Safety, Kansas State (from Prairie View A&M), 2018–22
Drake Cheatum
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 191 lb
- Class (2022)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Mesquite, TX
Drake Cheatum played safety at Prairie View A&M (2018–21) and Kansas State (2022).
Career highs
12tackles, career hightwice; last at Texas A&M, 2021Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2022
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Prairie View A&M | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Prairie View A&M | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Prairie View A&M | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 56 | 31 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 86 | 52 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Prairie View A&M | 21 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2019 | Prairie View A&M | 21 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Prairie View A&M | 21 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2022 | Kansas State | 21 | S | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′10″ | 191 |
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
2022 Kansas State 12 games, 56 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. South Dakota | W 34–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Missouri | W 40–12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Tulane | L 10–17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | at Oklahoma | W 41–34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Texas Tech | W 37–28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Iowa State | W 10–9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at TCU | L 28–38 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 48–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Texas | L 27–34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Baylor | W 31–3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at West Virginia | W 48–31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Kansas | W 47–27 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Prairie View A&M 1 game, 12 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | at Texas A&M | L 3–52 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 25 vs. Grambling, so that game is not listed.
2019 Prairie View A&M 1 game, 12 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | at Houston | L 17–37 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Aug 31 at Texas Southern; Sep 14 vs. Nicholls; Sep 21 at Alcorn State; Sep 28 vs. Grambling; Oct 12 at Southern; Oct 19 vs. Virginia Lynchburg; Oct 24 vs. Jackson State; Nov 9 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff; Nov 16 vs. Edward Waters; Nov 28 at Alabama State, so those games are not listed.
2018 Prairie View A&M 2 games, 6 tackles
No box score in the source for Sep 2 at North Carolina Central; Sep 8 at Sam Houston; Sep 22 at Arkansas–Pine Bluff; Sep 29 at Grambling; Oct 13 vs. Southern; Oct 27 vs. Alcorn State; Nov 3 at Jackson State; Nov 17 vs. Alabama State; Nov 24 vs. Texas Southern, so those games are not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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