Originally entered the NFL as a Cardinals third-round (84th overall) pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Stanford.
2023: Started in all but one of the 13 games played (missed four games due to a shoulder injury) ... finished his rookie season with 38 receptions for 565 yards (14.9 avg.) and three TDs ... started in his NFL debut @ Was (9/10) and hauled in two receptions for 19 yards. Became the first Cardinals rookie WR to start in Week 1 since 2021 (WR Rondale Moore) ... made second career start vs. NYG (9/17) and recorded three receptions for 56 yards ... had two receptions for a team-high 86 yards vs. Dal (9/24), including a 69-yard reception ... started @ SF (10/1), and had seven receptions for 76 yards and two TDs, becoming just the third Cardinals rookie in the last 20 seasons to have a multiple TD catches in game, joining Larry Fitzgerald (2004) and John Brown (2014); ranks sixth among NFL rookies with 237 receiving yards through Week 4 ... had one reception for 18 yards vs. Cin (10/8) ... hauled in three catches for 62 yards @ LAR (10/15) ... posted three receptions for 26 yards @ Sea (10/22) ... had four receptions for 58 yards vs. Bal (10/29) ... inactive (shoulder) @ Cle (11/5) ... registered three receptions for 34 yards in Cardinals win vs. Atl (11/12) ... inactive (shoulder) @ Hou (11/19) ... inactive (shoulder) vs. LAR (11/26) ... inactive (shoulder) @ Pit (12/3) ... started vs. SF (12/17) ... started @ Chi (12/24) ... posted four receptions for 35 yards and a TD and scored his first career two-point conversion @ Phi (12/31); became the first Cardinals rookie since 2018 (Christian Kirk, 3) to have at least three receiving TDs in his debut season ... hauled in six receptions for a season-high 95 yards vs. Sea (1/7/24).
Played five years (2018-22) at Stanford where he appeared 39 games (30 starts) and totaled 134 receptions for 1,662 yards (12.4 avg.) and 11 TDs … a two-time honorable-mention All-Pac-12 selection (2020, 2022) … four-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll selection (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) ... started all six games played in 2022 and earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors before a season-ending injury as a fifth-year senior … had 16 receptions for 418 yards and four TDs, set career highs for receiving yards per game (69.7) and receiving average (16.1) … named a team captain and voted as the Jim Reynolds Award winner … two-time Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 1 vs. Colgate and Week 7 vs. Notre Dame) … also had four carries for 47 yards … caught five passes for 82 yards and two TDs vs. Colgate (9/7), marking his first career multi-TD performance … had a career-high 176 receiving yards at Washington (9/24), adding two TDs – including a career-long 78-yard TD catch in the fourth quarter ... returned from an injury to start the final four games in 2021 and had 19 receptions for 185 yards … selected as the Al Masters Award and Jim Reynolds Award winner … member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ... earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors in 2020 from the conference's coaches despite starting just four games prior to a season-ending injury … finished third on the team with 19 catches for 261 yards and a TD … member of the Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll ... had the best season of his career as a sophomore in 2019, starting all 12 games and leading the team with 56 catches for 672 yards and five TDs … added 12 punt returns for 72 yards … had eight games with at least five receptions, including a career-high 10-catch performance in the season finale @ Notre Dame … member of the Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll ... appeared in all 13 games with two starts as a true freshman, finishing with 14 receptions for 126 yards and a TD … also returned eight punts for 65 yards and had two carries for nine yards … had at least one catch in nine games, including in each of the last eight contests … collected his first career TD on a 26-yard reception vs. Utah (10/6).
Attended Chaminade (CA) High School where he was a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, ESPN, 247Sports and PrepStar … had 162 receptions for 2,900 yards and 28 TDs over his final three seasons … two-time Chaminade Male Athlete of the Year and twice named first-team all-league (2016-17) … left as the school's all-time leading receiver (2,900 yards) … 2018 Polynesian Bowl participant and 2017 Mission League MVP following a senior season in which he posted 56 receptions for 1,157 yards and 12 TDs … earned All-State honors as a junior in 2016 after totaling 70 receptions for 1,280 yards and 12 TDs … led the section in receiving yards that year and was named the Chaminade Football Offensive Player of the Year … had 26 receptions for 463 yards and four TDs as a sophomore in 2015 … also competed in basketball … father, Orville, was born and raised in Jamaica while his mom, Ngaire, was born and raised in New Zealand … aunt, Maureen Jacobson, played soccer for the New Zealand World Cup team and was the first women's player inducted into the Wellington Football Hall of Fame ... in June of '24, Wilson became engaged to his fiance, Sophia Smith; Wilson and Smith - a soccer star for the U.S. Women's National team and the Portland Thorns FC of the NWSL - met during their time at Stanford.
