‘I miss them': Aussie NFL hopeful breaks down when talking about home
The NFL hopeful moved to America to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, after auditioning in front of coach Mike Ekeler live on FaceTime, but homesickness has taken its toll on the Melburnian since moving to the United States in June.
'I love them a lot. I've got two little brothers and a mum and dad, and that's the tough part about being here,' Wilson said when asked about his family.
'I love them a lot and I miss them, but they know this is what's best for me, and it's good, I can still talk to them plenty over the phone, and they're coming here to see the first few games, so I'm looking forward to that.'
Wilson has since made appearances on Good Morning America and the Today show in the US after the moment resonated with many around the world.
His parents, Lee and Jess, and brothers Lewis and Oscar spoke on the Australian Today show on Thursday morning and said the family would be reunited in 11 days when they head over for the start of the college football season.
'There was a lot of tears yesterday,' Jess said.
'It's a bit crazy, but I spoke to him pretty much as soon as I woke up yesterday morning. He was absolutely fine, you can see at the end of the video he walks off, he's fine, he just broke down in those few moments.
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