School: Georgia
Year: Jr
Position: IOL
Positional Flexibility: Center Only

Physical Attributes

• Height: 6-3
• Weight: 310
• RAS: 9.98
• Bench Press: DNC

Rankings

• Joe’s Ranking: 6.7
• Consensus Position Rank: 7
• My Position Ranking: 3
• Difference in Ranking: 4
• Tier: 2
• Projected Round: 2

Games Watched

• Alabama ’24
• Kentucky ’24

Ryan’s Notes

Positives

• Wilson has a really smooth action between snapping and moving with his off-foot being able to get underneath him in a hurry.
• He covers significant ground with his first two steps and his hips stay even throughout which is tough to do out of a snap position.
• Wilson gets hands inside to steer his man and negate any swim or rips coming from a wide arm angle to insure he doesn’t miss.
• He got beaten to the punch by Alamba’s #22 but his recovery was outstanding as he sprung back off of his backfoot to land a two handed shove on the rushers shoulder making all gains null and void, great rep.
• I like how active he is in helping out his guards, he has zero hesitation which means that he is either blind committing or he understands defensive fronts well enough to take that advantage, the fact he allowed so few pressures means for me he is doing the latter.
• He looks out of sorts when climbing and he misidentified a stunt from the DE on a run fit but this is forgivable as it was hard to read through all the traffic.
• He gives up nothing to 0t in pass pro, he gets his arms inside and a wide base and he could sit there for 5+ seconds without trouble.
• He climbs levels with good tempo control, never rushing or waiting, his athletic ability cannot be questioned as he moves with a fluid grace yet still carries power in his lower body to fire off when required.
• When he does get to the second level he has the skill to adjust to smaller box players attempting to get around him, this is a key attribute for centers in my opinion as there is little use in a free release player who can’t take out the primary read guy.
• He has the ability to see and identify stunts which is important however I do not see any signs he is calling out protections.
• Reacts well to sim blitzers as he doesn’t over commit and backs off to give himself better angles to the outside overloads.
• He started the Kentucky game with some serious pop and I think he might be one of those lineman that need to run the ball consistently to get into rhythm as the ‘Bama game was pass heavy and that was reflected in his play speed drop.
• Wilson has a good anchor but it can get overwhelmed, his footwork stops too early and he tilts before losing control

Negatives

• I like his run blocking as he has the base technique you want to see but he doesn’t pack a punch and it’s more like a gradual marginal win rather than shunting blocks open so he is definitely a center and not a guard.
• His lack of natural power shows up on double teams where he offers very little assistance to shove gaps open. I’d like to see him improve his all around strength but this is his biggest weakness.

Ryan’s Summary

Wilson is a really accomplished pass protector who is never seen waiting for blocks to develop, he finds them and eliminates them in a hurry. Fantastic at pass blocking vertically or laterally and I really like his body control to do both. His run blocking leaves something on the table as whilst he has the base technique but he doesn’t blow guys away. Georgia runs a gap scheme and he seems at home here so whilst his athleticism is good enough to live in a zone scheme I think his best landing spot is in a power run scheme with a higher passing volume.