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#15 Sebastian Cheeks
Class GR/TRFrom North Carolina (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'3" · 243 lbHometown Skokie, IL · Evanston Township
Depth-chart placement
Current role
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LOLBExperience
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Updated 2026-07-29EDGE room context
View full depth chart →Sebastian Cheeks holds the LOLB · Starter spot in Wisconsin Badgers’s lolb room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026North Carolina→Wisconsin Badgers
Production
2025 seasonLatest season · 2025
24
Tackles
5.5
TFL
3
Sacks
2
QB hurries
Background & career
Sebastian Cheeks is a 6'3", 243-pound outside linebacker for the Wisconsin Badgers. A transfer from North Carolina, Cheeks was a four-star recruit ranked 142nd nationally in the 2022 class. He appeared in eight games as a redshirt freshman at UNC in 2023 before joining Wisconsin. In 2025, his redshirt junior season, he played in all 12 games with three starts, recording 25 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and three sacks—all career highs.
North Carolina2022 – 2023
Wisconsin2024 — presentPrevious schoolNorth CarolinaRecruiting4-star · No. 148 nationalOriginSkokie, IL · Evanston Township