net punting average of 40 yards, placing three punts inside the 20-yard line and one inside the 10...Had 51 kickoffs result in touchbacks, a 74 percent touchback rate...A Second-Team All-Area selection...Kornblue Fab50 had the special teams athlete rated as the No. 5-ranked punter and No. 31-ranked kicker in the nation. Kohls Kicking listed Wilson as the No. 14- ranked punter and No. 66-ranked kicker, nationally.
PERSONAL INFO: Son of Kent and Gretchen Wilson…Has one sibling, Steele...Majoring in administration and management at FIU...Hobbies include spending time with friends...Aspires to play professionally.
