Linebacker, Kansas (from Michigan), 2020–24
Cornell Wheeler
- Number
- No. 44
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- West Bloomfield, MI
Cornell Wheeler played linebacker at Michigan (2020–21) and Kansas (2021–24).
Career highs
10tackles, career highat Baylor, 2024Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2021
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Michigan | 44 | LB | RS | ||
| 2021 | Michigan | 44 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2021 | Kansas | 44 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2022 | Kansas | 44 | LB | So. | ||
| 2023 | Kansas | 44 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2024 | Kansas | 44 | LB | Sr. | 6′0″ | 230 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2024 Kansas 10 games, 65 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Lindenwood | W 48–3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 7 | at Illinois | L 17–23 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. UNLV | L 20–23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | at West Virginia | L 28–32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Houston | W 42–14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at Kansas State | L 27–29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Iowa State | W 45–36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at BYU | W 17–13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Colorado | W 37–21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at Baylor | L 17–45 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Kansas 8 games, 25 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs.BYU | W 38–27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Texas | L 14–40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. UCF | W 51–22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Oklahoma State | L 32–39 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Oklahoma | W 38–33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Texas Tech | L 13–16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Cincinnati | W 49–16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs.UNLV | W 49–36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Kansas 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | atIowa State | L 7–59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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