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Evan Wibberley - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 58

EvanWibberley

  • position Offensive Lineman
  • height 6-5
  • Weight 301
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Edgewood, Ky.
  • High school Dixie Heights
  • Previous School Western Kentucky
BIO

2025 – Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after three seasons at Western Kentucky
• Has played in 25 career games with 15 consecutive career starts

2024 – Sophomore (WKU)
• Started in all 14 games at center for the Hilltoppers, helping WKU finish 8-6 overall and earn berths in both the CUSA Championship Game and the Boca Raton Bowl
• Named to Phil Steele’s 2024 Postseason CUSA All-Conference Fourth Team

2023 – r-Freshman (WKU)
• Started in one of 11 games played in 2023
• Primarily provided depth on special teams, but was thrust into a starting role as the team’s center for the 38-35 overtime victory against Old Dominion in the Famous Toastery Bowl
• Helped the Hilltoppers finish second in Conference USA … tie for ninth nationally in sacks allowed with just one per game
• Named to the 2023 Conference USA All-Freshman Team as an offensive lineman

2022 – Freshman (WKU)
• Redshirt season

High School
• Rated as a three-star prospect coming out of Dixie Heights High School
• A versatile athlete who saw action a left tackle, right tackle, defensive end and defensive tackle
• A three-year starter for head coach David Brossart
• Earned First Team All-State, First Team Tri State, First Team All-District and First Team All-Region as a senior after helping the Colonels average 330 yards per game
• Named the John Schlarman Lineman of the Year in 2021
• Earned a Top 26 Award by at the Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association
• Name to the All-Northern Kentucky Team by local coaches two straight seasons
• Also wrestled for a season at Dixie Heights
• An excellent student who graduated with a 4.3 grade point average

Personal
• Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Son of Inga Wibberley and the late Matt Wibberley
• Has one older brother, Logan

Evan Says
• Nickname is “Wibbz”
• Other than play in the NFL, his dream job is to be a sales manager
• The one thing most people don’t know about him is that he battles ulcerative colitis
• Besides playing football, he’s also good at pickle ball
• His biggest motivator is his dad who passed away from cancer in November of 2023

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