2016 Football Roster
Fred Wyatt
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 285
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lawrence, Kan.
- High School:
- Free State
2018: Played in all 14 games and made 10 starts his senior season ...posted 28 total tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss, both of which are single-season career highs … Posted a career-high six tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss against Notre Dame (11/3) … Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Played in all 13 games of the season, recording tackles in 10 ... Finished with 12 total tackles on the season, and eight solo tackles ... Had one tackle for loss for six yards against Maryland, the longest of his career ... Also set his season high of three tackles in that game, contributing to the 37-21 win ... Recorded a quarterback hurry in the 31-20 win against Nevada in the season opener ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2016: Saw action for the first time in his career and appeared in all 13 games ... Finished the season with 17 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss ... Started the first three games of the season at defensive tackle ... Had a season-high four tackles and half a tackle for loss in the season opener versus Western Michigan ... Recorded a pair of assisted tackles in the Wildcats’ 54-40 win at Michigan State ... Made a season-high three solo tackles in a 24-14 win over Indiana on homecoming ... Matched the season high with three more solo stops in a 45-17 win at Purdue ... Also had a tackle for loss against the Boilermakers ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015: Did not see game action.
2014: Redshirted his first season in Evanston.
High School: Rated as a three-star athlete by Rivals and the No. 7 overall prospect from his class in the state of Kansas ... Named first-team All-Sunflower League at offensive line and earned an honorable mention nod on defense... Also named All-Metro Defensive Line ... Recorded 53 solo tackles, 21 tackles for losses, and 6.0 sacks in his high school career ... Team captain ... Member of the Honor Roll at Free State High School.
Personal: Born Fredrick Austin Wyatt ... Son of Andrea and Buddy Wyatt ... Father is the current defensive line coach at SMU and spent two years (1997-98) in the same role at Northwestern, coaching alongside Gary Barnett ... Buddy played collegiately at TCU ... Undergraduate major was communication studies ... Enrolled in Kellogg Master's in Management Studies program.
