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Tyrus Wheat

LB Football

Biography

2022 (Senior)

  • Named to Athlon’s 2022 Preseason All-SEC Team

2021 (Junior)

  • Tabbed Second Team All-SEC by Phil Steele in 2021
  • Played and started in all 13 games
  • Amassed 46 tackles, 20 being solo stops
  • Led the team with 10.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks
  • Picked off one pass and tallied three pass deflections
  • Hurried the quarterback five times
  • Recovered a fumble and forced another

2020 (Sophomore)

  • Played in nine games and started eight times
  • Registered 30 tackles, including six tackles for loss
  • Led the team with five sacks, rating eighth in the SEC for the year with 0.56 sacks per game
  • Picked off a pass and had three pass deflections
  • Forced two fumbles and recovered another
  • Tied for 12th in the FBS and ranked second in the SEC in fumble recoveries
  • Credited with two quarterback hurries

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