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Steve Wilson (defensive back)

Steve Wilson
No. 81, 45
Position: Defensive back / Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: (1957-08-24) August 24, 1957 (age 59)
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight: 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school: Northern (NC)
College: Howard
Undrafted: 1979
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played–started: 140–33
Interceptions: 22
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Games played–started: 140–33
Interceptions: 22
Player stats at NFL.com

Steven Anthony Wilson (born August 24, 1957) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. He played college football at Howard University. He was the former head football coach at his alma mater Howard University, from 1989 to 2001, and Texas Southern University, from 2004 to 2007.

Wilson attended Northern High School where he played defensive back and wide receiver. He was invited to the North-South Senior All-Star Game as a senior.

He accepted a scholarship to play for Howard University, where he focused on playing wide receiver. As a senior, he set single-season school records for catches (94), receiving yards (1,339), touchdown receptions (12) and kickoff returns (40). He graduated as the school's all-time leading receiver and kick returner.

In 2013, he was inducted into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference hall of fame. In 2012, he received MEAC/SWAC Challenge Legend honors. He also was inducted into the Black College Hall of Fame.

Wilson was not selected in the 1979 NFL Draft and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys. Although he was initially waived on August 14, he was re-signed on August 29 for depth purposes, after Butch Johnson was injured. He led the team in punt returns as a rookie.


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