#28

Nick Wilson

Running back for Arizona. 2017: 614 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 1 catch.

RB · Arizona · #28

5′10″ · 208 lb · Fresno, CA

Arizona 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 245 nationally · Signed with Arizona

Statement game21 car · 183 yds · 3 TDat Nevada (FBS) · W 44-20

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for Arizona. 2017: 614 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 1 catch.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arizona in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arizona, 3,034 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201413 games

Signed with Arizona4-star out of Central East

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#245 national

CFB

College

Arizona

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Rich Rodriguez

Arizona

Played his entire career under Rich Rodriguez.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Rich Rodriguez — 27-25 over that span.

2014Arizona10-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Balanced, fast tempo

2015Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Arizona3-9HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#102 / 328 · 65th pct

Carries#114 / 328 · 65th pct

128

Rush yards#125 / 328 · 62nd pct

614

Long run#157 / 328 · 52nd pct

Yards / carry#179 / 328 · 43rd pct

4.8

Rec yards#304 / 315 · 3rd pct

Receptions#303 / 315 · 2nd 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

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	92.0	6.6	1.0
Road7g	35.1	3.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	62.8	5.1	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	47.4	3.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arizona	128	614	4.8	6	--
2016	Arizona	55	320	5.8	3	--
2015	Arizona	133	725	5.5	8	--
2014	Arizona	236	1,375	5.8	16	--
Career		552	3,034	5.5	33	--

Season	Team
2017	Arizona	1	6	6.0	0	--
2016	Arizona	2	11	5.5	0	--
2015	Arizona	4	52	13.0	0	--
2014	Arizona	12	90	7.5	1	--
Career		19	159	8.4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 62–24

vs Northern Arizona

87 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 38-point win at home against Northern Arizona.

With T. Johnson — 55 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · B. Dawkins — 89 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 68.5 · 92 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 62-24vs Northern Arizona	8	87	10.9	1	46
Wk 3	W 63-16@ UTEP	13	39	3.0	0	17
Wk 4	L 24-30vs Utah	13	45	3.5	0	16
Wk 6	W 45-42@ Colorado	11	42	3.8	0	12
Wk 7	W 47-30vs UCLA	22	135	6.1	2	39	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 8	W 45-44@ California	2	5	2.5	0	4
Wk 10	L 35-49@ USC	2	7	3.5	0	5
Wk 11	W 49-28vs Oregon State	17	101	5.9	1	24
Wk 12	L 28-48@ Oregon	17	73	4.3	2	20
Wk 13	L 30-42@ Arizona State	15	51	3.4	0	10
Bowl	L 35-38@ Purdue	8	29	3.6	0	10
Total		128	614	4.6	6	46

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