Marco Wilson

NoteCARDS:

• Selected by the Cardinals in the fourth round (136th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft out of Florida. Arizona entered the draft with the 160th overall selection in the fifth round and traded up 24 spots to select Wilson.
• Became just the second Florida player selected by the Arizona in the last 22 years – OL D.J. Humphries (24th overall in the 2015 NFL Draft) – and the 11th Gator ever drafted by the Cardinals.
• Started all but one of the 36 games he played in for the Gators and was part of three-consecutive bowl teams – 2018 Peach Bowl, 2019 Orange Bowl and 2020 Cotton Bowl – including back-to-back 10-win squads during the 2018-19 campaigns.
• Trained in Arizona with former high school teammate and fellow 2021 NFL Draft pick Patrick Surtain II. The two were coached by their fathers at American Heritage High School in Plantation, FL, a program that regularly produces Division I cornerbacks. Wilson, Surtain II and Jaguars second-round pick CB Tyson Campbell played together for the Patriots and won a pair of state titles (2014 and '16).

NoteCARDS:

• Selected by the Cardinals in the fourth round (136th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft out of Florida. Arizona entered the draft with the 160th overall selection in the fifth round and traded up 24 spots to select Wilson.
• Became just the second Florida player selected by the Arizona in the last 22 years – OL D.J. Humphries (24th overall in the 2015 NFL Draft) – and the 11th Gator ever drafted by the Cardinals.
• Started all but one of the 36 games he played in for the Gators and was part of three-consecutive
• bowl teams – 2018 Peach Bowl, 2019 Orange Bowl and 2020 Cotton Bowl – including back-to-back
• 10-win squads during the 2018-19 campaigns.
• Trained in Arizona with former high school teammate and fellow 2021 NFL Draft pick Patrick Surtain
• II. The two were coached by their fathers at American Heritage High School in Plantation, FL, a program that regularly produces Division I cornerbacks. Wilson, Surtain II and Jaguars second-round pick CB Tyson Campbell played together for the Patriots and won a pair of state titles (2014 and '16).

College Career:

Wilson played 36 games (35 starts) in four seasons (2017-20) for the Gators, totaling three INTs, 20 passes defensed and 103 tackles ... started all 11 games during his true freshman campaign and returned from a knee injury that ended his sophomore season to start 22 of his final 23 games at Florida.

2020: Played 10 games (nine starts) and recorded 33 tackles, four passes defensed and his first-career fumble recovery ... helped lead the #13-ranked Gators to an appearance in the SEC Championship Game and a bid to the Cotton Bowl ... had a season-high six tackles and recovered a fumble @ Texas A&M.

2019: Returned from a season-ending knee injury the previous year to start all 13 games ... set career highs with 36 tackles and three INTs (second most on the team), while adding 2.5 tackles for loss and five passes defensed ... helped lead the 11-2 Gators to a #6 ranking in the final AP poll and an Orange Bowl victory over Virginia ... had an INT against Tennessee, Auburn and Missouri; also posted a season-high five tackles including one tackle for loss against Missouri ... named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Named preseason third-team All-SEC and appeared in two games before suffering a season- ending knee injury in Week 2 against Kentucky ... had one pass defensed during his limited time on the field ... named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and received a medical redshirt.

2017: Started all 11 games as a true freshman, joining Joe Haden (2007), Janoris Jenkins (2008) and Marcus Roberson (2011) as the only players in program history to start at CB in a season-opener ... named to the coaches Freshman All-SEC team ... had 34 tackles and a team-high 10 passes defensed, the most by a Florida true freshman since Vernon Hargreaves (11 in 2013) ... recorded a season-high seven tackles and three passes defensed against Tennessee.

Personal:

Prepped at American Heritage (Plantation, FL) High School where he helped lead the Patriots to FHSAA 5A state titles in 2014 and 2016 ... earned USA Today All-American recognition with 20 tackles and three INTs (one returned for a TD) as a senior in 2016 ... also named a first-team DB on the 2016 5A All- Broward team and participated in the 2016 New Jersey regionals of The Opening, making the cut for the finals in Beaverton, Oregon ... sat out his junior season while recovering from a knee injury ... also ran track, claiming a 2A state championship as a junior ... brother, Quincy, also played CB at Florida and was drafted in the second round (46th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft by Indianapolis ... father, Chad, played at the University of Miami from 1992-94 with Ray Lewis, Warren Sapp and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ... Chad owns All Eyes DB camp, a South Florida-based organization that coaches and trains defensive backs and linebackers ... coached in high school by Patrick Surtain Sr., father of fellow 2021 NFL Draft pick and former high school teammate Patrick Surtain II.