Matthew Wilcox Jr.

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-10
Weight:
178
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Huber Heights, Ohio
High School:
Wayne

2017: Played in all 12 games, starting three times, at wide receiver … Team’s primary kick returner, averaging 24.6 yards per return, the seventh-best single-season average in program history … Ranked among the top 35 nationally in kick return average … Had 517 yards on kick returns, 10th-most in a season in program history … Caught 14 passes, fourth-most on the team, for 106 yards and a touchdown … Caught three passes in a game twice, doing so at Northwestern and at Eastern Michigan … Had 120 yards on three kick returns at Kent State, including a season-long 61-yarder … Named MAC East Division Special Teams Player of the Week following the Kent State game … Had five kick returns for 121 yards at Eastern Michigan.

High School: Ranks among top receivers in Ohio high school history with 188 career receptions and 2,525 career receiving yards … Won three conference championships and was twice state runner-up … Team went 49-6 during his high school career ... Named first team All-GWOC, first team All-Area, and first team All-Tri State…Earned area Player of the Year accolades.