About Stephen Weatherly

December 26, 2017 at 2:41AM
Vikings linebacker Stepehn Weatherly played the baritone at Groth Music Monday December 5, 2017 in Bloomington, MN.
Vikings defensive lineman Stephen Weatherly. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Age: 23 (March 19, 1994 in Austell, Ga.)

Height, weight: 6-5, 265 pounds

College: Vanderbilt

How the Vikings acquired him: seventh-round pick (223rd overall) in 2015

Weatherly's talents

• He plays nine musical instruments (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, tuba, steel drums, piano).

• He was part of a robotics team at North Atlanta High School that traveled to the world championships in St. Louis.

• He traveled to Germany in high school with the Fulton County Youth Commission, helping to address youth issues in the Atlanta area through community service.

• He can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than two minutes.

• In addition to playing defensive end, linebacker and wide receiver in high school, he also starred in basketball and as a sprinter and long jumper in track and field.

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