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Zakee Wheatley

Penn State · Safety · 2021-25

TKL
210
INT
6
PD
6

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2025, Wheatley recorded 210 tackles and 5 tackles for loss. In 2022, 2024 and 2025, Wheatley also had 6 interceptions.

Wheatley was the No. 151 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 74 overall, the 6th-highest safety rating at Penn State since 1990 and No. 15 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2026
    • No. 151 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Zakee Wheatley season-by-season statistics at Penn State
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20212000
202224012
2023240.500
2024862.543
202574211
Total210566

Seasons with tracked stats at Penn State. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Rating by Era

  • 2020-2024 eraS74
  • 2025-Present eraS74

Penn State Teammates

  1. 90Tyler Warren2021-24TE
  2. 90Abdul Carter2022-24EDGE
  3. 83Ji'Ayir Brown2020-22S
  4. 80Joey Porter Jr.2019-22CB
  5. 80Jaquan Brisker2019-21S
  6. 77Kalen King2021-23CB
  7. 77Arnold Ebiketie2021EDGE
  8. 75Kaytron Allen2022-25RB
  9. 75Nicholas Singleton2022-25RB
  10. 74Drew Allar2022-25QB

Full Penn State all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Zakee Wheatley) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.