Michael Wilson Season 2020

Career Accolades

• Two-time All-Pac-12 honorable mention - Coaches (2020, 2022)
• Al Masters Award (2021)
• Two-time Jim Reynolds Award (2021, 2022)
• Team Technician Award (2020)
• Frank Rehm Award (2019, 2020)
• Four-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

As a Fifth Year (2022)

• Team Captain
• Jim Reynolds Award
• All Pac-12 honorable mention wide receiver (Coaches)
• Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 1- Colgate)
• Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 7- Notre Dame)
• Started the first six games of 2022 before suffering a season-ending injury at Notre Dame (Oct. 15)
• Rushed four times for 47 yards
• Totaled 418 receiving yards on 26 receptions, adding four touchdowns
• Added two tackles
• Caught five passes for 82 yards and two touchdowns against Colgate (Sept. 3) ... first career two-TD game and his first receiving TD since Nov. 20, 2020 at Cal
• Had a career-high 176 receiving yards at Washington (Sept. 24) ... Recorded his second career 100-yard game, the first 100-yard receiver for Stanford in 2022 ... Second two-TD game in first three contests of 2022 ... Career-long 78-yard reception in fourth quarter for a TD 
• Registered two catches for 50 yards against Oregon State (Oct. 8) ... Moved into Stanford's Top 20 for career catches with 125
• Eight first-half catches and nine total (second-most in career) for 66 yards at Notre Dame (Oct. 15) ... Receptions against the Fighting Irish pushed his total to 134 career catches (19th all-time), surpassing Luke Powell (2000-03, 133 receptions) on Stanford’s career lists

As a Senior (2021)

• Al Masters Award 
• Jim Reynolds Award 
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Returned from injury to start the last four games of the season
• Hauled in 19 receptions, fifth on the team, for 185 yards, sixth on the team
• Returned from injury against Utah - his first game in 11 months (Nov. 5)
• Had over 50 receiving yards in each of the final three games - high of 61 receiving yards came against California (Nov. 20)

As a Junior (2020)

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention (Coaches)
• Team Technician Award
• Frank Rehm Award, given to the Most Outstanding Players in the Big Game
• Played in and started each of the first four games before a season-ending injury
• Finished third on the team with 19 catches for 261 yards and a touchdown
• Caught six passes for 95 yards against Colorado (Nov. 14)
• Caught seven passes for 88 yards and his first touchdown of the season at California in the 123rd Big Game (Nov. 27)

As a Sophomore (2019)

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
• Frank Rehm Award, given to the Most Outstanding Players in the Big Game
• Started all 12 games for the Cardinal
• Led team with 56 catches for 672 yards and added five touchdowns, second most on the team
• Returned 12 punts for 72 yards
• 47 yards receiving and a touchdown on six catches vs. Northwestern (Aug. 31)
• Registered five receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown at UCF (Sept. 14)
• Caught three passes for a career-best 87 yards and a touchdown while also registering 27 punt return yards to finish with a career-best 114 all-purpose yards at Oregon State (Sept. 28)
• Caught five passes for a career-best 114 yards and one touchdown at Washington State (Nov. 16) ... touchdown was his fourth of the season and fifth of his career, while the 100-yard game was the first of his career ... receiving yards were highlighted by a career-best 47-yard reception from Davis Mills
• Caught a career-best 10 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 30)

As a Freshman (2018)

• Played in all 13 games and started two
• Finished with 14 receptions for 126 yards and one touchdown ... also returned eight punts for 65 yards (8.1 yards/return), and rushed twice for nine yards
• Had at least one catch in nine games, including each of the last eight
• Made collegiate debut in season opener against San Diego State (Aug. 31)
• First career reception for one yard, two punt returns for 37 yards in win over UC Davis (Sept. 15)
• One catch, 26-yard touchdown vs. Utah (Oct. 6)

Prior to Stanford 

• Prepped at Chaminade (Calif.) under head coach Ed Croson
• Four-star recruit by Rivals, ESPN, 247Sports and PrepStar
• Nation’s 210th-best recruit by PrepStar, 219th by ESPN, 238th by 247Sports
• Nation’s 34th-best wide receiver by ESPN, 36th by PrepStar, 40th by 247Sports, 47th by Rivals
• California’s 27th-best overall recruit by ESPN, 31st by PrepStar, 34th by 247Sports, 42nd by Rivals
• 56 receptions for 1,157 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior
• 70 receptions for 1,280 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior
• 36 receptions for 463 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore
• 2018 Polynesian Bowl participant
• 2017 Mission League MVP
• 2017 Chaminade football MVP
• Two-time Chaminade Male Athlete of the Year
• Two-time first-team all-league (2016-17)
• 2016 all-state wide receiver
• Two-time all-section
• Led section in receiving yards in 2016
• 2016 Chaminade Football Offensive Player of the Year
• Left high school as school's all-time leading receiver (2,900 yards)
• Led team to 2017 Mission League title
• Also competed in basketball

Personal

• Full name is Michael George Wilson
• Son of Ngaire and Orville Wilson
• Has three siblings, Davon, Marcus and Miles
• 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
• Uncle, Craighton McFarlane, played football at Prairie View A&M
• Cousin, Craighton Rafael McFarlane, ran track at Sacramento State