The diet rounded out his pro profile
From the sounds of it, Wilson arrived on campus at Wyoming at just 190 pounds.
Now he’s got a clear-cut NFL profile, which he says he finished off over the course of his senior year, per Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post:
“(My senior) year was the first time I was able to maintain my weight and dial into my nutrition. During the summer (of 2019), I lost 15 pounds of fat and gained 14 pounds of muscle. I just felt leaner, more healthy, faster — just a better athlete.
“It was just a decision on my own. The biggest thing was I stopped eating fast food. Not that I ate a lot of it beforehand, but when I went to Subway, I would get something more healthy.”
It’s interesting backstory to see how Wilson kept growing not only as a player, but as a prospect overall. The work there is undoubtedly one of the reasons the Bengals were thrilled to get him at the start of the third round.
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