Griffin Wilde holds the WR-Z · Starter spot in Northwestern Wildcats’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Griffin Wilde logged a 12.0% overall usage rate in 2025.

Griffin Wilde is a 6'2", 200-pound wide receiver from Sioux Falls, South Dakota who transferred to Northwestern after two seasons at South Dakota State. At SDSU, the sophomore recorded 71 receptions for 1,147 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2024, earning All-MVFC Second Team honors. In his 2025 junior season with the Wildcats, Wilde started all 13 games and caught 71 passes for 880 yards with eight touchdowns, earning All-Big Ten Third-Team recognition. His 880 receiving yards mark the most by an NU player since 2016, and his 71 receptions rank as the most by a Northwestern wideout since Austin Carr's 90 in 2016.

South Dakota Statethrough 2024

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