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Ian Wheeler

Ian Wheeler

American football player

Aug 27, 2026

65:25
Okay.
65:25
And, you know, chemistry minor.
65:27
That's just something I gotta add in there.
65:28
Uh, but yeah, I, I definitely was interested in the mind to begin with, and then once I kinda got through college and was learning about health equity and, um, different like access points and like understanding what a underrepresented and a underserved communities were, and I was, I was thinking like, what ... like how do I wanna, like, make an impact? So didn't necessarily know how the football stuff was gonna go just because-
69:01
... than maybe some other places you've been?
69:03
Absolutely.
69:04
Like, you can feel how close everybody is.
69:06
You can feel that, like, everyone really bonds and gets along together.
16:26
When you're a guy who has plan A as the NFL and plan B is going to medical school, that's not a terrible place to be.
16:35
Rather convenient because I know a lot of people's plan Bs aren't that cool.
16:38
Um, but yeah, no, you know, it comes with its own set of challenges.
16:42
Like, I do classes in the off-season and stuff like that just to make sure that I keep my brain in the right spot and everything like that.
16:48
Being able to deal with different, uh, mental health issues, different mental disorders, and, like, really help people on a holistic level instead of just necessarily, uh, being on the mental side.
16:58
Just being able to understand everything.
16:59
That, that was something that really interested me.
20:06
I, I think the way he responded to that question, I was very impressed by as well.
30:45
Like, how much is the game basically your practice because of how limited the full-speed reps are?
30:52
I would say it probably took us...
30:56
I don't want to...
30:57
It was close to, like, the first quarter, first couple games of the season, and obviously we had a lot of personnel change.
31:05
Like, by the end of the season, none of our starters... from out of camp were the same starters, except for James.
31:13
But even he was in a different position.
31:14
Everyone was, like, moved around or shuffled.
32:05
Like how has your experience been playing in the UFL? I mean, winning a championship is amazing, but just overall experience playing in the league.
5:30
Like, how much is the game basically your practice because of how limited the full-speed reps are?
5:37
I would say it probably took us...
5:40
I don't want to...
5:41
It was close to, like, the first quarter, first couple games of the season, and obviously we had a lot of personnel change.
5:50
Like, by the end of the season, none of our starters... from out of camp were the same starters, except for James.
5:57
But even he was in a different position.
5:59
Everyone was, like, moved around or shuffled.
6:50
experience been playing in the UFL? I mean, winning a championship is amazing, but just overall experience playing in the league.

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