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Jersey Number 2
Tyrus Wheat
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Amite, La.
- High School/Previous School:
- Amite HS (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] C.C.)
Bio
2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2022 Second Team All-SEC
2022 (Graduate Season)
Appeared and started in 12 games ... Finished with 53 tackles including 10.5 tackles for loss and co-led the team with 6.0 sacks ... Led the team with eight quarterbacks hurries ... Memphis (9/3): Picked up a pair of tackles and a pass breakup in State’s season-opening win over Memphis ... at Arizona (9/10): Totaled five tackles (all solo), a pass breakup, and a quarterback hurry ... at LSU(9/17): Collected six tackles including a sack … Also recovered a fumble ... Bowling Green (9/24): Had three tackles including a split tackle for loss ... Texas A&M (10/1): Made five stops and recovered a fumble in the redzone ... Arkansas (10/8): Totaled four tackles including a sack for a loss of nine yards ... at Kentucky (10/15): Had a sack and split a tackle for loss ... at Alabama (10/22): Collected a season-high seven tackles ... Auburn (11/5): Tallied six tackles with a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks ... Georgia (11/12): Recorded five tackles including one split tackle for loss ... Picked off a pass at the line of scrimmage ... ETSU (11/19): Made one stop ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Registered 2.5 tackles for loss including one sack in State's Egg Bowl victory.
2021 (Senior Season)
Started all 13 games for the Bulldogs ... Registered 46 total tackles, including 20 solo stops, 10.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks ... Forced a fumble and had a recovery ... Had one interception that came in the season opener ... Totaled five QB hurries and two pass breakups on the campaign ... Louisiana Tech (9/4): Totaled three tackles, an interception and a QB hurry in the season-opening victory over LA Tech ... NC State (9/11): Registered three total tackles and had a pass breakup in the win over the Wolfpack ... at Memphis (9/18): Had two tackles, including a sack for a loss of three yards ... LSU (9/25): Had three total tackles, half a tackle for loss and a QB hurry against the Tigers ... at Texas A&M (10/2): Had three tackles, 1.5 for loss, and a sack for a loss of nine yards ... Also forced a fumble in State's road win over the Aggies ... Alabama (10/16): Assisted on four tackles against the Crimson Tide ... at Vanderbilt (10/23): Had four solo stops and two sacks for a loss of 12 yards in MSU's road win over the Commodores ... Kentucky (10/30): Had three total tackles (1 solo) and a pass breakup against the Wildcats ... at Arkansas (11/6): Registered a season-high eight total tackles, including three solo stops, to go along with 1.5 sacks against the Razorbacks ... at Auburn (11/13): Had five total tackles (3 solo) and a tackle for loss ... Recovered a fumble in State's come-from-behind road win over the Tigers ... Tennessee State (11/20): Had five total tackles, including four solo stops, to go along with 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks ... Ole Miss (11/25): Assisted on two tackles against the Rebels ... vs. Texas Tech (12/28): Had one solo tackle and three QB hurries against the Red Raiders in the 2021 Liberty Bowl.
2020 (Junior Season)
Appeared in nine games with eight starts ... One of 26 Bulldogs to make their first career start in 2020 ... One of 27 student-athletes to make their Mississippi State debut in 2020 ... Ranked tied for No. 12 in the FBS and No. 2 in the SEC in fumbles recovered (2) ... Was No. 82 nationally and No. 8 in the SEC in sacks per game (0.56) ... at LSU (9/26): Made collegiate debut in a start ... Recorded four tackles, one sack and one pass break ... Picked up his first career sack in the second quarter ... Part of a defense that recorded 7.0 sacks, its most since 2015 (7.0; Ole Miss) ... Earned the highest defensive (76.2) and coverage (74.1) grades for the Bulldogs and was second on the team in tackling (79.2) and pass rushing (72.4) grades, according to PFF ... Arkansas (10/3): Posted two tackles and 0.5 sack ... at Kentucky (10/10): Logged a sack for the third straight game to start his Mississippi State career as his lone tackle ... Part of a defense that allowed only 157 yards of total offense, the fewest yielded by the Bulldogs in an SEC contest since 2008 against Vanderbilt (107 yards) ... Texas A&M (10/17): Recorded four tackles ... at Alabama (10/31): Recovered the first fumble of his career on a goal-line stand in the fourth quarter and returned it 13 yards ... Added one tackle ... Vanderbilt (11/7): Finished with six tackles, two forced fumbles, one sack, one tackle for loss and one fumble recovery ... Forced his first career fumble in the third quarter, which was recovered by Mississippi State ... Recorded a strip sack and recovered the fumble in the fourth quarter, which led to an MSU touchdown ... The first Bulldog to force two fumbles since Tim Washington at Auburn in 2019 ... Part of a defense that forced a season-high five turnovers, the most in a game by the Bulldogs since Nov. 17, 2012, against Arkansas (5) ... Led the team and ranked 15th in the country in pass rushing grade (90.7) during Week 10 per PFF ... Earned the second-highest defensive grade (79.4) on the team by PFF ... Auburn (12/12): Owned two tackles ... Missouri (12/19): Posted State's lone sack of the game in the first quarter ... Made four tackles ... Broke up one pass ... vs. Tulsa (12/31): Logged six stops ... Had 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks ... Added one interception ... Combined with Aaron Brule on a first-quarter sack ... Added a solo tackle for loss on the final play of the first quarter ... Intercepted a fourth-quarter pass at the MSU 3-yard line and returned it 23 yards with 3:19 to play in an 11-point game.
2018-19 (Copiah-Lincoln C.C.)
Three-star junior college prospect per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Rated No. 1 junior college inside linebacker per 247Sports … Top-40 overall junior college prospect per Rivals (No. 26) and 247Sports (No. 36) … Totaled 104 career tackles, including 8.0 for loss, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and five interceptions in 19 games played … Tabbed NJCAA All-Region 23 as a sophomore … Named first-team Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges as a sophomore … As a sophomore, posted 39 tackles and 6.0 tackles for loss … Owned a team-high three interceptions … Forced two fumbles and recovered three fumbles … Posted two interceptions, including an 86-yard pick-six, to earn MACJC Player of the Week honors against Northeast Mississippi (9/6/19) … As a freshman, made 65 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions … Committed to MSU on Aug. 2, 2019.
High School
Prepped at Amite High School under head coach Zephaniah Powell … Three-star prospect per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Earned All-District 8-2A honors as a senior.
Personal
Born Tyrus Darrell Wheat on Dec. 8, 1999 … Son of Cynthia and Reginald Wheat ... Has three sisters: Regina Wheat, Deborah Perry, and Vatasha Williams ... Has three brothers: Javontae Wheat, Reginald Perry, and Tabyius Perry … Majoring in Workforce Education … Twitter handle is @Tyrus_Wheat18.
2022 Second Team All-SEC
2022 (Graduate Season)
Appeared and started in 12 games ... Finished with 53 tackles including 10.5 tackles for loss and co-led the team with 6.0 sacks ... Led the team with eight quarterbacks hurries ... Memphis (9/3): Picked up a pair of tackles and a pass breakup in State’s season-opening win over Memphis ... at Arizona (9/10): Totaled five tackles (all solo), a pass breakup, and a quarterback hurry ... at LSU(9/17): Collected six tackles including a sack … Also recovered a fumble ... Bowling Green (9/24): Had three tackles including a split tackle for loss ... Texas A&M (10/1): Made five stops and recovered a fumble in the redzone ... Arkansas (10/8): Totaled four tackles including a sack for a loss of nine yards ... at Kentucky (10/15): Had a sack and split a tackle for loss ... at Alabama (10/22): Collected a season-high seven tackles ... Auburn (11/5): Tallied six tackles with a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks ... Georgia (11/12): Recorded five tackles including one split tackle for loss ... Picked off a pass at the line of scrimmage ... ETSU (11/19): Made one stop ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Registered 2.5 tackles for loss including one sack in State's Egg Bowl victory.
2021 (Senior Season)
Started all 13 games for the Bulldogs ... Registered 46 total tackles, including 20 solo stops, 10.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks ... Forced a fumble and had a recovery ... Had one interception that came in the season opener ... Totaled five QB hurries and two pass breakups on the campaign ... Louisiana Tech (9/4): Totaled three tackles, an interception and a QB hurry in the season-opening victory over LA Tech ... NC State (9/11): Registered three total tackles and had a pass breakup in the win over the Wolfpack ... at Memphis (9/18): Had two tackles, including a sack for a loss of three yards ... LSU (9/25): Had three total tackles, half a tackle for loss and a QB hurry against the Tigers ... at Texas A&M (10/2): Had three tackles, 1.5 for loss, and a sack for a loss of nine yards ... Also forced a fumble in State's road win over the Aggies ... Alabama (10/16): Assisted on four tackles against the Crimson Tide ... at Vanderbilt (10/23): Had four solo stops and two sacks for a loss of 12 yards in MSU's road win over the Commodores ... Kentucky (10/30): Had three total tackles (1 solo) and a pass breakup against the Wildcats ... at Arkansas (11/6): Registered a season-high eight total tackles, including three solo stops, to go along with 1.5 sacks against the Razorbacks ... at Auburn (11/13): Had five total tackles (3 solo) and a tackle for loss ... Recovered a fumble in State's come-from-behind road win over the Tigers ... Tennessee State (11/20): Had five total tackles, including four solo stops, to go along with 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks ... Ole Miss (11/25): Assisted on two tackles against the Rebels ... vs. Texas Tech (12/28): Had one solo tackle and three QB hurries against the Red Raiders in the 2021 Liberty Bowl.
2020 (Junior Season)
Appeared in nine games with eight starts ... One of 26 Bulldogs to make their first career start in 2020 ... One of 27 student-athletes to make their Mississippi State debut in 2020 ... Ranked tied for No. 12 in the FBS and No. 2 in the SEC in fumbles recovered (2) ... Was No. 82 nationally and No. 8 in the SEC in sacks per game (0.56) ... at LSU (9/26): Made collegiate debut in a start ... Recorded four tackles, one sack and one pass break ... Picked up his first career sack in the second quarter ... Part of a defense that recorded 7.0 sacks, its most since 2015 (7.0; Ole Miss) ... Earned the highest defensive (76.2) and coverage (74.1) grades for the Bulldogs and was second on the team in tackling (79.2) and pass rushing (72.4) grades, according to PFF ... Arkansas (10/3): Posted two tackles and 0.5 sack ... at Kentucky (10/10): Logged a sack for the third straight game to start his Mississippi State career as his lone tackle ... Part of a defense that allowed only 157 yards of total offense, the fewest yielded by the Bulldogs in an SEC contest since 2008 against Vanderbilt (107 yards) ... Texas A&M (10/17): Recorded four tackles ... at Alabama (10/31): Recovered the first fumble of his career on a goal-line stand in the fourth quarter and returned it 13 yards ... Added one tackle ... Vanderbilt (11/7): Finished with six tackles, two forced fumbles, one sack, one tackle for loss and one fumble recovery ... Forced his first career fumble in the third quarter, which was recovered by Mississippi State ... Recorded a strip sack and recovered the fumble in the fourth quarter, which led to an MSU touchdown ... The first Bulldog to force two fumbles since Tim Washington at Auburn in 2019 ... Part of a defense that forced a season-high five turnovers, the most in a game by the Bulldogs since Nov. 17, 2012, against Arkansas (5) ... Led the team and ranked 15th in the country in pass rushing grade (90.7) during Week 10 per PFF ... Earned the second-highest defensive grade (79.4) on the team by PFF ... Auburn (12/12): Owned two tackles ... Missouri (12/19): Posted State's lone sack of the game in the first quarter ... Made four tackles ... Broke up one pass ... vs. Tulsa (12/31): Logged six stops ... Had 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks ... Added one interception ... Combined with Aaron Brule on a first-quarter sack ... Added a solo tackle for loss on the final play of the first quarter ... Intercepted a fourth-quarter pass at the MSU 3-yard line and returned it 23 yards with 3:19 to play in an 11-point game.
2018-19 (Copiah-Lincoln C.C.)
Three-star junior college prospect per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Rated No. 1 junior college inside linebacker per 247Sports … Top-40 overall junior college prospect per Rivals (No. 26) and 247Sports (No. 36) … Totaled 104 career tackles, including 8.0 for loss, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and five interceptions in 19 games played … Tabbed NJCAA All-Region 23 as a sophomore … Named first-team Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges as a sophomore … As a sophomore, posted 39 tackles and 6.0 tackles for loss … Owned a team-high three interceptions … Forced two fumbles and recovered three fumbles … Posted two interceptions, including an 86-yard pick-six, to earn MACJC Player of the Week honors against Northeast Mississippi (9/6/19) … As a freshman, made 65 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions … Committed to MSU on Aug. 2, 2019.
High School
Prepped at Amite High School under head coach Zephaniah Powell … Three-star prospect per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Earned All-District 8-2A honors as a senior.
Personal
Born Tyrus Darrell Wheat on Dec. 8, 1999 … Son of Cynthia and Reginald Wheat ... Has three sisters: Regina Wheat, Deborah Perry, and Vatasha Williams ... Has three brothers: Javontae Wheat, Reginald Perry, and Tabyius Perry … Majoring in Workforce Education … Twitter handle is @Tyrus_Wheat18.
FOOTBALL | Jeff Lebby Postgame vs. Southern Miss
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Brylan Lanier INT
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Fluff Bothwell TD
Saturday, August 30
FOOTBALL | Ferrie 55-yard FG
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