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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
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2018
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2019
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2020
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6-2 / 210 lbs
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2021
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6-2 / 210 lbs