Roman Wilson

Former wide receiver at Michigan. 2023: 48 catches, 789 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · Michigan · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 192 lb · Honolulu, HI

CFB Index 74 · #64 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferencePittsburgh — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 20, #84 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 346 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Michigan. 2023: 48 catches, 789 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2020.
Drafted round 3 by the Pittsburgh in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan, 1,707 receiving yards — drafted at #84 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20205 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of St. Louis

202314 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tensecond

2024

Drafted by Pittsburghround 3, pick 84

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#346 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #84

Pittsburgh · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

1 coach

2020–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 3rd NFL season

#84Rd 3 · Pick 20

PittsburghEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #64 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	4.1	65.3	16.1	1.0
Road5g	2.2	40.2	19.0	0.6

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #64 of 497 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 30–24

vs Ohio State

3 rec · 36 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. McCarthy — 148 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · T. Doman — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 71 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · UNLV · 2&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 · 3&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 · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.30J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 15 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 4 · Rutgers · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.29J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 25 yds to the RUTG 34 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.29J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 37 yds to the WASH 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · East Carolina · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.15J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 14 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 14 · Iowa · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.95J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 14 yds to the IOWA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Rutgers · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.91J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 23 yds to the MICH 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 1&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 · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.88J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Roman Wilson for 16 yds to the ECU 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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 Ohio State	3	36	12.0	1	22
Wk 14	W 26-0@ Iowa	1	14	14.0	0	14
Bowl	W 27-20vs Alabama	4	73	18.3	1	29
Bowl	W 34-13vs Washington	3	54	18.0	0	37
Total		48	789	17.2	12	47

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