Deatrich Wise Jr.

BIOGRAPHY

Deatrich Wise Jr was born on July 26, 1994, in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is a defensive end in the NFL.

During high school, Wise was the 31st-ranked defensive end in the country by Scout, the No. 38 weakside defensive end in the nation according to Rivals and the 30th-best weakside defensive end in the country by 247Sports, he was named District 8-5A Defensive Player of the Year.

Wise played for the University of Arkansas football team from 2012 to 2016. In 2014 Wise saw action in 10 contests and started once at defensive end,  logged 13 tackles, including 3.0 for a loss and 2.0 sacks and added three quarterback hurries at No. 6 Auburn. In 2015 played in all 13 contests, led the team, tied for sixth in the SEC and ranked 39th nationally in sacks (8.0), Wise registered 4.5 sacks against ranked opponents, good for second in the SEC and tied for sixth nationally and led the SEC and tied for 10th nationally in sacks per game against ranked opponents. In 2016 Wise served as a team captain and played in 13 games with eight starts, totaled 49 tackles, ranked tied for third on the team with 5.5 tackles for loss and second with 3.5 sacks, He forced a fumble, led the team with seven quarterback hurries and broke up three passes, 49 tackles tied for third-most on the team and tied for most among defensive linemen, Wise started the first eight games, posted at least one-half tackle for loss in each of the first five games and in seven contests overall.

On May 18, 2017, the New England Patriots signed Wise to a four-year contract.