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Harley Wheeler is an American wing born April 23, 1997 in Long Beach, California and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. He played college rugby at Life University, earning multiple All-American honors and helped his team reach four straight DIA championship finals, winning three. Professionally, Wheeler has 43 MLR appearances with 33 starts for NOLA Gold (2020–2025), scoring 10 tries, including 6 in 2022 and 2 in 2025, and posted a 2025 stat line of 5 games, 2 tries, 24 tackles, 22 carries for 133 meters, 6 clean breaks, and 3 offloads. He joins Old Glory DC for the 2026 season as a proven try-scoring back.