Nick Wilson, RB, Arizona NFL Draft

School:  Arizona
College Experience: Senior
Height/Weight: 5’10” / 208
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2016: Limited to only five games due to various injuries … Registered 320 yards and three rushing touchdowns on 55 carries, while catching two passes for 11 yards … Started season strong with consecutive 100-yard games … Rushed for 138-yards on 17 carries in season-opener against BYU (Sept. 3). Had two fourth-quarter rushing touchdowns, including a 49-yarder with 1:26 remaining to give UA the lead before losing on a last-second field goal … Netted 116 yards and a touchdown on season-high 24 carries against Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Totaled 14 carries in three other games (Hawai’i, UCLA and USC).

2015: Started all nine games he played in while missing four contests due to injury … Led team with 134 rush attempts, ranking second in yards (760) and touchdowns (9) … Opened season is strong fashion, gaining 97 yards in the opener and then turning in three-consecutive 100-yard games against Nevada (9/12), NAU (9/19) and UCLA (9/26) … Season highs for rushing yards (186) and touchdowns (3) came at Nevada … After six games, had racked up 687 yards (114.5 per game) on 115 carries (5.97 per attempt), but was slowed by injury rest of way … Missed the entirety of three conference games (10/17 at Colorado, 10/31 at Washington and 11/7 at USC), in addition to the Gildan New Mexico Bowl (12/19) … Added four receptions for 52 yards in the passing game … Was named to preseason watch lists for the Doak Walker Award and the Maxwell Award Watch.

2014: Played in 13 games and started eight at running back … All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention … Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (11/24/14) … Athlon Sports National Freshman of the Week (11/23/14) … Totaled 1,375 rushing yards on 236 carries with 16 touchdowns … Averaged 5.8 yards per carry and 105.8 yards per game en route to setting Arizona’s freshman rushing record … Ranked fourth nationally among FBS freshman and No. 1 among league freshmen in total yards … 105.8 markers per game also led Pac-12 rookies … Rushed for 100+ yards on seven games this season.

High School: Tri-River Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year for Central High School in 2013 … Logged 126 carries for 1,119 yards and eight receptions for 175 yards … Holds the Central single-season rushing record with 1,627 yards in 2012 … Recruited to compete in track and field at the collegiate level.

Personal: Son of George and LaKebbia Wilson … Majoring in criminal justice studies, with a minor in Africana studies … Prep teammates with fellow Wildcat Devon Brewer.

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Wildcats’ running back Nick Wilson will vie for the title as top back in the Pac-12. He possesses natural skills at the position of running back but avoiding injuries will play the largest factor into his draft value next April.

Missing segments of time over the last couple years has marred his flashes of ability. Wilson runs low the ground and get skinny in traffic and does not avoid contact. Possibly something he should do more of in the future.

He appears as a north/south runner who finds the hole and hits it for big gains. Some what limited in open space, Wilson doesn’t stack moves on top of moves.

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