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DrewSchlegel
- position Tight End/fullback
- height 5-11
- Weight 218
- class Senior
- Hometown Parker, Colo.
- High school Regis Jesuit
2019 – Junior
- Saw action in all 13 games
- Got his first career catch vs. the Gators for 12 yards
- Had two kick returns, one for three yards at Miss. State and one for six yards vs. Louisville
- Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2018 – Sophomore
- Saw action in 11 games and totaled four tackles on special teams
- Named to Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 – r-Freshman
- Practiced with the team
- Named to Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 – Freshman
- Redshirt season
- Dean’s List (Spring 2017)
High School
- Three-year starter and team captain at Regis Jesuit for Coach Mark Nolan
- Charted 115 tackles, including 83 solo tackles, 16 tackles for loss, five sacks, three interceptions and two defensive touchdowns as a senior
- Totaled 100 tackles in his junior season
- Also lettered two seasons as a back for the rugby team, leading the Raiders to a state championship his senior season
- Picked UK over Wyoming, Colorado State and San Diego for football and Army West Point for rugby
Personal
- Born in Conifer, Colorado
- Son of Mike and Angela Schlegel
- Has one sister, Ally
- Mike was a defensive tackle and team captain at Kentucky from 1992-95
- On track to graduate in May of 2020 with a degree in finance
Drew Says
- He chose Kentucky because his dad played at UK, his dream was to play for the Wildcats, and it was close to Murray State basketball
- His sports hero is Isaiah Canaan because he’s the greatest player of all time and he overcame adversity
- His dream job would be to play for the St. Louis Battlehawks and then become an alpaca farmer
- Besides playing football, he’s also good at scouting mid-major college basketball
- The three people he would invite to his fantasy dinner are Isaiah Canaan, Jesus and King Leonidas