Biography
Pronunciation
SHLAY-gull
Schlegel's Cal Career Game Highs
Receptions: 1 (twice, last vs. Oregon, 2020)
Receiving Yards: 13 (vs. Oregon, 2020)
Long Reception: 13 (vs. Oregon, 2020)
All-Purpose Yards: 13 (vs. Oregon, 2020)
Schlegel's Collegiate Career Game Highs
Receptions: 1 (three, last for Cal, vs. Oregon, 2020)
Receiving Yards: 13 (for Cal, vs. Oregon, 2020)
Long Reception: 13 (for Cal, vs. Oregon, 2020)
Kick Returns: 1 (twice for Kentucky, last at Mississippi State, 2019)
Kick Return Yards: 6 (for Kentucky, vs. Louisville, 2019)
Long Kick Return: 6 (for Kentucky, vs. Louisville, 2019)
All-Purpose Yards: 13 (for Cal, vs. Oregon, 2020)
Tackles: 1 (for Kentucky, vs. Florida, 2019)
Collegiate Career (2016-20)
• Retired from college football after the 2020 season despite having one season of collegiate eligibility remaining when the 2020 season did not count against eligibility due to COVID-19
• Played in 28 career games during four seasons at Kentucky (2016-19) and one at Cal (2020) including his first two career starts in each of his last two contests for the Golden Bears
• Has three career receptions for 26 yards with two for 14 yards in four games at Cal and one for 12 yards in 24 contests at Kentucky, while adding seven tackles and two kick returns for nine yards all at Kentucky
• Played in a career-high all 13 games in his final campaign at Kentucky as a 2019 junior
Senior (2020)
• Played in all four games including starts in each of his last two contests and contributed two catches for 14 yards in his lone season at Cal as a graduate transfer
• Contributed one catch for 13 yards in his final collegiate contest against Oregon after picking up one reception for one yard at Oregon State
• Earned a spot on the 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society for maintaining a 3.20 cumulative GPA or better throughout his collegiate career
• Wore No. 49
Kentucky (2016-19)
• Played in 24 career games all off the bench during the final two seasons of his four campaigns including all 13 for the first time in his career as a 2019 junior after seeing action in 11 of 13 possible contests during his 2018 sophomore campaign
• The two teams he saw action for combined for an 18-8 overall record and a pair of bowl victories over Penn State at the VRBO Citrus Bowl to cap a 10-3 season in 2018 that tied for the second-most wins in the school's history and was its' first 10-win campaign since 1977, as well as Virginia Tech in the 2019 Belk Bowl to finish 8-5
• Primary duty was run blocking for an offense that in 2019 led the SEC and ranked fourth in the nation with an average of 278.8 rushing yards per game and was led by the country's 10th-leading rusher Lynn Bowden Jr. (1468 rushing yards, 112.9 ypg) to follow up on his 2018 campaign when Benny Snell Jr. had ranked 12th nationally (1449 rushing yards, 111.5 ypg)
• Recorded seven tackles and two kick returns for nine yards during his two seasons on the field as a core special teams' player
• Record the first catch of his career for 12 yards against Florida as a junior
• Named to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll in each of his final three campaigns (2017-19)
Regis Jesuit HS (Class Of 2016)
• A three-year prep starter and team captain who combined for 215 tackles in his last two seasons as a 2014 junior and 2015 senior
• Picked up career highs of 115 tackles, 83 solo tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, three interceptions and two defensive touchdowns as a senior
• Had 100 tackles as a junior
Other
• Born March 11, 1998
• Son of Mike and Angela Schlegel
• Father was a defensive tackle and team captain at Kentucky from 1992-95
• Wants to become an alpaca farmer
• Earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Kentucky in May of 2020 and is currently working on a master's degree in Information and Data Science at Cal
Last Updated
April 19, 2021
