Training coordinators for special forces often opine that men rarely rise to the occasion. They fall to the level of their training.
No unit has proven that more over the last two years than the Texas linebacking corps.
And Anthony Wheeler’s career has embodied that maxim. The junior from Dallas Skyline has always looked the part at linebacker, but like many of his peers, inexperience, poor coordination and a lack of fundamentals have betrayed a unit that has looked more imposing coming off the game day bus than in the box score.
If the positive chatter around summer practices is to be believed, that’s changing.