2000: Started all 12 games at strong safety ... Finished third on the team with 88 tackles, 59 solo ... Registered three tackles for loss and three pass breakups ... Recovered a fumble vs. Indiana.
1999: Saw action in eight games at strong safety ... Recorded three tackles, all of them coming at Michigan.
1998: Saw action in five games at strong safety ...Did not record a tackle.
High School: SuperPrep all-regional ... Prep-Star all-region ... Two-year all-conference ... Two times most valuable offensive player ... All-conference Scholar-Athlete award ... Dailey Bulletin Player of the Week ... Played in the San Gabriel All-Star Game ... Team captain ... Rushed for more than 1,000 yards, 13 touchdowns, caught three passes for touchdowns and averaged 6.9 yards per carry ... Lettered in three sports (football, track, basketball) ...High school coach was Dick Larson.
Personal: Born Rashidi Ayodele Wheeler on 2/18/79 ... Son of George Wheeler and Linda Will ... Sociology major.
Wheeler's Career Stats
DEFENSE
| Year | GP | ST | AT | TT | TFL | INT | PBU | FR | FF | SAk |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
| TOTALS | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
The Wheeler File
Q. Nobody knows that I: played soccer for most of my life.
Q. The one thing I can't stand: repeating the same question.
Q. If I could change one thing about myself: take other people's feelings into consideration more.