Nick Wilson: RB · Arizona · #28.
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Nick Wilson
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Fourth year in the Arizona backfield. One game to point at: 135 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against UCLA — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 24.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.3% of his carries. 2 carries for 5 yds vs California; 22 for 135 vs UCLA.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7 of the team's 37 inside-the-5 carries (18.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| 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 No. 23 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@ No. 17 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 35-38vs Purdue | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 128 | 614 | 4.8 | 6 | 46 |
Week 7 · 2017
W 47-30
vs UCLA
135 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD
Edged out UCLA at home in a shootout.
With K. Tate — 230 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · 148 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.7 · J. Glatting — 31.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 42 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
39%120 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.8 yds/carry on 128 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 39% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Rich Rodriguez — 27-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 92.0 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 36.2 | 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
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
32.6%
295 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
69.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
322 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
128 carries and 1 catch in 11 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona, 3,034 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rich Rodriguez.
