C.A. WILSON Safety 1972 / 1974 Sumter, SC

Biography

A stellar high school career saw Wilson win the Region 3 Back of the Year Award in 1969 while playing for former Gamecock QB Steve Satterfield at Sumter High School. After averaging almost 20 yards a catch on the 1971 freshman team Wilson took over a starting cornerback (defensive halfback) spot upon joining the varsity in 1972. He led the team in punt returns that year, averaging an impressive 13.2 yards per return while starting some at both corner and safety. Wilson was shifted to safety for the 1973 season and led the team with five interceptions, including two in a win over Miami of Ohio. He moved back to cornerback for his senior season and finished fifth on the team in tackles.

Prior Schools
School	Location

Roster Listings
Year	Roster	Num	Pos	Ht	Wt	Yr	Gms	GS
1972	1972 Media Guide	3	DB	5-9	148	So
1972	Program vs. Florida State	3	DB	5-9	143	So	8	8
1973	1973 Media Guide	3	DB	5-9	148	Jr
1973	Programs vs Ohio, Miami (OH), Houston	3	S	5-9	145	Jr	7	7
1974	1974 Media Guide	3	DB	5-9	149	Sr
1974	Program vs Georgia	3	DB	5-9	147	Sr
1974	Fall 1974	3	DB	5-9	147	Sr	6	6

Depth Chart Appearances
Description	Position	Rank
1972 Media Guide	Right Halfback	Starter
1973 Media Guide	Safety	Starter
11/17/1973 vs. Florida State	Safety	Starter
1974 Media Guide	Right Cornerback	Starter
9/28/1974 vs Georgia	Safety	2nd String

Defense
Year	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FR	FF	BK	IP	CDS	RZS	IPP	YPT
1972	16	14	30		0.0	1			1	0		18	6	2	50.65	8.56
1973	0	0	68			5			0	0		6	4	0	31.17	10.95
1974	39	38	77	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	8	2	2	30.72	11.6
Tot	55	52	175	0.0	0.0	7	0	0	3	1	0	32	12	4	112.54

IP - Impact Plays; CDS - Conversion Down Stops (3rd & 4th Down); RZS - Red Zone Stops; IPP - Impact Play Points; YPT - Yards Per Tackle

Kickoff Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
1972	4	75	18.8	0
Tot	4	75	18.8	0

Punt Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
1972	13	172	13.2	0
1974	1	15	15.0	0
Tot	14	187	13.4	0

Games Started
Date	Opponent	Position
1972-09-09	Virginia	Right Halfback
1972-09-16	Georgia Tech	Right Halfback
1972-09-23	Mississippi	Right Halfback
1972-09-30	Memphis	Right Halfback
1972-10-14	Appalachian State	Right Halfback
1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	Right Halfback
1972-11-18	Florida State	Safety
1972-11-25	Clemson	Right Halfback
1973-09-15	Georgia Tech	Safety
1973-09-21	Houston	Safety
1973-09-29	Miami (Ohio)	Safety
1973-10-20	Ohio	Safety
1973-11-10	Appalachian State	Safety
1973-11-17	Florida State	Safety
1973-11-24	Clemson	Safety
1974-09-14	Georgia Tech	Right Halfback
1974-10-12	Virginia Tech	Right Halfback
1974-10-19	Mississippi	Right Halfback
1974-10-26	North Carolina	Right Halfback
1974-11-02	N.C. State	Right Halfback
1974-11-23	Clemson	Right Halfback

Scoring Plays
Date	Opponent	Qtr	Time	USC	Opp	Play

Defense - Tackles For Loss
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	3	4	USC	27	Hitchens rush for loss of 4 (C.A. Wilson, Jim Beard)

Defense - Passes Broken Up
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1972	1972-09-09	Virginia	2	10	UVA	28	Davis pass for Lanahan incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-09	Virginia	3	11	USC	43	Davis pass for Sullivan incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-23	Mississippi	2	9	USC	19	Weese pass for Veazey incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-23	Mississippi	1	10	USC	34	Norris Weese pass incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-14	Appalachian State	2	25	APP	23	Loflin pass for Gibbon incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	3	16	MOH	20	Williams pass for Watson incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-28	N.C. State	3	7	NCS	30	Bruce Shaw pass for Pat Hovance incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-28	N.C. State	2	7	NCS	26	Bruce Shaw pass for Lester incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-18	Florida State	2	10	FSU	25	Gary Huff pass for Barry Smith incomplete (C.A. Wilson, Mel Baxley)
1972	1972-11-25	Clemson	3	6	USC	34	Ken Pengitore pass for David Sasser incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-25	Clemson	2	11	CLM	38	Ken Pengitore pass for Dennis Goss incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-15	Georgia Tech	2	8	GAT	30	Jim Stevens pass for Jimmy Robinson incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-29	Miami (Ohio)	3	8	MOH	22	Sanna pass for Warner incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-12	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	25	Bruce Arians pass incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-26	North Carolina	1	4	USC	4	Chris Kupec pass for Jimmy Jerome incomplete (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-09	Appalachian State	2	8	USC	39	Price pass for Bradshaw incomplete (C.A. Wilson)

Defense - Interceptions
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1972	1972-11-11	Virginia Tech	2	10	USC	28	Don Strock pass for Reel intercepted by C.A. Wilson at SC 9, no return
1973	1973-09-15	Georgia Tech	3	8	USC	24	Jim Stevens pass intercepted by C.A. Wilson at SC 2, returned 31 yards
1973	1973-09-29	Miami (Ohio)	3	7	MOH	23	Sanna pass for Wiggins intercepted by C.A. Wilson at UM 40, returned 18 yards
1973	1973-09-29	Miami (Ohio)	3	9	MOH	32	Sanna pass for Wiggins intercepted by C.A. Wilson at UM 47, returned 34 yards, fumble, recovered by Cunningham for UM
1973	1973-10-06	Virginia Tech	2	12	VAT	21	Rick Popp pass for Barber intercepted by C.A. Wilson
1974	1974-11-23	Clemson	1	15	USC	36	Mark Fellers pass intercepted by C.A. Wilson at SC 23, returned 0 yards

Defensive Plays
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1972	1972-09-09	Virginia	2	9	UVA	48	Merritt rush for 2 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-09	Virginia	2	5	UVA	10	Sullivan, 6-yd pass from Davis (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-09	Virginia	3	13		50	Lanahan, 40-yd pass from Davis (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-16	Georgia Tech	1	10	GAT	20	Greg Horne rush for 8 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-16	Georgia Tech	3	5	GAT	39	Jimmy Robinson, 2-yd pass from Eddie McAshan (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-16	Georgia Tech	2	11	GAT	7	Greg Horne rush for 9 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-16	Georgia Tech	1	10	USC	30	Greg Horne rush for 7 (C.A. Wilson, Mel Baxley)
1972	1972-09-16	Georgia Tech	1	10	GAT	49	Alan Hennessey rush for 14 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-23	Mississippi	2	10	USC	34	Weese rush for 14 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-30	Memphis	1	10	MEM	34	Paul Wilson, 3-yd pass from Al Harvey (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-09-30	Memphis	1	10	MEM	18	Tim Boren, 6-yd pass from Rick Strawbridge (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	3	6	USC	48	T.Williams, 15-yd pass from S.Williams (Dana Carpenter, C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	3	6	MOH	10	Williams rush for 12 (Mel Baxley, C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	1	10	MOH	32	Viher, 6-yd pass from Williams (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	1	10	USC	41	Hitchens rush for 9 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	3	1	MOH	41	Hitchens rush for 31 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-21	Miami (Ohio)	2	9	USC	9	Smith scrambles for 3 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-28	N.C. State	1	10	USC	30	Willie Burden rush for 10 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-10-28	N.C. State	1	6	USC	6	Willie Burden rush for 4 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-04	Wake Forest	2	6	WFU	21	Clayton Heath rush for 5 (C.A. Wilson, Thad Rowe)
1972	1972-11-04	Wake Forest	2	8	USC	47	Clayton Heath rush for 10 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-04	Wake Forest	3	1	WFU	27	DeBenedetti rush for 11 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-11	Virginia Tech	2	7	USC	34	Don Reel, 6-yd pass from Don Strock, fumble, forced by (C.A. Wilson) recovered by (Chan Beasley)
1972	1972-11-11	Virginia Tech	3	4	VAT	30	Valentine, 35-yd pass from Don Strock (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-11	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	44	James Barber rush for 11 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-11	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	28	Utz, 8-yd pass from Arians (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-18	Florida State	3	10	FSU	25	Gary Parris, 16-yd pass from Gary Huff (Mel Baxley, C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-25	Clemson	1	10	USC	47	Davis rush for 39 (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-25	Clemson	1	10	CLM	42	Dennis Goss, 18-yd pass from Ken Pengitore (C.A. Wilson)
1972	1972-11-25	Clemson	3	7	USC	38	Smiley Sanders, 12-yd pass from Ken Pengitore (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-21	Houston	2	8	HOU	41	Parker rush for 16 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-21	Houston	3	2	HOU	48	Parker rush for 25 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-21	Houston	3	6	USC	23	Cherry rush for 7 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-21	Houston	2	1	HOU	44	Jefferson, 30-yd pass from Nobles (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-21	Houston	4	6	USC	22	Watts, 18-yd pass from Nobles (C.A. Wilson, Jeff Watts)
1973	1973-09-21	Houston	1	10	HOU	24	Cherry rush for 7 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-09-21	Houston	1	10	HOU	47	Cherry rush for 18 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-10-06	Virginia Tech	1	10	USC	30	Barber rush for 11 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-10-06	Virginia Tech	2	10	VAT	4	Barber rush for 19 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-10-06	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	36	Barber rush for 5 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-10-13	Wake Forest	2	7	WFU	40	Strap, 14-yd pass from Carlton (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-10-20	Ohio	2	9	OHU	37	Houseton rush for 13 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-11-03	N.C. State	2	7	NCS	44	Charley Young rush for 18 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-11-03	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	47	Willie Burden rush for 15 (C.A. Wilson)
1973	1973-11-03	N.C. State	1	10	USC	33	Charley Young rush for 14 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-09-14	Georgia Tech	3	12	USC	42	Sims. 1-yd pass from Myers, fumble, recovered by (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-12	Virginia Tech	2	15	VAT	24	Roscoe Coles rush for 10 (C.A Wilson)
1974	1974-10-12	Virginia Tech	1	10	VAT	30	Roscoe Coles rush for 26 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-12	Virginia Tech	2	6	USC	46	Roscoe Coles rush for 9 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-19	Mississippi	1	10	UMS	31	Sweet rush for 5 (Tony Pepper, C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-19	Mississippi	2	8	USC	20	Paul Hofer rush for 10 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-19	Mississippi	3	3	UMS	27	Reed rush for 4 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-19	Mississippi	1	10	UMS	34	Rick Kimbrough, 29-yd pass from Evans (C.A. Wilson, Henry Laws)
1974	1974-10-26	North Carolina	2	6	USC	26	James Betterson rush for 14 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-26	North Carolina	1	10	UNC	20	Charles Waddell, 20-yd pass from Chris Kupec (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-26	North Carolina	1	10	USC	27	Mike Voight rush for 9 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-10-26	North Carolina	1	10	USC	34	Chris Kupec rush for 17 (C.A. Wilson, Bill Cregar)
1974	1974-11-02	N.C. State	2	16	NCS	16	Gantt, 5-yd pass from Dave Buckey (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-02	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	37	Roland Hooks, 12-yd pass from Dave Buckey (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-02	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	24	Roland Hooks rush for 12 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-02	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	36	Stan Fritts rush for 15 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-02	N.C. State	1	10		50	Roland Hooks rush for 10 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-09	Appalachian State	3	4	USC	49	Haugabrook rush for 8 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-09	Appalachian State	1	10	USC	27	Haugabrook rush for no gain (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-09	Appalachian State	1	10	APP	22	Coccioletti rush for 16 (C.A. Wilson, Andy Nelson)
1974	1974-11-09	Appalachian State	4	9	USC	18	Clark, 2-yd pass from Bradshaw (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-09	Appalachian State	1	10	APP	36	Bradshaw, 8-yd pass from Price (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-09	Appalachian State	3	10		50	Ford, 26-yd pass from Coccioletti (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-23	Clemson	2	10	USC	31	Ken Callicutt, 14-yd pass from Mark Fellers (C.A. Wilson) - CU clipping
1974	1974-11-23	Clemson	2	2	CLM	45	Tony Matthews rush for 45 (C.A. Wilson)
1974	1974-11-23	Clemson	1	10	USC	45	Mark Fellers rush for 8 (C.A. Wilson)