2017 Football Roster
Roster
Ryan Whittelsey
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Cary, N.C.
- High School:
- Cheshire Academy
2018 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Did not appear in any games.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year varsity player for Coach Dixon at Green Hope High School … helped lead his team to the conference championship … two-way starter at linebacker and tight end … 148 tackles and 11 sacks as a junior … led the conference in tackles and was named all-conference … top 10 in tackles and sacks in the state of North Carolina … holds single-season school records for tackles (148) and sacks (11) … named team’s defensive MVP … senior season limited due to injury … played year of post-graduate football at Cheshire Academy for coach David Dykeman … team finished 9-2 and won the Wayne Sanborn Bowl as he played all three linebacker positions.
PERSONAL: Son of Mark Whittelsey and Margaret Lynch MD … has two brothers and two sisters … enrolled as an economics major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … father Mark played football at Vanderbilt.
