2024 Honors - - Academic All-Big Ten... 2024 - - Played in all 12 games... recorded first career assisted tackle in 40-14 win over Northwestern.
2023 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten… 2023 – – Saw first career action in 41-10 win over Western Michigan, but had no statistics.
2022 Honors – – Team Leader Award, defense… 2022 – – Redshirted… did not see any game action.
Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker Karson Sharar (43), linebacker Jaden Harrell (41), and defensive lineman Luke Gaffney (51) during the fourth quarter of their game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Stephen Mally/hawkeyesports.com)High School honors – – Earned first-team all-state, all-conference, and all-district honors as a senior… first-team all-district and second-team all-conference as a junior… first-team all-district as a sophomore… Honors student… Career – – Three-year football letterman as offensive and defensive lineman… holds school lifting records for bench, hang-clean and squats… helped prep team reach state playoffs as a sophomore and senior… recorded 66 tackles as a senior, with 17 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and two recovered fumbles… team captain as a junior and senior… also competed in wrestling and track and field as a prep… reached state wrestling tournament as a senior.
Personal – – Born 7/1/2003… finance major… parents are Carol and John Gaffney… high school coach was Tim Lovell.
One hundred eleven University of Iowa student-athletes have been named to the 2024 Big Ten Fall Academic All-Conference team. The list includes student-athletes from men’s cross country (7), women’s cross country (12), field hockey (15), football (47), women’s soccer (20), and volleyball (10).
