Each week during the college football season, we’ll use Thursday as a chance to look back at some two-star and/or unranked prospects that shined during the previous week’s college football action. Today we will focus on four prospects that were under the radar as recruits but helped lead their team to impressive showings in college football’s opening weekend.
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Caleb Wilson
As a recruit: A high school quarterback, Wilson received several lower level scholarship offers, eventually committing to FBS program Old Dominion. However, the chance to walk on at USC and play tight end came about and Wilson ended up paying his own way to enroll with the Trojans, where his father Chris worked as a defensive line coach. Once his father left the Trojans staff, Wilson elected to transfer across town to UCLA, where he played in all 12 games in 2016.
What he did this weekend: Wilson has emerged as UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen’s favorite weapon in the passing game and he played a huge part in the Bruins' shocking come-from-behind victory over Texas A&M. He finished the game with 15 catches for 208 yards and seemed to be open every time the ball came his way in the second half. Wilson should be a big part of the UCLA offense going forward.
You can see the rest of the list here.
MORE CHECK UPS: Five-stars | Four-stars | Three-stars
Caleb Wilson
As a recruit: A high school quarterback, Wilson received several lower level scholarship offers, eventually committing to FBS program Old Dominion. However, the chance to walk on at USC and play tight end came about and Wilson ended up paying his own way to enroll with the Trojans, where his father Chris worked as a defensive line coach. Once his father left the Trojans staff, Wilson elected to transfer across town to UCLA, where he played in all 12 games in 2016.
What he did this weekend: Wilson has emerged as UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen’s favorite weapon in the passing game and he played a huge part in the Bruins' shocking come-from-behind victory over Texas A&M. He finished the game with 15 catches for 208 yards and seemed to be open every time the ball came his way in the second half. Wilson should be a big part of the UCLA offense going forward.
You can see the rest of the list here.
