Name: Benjamin Wilson
Number: 84
Position: Wide receiver
Class: Redshirt senior+ (Using extra year of NCAA eligibility)
Height: 6′-2″
Weight: 210
Hometown: Uniontown, PA
High School: Uniontown
Overview
Penn State wide receiver Ben Wilson has certainly taken a challenging path to being a Penn State football player. Wilson actually started his collegiate athletic career playing basketball and baseball and being a part of the track and field team for Penn State… Fayette. That’s right. This Nittany Lions receiver is a walk-on who has moved his way from a Penn State branch campus to main campus and he’s looking to take full advantage of the opportunity.
Wilson was a multi-sport athlete in high school and he continued to do so with Penn State Fayette. In high school, he also played wide receiver and safety for the school’s football team. After transferring to Penn State’s main campus in 2019, Wilson sat out the 2019 season with a redshirt season. However, he played a role in practice by becoming one of Penn State’s top developmental players on offense and special teams.
That hard work paid off in 2020 with Wilson getting a chance to get on the field in seven games, all on special teams duties. He continued to earn praise from the coaching staff as a developmental squad special teams player of the week following the Ohio State game in Week 2 of Penn State’s 2020 schedule.
Wilson is expected to continue playing a role on special teams but he could still be a deep reserve on offense at the receiver position. Regardless, this has been quite a journey for Wilson, who is taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted to all student-athletes in 2020.
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