Garrett Wilson with the New York Jets, 2025
With the New York Jets, 2025. Photo: New York Jets, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Ohio State, 2019–⁠21

Garrett Wilson

Number
No. 5
Height
6′0″
Weight
193 lb
Class (2021)
Sophomore
Hometown
Austin, TX
Born
Jul 22, 2000, in Chicago, Illinois

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Garrett Wilson played receiver at Ohio State (2019–⁠21). The New York Jets took Wilson in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,058
Receiving yards, 2021 (Ohio State, 11–⁠2)
National rank
No. 9
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2021
Drafted
No. 10
Overall, 2022 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Career highs

11catches, career highat Penn State, 2020169receiving yards, career highvs. Indiana, 20203receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Purdue, 2021

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2019 and 2020

All-America: FWAA 2021; The Athletic 2021

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Ohio State3043214.4547
2020Ohio State4372316.8665
2021Ohio State701,05815.11277
Career1432,21315.52377

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2019Ohio State–––14860
2020Ohio State1407510
2021Ohio State–––13680
Career140342050

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Ohio State5WRYr 1
2020Ohio State5WRYr 2
2021Ohio State5WRSo. (Yr 3)6′0″193

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2019Ohio State430.5856th (n=499)0.5424.94%
2020Ohio State640.9793rd (n=346)0.5561.811%
2021Ohio State1050.8674th (n=410)0.6790.014%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2021 Ohio State 11 games, 70 catches, 1,058 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2atMinnesotaW 45–⁠315801––1
Sep 11vs.OregonL 28–⁠3581171––2
Sep 18vs.TulsaW 41–⁠206701––1
Sep 25vs.AkronW 59–⁠741240––2
Oct 2atRutgersW 52–⁠133711––2
Oct 9vs.MarylandW 66–⁠175842––3
Oct 23atIndianaW 54–⁠75590––1
Oct 30vs.Penn StateW 33–⁠247820––1
Nov 13vs.PurdueW 59–⁠31101263–––
Nov 20vs.Michigan StateW 56–⁠771262–––
Nov 27atMichiganL 27–⁠42101191–––
2020 Ohio State 8 games, 43 catches, 723 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Oct 24vs.NebraskaW 52–⁠1771291142
Oct 31atPenn StateW 38–⁠25111110–––
Nov 7vs.RutgersW 49–⁠2761041––1
Nov 21vs.IndianaW 42–⁠3571692–––
Dec 5atMichigan StateW 52–⁠123591––1
Dec 19vs.NorthwesternW 22–⁠104490–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.ClemsonW 49–⁠282520––2
Jan 11 ✦vs.AlabamaL 24–⁠523501––1
2019 Ohio State 13 games, 30 catches, 432 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 7vs.CincinnatiW 42–⁠0191–––
Sep 14atIndianaW 51–⁠10280–––
Sep 21vs.Miami (OH)W 76–⁠54541––1
Sep 28atNebraskaW 48–⁠7161––1
Oct 5vs.Michigan StateW 34–⁠102240–––
Oct 18atNorthwesternW 52–⁠33280––2
Oct 26vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠7150––1
Nov 9vs.MarylandW 73–⁠144821––2
Nov 16atRutgersW 56–⁠211130––1
Nov 23vs.Penn StateW 28–⁠172210––2
Nov 30atMichiganW 56–⁠2731181––1
Dec 7vs.WisconsinW 34–⁠212170––1
Dec 28 ✦vs.ClemsonL 23–⁠294470––2

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2022
Height5′11¾″
Weight183 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9⅞″
Wingspan76½″W
40-yard dash4.38 s
10-yard split1.49 sW
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump10′3″
20-yard shuttle4.36 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

5 seasons, 63 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2022New York Jets17831,1034
2023New York Jets17951,0423
2024New York Jets171011,1047
2025New York Jets7363954
2026 (so far)New York Jets5313743
NFL career633464,01821

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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