Stanford large receiver Michael Wilson picked in NFL Draft

Stanford large receiver Michael Wilson was chosen with the 94th total decide within the third spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft on Friday night time and is now set to transition from the Stanford Cardinal to the Arizona Cardinals. 

The 6-foot-2, 209-pound standout from Simi Valley, Calif. was named a workforce captain in 2022 and racked up 1,662 yards and 11 touchdowns over 5 years with the Cardinal. He had a breakout recreation early this previous season in opposition to Washington, gathering a career-high 176 receiving yards and a powerful 78-yard landing. In 2021, Wilson obtained the Al Masters Award, offered to the Stanford athlete “attaining the best requirements of athletic efficiency, management and educational achievement.” The accolade is extensively thought of the best honor awarded yearly by the Stanford Athletics Board. 

Wilson was projected to be a low day-three decide earlier than vaulting his inventory with a robust pre-draft efficiency that left scouts singing his praises, particularly after the Reese’s Senior Bowl in February. “With out hard-luck accidents, @StanfordFball WR Michael Wilson could be a slam dunk second-rounder,” wrote Senior Bowl Govt Director Jim Nagy in a tweet Wednesday. “Cease sleeping.”

Wilson is the primary offensive participant drafted from the Cardinal into the NFL for the reason that Dallas Cowboys chosen large receiver Simi Fehoko ʼ22 with their fifth-round decide in 2021. He joins tight finish Jim Dray ʼ09 and Stepfan Taylor ʼ13 as the one Stanford gamers to be drafted by the Arizona Cardinals; he additionally enters an offensive corps led by former Stanford star tight finish Zach Ertz ʼ13. 

With Arizona’s star large receiver DeAndre Hopkins reportedly on the transfer, Wilson can have the chance to compete for a beginning function on an ascending offense.