Biography
2021 (R-Sr.): Appeared in all 11 games, making 34 tackles with 18 solos ... Had 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack, forced two fumbles, had two QB hurries and three pass break-ups ... Season-high nine tackles with a forced fumble and a TFL at Delta State (10/2/2021) ... Had four tackles each at Mississippi College (10/30/2021), at West Alabama (11/6/2021) and at home against Newberry (11/20/2021) ... Had a QBH and a PBU in the win over Valdosta State (11/13/2021).
2020: UWF did not compete in the Fall or Spring due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Transferred to UWF from Oregon State in the summer of 2020 ... Played in 24 games with two starts with 65 tackles, including five for a loss, with two pass deflections, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, two quarterback hurries and four sacks with one pass reception (on a fake punt).
2019 (R-Jr.): Did not play football.
2018 (R-So. at Oregon State): Played in all 12 games, making one start, against Southern Utah ... Accumulated 39 tackles with two sacks, a fumble recovery, a QB hurry and one pass deflection ... Picked up seven tackles with 1.5 sacks at Washington. That equaled a season-best, achieved previously against Southern Utah ... Tallied half a sack and four tackles against Arizona ... Opened the season with five tackles and a fumble recovery at Arizona State.
2017 (R-Fr. at Oregon State): Played in all 12 games, making one start, against Arizona ... Totaled 26 tackles, including 21 solo. Added three tackles for loss, two sacks, one forced fumble, one quarterback hurry and one pass breakup ... Posted a season-best seven tackles at California, adding one sack and one forced fumble ... Also recorded one sack against Arizona State ... Finished with four tackles twice: against Portland State and at Arizona ... Recorded TFLs in three consecutive games, against California, Arizona and Arizona State ... Also caught one pass, on a fake punt, against Oregon.
2016 (Fr.): Â Did not play in a game using his redshirt season
PREP: Rivals and 247Sports three-star recruit ... 100 career tackles with 12 quarterback sacks ... 1,609 career all-purpose yards, including 1,178 yards and 13 touchdowns receiving in 2015 ... Played quarterback on the junior varsity team ... Competed in the Blue-Grey All-America game in Jacksonville in January 2016 ... MVP of Pinellas County All-Star Classic in December 2015 ... 2015 Tampa Tribune Pinellas County First Team and 2014 Second Team ... Helped Countryside to a 9-2 record as a senior ... Played basketball his sophomore and junior years ... Sprinter and hurdler on the track team reaching the regional finals as a junior
PERSONAL: Full name is Kevontre Whetzel ... Son of Wayne and Karla Whetzel ... Has four brothers, Brian, Trey, Deon and Josiah.
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