Drafted: #75 overall (in third round)
Pro status: starter
College team: Wisconsin
5 ft. 11 in., 206 lbs.
Hometown: Richmond, Va.
QB rating in preseason: 91.7
The Seahawks acquired free agent Matt Flynn, Aaron Rodgers鈥� backup with the Packers, expecting that the four-year veteran would be the team鈥檚 starter 鈥� but Wilson changed all that. Despite his relatively small size (he鈥檚 the smallest of all the rookie QBs), Wilson both passes and runs with authority, and is a born leader. Coach Pete Carroll says, 鈥淗e is so prepared. He doesn鈥檛 seem like a first-year player.鈥� Wilson has taken an interesting path to the NFL. The son of a former two-sport Dartmouth athlete who had a 鈥渃up of coffee鈥� with the San Diego Chargers also has played both football and baseball, and was drafted by baseball鈥檚 Colorado Rockies in 2010. Wilson played football at North Carolina State, and after quitting baseball transferred to the University of Wisconsin last season for one final year of college eligibility 鈥� a transfer he was able to make without sitting out a season because he had already graduated. He stepped right in to lead the Badgers to a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl berth. During 50 games in college, he set an NCAA record by throwing 379 consecutive passes without an interception. He also is one of just a handful of players at the major-college ranks to ever throw for more than 5,000 yards and rush for more than 1,000 yards.
