weekly release - New York Giants

David wilson
22
Running Back
Height - 5-9
Weight - 205
College - Virginia Tech
High School - George Washington (Danville, Va.)
Birthdate - June 15, 1991
How Acquired - Draft, 1st Round
(32nd Pick Overall)
new york football giants
TRANSACTIONS:
- Originally a first round draft choice (32nd
pick) by the Giants in 2012.
CAREER NOTES:
- Played in 40 games with 15 starts at
Virginia Tech…Carried 462 times for 2,662
yards (5.8-yard avg.) and 18 touchdowns…
Caught 37 passes for 363 yards (9.8-yard
avg.) and five scores…Returned 61 kickoffs
for 1,324 yards (21.7-yard avg.) and two
touchdowns…Touched the ball a total of
560 times for 4,349 all-purpose yards, an
average of 7.8 yards per attempt and 108.7
yards per game…Ran for more than 100
yards in 12 games, the 4th-best career total
in school history… His ten 100-yard rushing
performances in 2011 tied the school singleseason
record set by Ryan Williams in 2009…
His 2,662 yards rushing rank 8th in school
history…His 1,709 yards on the ground in
2011 broke the old school record of 1,655
yards by Williams in 2009…Generated 2,253
all-purpose yards in 2011, the most ever by
a junior in the Atlantic Coast Conference,
topping the previous mark of 1,906 yards by
former Giant Tiki Barber of Virginia in 1995…
The only other ACC performers to gain at
least 2,000 all-purpose yards in a season
were Sammy Watkins of Clemson (2,288 in
2011), C.J. Spiller of Clemson (record 2,680
in 2009), Thomas Jones of Virginia (2,054 in
1999) and Don McCauley of North Carolina
(2,021 in 1970)…Ranks 2nd in school history
with 61 kickoff returns, topped by only
Jon Jeffries (67; 1987-91)…Set the school
single-season record by returning 2 kickoffs
for touchdowns in 2010 (also tied the Tech
career record that he shares with Terry
Strock (1959-61)…Placed 4th on the school’s
career list with 1,324 kickoff return yards.
2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
- Saw action as the kick returner and at
running back vs. New Orleans (12/9)... He
scored on a 97-yard kickoff return and had
other returns of 58 and 52 yards. He also
rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns.
His 327 all-purpose yards established a team
record. The former mark of 303 was set by
Domenik Hixon at New Orleans on Oct. 18,
2009. Hixon’s breakdown was 230 yards on
kickoff returns, 51 on punt returns and 22
on receptions... He is the first player in NFL
history with at least 200 kickoff return yards
and 100 rushing yards in the same game...
Wilson’s 227 kickoff return yards (on four
runbacks) was the third-highest single-game
total in Giants history, surpassed only by
Willie Ponder’s 259 yards vs. Pittsburgh on
Dec. 18, 2004 and Hixon’s 230 yards at New
Orleans in 2009.
- Returned four kickoffs for 83 yards at
Washington (12/3)...Also saw action at running
back, rushing four times for nine yards.
- Saw action at running back and kick
returner vs. Green Bay (11/25)...Rushed six
times for 13 yards and returned three kickoffs
for 72 yards...Became the Giants rookiereturn
all-time leader.
- Saw action at running back and kick
returner at Cincinnat (11/11)...Rushed one
time for one yard...Returned six kickoffs for
107 yards, with a long of 29.
- Saw action primarily as kick returner vs.
Pittsburgh (11/4)...Had four kickoff returns
for 100 yards, with a long of 32.
- Saw action at running back and as kick
returner at Dallas (10/28)...Returned four
kickoffs back for 86 yards, with a long of 24
- Saw action as kick returner vs. Washington
(10/21)...Returned four kicks for 106 yards
(26.5-yard average), including a long of 32
yards.
- Saw action at running back and as
kick returner against the 49ers (10/14)...
Returned two kicks back for 93 yards, with
a long of 66...Also rushed seven times for 35
yards.
- Added 44 yards on two carries, including
his first NFL touchdown on a 40-yard run
in the fourth quarter against the Browns
(10/7).
- Averaged 36.2 yards on six kickoff returns,
including a 53-yarder, at Philadelphia
(9/30)...His 217 kick return yards are good