Dylan Geick

Geick was born on 9 September 1997 in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.[1] At Stevenson High School,[2] Geick was a three-time member of the Illinois Freestyle national team and came in 4th in 152 lb and 160 lb weight divisions at the Illinois High School Sports Association state Championships 2 years in a row. In 2017, Geick self-published Early Works: A Collection of Poetry.[3][4][5] He is a YouTuber and speaks on his experience as an out LGBT athlete and internet celebrity.[6][7][8][2] For a time Geick was involved in a relationship with fellow YouTuber and internet celebrity Jackson Krecioch.[5] In 2019, Geick helped advise the National Collegiate Athletic Association on its compensation policy.[9] In 2018, media coverage of Geick's coming out experience was evaluated in a dissertation as an example of disrupting hegemonic discourses.[10]

After committing to Columbia University, a series of homophobic comments surfaced in the wrestling team's GroupMe. The coach, Zach Tanelli, reached out to Geick to condemn the comments.[11]

In late 2019, Geick went on leave from Columbia University, where he studied English and was on the wrestling for the Columbia Lions from 2017 to 2018. Subsequently, he enlisted in the United States Army.[9] In a March 2021 interview, Geick shared he was discharging from the military in a few weeks.[12]

As of March 2021, Geick had 678 thousand followers on Instagram, over 200 thousand YouTube subscribers, and 50 thousand followers on TikTok.[12]

In 2016, Geick began posting pictures of him with his boyfriend on Instagram and then came out as gay to some schoolmates.[9][7] He came out to a wider audience in a 2017 article in Stevenson's school newspaper.[13] From 2017 to 2019, he was in an on-again, off-again relationship with YouTuber Jackson Krecioch.[14][5]

• Official website
• Dylan Geick at IMDb