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Jersey Number 3
Eugene Wilson III
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Gaither
Bio
Pronunciation Feature Clips Season Stats (PDF) Career Stats (PDF)
COLLEGIATE HONORS
2025 SEASON: Started in all four contests at wide receiver, hauling in 15 passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns, while recording 12 ground yards on three carries.
2024 SEASON: Started four games (missed Weeks 3-6 due to injury) before sustaining a season-ending injury and earning a redshirt, totaling 266 receiving yards (66.5 YPG) and one touchdown on 19 receptions (14.0 YPC)
2023: Played in 10 games with seven starts… Finished with team-high six touchdown catches, second on the team in receptions (61), receiving yards (538) and receiving yards per game (53.8)... Ran for 55 yards on six carries… Had three catches for 36 yards vs. No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 25)... Caught a team-best seven receptions and marked his fourth straight receiving touchdown performance with two kick returns for 30 yards with a long of 20 yards at No. 9 Missouri (Nov. 18)... Recorded third straight game with a touchdown catch to go with 63 receiving yards in six catches at No. 18 LSU (Nov. 11)... Logged eight catches for 90 yards with two touchdown catches against Arkansas (Nov. 4), marking first freshman to accomplish two TD catches since Riley Cooper in 2006… Set the program record for catches in a game by a freshman with 11 and totaled 75 yards with a 27-yard touchdown catch vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 28)... Made six catches for 83 yards with a crucial catch setting up the game-winning touchdown pass and had two rushes for 21 yards at South Carolina (Oct. 14)... Caught season-best eight catches for 64 yards and scored first career touchdown against Vanderbilt (Oct. 7)... Had six catches for 44 yards in second straight start with six straight receptions in the opening drive vs. No. 11 Tennessee (Sept. 16)... Started his first-career game against McNeese (Sept. 9) and registered four receptions for 36 yards, while rushing for 18 yards on one carry... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at No. 14 Utah (Aug. 31) and finished with two catches on two targets for 24 yards as well as one rush for nine yards.
High School
Ranked as a five-star recruit by On3… Rated as the No. 32 player and a top-5 receiver in the 2023 class by On3… Rated as a top-10 player in Florida in the 2023 class by On3… Invited to the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game… Caught 40 passes for 764 yards and 11 touchdowns during his senior season… Started both ways his junior year with 925 yards and seven scores receiving and 23 total tackles, five pass breakups, and four interceptions on defense… Chose Florida over Alabama, Georgia, Florida State and Texas A&M, among others… Dad is a two-time Super Bowl Champion with the New England Patriots.
COLLEGIATE HONORS
- Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List (2025)
- Freshman All-SEC (2023)
- FWAA Freshman All-American (2023)
- 247Sports True Freshman All-American (2023)
- CFN Freshman All-American Honorable Mention (2023)
- On3 True Freshman All-American (2023)
- Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Week (Week 10, 2023)
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
- SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
2025 SEASON: Started in all four contests at wide receiver, hauling in 15 passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns, while recording 12 ground yards on three carries.
- vs LIU: Started in his second-straight season opener and hauled in five catches and a 4-yard touchdown.
- vs South Florida: Hauled in seven passes for 60 yards (long of 32) and a touchdown. Added nine yards on the ground.
- at No. 3 LSU: Caught two passes for 10 yards in the start at wide receiver.
- at No. 4 Miami: Recorded one reception for seven yards, with nine yards coming after the catch.
2024 SEASON: Started four games (missed Weeks 3-6 due to injury) before sustaining a season-ending injury and earning a redshirt, totaling 266 receiving yards (66.5 YPG) and one touchdown on 19 receptions (14.0 YPC)
- vs. No. 19 Miami: Started and hauled in seven passes on eight targets for 50 yards
- vs. Samford: Registered a career-high 141 receiving yards (136 YAC) and one touchdown on six receptions, highlighted by an 85-yard touchdown grab (UF’s longest since 2017)
- at No. 8 Tennessee: Returned from a three-game absence and caught a team-high five passes for 35 yards
- vs. Kentucky: Got the start at wide receiver, tallying one reception for 40 yards
2023: Played in 10 games with seven starts… Finished with team-high six touchdown catches, second on the team in receptions (61), receiving yards (538) and receiving yards per game (53.8)... Ran for 55 yards on six carries… Had three catches for 36 yards vs. No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 25)... Caught a team-best seven receptions and marked his fourth straight receiving touchdown performance with two kick returns for 30 yards with a long of 20 yards at No. 9 Missouri (Nov. 18)... Recorded third straight game with a touchdown catch to go with 63 receiving yards in six catches at No. 18 LSU (Nov. 11)... Logged eight catches for 90 yards with two touchdown catches against Arkansas (Nov. 4), marking first freshman to accomplish two TD catches since Riley Cooper in 2006… Set the program record for catches in a game by a freshman with 11 and totaled 75 yards with a 27-yard touchdown catch vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 28)... Made six catches for 83 yards with a crucial catch setting up the game-winning touchdown pass and had two rushes for 21 yards at South Carolina (Oct. 14)... Caught season-best eight catches for 64 yards and scored first career touchdown against Vanderbilt (Oct. 7)... Had six catches for 44 yards in second straight start with six straight receptions in the opening drive vs. No. 11 Tennessee (Sept. 16)... Started his first-career game against McNeese (Sept. 9) and registered four receptions for 36 yards, while rushing for 18 yards on one carry... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at No. 14 Utah (Aug. 31) and finished with two catches on two targets for 24 yards as well as one rush for nine yards.
High School
Ranked as a five-star recruit by On3… Rated as the No. 32 player and a top-5 receiver in the 2023 class by On3… Rated as a top-10 player in Florida in the 2023 class by On3… Invited to the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game… Caught 40 passes for 764 yards and 11 touchdowns during his senior season… Started both ways his junior year with 925 yards and seven scores receiving and 23 total tackles, five pass breakups, and four interceptions on defense… Chose Florida over Alabama, Georgia, Florida State and Texas A&M, among others… Dad is a two-time Super Bowl Champion with the New England Patriots.
DJ Lagway Media Availability 9-29-29
Monday, September 29
Billy Napier Press Conference 9-29-25
Monday, September 29
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Devin Moore Postgame Press Conference 9-20-25
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