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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Arizona
Nick Wilson
RB • 5'10" • 208 lbs • Fresno, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Nick Wilson leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Nick Wilson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Fresno, CA wearing No. 28, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Nick Wilson's career was his backfield work: 3,034...
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- Committed To
- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Nick Wilson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Arizona. Nick Wilson leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,193
- Rushing yards
- 3,034
- Receiving yards
- 159
- Touchdowns
- 34
Quick Answers
Nick Wilson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,193
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Arizona
- Top game
- Utah
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central East · Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Central East · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 620 scrimmage yards · RB 161st (top 27%) · Pac-12 36th (top 17%) · National 346th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Postseason | Arizona | 13 | 86 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 78.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 13 | 1,379 | 1,289 | 90 | 16 | 78.3 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 9 | 777 | 725 | 52 | 8 | 58.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 5 | 331 | 320 | 11 | 3 | 43.8 |
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona | 11 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona | 11 | 591 | 585 | 6 | 6 | 50.1 |
Related Context
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Nick Wilson played RB for Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Wilson recorded 3,034 rushing yards, 159 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Arizona paired 1,465 primary output with 56.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Arizona
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
56.4
Efficiency
46.3
Usage
18.3
Consistency
59.3
Best Game by takeover score
UCLA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 29. Northern Arizona: 87. UTEP: 39. Utah: 51. Colorado: 42. UCLA: 135. California: 5. USC: 7. Oregon State: 101. Oregon: 73. Arizona State: 51
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 8 by 37.8. Northern Arizona: 8 by 95.3. UTEP: 13 by 31.3. Utah: 14 by 36.8. Colorado: 11 by 39.8. UCLA: 22 by 63.9. California: 2 by 26. USC: 2 by 36.5. Oregon State: 17 by 61.9. Oregon: 17 by 44.7. Arizona State: 15 by 35.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins68.2 · Games = 6 · +26.0 vs Losses
Losses42.2 · Games = 5 · -26.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UCLA
Best efficiency game
95.3 vs Northern Arizona
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/28 | @ Purdue | L 35-38 | 8 | 29 | 3.60 | 0 | — | — | 3.6 |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Arizona State | L 30-42 | 15 | 51 | 3.40 | 0 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Oregon2+ TD | L 28-48 | 17 | 73 | 4.30 | 2 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sun 11/12 | vs Oregon State100 rush yards | W 49-28 | 17 | 101 | 5.90 | 1 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Sun 11/5 | @ USC | L 35-49 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sun 10/22 | @ California | W 45-44 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sun 10/15 | vs UCLA100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 47-30 | 22 | 135 | 6.10 | 2 | — | — | 6.1 |
| Sun 10/8 | @ Colorado | W 45-42 | 11 | 42 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Utah | L 24-30 | 13 | 45 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ UTEP | W 63-16 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Northern Arizona | W 62-24 | 8 | 87 | 10.90 | 1 | — | — | 10.9 |
Player Story
Nick Wilson story
Nick Wilson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Fresno, CA wearing No. 28, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Nick Wilson's career was his backfield work: 3,034 rushing yards, 552 carries, 33 rushing touchdowns, and 159 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Arizona. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 159 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona.
The arc is straightforward: Nick Wilson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Arizona
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420142015201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Postseason | Arizona | 1,465 | 56.1 | 31.6 | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 1,465 | 56.1 | 31.6 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 777 | 49.4 | 24.8 | -688 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 331 | 51.6 | 20.7 | -446 |
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona | 620 | 46.3 | 18.3 | 289 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona | 620 | 46.3 | 18.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah
Week 13 · W 42-10 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
218
Scrimmage Yards
98.5 takeover
218 scrimmage yards and 35.1 usage.
#2
@ Nevada
Week 2 · W 44-20
213
Scrimmage Yards
96.2 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
213 scrimmage yards and 35.4 usage.
#3
vs BYU
Week 1 · L 16-18
149
Scrimmage Yards
94.2 takeover
Loss with 149 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
149 scrimmage yards and 41.3 usage.
#4
vs Arizona State
Week 14 · W 42-35 · Conference game
178
Scrimmage Yards
86.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
178 scrimmage yards and 46.2 usage.
#5
vs UCLA
Week 7 · W 47-30 · Conference game
135
Scrimmage Yards
84.5 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
135 scrimmage yards and 31.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · Arizona
1,465 primary output · 56.1 efficiency · 31.6 usage
78.3
#2
2014 Regular Season · Arizona
78.3
1,465 primary · 56.1 efficiency · 31.6 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Arizona
58.2
777 primary · 49.4 efficiency · 24.8 usage
Milestones
14
100+ rush yards
6
150+ scrimmage yards
11
2+ TD games
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