Markus Wheaton

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-1
Weight:
182
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Chandler, Ariz.
High School:
Chandler HS

CAREER: One of Oregon State’s all-time best receivers … 33 career starts, including 30 straight … ended his career with a Pac-12 long 36-game streak with at least one reception … OSU record holder for career receptions with 227 … set OSU record for receptions in a half with 12 vs. Nicholls State as a senior … Pac-12 Conference First Team selection as a senior and Honorable Mention as a junior … CBSSports.com Third Team All-American in 2012 … third on OSU’s all-time receiving yards list with 2,994 … 91 receptions as a senior matches the single season school record set by James Rodgers in 2009 … 11 100-yard-plus receiving games … 3,744 all-purpose yards; ninth at OSU … one of four team captains as a senior … played in the Senior Bowl and participated in the NFL Combine … one of eight true freshmen to play in 2009 … also participated in track, where he was a sprinter … first team all-region and honorable mention all-state as a senior at Chandler High School … his father, Odis, played basketball at Howard Payne … has three siblings, including Marquese, who played defensive back at Southern Mississippi (2010-11) … the cousin of former Oregon standout defensive back Kenny Wheaton (1994-97) … participated in the initial “Beavers Without Borders” trip during spring break of 2011 – traveled to Guatemala to build a house for a needy family.