Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Kansas State
Sammy Wheeler
TE • 6'5" • 241 lbs • Lenexa, KS, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Sammy Wheeler reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Sammy Wheeler built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a tight end from Lenexa, KS wearing No. 19, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Sammy Wheeler's career was his receiving role: 34...
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- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Sammy Wheeler, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kansas State. Sammy Wheeler reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 488
- Receptions
- 34
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Sammy Wheeler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 488
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. James Academy · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- St. James Academy · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2022 Receiving yards rank
- 125 receiving yards · TE 162nd (top 37%) · Big 12 69th (top 41%) · National 862nd (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3 | 4 | 78 | 0 | 61.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 5 | 7 | 134 | 1 | 64 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kansas State | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 62 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 10 | 14 | 139 | 1 | 62 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 8 | 125 | 2 | 50.6 |
Related Context
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Sammy Wheeler played TE for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sammy Wheeler recorded 488 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 134 primary output with 88.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 65.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
7
Receiving Yards / G
17.9
Efficiency
65.7
Usage
7.2
Consistency
29.7
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 10. Tulane: 9. Texas Tech: 3. TCU: 9. Texas: 8. West Virginia: 44. Kansas: 42
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 1 by 66.7. Tulane: 1 by 60. Texas Tech: 1 by 20. TCU: 1 by 60. Texas: 1 by 53.3. West Virginia: 2 by 100. Kansas: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins24.8 · Games = 4 · +16.1 vs Losses
Losses8.7 · Games = 3 · -16.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas
Player Story
Sammy Wheeler story
Sammy Wheeler built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a tight end from Lenexa, KS wearing No. 19, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Sammy Wheeler's career was his receiving role: 34 catches, 488 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Sammy Wheeler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 78 | 91.1 | 8.2 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 134 | 88.4 | 8.5 | 56 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kansas State | 151 | 62.1 | 10.3 | 17 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 151 | 62.1 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 125 | 65.7 | 7.2 | -26 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs West Virginia
Week 11 · W 34-17 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
45
Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ West Virginia
Week 12 · W 48-31 · Conference game
44
Receiving Yards
78.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
44 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Oklahoma State
Week 10 · L 18-20 · Conference game
58
Receiving Yards
77.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
58 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Oklahoma State
Week 5 · L 13-26 · Conference game
39
Receiving Yards
76.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
39 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Kansas
Week 13 · W 47-27 · Conference game
42
Receiving Yards
75.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
134 primary output · 88.4 efficiency · 8.5 usage
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#2
2021 Postseason · Kansas State
62
151 primary · 62.1 efficiency · 10.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Kansas State
62
151 primary · 62.1 efficiency · 10.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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