Damien Wilson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Minnesota, 2013–⁠14

Damien Wilson

Number
No. 5
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Gloster, MS
Born
May 28, 1993, in Gloster, Mississippi

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Damien Wilson played linebacker at Minnesota (2013–⁠14). The Dallas Cowboys took Wilson in round 4, No. 127 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 127
Round 4, 2015 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014Minnesota1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacks
2013134632785.51

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Minnesota5LB
2014Minnesota5LB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2014 Minnesota 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 6vs.Middle TennesseeW 35–⁠241

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′0″
Weight245 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.77 s
10-yard split1.65 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.21 s
20-yard shuttle4.20 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 111 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Dallas Cowboys91500
2016Dallas Cowboys13330.50
2017Dallas Cowboys163010
2018Dallas Cowboys143210
2019Kansas City Chiefs16791.50
2020Kansas City Chiefs136900
2021Jacksonville Jaguars1710231
2022Carolina Panthers133420
NFL career11139491

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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