Western Michigan University Athletics

2012: Walked on during the 2012 spring football season ... made WMU football debut vs. UMass (10/6) ...

WMU BASKETBALL: A two-time All-MAC selection in his basketball career ... became 35th member of the 1,000 Point Club early in the 2011-12 season ... finished with 1,256 career points, ranking 11th in program history ... played in 125 games, tied with David Kool for fourth-most in program history ... in 2011-12, ranked second on the Broncos with an average of 11.4 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game ... led the Broncos to 21 wins and a MAC West title in 2010-11 ... was second on the team with a 13.1 points per game average ... member of the All-MAC Freshman team in 2008-09.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner in basketball and four-year letterwinner in football ... Detroit News Class A Fifth Team All-State ... Detroit Free Press Class A Sixth Team All-State ... Associated Press All-State Honorable Mention ... Detroit Free Press First Team All-Detroit ... PSL Southeast Player of the Year ... averaged 22 points per game ... played wide receiver in football and caught a 29-yard touchdown pass to give his team the lead for good in the Crusaders’ Division 2 State Championship Game victory ... King’s title was the first for a team from the Detroit Public School League ... received significant recruiting interest as a wide receiver, in addition to playing basketball ... won a pair of city championships in football ... named Most Outstanding Wide Receiver after his senior year.

PERSONAL: Born May 6, 1990 in Detroit, Mich. ... full name is Flenard Deon Whitfield Jr. ... son of Jacquline and Flenard Whitfield Sr. ... has three sisters: LeQuisha, Chelsi and Chloe ... LeQuisha played basketball on the University of Michigan basketball team ... major is recreation.