2021 Football Roster
Roster

Seth Wilson
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Holmen, Wis.
- High School:
- Holmen HS
* 2019 MVFC Honor Roll
2021 SEASON (SENIOR): Missed the entire fall season with a knee injury sustained in February 2021 against Youngstown State.
2020-21 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in two games...Had seven carries for 55 yards against Central Arkansas in the lone game of the fall...Started the first game of the spring against Youngstown State and carried for 2 and 6 yards on the first two plays from scrimmage...Left the game with a season-ending knee injury.
2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Missed the entire season due to a knee injury in spring practice...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll.
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Took a redshirt year with the Bison while playing in the NCAA-maximum four games...Carried 21 times for 221 yards averaging 10.5 yards per carry...Made his debut in the 10th game of the season, rushing eight times for 95 yards in a win at Missouri State...Played in the final three playoff games against Colgate, South Dakota State and Eastern Washington...His 78-yard rush against South Dakota State was the longest rushing play in school history not resulting in a touchdown...Finished with 118 yards on three touches in the semifinal win over SDSU, including a 32-yard reception and 86 total rushing yards.
2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in the final eight contests after having his redshirt pulled in Game 8 against Northern Iowa due to several injuries at the running back position...Rushed for 420 yards and one touchdown on 72 carries...Scored on a 28-yard run against South Dakota in his third game...Career-high 24 carries and 194 rushing yards in the NCAA semifinal win over Sam Houston State...Made six pass receptions for 66 yards and two scores, catching TDs in playoff wins over San Diego and Wofford.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 graduate of Holmen High School...Four-year letterman and two-year starter under coach Travis Kowalski...Team captain as a senior...Record-setting halfback and returner...Set school career records for rushing yards (3,302) and touchdowns (45)...Rushed for school-record 2,027 yards and 32 touchdowns in 2016 to earn conference co-Offensive Player of the Year...Set single-game records for rushing yards (318), touchdowns (5) and points scored by rush (32)...All-state coaches first team and media second team in 2016...Two-time all-conference first team running back...Second team all-conference returner as a sophomore...Had 2,876 all-purpose yards and 37 total touchdowns as a senior including three kick return TDs and two receiving TDs...School-record 11-time varsity letter winner in four sports...Part of state champion 400-meter relay team that ran a school-record 42.02 seconds...All-conference in the 400 relay, 800 relay and 100-meter dash...Two-year starter in basketball...Also played baseball...Honor roll student.
PERSONAL: Majoring in emergency management with minors in psychology and health...Son of Kim Granum Wilson and Stanley Wilson Sr...Father played for the University of Oklahoma and Cincinnati Bengals...Brother, Stanley Jr., played for Stanford University and the Detroit Lions...Also has a sister, Sarah Wilson.
2021 SEASON (SENIOR): Missed the entire fall season with a knee injury sustained in February 2021 against Youngstown State.
2020-21 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in two games...Had seven carries for 55 yards against Central Arkansas in the lone game of the fall...Started the first game of the spring against Youngstown State and carried for 2 and 6 yards on the first two plays from scrimmage...Left the game with a season-ending knee injury.
2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Missed the entire season due to a knee injury in spring practice...Named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll.
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Took a redshirt year with the Bison while playing in the NCAA-maximum four games...Carried 21 times for 221 yards averaging 10.5 yards per carry...Made his debut in the 10th game of the season, rushing eight times for 95 yards in a win at Missouri State...Played in the final three playoff games against Colgate, South Dakota State and Eastern Washington...His 78-yard rush against South Dakota State was the longest rushing play in school history not resulting in a touchdown...Finished with 118 yards on three touches in the semifinal win over SDSU, including a 32-yard reception and 86 total rushing yards.
2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in the final eight contests after having his redshirt pulled in Game 8 against Northern Iowa due to several injuries at the running back position...Rushed for 420 yards and one touchdown on 72 carries...Scored on a 28-yard run against South Dakota in his third game...Career-high 24 carries and 194 rushing yards in the NCAA semifinal win over Sam Houston State...Made six pass receptions for 66 yards and two scores, catching TDs in playoff wins over San Diego and Wofford.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 graduate of Holmen High School...Four-year letterman and two-year starter under coach Travis Kowalski...Team captain as a senior...Record-setting halfback and returner...Set school career records for rushing yards (3,302) and touchdowns (45)...Rushed for school-record 2,027 yards and 32 touchdowns in 2016 to earn conference co-Offensive Player of the Year...Set single-game records for rushing yards (318), touchdowns (5) and points scored by rush (32)...All-state coaches first team and media second team in 2016...Two-time all-conference first team running back...Second team all-conference returner as a sophomore...Had 2,876 all-purpose yards and 37 total touchdowns as a senior including three kick return TDs and two receiving TDs...School-record 11-time varsity letter winner in four sports...Part of state champion 400-meter relay team that ran a school-record 42.02 seconds...All-conference in the 400 relay, 800 relay and 100-meter dash...Two-year starter in basketball...Also played baseball...Honor roll student.
PERSONAL: Majoring in emergency management with minors in psychology and health...Son of Kim Granum Wilson and Stanley Wilson Sr...Father played for the University of Oklahoma and Cincinnati Bengals...Brother, Stanley Jr., played for Stanford University and the Detroit Lions...Also has a sister, Sarah Wilson.
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