The on-loan Liverpool attacker was sent on in the 62nd minute of the Championship clash with Cardiff trailing 1-0 at home.
Nine minutes later, Wilson’s incisive pass into the area teed up Kieffer Moore to gain a point for Mick McCarthy’s team.
Sheyi Ojo, who had scored in Cardiff’s previous fixture, began the match and clocked up an hour.
Elsewhere in the division, Harvey Elliott was involved for 61 minutes of Blackburn Rovers’ eventual 1-0 home win over Luton Town.
In League One, Adam Lewis made a second-half substitute appearance for Plymouth Argyle as they drew 2-2 with Accrington Stanley.