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DillonWheatley
- position Fullback
- height 6-1
- Weight 215
- class Graduate Student
- Hometown Richmond, Ky.
- Previous School Pikeville
- High school Lexington Christian
2021 – Senior
- Saw his first collegiate action on Senior Day vs. New Mexico State
2020 – Junior
- Practiced with the team
- Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 – Sophomore
- Practiced with the team
- Transferred to Kentucky after playing one season at Pikeville College in Pikeville, Kentucky
2018 – Freshman (Pikeville)
- As a running back, played in eight games and had 23 carries for 142 yards and three scores
High School
- A four-year letter winner at Lexington Christian Academy for head coach Ethan Atchley
- Was part of the first team in school history that went undefeated in the regular season (2016) and was part of three straight region finalists
- Had a fantastic prep career statistically, finishing sixth all-time in KHSAA history with 107 career TDs, (101 rushing), 11th in points scored with 614 and 20th in rushing yards with 6,204 … Also had 161 career tackles as a linebacker
- As a senior in 2017, compiled 1,747 yards rushing with 31 rushing touchdowns, helping LCA go 11-2
- 2017 Lexington Player of the Year and “Class of the Commonwealth by the Lexington Herald-Leader
- Named one of the Commonwealth’s top 36 players in 2017 by BluegrassPreps.com
- Earned offensive MVP in the Best of the Bluegrass game vs. Louisville
- Three-time All-State and four-time All-City selection by the Herald-Leader
- Also a three-year letter winner as a sprinter on the track team … Helped LCA win the 2016-17 Class A Track championship
- Finished second in the state in the 100-meters
- Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Personal
- Born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Son of Dwayne and Tracy Wheatley
- Has two brothers, Dalton and Dustin
- Major is agricultural economics
Dillon Says
- He chose to play football at Kentucky because his dad is a Kentucky alumnus and it was his favorite school growing up
- After football, his dream job is to be in an engineer
- Three words to describe him are humble, driven, and hard-nosed
- Best advice he’s ever received is from his high school football coach, Ethan Atchley, “no one cares” aka, “no excuses”
- Hobbies include fishing, hunting, and riding four-wheelers