Roman Wilson

#1 · WR · Sr. · Michigan6′0″ · 192 lb · Honolulu, HI · St. Louis

Roman Wilson: WR · Michigan · #1.

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Roman Wilson

WR · Michigan · Sr · #1

Beats you over the top. Four seasons in the Michigan receiving corps to date. The first career honor came in 2023: All-Big Ten. On tape: 143 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Purdue, Week 10, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Michigan in the news

Michigan to begin search for new ADOct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Michigan	48	789	16.4	12	47
2022	Michigan	25	376	15.0	4	61
2021	Michigan	25	420	16.8	3	75
2020	Michigan	9	122	13.6	1	26
Career		107	1,707	16.0	20	75

Season	Team
2023	Michigan	1	10	--
2022	Michigan	2	39	114
2021	Michigan	3	59	20
2020	Michigan	1	9	--
Career		7	117	134

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-3vs East Carolina	6	78	13.0	3	16	3 TD catches
Wk 2	W 35-7vs UNLV	4	89	22.3	2	47	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 31-6vs Bowling Green	2	42	21.0	1	33
Wk 4	W 31-7vs Rutgers	3	59	19.7	0	25
Wk 5	W 45-7@ Nebraska	4	58	14.5	2	29	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 52-10@ Minnesota	3	56	18.7	0	34
Wk 7	W 52-7vs Indiana	3	14	4.7	1	7
Wk 8	W 49-0@ Michigan State	2	50	25.0	1	25
Wk 10	W 41-13vs Purdue	9	143	15.9	0	35	Season-high 143 yds
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Maryland	1	23	23.0	0	23
Wk 13	W 30-24vs No. 2 Ohio State	3	36	12.0	1	22
Wk 14	W 26-0vs No. 18 Iowa	1	14	14.0	0	14
Bowl	W 27-20vs No. 5 Alabama	4	73	18.3	1	29
Bowl	W 34-13vs No. 2 Washington	3	54	18.0	0	37
Total		48	789	16.4	12	47

Signature game

Week 2 · 2023

W 35-7

vs UNLV

4 rec · 89 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against UNLV.

With J. McCarthy — 278 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.1 · 38 rush yds (3 car) · T. Doman — 46 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · UNLV · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.90J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 47 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 13 · Ohio State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.57J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 22 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 1 · East Carolina · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.30J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 15 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 4 · Rutgers · 2nd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +3.29J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 25 yds to the RUTG 34 for a
Week 1 · Washington · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.29J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 37 yds to the WASH 46 for a
Week 1 · East Carolina · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.15J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 14 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)

4 more plays

Week 14 · Iowa · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.95J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 14 yds to the IOWA 49 for a
Week 4 · Rutgers · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.91J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 23 yds to the MICH 46 for a
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 33 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 1 · East Carolina · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.88J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 16 yds to the ECU 38 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 42-7 over that span.

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 74 (#64 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

74Quality starter #64 of 497 · 2023?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (100th percentile). Strength: epa / target (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#2 / 639 · 100th pct

24.4%

EPA / target#15 / 639 · 98th pct

1.56

Explosive rate#21 / 639 · 97th pct

31.1%

Yards / catch#78 / 639 · 88th pct

16.4

Catch rate#186 / 639 · 71st pct

88.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#9 / 566 · 98th pct

Rec yards#80 / 566 · 86th pct

789

Yards / catch#97 / 566 · 83rd pct

16.4

Receptions#115 / 566 · 79th pct

Rush yards#144 / 294 · 49th pct

Long catch#292 / 566 · 48th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

49th → 98th percentile

Explosive rate

83rd → 97th percentile

Catch rate

34th → 71st percentile

TD rate

86th → 100th percentile

Yards / catch

78th → 88th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	65.9	15.5	1.1
Road4g	2.5	46.8	20.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	3.6	58.1	16.7	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	53.2	18.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Jim Harbaugh

Pass share

39.6%

360 pass / 550 run

Plays / game

60.7

15 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

384 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

74 · #64 of 497 WRs · 2023

Former four-star. Now #64 at the position.

Roman Wilson

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Style of play

Fans

Michigan in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at Michigan, drafted

2020 5 games

2023 14 games

2024