Early years

Wilson was born in Gainesville, Florida. He attended Columbia High School in Lake City, Florida, where he was a standout high school football player for the Columbia Tigers.

College career

Wilson received an athletic scholarship to attend Florida State University, where he played for coach Bobby Bowden's Florida State Seminoles football team from 1993 to 1996. As a senior in 1996, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American after recording thirteen quarterback sacks in his final college season.

Professional career

The Cincinnati Bengals selected Wilson in the first round (14th pick overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft, and he played for the Bengals from 1997 to 2002. In six NFL seasons, he appeared in 93 regular season games, started 23 of them, and compiled 173 tackles and 24 quarterback sacks.

Wilson was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003, but did not appear in a regular season game for the Buccaneers.

NFL stats

Year	Team	Games	Combined Tackles	Tackles	Assisted Tackles	Sacks	Forced Fumbles	Fumble Recoveries
1997	CIN	16	23	21	2	3.0	1	0
1998	CIN	16	64	47	17	6.0	2	0
1999	CIN	15	21	14	7	3.0	1	0
2000	CIN	14	15	9	6	3.0	2	1
2001	CIN	16	40	28	12	9.0	1	2
2002	CIN	16	14	12	2	0.0	0	0
Career		93	177	131	46	24.0	7	3

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