Laith Wallschleger

Laith Andrew Wallschleger (born March 15, 1992) is an American actor, voice actor, stuntman and former college and professional football player. He played for the University of Delaware, setting school records. Then he attended trials and completed pre-season with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League as an undrafted defensive end. Following that, he played a season with the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League, before transitioning from athletics to the entertainment industry. He has made guest starring appearances on ABC's The Rookie; MacGruber on Peacock; NCIS on CBS; All American on The CW; The Me and You Show on Snapchat; stunts on the film Paterno for HBO; and the 17th season of Worst Cooks in America on the Food Network, among many others. Early life and education Laith Wallschleger was born on March 15, 1992, in Alexandria, Virginia to Kurt and Mayla Wallschleger. He graduated from St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, a private, coed, independent Episcopal college prep school in Alexandria, in 2010. Wallschleger was a first team All-State selection at both defensive end and tight end on the school's team. He was also first team all-conference as a defensive end and was named his team’s Most Valuable Player. As a senior, he had 21 sacks, to break the school's single-season record. He also had 112 tackles, with 46 for a loss; four forced fumbles and five recoveries in nine games as a defensive end. On offense as a tight end, he caught 15 passes for 423 yards. And on special teams, he blocked a punt, a field goal and was special teams leader in tackles. The team advanced to the state playoffs in 2007. Wallschleger was also a member of the school's basketball, baseball and track teams.