ATLANTA -- Georgia State's Albert Wilson is an honorable mention selection as an all-purpose player on SI.com's 2013 college football All-America team announced Tuesday.
The prolific receiver and return specialist is Georgia State's first All-American at the FBS level. Place-kicker Iain Vance was recognized at the FCS level by the Sports Network following the Panthers' inaugural season of 2010.
Wilson's average of 190.2 all-purpose yards per game is the second highest-figure in the FBS, behind fellow Sun Belt Conference player Antonio Andrews of Western Kentucky, but GSU is not eligible for official NCAA season rankings because of its reclassification. Andrews was SI.com's first-team selection for all-purpose player, with LSU's Odell Beckham making the second team.
In 2013, Wilson led the Sun Belt in receiving yards (98.1 per game) while ranking second in receptions (5.9) to earn first-team all-conference honors at wide receiver and second-team accolades as an all-purpose player.
He set GSU season records with 71 catches for 1,177 yards and eight touchdowns, along with 2,283 all-purpose yards, breaking his own record in each category. He averaged 23.5 yards on kickoff returns and was the Panthers' third-leading rusher.
Wilson's career total of 6,235 yards of rushing, receiving and returns ranks among the Top 30 in NCAA history.
A senior from Port St. Lucie, Fla., Wilson finishes his tenure in a Georgia State uniform with the school's career records for receptions (175), receiving yards (3,190), yards per catch (18.2), touchdown receptions (23), 100-yard games (13), kickoff returns (95), kickoff return yards (2,338), kickoff returns for touchdowns (2), punt returns (41), punt return yards (376), all-purpose yards (6,235) and touchdowns scored (26).
He has been involved in six of the seven longest plays from scrimmage in school history, including both the longest pass (93 yards) and longest run (80 yards). He also has the longest kickoff return (100) and longest punt return (62) in Panther annals, totalling 21 plays of 50 yards or longer in his career.
