2025 Football Roster
Nov 15 (Sat)
TBA
Hosea Wheeler
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 298
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- Franklin
- Prev School:
- Western Kentucky
CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Appeared in 41 career FBS game with 26 starts ... Spent three seasons at Western Kentucky (2022-24) with 31 games played and 25 starts ... Played in nine games during one season at Sacramento City College (2021) ... Tabbed first-team All-Conference USA once (2024) ... Owns four career forced turnovers (1 INT, 2 FF, 1 FR) ... Blocked two career kicks - both in 2024 ... Posted at least one tackle in 28-straight games.
2025 (Redshirt-Senior Season)
Season: Started one game.
Old Dominion (8/30): Posted five tackles - one solo.
2024 (Junior Season - Western Kentucky)
Awards: Earned first-team All-Conference USA.
Season: Started all 14 games ... Led Conference USA interior defenders with 619 snaps played ... Posted a tackle in all 14 games.
at Alabama (8/31): Posted a strip-sack of Jalen Milroe on the second play from scrimmage ... Logged three total tackles. Eastern Kentucky (9/7): Posted five tackles ... Combined on a third-quarter tackle for loss. at Middle Tennessee State (9/14): Chipped in three stops. Toledo (9/21): Made eight tackles - five solo ... Posted a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter. at Boston College (9/28): Posted six tackles with first-quarter combined tackle for loss. UTEP (10/10): Made six stops ... Combined on a third-quarter tackle for loss on third down to force a punt. at Sam Houston State (10/16): Made five tackles ... Blocked a fourth-quarter field goal attempt. Kennesaw State (10/30): Piled up eight stops ... Had a solo sack in the fourth quarter. at New Mexico State (11/9): Posted nine tackles ... Recovered a fumble in the second quarter that led to a WKU field goal ... Combined on a first-quarter tackle for loss. Louisiana Tech (11/16): Added three stops ... Blocked a fourth-quarter field goal to preserve a five-point lead. at Liberty (11/23): Made five tackles. Jacksonville State (11/30): Logged eight stops. at Jacksonville State (12/6): Posted five tackles. vs. James Madison (12:18): Chipped in one tackle.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season - Western Kentucky)
Season: Appeared in 13 games with 11 starts ... First collegiate start came versus USF (9/2) in the season opener ... Owned a tackle in all 13 games.
USF (9/2): Made first collegiate start ... Posted four tackles. Houston Christian (9/9): Had two stops. at Ohio State (9/16): Lone tackle was a strip-sack of Kyle McCord in the first quarter that led to a WKU field goal ... Intercepted Devin Brown in the fourth quarter. at Troy (9/23): Made six tackles - four solo. Middle Tennessee State (9/28): Had six stops - four solo. at Louisiana Tech (10/5): Logged three tackles. at Jacksonville State (10/17): Chipped in three stops ... Had a solo sack in the first quarter. Liberty (10/24): Posted four tackles. at UTEP (11/4): Made three tackles ... Combined on a second-quarter tackle for loss. New Mexico State (11/11): Had four tackle. Sam Houston State (11/18): Chipped in two tackles. at FIU (11/25): Added two tackles. vs. Old Dominion (12/18): Posted two stops ... Combined on a third-quarter tackle for loss.
2022 (Sophomore Season - Western Kentucky)
Season: Appeared in four games and redshirted ... Made FBS debut at Hawaii (9/3) in the season opener ... Also saw time at Middle Tennessee State (10/15), at Auburn (11/19) and South Alabama (12/21) in the New Orleans Bowl.
vs. South Alabama (12/21): Posted first career tackle.
2021 (Freshman Season - Sacramento City College)
Appeared in nine games ... Totaled 24 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sack ... Made season debut against American River (9/4) with one tackle ... Posted three tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss against Diablo Valley (9/18) ... Lone stop against Siskiyous (9/25) was a solo tackle for loss ... Posted first sack in a combined effort at Fresno City College (10/23).
Prep/Personal
Defensive lineman for head coach Evan Boylan at Frankling High School ... Also played tight end.
