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Roman Wilson

Wide Receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers · #14.

Player facts

Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 14
Born: Jun 19, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI, USA
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 186 lbs
College: Michigan
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
Regular Season	14	25	188	13.4	2	49	9	0	0
Last 5 Games	14	25	188	11.8	2	49	9	0	0
Career	26	45	354	13.6	4	49	16	1	1

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	25 targets	+0.25	48%		43rd of 94

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs IND	W 34-22	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Oct 1	@ CLE	L 27-24	3	6	74	24.7	1	49	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs CIN	W 30-27	3	6	60	20.0	1	38	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ NE	L 20-3	5	6	28	5.6	0	9	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs ATL	W 20-13	3	6	26	8.7	0	20	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Roman Jeffrey Wilson (born June 19, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, winning three consecutive Big Ten Conference titles and a national championship in 2023. Wilson was named an All-Big Ten selection. He was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Roman Wilson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Wilson was born on June 19, 2001, in Kihei, Hawaii, later attending Saint Louis School in Honolulu. During his time at Saint Louis, Wilson helped the football team to a 38-game winning streak, winning four consecutive state championships.

As a senior in 2019, he caught 61 passes for 1,025 yards and 11 touchdowns. In the 2019 state championship game, he caught eight passes for 171 yards, with an 86-yard touchdown.

Wilson attended Nike's The Opening regional camp in 2019, where he won the ‘Fastest Man’ race, running the 40-yard dash is 4.37 seconds. Wilson was rated as a four star recruit, and the third best player from Hawaii.

College career

Wilson committed to play college football for the University of Michigan in July 2019. As a freshman, in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Wilson appeared in all six games. He caught 9 passes for 122 yards and his first career touchdown, a 13-yard grab from Joe Milton, against Indiana on November 7, 2020.

As a sophomore in 2021, he appeared in all 13 games and caught 25 passes for 420 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 59 yards on three carries.

In the 2022 season opener against Colorado State, Wilson caught a bubble screen pass and ran for a 61-yard touchdown. In week two, the Honolulu native faced his hometown team, Hawaii. In the first quarter, he scored two touchdowns on a 42-yard touchdown pass from J. J. McCarthy and a 21-yard run. As a junior, in 2022, he caught 25 passes for 376 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for two touchdowns.

In 2023, Wilson started all 15 games and won a national championship with Michigan as a senior. In the Rose Bowl against Alabama, Wilson scored the touchdown that sent the game into overtime. Wilson was named second-team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media. He finished the season with 48 receptions for 789 yards and 12 touchdowns.

From Wikipedia’s article on Roman Wilson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹