#15

Macan Wilson

Wide receiver for Northwestern. 2017: 32 catches, 446 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Northwestern · #15

6′0″ · 185 lb · Houston, TX

Northwestern 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1335 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Northwestern. 2017: 32 catches, 446 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Northwestern, 752 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 107 yds at Nebraska.Nebraska · W 31-242017

2013

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of The Kinkaid School

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1335 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 17-9 over that span.

2016Northwestern7-6HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2017Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (24th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#235 / 539 · 56th pct

13.9

Rec yards#240 / 539 · 56th pct

446

Receptions#251 / 539 · 53rd pct

Long catch#353 / 539 · 34th pct

Rec TDs#365 / 539 · 24th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	35.9	12.0	0.1
Road4g	3.0	48.8	12.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	35.2	11.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	47.0	12.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Northwestern	32	446	13.9	1	--
2016	Northwestern	22	306	13.9	1	--
Career		54	752	13.9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 39–31

vs Michigan State

2 rec · 22 yds

Edged out Michigan State at home in a shootout.

With C. Thorson — 356 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 11 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · H. Niswander — 37 AVG · 45 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-20vs Nevada	3	77	25.7	1	41
Wk 2	L 17-41@ Duke	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 3	W 49-7vs Bowling Green	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 5	L 24-33@ Wisconsin	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 6	L 7-31vs Penn State	4	39	9.8	0	24
Wk 7	W 37-21@ Maryland	5	74	14.8	0	32
Wk 8	W 17-10vs Iowa	5	47	9.4	0	17
Wk 9	W 39-31vs Michigan State	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 10	W 31-24@ Nebraska	5	107	21.4	0	42	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 11	W 23-13vs Purdue	4	51	12.8	0	20
Wk 12	W 39-0vs Minnesota	1	8	8.0	0	8
Total		32	446	12.2	1	42

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology