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Honors and Career Highlights
•Will enter his senior season of 2019 with 316 career tackles, which will rank him No. 2 among all active FBS players entering the 2019 season
•Has led Wyoming in tackles each of the past two seasons (103 in 2018 and 119 in 2017)
•2018 As a junior, he ranked No. 5 among active FBS players in the nation in Career Defensive TDs scored (3), ranked No. 13 among active FBS players in Career Tackles per Game (8.10) and No. 10 among active FBS players in Career Solo Tackles per Game (4.90)
•2018 Honorable Mention All-Mountain West Conference
•2017 Second Team All-Mountain West Conference
•2016 First Team Freshman All-American as selected by both the FWAA and USA Today
•2016 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year
•Has started every game of his college career -- 39 consecutive games
•A starter on three consecutive bowl-eligible teams in 2016, ‘17 and ‘18

UW This Season: Logan Wilson enters his senior season as one of the top returning defensive players in the nation.  His 316 career tackles will rank him No. 2 among all active returning Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players entering the 2019 season, trailing only Texas State linebacker Bryan London II (341 career tackles).  The two will meet in Week 2 of the 2019 season on Sept. 7.  Wilson concluded his junior season ranked No. 5 among active FBS players in the nation in Career Defensive TDs scored (3), ranked No. 13 among active FBS players in Career Tackles per Game (8.10) and No. 10 among active FBS players in Career Solo Tackles per Game (4.90).  Wilson’s 316 career tackles ranks him No. 13 on the Wyoming career tackle list entering his senior season.  He has started every game of this Wyoming career -- 39 consecutive starts.  Wilson was named a team captain as both a sophomore and junior.  Team captains for the 2019 season will be named during fall practice, he could join former teammate Marcus Epps as Wyoming’s only three-time team captains in the modern era of Cowboy Football.

2018:  Wilson was the leading tackler on a Cowboy defense that ranked No. 19 in the nation in total defense in 2018, allowing opponents only 326.2 yards per game.  He was the starting middle linebacker of Wyoming’s defense that also ranked No. 25 in the nation in rushing defense (129.5 yards per game) and No. 28 in scoring defense (22.0 points per game).  In addition to leading the team in tackles (103), he led the team in tackles for loss (11.0 for 30 yards) and tied for the team lead in interceptions (2 for 21 yards).  Wilson was named Honorable Mention All-Mountain West in 2018.  Among his top games of the season were: 12 tackles vs. Washington State and Colorado State; 11 tackles against Boise State, Hawai’i and Utah State; and 10 tackles versus San Jose State.  His two interceptions came against Utah State and Air Force.  He earned Academic All-Mountain West honors for the third time in his career.           

2017: A Second Team All-Mountain West pick at linebacker as a sophomore, Wilson started all 13 games for the Pokes.  He led UW with 119 total tackles.  Wilson recorded 79 solo stops and 40 assisted tackles.  He added 8.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack.  Wilson had a knack for forcing turnovers with two forced fumbles and one interception.  He also added one fumble recovery that he returned 18 yards for a touchdown versus Texas State.  Wilson recorded a career-high 14 tackles twice on the season one coming against Hawai’i and the other coming against Colorado State.  He also added 12 tackles in the Air Force game, and had 12 tackles to go along with one tackle for loss, one sack and one touchdown against Texas State.  Wilson was credited with 11 tackles vs. the Oregon Ducks in a game played in Laramie.  He earned Academic All-MW honors for the second consecutive year.

2016: Wilson was named the MW Freshman of the Year. He ranked No. 1 among MW freshmen in tackles, averaging 6.7 tackles per game. He had 94 tackles on the year to go along with 7.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.  Those tackles for loss combined for 45 yards.  He also recovered three fumbles and forced one.  He was named the MW Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Utah State, with seven tackles, one interception for 56 yards and one fumble recovery.  Wilson scored two touchdowns on the season -- one on a 27-yard interception return at Eastern Michigan and one on a fumble recovery in the end zone against UNLV.  He tied for the team lead with three interceptions.  Wilson had a season high 13 tackles at UNLV.  He achieved Academic All-Mountain West honors for the first time.

2015: Redshirted.

High School: Wilson was selected to the 2014 Casper Star-Tribune Super 25 Team.  He was named to the Wyoming Coaches Association Class 4A All-State team as a defensive back and wide receiver in both 2013 and 2014, and was selected to the same All-State team as a punter for three consecutive seasons in 2012, ‘13 and was a unanimous selection in 2014.  As a defensive back, wide receiver and punter, he helped lead Natrona County to an undefeated season and the 2014 Class 4A State Championship. Wilson was selected to play in the 2015 Shrine Bowl on June 13, 2015, in Casper, Wyo.  He was also part of Natrona County’s 2012 undefeated State Championship team.  His senior season, he had 29 receptions for 493 yards, averaged 17.0 yards per reception and scored seven receiving touchdowns.  As a defensive back, Wilson was credited with 22 total tackles, including 21 solo tackles with 1.0 tackle for loss, five pass breakups and six interceptions.  He also served as NC’s punter, averaging 43.7 yards per punt on 27 punts. Natrona County led the state of Wyoming in: rushing defense (allowing only 84.6 yards per game); passing defense (giving up only 110.5 yards per game); and total defense (allowing only 195.1 yards per game).  He played for head coach Steve Harshman at Natrona County High School. Wilson was also recruited by Colorado.  

Personal:  He was born on July 8, 1996. He is the son of Trevor and Carla Wilson.  His father Trevor wrestled at Dickinson State.  Wilson is majoring in kinesiology and health promotion at Wyoming.