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KalebCheek
- position Wide Receiver
- height 5-10
- Weight 190
- class Freshman
- Hometown Asheboro, N.C.
- High school Asheboro
2021 – Sophomore
- Practiced with the team
2020 – Freshman
- Practiced with the team
High School
- Three-year letter winner and two-year starter as a running back at Asheboro High School for head coach Kevin Gillespie
- Earned All-Conference honors after averaging 99.5 total yards per game (699 total) through seven games as senior before being sidelined with injury
- Scored seven touchdowns, six rushing and one receiving
- Also earned All-Conference in the 100-meters for the track team
- Chose Kentucky over Virginia Military Institute
Personal
- Born in Asheboro, North Carolina
- Son of Kimberly Cheek and Dominque Nicholson
- Has one brother, Kaden Cheek
- Major is kinesiology
Kaleb Says
- His nickname is “Cheek”
- He chose Kentucky because it felt like the right place to grow as a football player and person
- His dream job is to be a pharmacist
- The person he admires the most is his mom because she is a hard worker and has been a positive role model in his life
- Three words to describe him are passionate, driven, and self-reliant