Sean Wilson

#18 · WR · Jr. · Delaware6′0″ · 190 lb · Alpharetta, GA

Receiving yards59147th of 467 receivers Last gameW 35–21at Western Kentucky · Oct 27

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His most important play this season

Q4, 8:19 · Delaware up 1Nick Minicucci finds Sean Wilson for a 36-yard touchdownCoastal Carolina at Delaware, week 3Q4, 8:19 · Delaware 22, Coastal Carolina 14▲23%Delaware’s chance to win, 67% to 90%▲23%Delaware’s chance to win, 67% to 90%N.Minicucci pass complete deep middle to S.Wilson caught at CCU00, for 36 yards to the CCU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play CBS Sports College Football

All 5 of his plays on video

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 12, middle 8, right 19.

Sean Wilson

WR · Delaware · #18

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Second year in the Delaware receiving corps. The first one came in 2025: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 185 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Coastal Carolina — Week 3, 2026.

591 receiving yards · 40 catches · 5 receiving TD

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Sergio Bailey IIEastern Michigan · 2016 · 91% season match
Hunter SharpUtah State · 2014 · 88% season match
Jayden ReedWestern Michigan · 2018 · 87% season match
DeAndre Moore Jr.Colorado · 2026 · 85% season match
Braylon StaleyTennessee · 2025 · 78% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Delaware	40	591	14.8	5	40
2025	Delaware	66	850	12.9	3	51
Career		106	1,441	13.6	8	51

Last game (Wk 9): 183 receiving yards, 9 catches, 2 receiving TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-7vs Merrimack	6	73	12.2	1	21
Wk 2	L 26-35@ Vanderbilt	3	30	10.0	0	20
Wk 3	W 22-14vs Coastal Carolina	9	185	20.6	2	40	Season-high 185 yds
Wk 4	L 3-42@ Virginia	2	4	2.0	0	3
Wk 5	L 14-30vs Liberty	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 7	L 30-33@ Middle Tennessee	4	35	8.8	0	20
Wk 8	W 61-38vs Missouri State	6	69	11.5	0	23
Wk 9	W 35-21@ Western Kentucky	9	183	20.3	2	40	2 TD catches
Total		40	591	14.8	5	40

The latest game

Oct. 27 · W 35-21 at Western Kentucky, play by play

9 catches for 183 yards and 2 touchdowns. Delaware threw to him on 11 of its 38 passes. He was 1 of 3 on third and fourth down.

9 of 11 targets caught
9 moved the chains
1 of 3 on 3rd and 4th down
1 broken up (T. Newsome Jr.)

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
1st & 1011 1st down
2nd & 814 1st down
2nd & 78 1st down
Second quarterbegan down 14-7
1st & 1021 TD
2nd & 1025 1st down
1st & 1034 1st down
Third quarterbegan up 28-21
1st & 1014 1st down
2nd & 440 TD1
Fourth quarterbegan up 35-21
3rd & 1116 1st down
3rd & 18incomplete
3rd & 10broken up
FinalW 35-21

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

1
40-yard touchdown. Third quarter, made it 35-21.

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

W 22-14

vs Coastal Carolina

9 rec · 185 yds · 2 TD

With N. Minicucci — 302 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 10 rush yds (5 car) · J. Cupitt — 41.5 yards per punt · 6 punts · 4 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −4.91N. Minicucci pass to S. Wilson for 11 yds, S. Wilson fumbled, forced by D. Herard, recovered by D. Herard, D. Herard returned
Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.23Minicucci to Wilson: a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Minicucci to Wilson: a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Minicucci to Wilson: a 25-yard pass.
Week 3 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Minicucci to Wilson: a 36-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.99Minicucci to Wilson: a 16-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 8 · Missouri State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Minicucci to Wilson: a 23-yard pass.
Week 8 · Missouri State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Minicucci to Wilson: a 13-yard pass.
Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.63Minicucci to Wilson: a 21-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Merrimack · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Minicucci to Wilson: a 12-yard touchdown pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards591tied for 47thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions40tied for 57thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch14.8tied for 129thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs5tied for 35thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch40tied for 282ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Fumbles lost1tied for 49thAmong 126 receivers with 12 or more catches

46th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches406th in the Conference USA this season.

Receiving yards5914th in the Conference USA this season.

Receiving touchdowns5tied for 2nd in the Conference USA this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -17 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

40 rec · 591 yds · 5 TD

40 of 40 receptions matched to play-by-play

60 of 61 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

6123% of team targets

Catch rate

66%40 of 61 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

53% of targets (32)

72%catch rate

Air 4.9 · YAC 3.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

17% of targets (10)

80%catch rate

Air 15.2 · YAC 3.4 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

30% of targets (18)

44%catch rate

Air 30.3 · YAC 0.9 avg

66% catch rate on 61 targets · 23% of the team's targets · 44% catch rate on 18 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Ryan Carty — 11-10 over that span.

2025Delaware7-6HC: Ryan Carty · Pass-leaning

2026Delaware4-4HC: Ryan Carty · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 74 (#52 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #52 of 465?

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (88th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#69 / 569 · 88th pct

19.7%

Yards / catch#140 / 569 · 75th pct

14.8

TD rate#171 / 569 · 70th pct

6.6%

EPA / target#219 / 569 · 62nd pct

0.51

Catch rate#272 / 569 · 52nd pct

65.6%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#47 / 468 · 90th pct

591

Rec TDs#35 / 468 · 90th pct

Receptions#57 / 468 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#129 / 468 · 72nd pct

14.8

Long catch#282 / 468 · 38th pct

Fumbles lost#49 / 126 · 33rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

38th → 62nd percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 88th percentile

Catch rate

30th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

18th → 70th percentile

Yards / catch

65th → 75th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	5.5	84.8	14.1	0.8
Road4g	4.5	63.0	10.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	56.5	10.9	0.5
Weeks 8+2g	7.5	126	15.9	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Carty

Pass share

53.3%

278 pass / 244 run

Plays / game

65.2

8 games

Team sack rate

6.9%

318 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #5 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Sean Wilson

This week

His most important play this season

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

What fans said

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Two seasons at Delaware

2024

2025 13 games

Sean Wilson

This week

His most important play this season

24% of the catches, 26% of the yards, 25% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

What fans said

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Two seasons at Delaware

2024

2025 13 games