That was far from certain going into last season, but the way he played in 2020 caught everyone’s attention.
The 6-foot-2, 214-pound Wilson completed 73.5 percent of his passes for 3,692 yards last year, with 33 touchdowns and just three interceptions. He only lost one game all season, to then-fellow-undefeated Coastal Carolina on the road. Wilson was less than spectacular that night in Conway, S.C. (19-of-30 for 240 yards with a touchdown and an interception).
But he was otherwise spectacular, making the same kind of climb up the boards that LSU quarterback Joe Burrow made in 2019 before the Bengals took him first overall last year. That comparison wasn’t lost on Wilson, who said he studied Burrow extensively.
“My junior year last year, he was a huge part of my mental success,” Wilson said of the Cincinnati quarterback. “I feel like I have
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