2017 Football Roster
Sep 13 (Sat)
5 p.m.
Donovan Wilson
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 222
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Dublin, Ohio
- High School:
- Jerome
- Prev School:
- Georgia Tech
2017: Competed in all 12 games, starting twice … Had 200 all-purpose yards, including 176 rushing yards … Had a season-high nine carries at Miami for 43 yards … Recorded a season long carry of 17 yards against South Dakota … Had five receptions for 24 yards, including three against South Dakota … Carried eight times for 37 yards against South Dakota.
2016: Played in all 12 games, starting once … Carried 110 times for 503 yards, an average of 4.6 yards per carry … Also rushed for five touchdowns … Caught four passes for 34 yards and a touchdown … Finished with 537 all-purpose yards … Rushed for 100 or more yards in each of the final three games, picking up 372 yards on the ground during that three-game stretch, all wins … Rushed for a career-high 146 yards, on a career-most 30 carries, and two touchdowns in the win over Kent State … Earned his first career 100-yard game with 119 yards at Akron … Closed the season with 107 yards in the win over Buffalo … Also had two rushing touchdowns against Middle Tennessee … Lone touchdown reception came against Eastern Michigan.
2015: Named Academic All-MAC ... played in nine games as a short-yardage power back … battled injuries in the second half of the season which limited his time … rushed 36 times, punching it in for seven scores … scored seven touchdowns in a five-game stretch … scored his first collegiate touchdown in the home opener against Memphis (Sept. 19) … had two touchdowns in the road victory at Purdue (Sept. 26) … had a rushing touchdown the next week to open MAC play at Buffalo (Oct. 3) … had a rushing touchdown against UMass (Oct. 10) … had two touchdowns on nine rushes in the win over Akron (Oct. 17) … rushed for a season-high 28 yards on seven carries in the road victory at Maryland to seal the win on Sept. 12.
2014: Will sit out the 2014 season due to NCAA Transfer rules.
2013: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Jerome HS... a four-year football starter for Coach Mark Hundley... served one year as a team captain... also played three seasons of basketball... rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals... named All-Central Ohio three times... a three-time all-conference, three-time all-district and three-time all-metro selection... named all-state as a senior in 2012... rushed for 2,068 yards and 26 touchdowns as a senior... owns every rushing record at Jerome HS, including 62 carries for 425 yards rushing and seven touchdowns in a game versus Westerville South... finished his prep career with 4,796 yards rushing and 59 touchdowns... made the academic honor roll.
PERSONAL: Full name is Donovan B. Wilson... parents are Kenny and Candace... born Nov. 30, 1994 in Poway, Calif... has four siblings - Cam, Shea, Garrett and Sydney... father, Kenny, played basketball at Davidson and later with the Denver Nuggets in the NBA... began playing football at age eight...majoring in communication.
