Stephen Weatherly

Weatherly attended North Atlanta High School, where he was a three-year starter at outside linebacker, defensive end and wide receiver. As a junior, he posted 66 tackles and 14 sacks. He also starred in basketball at North Atlanta, helping lead the Warriors to two sub-region titles. He then transferred to Shiloh High School in Snellville, Georgia for his senior year. He was named team captain and contributed with 79 tackles, 8.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss and a pair of forced fumbles on defense, while also hauling in eight catches and two receiving touchdowns on offense, helping lead his team to the postseason in the Gwinnett County All-Star Game. For his season efforts, he earned All-Gwinnett County honors.[2] He was the first and only Gwinnett County player to be invited to and play in the inaugural Georgia High School Senior Allstar Bowl as an OLB at the Georgia Dome.

During his time at North Atlanta, Weatherly was also a stand out as the leader of the school's robotics team that won the Georgia regional championship and went to the world championships in St. Louis, where they competed against other teams around the world.[3] In addition, Weatherly also excelled in track and field; he competed as a sprinter and long jumper for the Warriors, recording personal-bests of 11.13 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 22.98 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 5.87 meters (19'3") in the long jump as a junior.[4]

Weatherly was an ESPN 4-star recruit, ranked as the 24th best Defensive End in the country. He played DE in his first two seasons at Vanderbilt under head coach James Franklin. Weatherly recorded his 1st college career sack against Bo Wallace in his 1st game as a red-shirt freshman in the 2013 season opener vs Ole Miss. His last 2 years at Vanderbilt were played as an OLB for new head coach Derek Mason.

Weatherly majored in sociology at Vanderbilt University.[2] His first and middle names are a tribute to his grandmother, who received degrees from both MIT and Harvard.[2] Weatherly was part of the Fulton County Youth Commission,[2] which was designed to address youth issues in the community by using the leaders of the youth to work in policy making and community service. He traveled throughout Germany with the program while in high school.[2] Weatherly has an affinity for chess and math, can solve a Rubik's Cube, and enjoys puzzles and skateboarding.[3] He is also able to play six musical instruments.[3]

Weatherly is a hobbyist glass-blower and appeared as a guest judge on season two episode seven of the Netflix show Blown Away which premiered in 2021. [13] In the episode Stephen references his experience in the football community to relate with the competing artists regarding both the stigma around speaking about mental health, and accepting physical damage to pursue something which one loves.