CAREER
Played in 29 games with 18 starts on the defensive line … Has made 40 tackles (15 solo), 7.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks and two forced fumbles in three-year career … Started 17 consecutive games from Sept. 15, 2018-Nov. 9, 2019 … Three-year letterman.
2019
Started eight and played in nine of 10 games as a junior defensive lineman … Listed as the starter at defensive end on the defensive depth chart … Finished year with 13 tackles (four solo), two tackles for loss and two sacks for eight yards with a forced fumble … Made two tackles at Cornell (Nov. 23) … Made two tackles vs. Brown (Nov. 16) … Missed the Harvard game (Nov. 9) due to an injury … Made two tackles (one solo) with one sack for five yards and forced a fumble vs. Penn (Oct. 19) … Made three tackles vs. Central Connecticut State (Oct. 12) … Made three tackles (one solo) at Princeton (Oct. 5) … Made one tackle, one sack for three yards vs. Georgetown (Sept. 28).
2018
Started all 10 games as a sophomore defensive end … Made 23 tackles (15 solo), 4.0 tackles for loss for 17 yards and 3.0 sacks for 15 yards … Made three tackles in season finale vs. Cornell (Nov. 17) … Made two tackles and a career-high 1.5 sacks for 10 yards at Brown (Nov. 10) … Totaled a career-high six tackles (four solo) with 1.0 sack for four yards vs. Yale (Oct. 27) … Made five tackles (one solo), 0.5 tackle for loss for two yards at Georgetown (Sept. 22).
2017
Saw action in all 10 games as a first-year defensive lineman … Played at defensive end … Totaled four tackles (three solo), one tackle for loss, one sack and one forced fumble … Made one tackle at Yale (Oct. 28) and vs. Harvard (Nov. 4) … Forced fumble, made first career sack and career-high two tackles at Marist (Oct. 7) … Saw first career action in season opener vs. Wagner (Sept. 16).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Merritt Island Senior High School in Merritt Island, Fla., where he played three years of varsity football for head coach Jeff McLean … Named to the Florida All-State team … Earned First Team All-Cape Coast Conference and All-District honors … Five-time team defensive player of the week honoree … Over his three-year varsity career as a defensive end, totaled 171 tackles (104 solo), 14 sacks for 100 yards, recovered five fumbles, forced four fumbles, deflected three passes and blocked two field goals while leading the Mustangs to a 25-11 three-year record and two district titles … Guided the Mustangs to a 7-3 overall record and 4-1 Cape Coast record as a senior … As a senior in 2016, recorded 72 tackles (37 solo), seven sacks for 59 yards, forced one fumble and blocked two field goals … Three-year varsity starter … Named captain as a senior … Registered back-to-back sacks that changed the game against Titusville … Finished with 69 total tackles (45 solo), six tackles for loss, three sacks and recovered three fumbles as a junior … Also competed in track and field as a sprinter in the 100-meters (11.24), 200-meters (23.25) and 400-meters (54.02) … Named track and field team captain … National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars member … Earned “All-A’s” and World History Honors Award … Awarded with the Robin O’Connor Spirit Leadership Award … Named to the Cape Coast Conference Student Leadership Team … Also has volunteered extensively with the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center, NHS Tutoring program and Relay for Life.
PERSONAL
Born Ashton Cooper Wilson on January 6, 1999 … Son of Jeffrey Wilson and Brinn Leach-Wilson … Father attended Liberty University on a football scholarship (1978-83) … Hobbies and interests include trap and skeet shooting, karting, golfing and surfing … Third degree blackbelt in Taekwondo and is registered with the International Taekwondo Federation … Goes by the first name of Cooper … Nickname is “Coop” … Interested in pursuing engineering as a career and major … Chose Columbia because of the world-class education, great opportunities, the campus, the coaches and surrounding New York City community … Committed to Columbia University on August 8, 2016 … Also considered offers from Cornell, Florida Atlantic, Lafayette, Tusculum, Valdosta State, Stetson, West Florida, Davidson and Kent State … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Political Science.
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