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#51 Luke Gaffney

Position DL
Height 6-2
Weight 270 lbs.
Class RS Fr.
Hometown Robins, Iowa
High School Linn-Mar
Height 6-2

2024 – – Played in all 10 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.

 

 

Luke Gaffney, Karson Sharar

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.