Honors and Awards

2023: Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List (8/9)
2023: Preseason All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2022: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2021: Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List

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2022: Appeared in 11 games making 10 starts during his fourth season with the Wildcats… Rushed for a career-high 214 yards and three touchdowns in the Territorial Cup, helping Arizona to a 38-35 win… The performance marked his first time rushing for over 200 yards in his career… It was the second-most rushing yards in the Territorial Cup game (1st; 288, Trung Candidate, 1998) … First running back to break 100 yards rushing in a game since he and Gary Brightwell achieved that feat against Colorado in 2020… Named Bob Moran Award as MVP of the Territorial Cup, becoming the first running back to win the award since Nick Wilson in 2014… Rushed for career-high 771 yards on career-high 113 carries and career-high eight touchdowns… Became first running back to rush for over 700 yards in a season since JJ Taylor (721) in 2019… The Territorial Cup performance marked his first time rushing for over 100 yards in game during the season… Rushed for 97 yards on 21 carries in a victory over UCLA (11/12)… Recorded one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown against UCLA… First to record rushing and receiving touchdown in single game since Gary Brightwell against Oregon State in 2019.

2021: Played in 11 games and made five starts … Led the Wildcats with 91 carries and had 327 rushing yards and two touchdowns … Also led the team with four receiving touchdowns and led the Wildcats in overall touchdowns with six … Hauled in 33 catches for 297 yards … 33 receptions was tied for the second-most on the team … Scored a touchdown in the final five games of the season, the first to do so since Shawn Poindexter in 2018 … Had 15 carries for 64 yards and six catches for 66 yards in the season opener vs. BYU … Ran for a season-high 63 yards at Oregon … Scored his first touchdown on the season vs. UCLA through the air while also carrying the ball 13 times for 46 yards and catching three passes for 43 yards … Scored rushing touchdowns in back-to-back games vs. USC and Cal … His 10-yard run with 2:17 left in the game vs. Cal gave Arizona the lead, which would break the Wildcats’ 20-game losing streak … Had a reception in each of the last three games of the season vs. Utah, Washington State and ASU … Hauled in a career-high eight catches for 87 yards vs. Washington State.

2020: Emerged as part of Arizona’s rushing attack alongside Gary Brightwell… Finished the season with 222 yards on 31 carries and three touchdowns while playing in all five of Arizona’s games… Doubled his rushing yards from freshman season while tallying the exact same amount of carries… Career night in his eruption against Colorado as he gained 122 rushing yards on just seven carries while also catching five passes for 15 yards… His performance against the Buffs included career bests in rushing yards (122), longest rush (45) and catches (5)… Set and reset his career long rush mark on back-to-back carries versus the CU with rushes of 29 and 45 yards.

2019: Played in all 12 games at running back as a true freshman, drawing one starting assignment...Finished the season with 31 carries for 106 yards with a long run of 17 yards...Also posted 18 catches for 165 yards...Totaled three catches for 50 yards, including a 33-yard strike in season opener at Hawai’i (Aug. 24)...Also rushed three times for three yards in his collegiate career...Posted a season-high 39 rushing yards one week later against Northern Arizona (Sept. 7)...Had a 34-yard catch in home win over UCLA (Sept. 28)...Posted a season-high six catches for 48 yards (also a season high) in road win at Colorado (Oct. 5)...Rushed six times for 35 yards against Washington (Oct. 12), while also adding two catches for 11 yards...Caught four passes for 27 yards at USC (Oct. 19), while also posting 13 rushing yards on two carries...Had two carries for seven yards in final home game of the season against Utah (Nov. 23).

High School: Earned varsity letters at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston, Texas, under coach Klay Kubiak…Totaled 2,632 rushing yards on 340 carries with 29 touchdowns over junior and senior seasons…Also caught 35 career passes for 416 yards and four touchdowns…Averaged 143.9 all-purpose yards per game in 22 varsity games…Earned First Team All-District honors in 2018…As a senior, averaged 8.4 yards per carry and 142.6 yards per game while gaining 1,569 yards and 19 touchdowns on the ground…Earned Second Team All-District honors in 2017… As a junior, gained 6.9 yards perr carry and totaled 1,063 yards and 10 touchdown…Also competed in basketball and track.

Personal: Son of Faron and Angela Wiley…Has one sister, Jordan…Has two brothers, Jonathan and Jacob…High school honor roll...Majoring in Pre-Business.

Michael Wiley