Kansas State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Wheeler, Sammy
Jersey Number 19
Sammy Wheeler
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 241
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lenexa, Kan.
- High School:
- St. James Academy
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2020-22 First Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2019 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Saw action in 41 career games with 10 starts through parts of four seasons... Originally entered the program as a quarterback before switching to tight end prior to the 2019 season.
2022: Played in 14 games with seven starts, hauling in eight receptions for 125 yards and a career-best two touchdowns... Caught a 42-yard touchdown pass against Kansas, the longest reception for a touchdown in his career and the second-longest overall catch of his career... Also scored on a nine-yard pass at TCU... Tallied a season-high two catches at West Virginia... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2021: Saw time in all 13 games with starts against TCU and Kansas... Set career highs in catches (15) and yards (151)... Tallied three catches against West Virginia to tie his career high, which included a 35-yard reception on 4th and 8 to help seal the win... His game against the Mountaineers featured his second-career touchdown catch on a four-yard pass... Also had three receptions the next week against Baylor... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.
2020: Played in seven games, including his first-career start in K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma... Hauled in seven receptions for 134 yards and a touchdown on the year... Set a career high with three receptions at West Virginia, while he had a career-long catch of 58 yards against Oklahoma State... Scored his first-career touchdown on a 16-yard catch against Kansas... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
2019: Saw time in seven games before an injury cut his season short... Finished with four catches for 78 yards on the year... Registered a career-high two catches at Oklahoma, while he had a 39-yard reception on the first play after a weather delay at Oklahoma State... Transitioned from quarterback to tight end during spring practices... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2018: Redshirted... A co-winner of the team’s Red Raider Award as the top contributor on the scout squad.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. James Academy under head coach Tom Radke... Rated the nation’s 39th-best dual-threat quarterback in the Class of 2017 by ESPN and the sixth-best player in the state of Kansas by Scout... Completing his career by throwing for 1,596 yards and 16 touchdowns on 121-of-274 aim... Had a great senior season in which he tossed 13 touchdowns and threw for 1,187 yards en route to honorable mention all-league honors... Rushed for 634 career yards and five touchdowns... Also a member of the track team, participating in the high jump.
PERSONAL: Sammy Wheeler was born May 18, 1999, in Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Sean and Susan Wheeler... Has five siblings, Christopher, Ellie, Lauren, Ben and Maggie... Father, Sean, and uncle, Mike, were wide receivers at K-State in 1989... Earned his degree from K-State in kinesiology in May 2021 and is currently working on his MBA.
• 2020-22 First Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2019 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Saw action in 41 career games with 10 starts through parts of four seasons... Originally entered the program as a quarterback before switching to tight end prior to the 2019 season.
2022: Played in 14 games with seven starts, hauling in eight receptions for 125 yards and a career-best two touchdowns... Caught a 42-yard touchdown pass against Kansas, the longest reception for a touchdown in his career and the second-longest overall catch of his career... Also scored on a nine-yard pass at TCU... Tallied a season-high two catches at West Virginia... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2021: Saw time in all 13 games with starts against TCU and Kansas... Set career highs in catches (15) and yards (151)... Tallied three catches against West Virginia to tie his career high, which included a 35-yard reception on 4th and 8 to help seal the win... His game against the Mountaineers featured his second-career touchdown catch on a four-yard pass... Also had three receptions the next week against Baylor... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.
2020: Played in seven games, including his first-career start in K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma... Hauled in seven receptions for 134 yards and a touchdown on the year... Set a career high with three receptions at West Virginia, while he had a career-long catch of 58 yards against Oklahoma State... Scored his first-career touchdown on a 16-yard catch against Kansas... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
2019: Saw time in seven games before an injury cut his season short... Finished with four catches for 78 yards on the year... Registered a career-high two catches at Oklahoma, while he had a 39-yard reception on the first play after a weather delay at Oklahoma State... Transitioned from quarterback to tight end during spring practices... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2018: Redshirted... A co-winner of the team’s Red Raider Award as the top contributor on the scout squad.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. James Academy under head coach Tom Radke... Rated the nation’s 39th-best dual-threat quarterback in the Class of 2017 by ESPN and the sixth-best player in the state of Kansas by Scout... Completing his career by throwing for 1,596 yards and 16 touchdowns on 121-of-274 aim... Had a great senior season in which he tossed 13 touchdowns and threw for 1,187 yards en route to honorable mention all-league honors... Rushed for 634 career yards and five touchdowns... Also a member of the track team, participating in the high jump.
PERSONAL: Sammy Wheeler was born May 18, 1999, in Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Sean and Susan Wheeler... Has five siblings, Christopher, Ellie, Lauren, Ben and Maggie... Father, Sean, and uncle, Mike, were wide receivers at K-State in 1989... Earned his degree from K-State in kinesiology in May 2021 and is currently working on his MBA.
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