Karl Wilson

{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Karl Wilson

| number = 72, 90, 77, 92, 91, 73

| position = Defensive lineman

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|9|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Amite City, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 274

| high_school = Baker (LA)

| college = LSU

| draftyear = 1987

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 59

| pastteams =

• San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1987|1988}})
• Phoenix Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1989}})
• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1990}})
• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1991}})
• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1992|1993}})
• Miami Dolphins (1993)
• San Francisco 49ers (1993)
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1994}})
• Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1995}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-SEC (1986)

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 143

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 15.0

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = W/WilsKa20

}}

Karl Wendell Wilson (born September 10, 1964) is an American former football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for eight different teams. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 1987 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1987 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football at Louisiana State University.{{cite web|title=Karl Wilson NFL Football Statistics|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilsKa20.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=April 16, 2016}}

With Dallas Cowboys left tackle Erik Williams, Wilson appeared on the cover of the video game Madden NFL '95, albeit with his shirt number changed to the unused number 70.