Tommy Deitchman

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Alamo, Calif.
High School:
De La Salle

HIGH SCHOOL—He played varsity football for three years at De La Salle, finishing with a 30-3 record … Senior season De La Salle had its first undefeated season since 2014 at 6-0 in the COVID-shortened season … He earned Prep2Prep All-North Coast honors at linebacker and given his team's Special Teams Player of the Year voted on by his teammates … Team's second-leading tackler as a senior … Opened the season with a one-handed interception in coverage against a four-star recruit as De La Salle beat St. Mary's Stockton 35-27… Closed the season and his career with nine tackles in an emotional game as DLS beat defending state champion Clayton Valley 21-7 … Junior season De La Salle was 12-2 and the North Coast Section Champions and State Open Division Runners-up … He was called up to varsity for the playoffs his sophomore season when the team finished 12-1, won the North Coast Section Championship and was the State Open Division Runners-up … That season he made a solo tackle on his first play of varsity action on the kickoff coverage team and then went on to start in the State Championship game against Mater Dei … Also played Rugby in high school … His junior and senior seasons of Rugby were both cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, but as a junior his team finished 6-0, the single-school California State Rugby Champions and finished ranked No. 2 in the nation … His senior season the team finished 5-0 and ranked No. 4 nationally.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Strategic Communication at Colorado … Earned North Coast Section and CIF Scholar-Athlete honors with a 4.0 grade point average in high school.

PERSONAL—He was born May 9, 2003, in Walnut Creek, Calif. … Parents are Peter and Kerry Deitchman … Has an older brother, John, a member of the CU football team, and younger brother Joey … He would like to be a firefighter and football coach when his playing days are done … Enjoys hanging out with friends and family, playing video games, pick-up basketball and home run derby at the local sandlot … Interests include music, the outdoors and wants to learn how to surf … His great grandfather, Vincent Deitchman, as an All-American center and linebacker and serving in the military, played games against collegiate football teams between 1942-45 during World War II … (Last name is pronounced dych-mon)