Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Kansas
Cornell Wheeler
LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • West Bloomfield, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cornell Wheeler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
86
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
84
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Michigan • Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Cornell Wheeler built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from West Bloomfield, MI wearing No. 44, spending time with Kansas and Michigan. The clearest part of Cornell Wheeler's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Cornell Wheeler, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kansas. Cornell Wheeler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 91
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Cornell Wheeler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 91
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · West Bloomfield · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- West Bloomfield · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 65 tackles · LB 186th (top 16%) · Big 12 36th (top 6%) · National 310th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 65 | 5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 66.5 |
Related Context
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Cornell Wheeler played LB for Michigan and Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cornell Wheeler recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Kansas paired 10 primary output with 37.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 37.1 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan, Kansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
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Efficiency
37.1
Usage
8.2
Consistency
60.2
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Lindenwood: 2. Illinois: 3. UNLV: 1. West Virginia: 0. Houston: 1. Kansas State: 0. Iowa State: 1. BYU: 1. Colorado: 1. Baylor: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Lindenwood: 5 by 40.8. Illinois: 8 by 63.3. UNLV: 7 by 39.2. West Virginia: 5 by 20.8. Houston: 4 by 26.7. Kansas State: 6 by 25. Iowa State: 9 by 47.5. BYU: 2 by 18.3. Colorado: 9 by 47.5. Baylor: 10 by 41.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Baylor10+ tackles | L 17-45 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Colorado | W 37-21 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ BYU | W 17-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Iowa State | W 45-36 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/27 | @ Kansas State | L 27-29 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Houston | W 42-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ West Virginia | L 28-32 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/13 | vs UNLV | L 20-23 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ IllinoisSplash game | L 17-23 | 8 | 5 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs LindenwoodSplash game | W 48-3 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Cornell Wheeler story
Cornell Wheeler built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from West Bloomfield, MI wearing No. 44, spending time with Kansas and Michigan. The clearest part of Cornell Wheeler's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Cornell Wheeler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Michigan
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas
2021-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 7 | 21.8 | 7.8 | 7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 7 | 21.8 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 37.1 | 8.2 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 2 · L 17-23
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Oklahoma
Week 9 · W 38-33 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Oklahoma State
Week 7 · L 32-39 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs BYU
Week 4 · W 38-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Colorado
Week 13 · W 37-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
10 primary output · 37.1 efficiency · 8.2 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Kansas
48.2
7 primary · 21.8 efficiency · 7.8 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kansas
48.2
7 primary · 21.8 efficiency · 7.8 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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