Michael Wilson holds the RWR · Starter spot in Arizona Cardinals’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Michael Wilson played 17 games in 2025 with a 81% snap share.

Michael Wilson is a right wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals who was selected 94th overall in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Stanford. In his first three seasons (2023-25), he appeared in 46 games with 163 receptions for 2,119 yards and 14 touchdowns. Wilson matched career highs across the board in 2025 with 78 receptions, 1,006 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. Following Marvin Harrison Jr.'s Week 11 injury, he took over as the team's number-one receiver and compiled 56 receptions for 775 yards and 6 touchdowns over the final eight games, ranking second in the NFL in receiving yards during that stretch. In Week 11 against San Francisco, he recorded 15 receptions for 185 yards, the second-highest single-game reception total in franchise history.

Stanford2018 – 2022

Cardinals2023 — present

CollegeStanfordDraftRound 3 · No. 94 overall · 2023 · ARIHometownSimi Valley, CAAlso playsPR3