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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1973-12-17)December 17, 1973 (age 51) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 272 lb (123 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Columbia (Lake City, Florida) | ||||||||||||
| College | Florida State | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1997: 1st round, 14th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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James Reinard Wilson (born December 17, 1973) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker in theNational Football League (NFL) for six seasons during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He playedcollege football for theFlorida State Seminoles and was recognized as a consensusAll-American. He was picked by theCincinnati Bengals in the first round of the1997 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Bengals andTampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL.
Wilson was born inGainesville, Florida.[2] He attendedColumbia High School inLake City, Florida,[3] where he was a standouthigh school football player for the Columbia Tigers.
Wilson received anathletic scholarship to attendFlorida State University, where he played for coachBobby Bowden'sSeminoles teams from 1993 to 1996. As a senior in 1996, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American after recording thirteensacks in his final college season.
The Cincinnati Bengals selected Wilson in the first round (14th pick overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.[4] He played for the Bengals from1997 to2002.[2] In six NFL seasons, he appeared in 93 regular season games, started 23 of them, and compiled 173 tackles and 24 quarterback sacks.[5]
Wilson was also a member of theTampa Bay Buccaneers in2003, but did not appear in a regular season game for the Buccaneers.[2]
| Year | Team | Games | Combined Tackles | Tackles | Assisted Tackles | Sacks | Forced Fumbles | Fumble Recoveries |
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| 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 |