Austin Wheatley (born November 16, 1977) is a former American football tight end.
He was named First-team Division 5A All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference as both a tight end and punter.
He was named to the Top 100 Illinois Seniors by the Champaign News-Gazette as a tight end.
As a freshman in 1995, he redshirted and was named the offensive scout team MVP against Wisconsin.
In 1996, he played sparingly as a tight end and on special teams but recorded no statistics.
[3] On January 29, 2001, Wheatley and teammate Tutan Reyes where summoned to appear in court in regards to the beating of two men.
[5] The two players were alleged to have chased the two men after someone had broken into Reye's Chevrolet Suburban at Wheatley's apartment complex.