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Name: Tristan Wheeler
College: Richmond
Number: 30
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-0 Weight: 222
Position: Pos2: ST
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2024
40 Low: 4.92 40 Time: 4.98 40 High: 5.02
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Data Scout Notes: X-Down to Tryout/Way Slower/Def TL-12GP-105TT in 22...Listed/Ungraded by Scouts as a Senior **2022: Chuck Boone Leadership Award Winner/1stC...PBBuchanan/P2ndFCSAA/P1stC...2021: 1stC...2020: P2ndPSDS...2019: DROYC...JerryRiceAwardWatchlist
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Height: 6002
Weight: 222
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Dates: 03/21/24
Hand: 09 1/4 Arm: 29 5/8
Wingspan: 72 7/8
Height: 6002
Weight: 222
40 Yrd Dash: 4.98
20 Yrd Dash: 2.81
10 Yrd Dash: 1.63
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 21
Vertical Jump: 32
Broad Jump: 09'07"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.39
3-Cone Drill: 7.37
-6 LBs/40 Time Range: 4.94-5.01/Projected: 4.74/**+.24
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Tristan Wheeler, Richmond, Player News
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2022 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: Tristan Wheeler, Richmond, LB, Jr.,...Wheeler has 97 tackles, nine tackles for loss (-24 yards), two sacks, two interceptions, three pass breakups and three quarterback hurries. He recorded a career-high 19 tackles to op en the season at Virginia. His total tackles this season and tackles per game (8.8) rank fourth in the CAA. He has helped lead Richmond to the third-best defense in the CAA, allowing just 29 touchdowns on the season while holding opponents to 330.5 yards per game. - Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024  ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2022 CAA CHUCK BOONE LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE AWARD: Tristan Wheeler, Richmond,...Wheeler is the recipient of the prestigious Chuck Boone Leadership and Excellence Award, an honor that embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity, teamwork an d sportsmanship in academics and athletics. The Richmond linebacker earned first-team All-CAA accolades for the third time this season after recording a team-best 97 tackles, 9.0 TFL's and two interceptions. His 353 career tackles are the 4th-most of any active player in FCS football. The Spiders' team captain spearheaded a clothing drive for needy families in the Richmond area and organized and ran a youth football camp in his hometown of Bethlehem, Pa. - CAA Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2022 PRESEASON STATS PERFORM FCS SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: LB - Tristan Wheeler, 6-2, 228, redshirt junior, Richmond,...Wheeler, a preseason All-CAA Football selection last week, is a three-time All-CAA selection with two of those coming as First Team se lections. He was named Second Team All-America by Stats Perform last fall and was a First Team Sophomore All-America honoree by HERO Sports. He led the team and the CAA in total tackles in the regular season with 114. He ranked eighth in the nation in to tal tackles and tackles per game (10.4). He enters the season with 256 total tackles in 27 career games. - Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2022 PRESEASON BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WATCH LIST: LB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond, R-Jr., 6-2, 228,...Wheeler was a preseason All-America selection by Stats Perform earlier this week and a preseason All-CAA selection this year. He is a three-time All-CAA selec tion with two of those coming as First Team selections. He was named Second Team All-America by Stats Perform last fall and was a First Team Sophomore All-America honoree by HERO Sports. He led the team and the CAA in total tackles in the regular season with 114.He ranked eighth in the nation in total tackles and tackles per game (10.4). He enters the season with 256 total tackles in 27 career games. Wheeler was a Buck Buchanan Award Watch List honoree last fall and has posted back-to-back full s easons with over 100 tackles. He was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award during the shortened spring season in 2021 after posting 38 tackles in four games. Wheeler was the CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year and a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award given to the nation's top freshman in 2019. - Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2021 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Tristan Wheeler, Richmond, LB, So.,...Wheeler earns his third CAA postseason honor in as many seasons. The 2019 CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year is now a two-time First Team All-Conference selection in the spri ng season and the fall. Wheeler led the entire CAA in tackles this year and ranked eighth in the nation with 114 tackles, averaging 10.4 tackles per game. He added six tackles for loss, one sack and two interceptions in the Spiders' final three games on the year. All Wheeler has done since stepping on campus is make plays as he has 256 tackles in 27 career games. He has started 24-straight games and has posted 228 tackles in his last two full season (2019, 2021). - Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT All-CAA SECOND TEAM: Tristan Wheeler, Richmond, Soph.,...Wheeler is the second Spider linebacker honored on the team after earning CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. He was also named First Team Freshman All-America and was one of 20 finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, given annually to the top freshman in all of NCAA FCS. Wheeler led the NCAA FCS among freshmen in tackles with 104, becoming first FCS freshmen to eclipse the century mark since Bryson Armstrong in 2017 ( Kennesaw State) and the first true freshman in the CAA since 2013 (Gage Steele). - Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2019 ALL-COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Tristan Wheeler, Richmond, LB, Fr., Bethlehem, Pa.,...Wheeler was named the league's Defensive Rookie of the Year, marking the first time a Spider has won the award since 2007 when Eric McBride picked up the honor. He was just named one of the 20 finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the top freshman in NCAA FCS by STATS, Inc. He finished his rookie campaign tied for the team lead and leading all freshmen in the country in tackles this year with 104, despite not starting until the fourth game of the year.He becomes the first freshman in the NCAA FCS to reach the 100-tackle mark in a season since 2017 when Bryson Armstrong of Kennesaw State accomplished the task on his way to win ning the Jerry Rice Award. Wheeler becomes the first true freshman in Colonial Athletic Association history to reach the 100-tackle mark in a single season and the first freshman of any kind since Gage Steele (redshirt freshman) of James Madison in 2013. He recorded six games with double-digit tackles this season, starting his career with a bang with a 12-tackle showing against Jacksonville. - Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2019 CAA DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Tristan Wheeler, Richmond,...Wheeler led all freshmen in FCS with 104 tackles despite not starting until the fourth game of the year. The Spiders' linebacker is the first freshman in FCS to reach the 100-t ackle plateau since 2017 and the first in the CAA since 2013. He recorded double-digit stops in six games and also contributed 3.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles. Wheeler is also a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award as the top freshman in FCS. - Colonial Athletic Association Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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2019 JERRY RICE AWARD WATCH LIST: Tristan Wheeler, LB, Richmond: 76 tackles (36 solo), 3 TFL, 1 sack, 1 PBU, 1 FF (9 games),...Wheeler is second on the team and second in the country among all freshmen with 76 total tackles, averaging 8.4 tackles per gam e. Wheeler, who did not start until the fourth game of the year, ranks seventh overall in the Colonial Athletic Association in total tackles and is the top freshman tackler in the league.Wheeler has posted four games this season with at least 10 t ackles, including a career-high 13 tackles against Fordham. He has also 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack on the season while forcing one fumble. He is one of just two freshmen in the CAA on the 24-man Watch List for the Jerry Rice Award, joining UAlbany redshirt freshman quarterback Jeff Undercuffler. - STATS FCS/Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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The University of Richmond football team opened the 2019 season in impressive fashion, scoring 31 first half points on its way to a 38-19 victory against Jacksonville Thursday night at Robins Stadium. The Spiders have won 14th straight home openers datin g back to 2005, the ninth longest streak in the NCAA FCS level. Redshirt-junior quarterback Joe Mancuso (Blairsville, Ga.) finished with 208 total yards and scored two touchdowns. He rushed for a career-high 77 yards on the ground while also passing for 14-for-19 with 131 yards passing.The Richmond offense ran for 320 yards, including four touchdowns from Mancuso (two) and one each from redshirt freshman running backs Aaron Dykes (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Milan Howard (Charlotte, N.C.). The Spiders opened the game with a 10-play 80-yard drive capped off by a four-yard touchdown rush by Mancuso. Freshman linebacker Tristan Wheeler (Bethlehem, Pa.) led the defense with 12 tackles in his first career collegiate game. Junior linebacker Tyler Dressler ( Covington, Va.) added nine tackles, most in the first half, while Ritten and Jackson each finished with a tackle for loss in the win. - Richmond Football
(DS#40 ILB) rSr/2024 ILB Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
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