Tyrus Wheat - Athletes

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 12^th in the FBS and ranked second in the SEC in fumble recoveries
• Credited with two quarterback hurries