2023 (Sophomore)
Enrolled at Texas State in January 2023 … Announced his transfer to Texas State from UIW in January 2023.

PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
UIW (2022)
2022 Freshman All-American (Stats Perform FCS) … Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 24, 2022) … In his lone season at UIW, he helped the Cardinals win the Southland Conference, reach the FCS Playoff Semifinals, and was a part of an offense that led all of NCAA Division I in scoring … Split his time between slot receiver and returner on both kickoffs and punts … Returned 2 punts for touchdowns, which led the nation in FCS … Set the UIW school record with 333 punt return yards in the season … Played 10 games … 18 receptions for 281 yards and 1 receiving TD … 11 kick returns for 238 yards … Season-long kick return of 49 yards (vs. Furman, Dec. 3, in FCS Playoffs) … Averaged 21.6 yards per kick return … 19 punt returns for 333 yards and 2 TDs … Season-long punt return of 48 yards (vs. Faulkner, Oct. 22) … He returned 2 punts for 48 yards and both for TDs against Faulkner … Averaged 17.5 yards per punt return … 282 snaps … 201 snaps on offense and 81 on kick and punt return … Season-high 30 offensive snaps in FCS Playoff game vs. Furman on Dec. 3 … He had 2 catches for 37 yards and a TD in the Furman game as well as 100 kick return yards and 6 punt return yards (143 all-purpose yards) … The receiving TD vs. Furman was the first of his career … Season-high 5 catches – and 45 yards – along with a 19-yard rush in FCS Playoff Semifinal game vs. North Dakota State on Dec. 16 … Season-high 85 receiving yards on Nov. 19 at Northwestern State … 206 all-purpose yards, including 179 punt return yards, on Oct. 22 vs. Faulkner … The 179 punt return yards against Faulkner were the second-highest ever by a Southland Conference player and most in UIW history … Played with quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr., who won the Walter Payton Award as the top offensive player in the FCS in 2022.

High School
Three-year letterwinner at Paetow High in Katy, Texas … First Team All-District 10-5A wide receiver in 2021 … 5A All-State Honorable Mention was a wide receiver in 2021 … Scored 25 touchdowns in 32 career games in his high school career, including 20 receiving TDs, 2 rushing TDs and 3 punt return TDs … Scored 19 total TDs as senior (14 receiving, 3 punt, 2 rushing) … Helped lead Paetow to a 5A Division I state championship in 2021 as a senior; it was the school’s first ever state championship … Paetow went 15-1 in 2021 and averaged 52.3 points per game … 51 receptions, 998 yards and 14 TDs as a senior … Also had 2 rushing TDs in his senior year … Averaged 96.1 all-purpose yards per game in 2021 … In his career, he had 80 catches for 1,289 yards and 20 TDs … 1,835 career all-purpose yards … 3 career punt return TDs … KPRC 2 & UTMB Health Athlete of the Week in December 2021 … National Honor Society … Over a 4.0 GPA … Offered by UIW, Morgan State, Texas Southern, Norfolk State and Lamar out of high school.

Kole Wilson