#51 Luke Gaffney Season 2025-26

2026 Honors -- One of eight seniors named to 2026 Player Council... 2026 --
Played in first five games... has 11 tackles (two solo, nine assists)  and one pass break-up on the season... recorded a career-high three tackles (first career solo tackle, two assists) in 20-19 come-frome-behind win at #18 Michigan... matched a career-high three tackles (one solo, two assists) in 14-31 loss to #5/6 Ohio State... collected a career-high three assisted tackles and one pass break-up in 16-13 win over Iowa State.

2025 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten... Coaches Appreciation Award, defense. 2025 -- Played in 11 games... recorded his first career pass break-up in 47-7 win over UMass... collected one assisted tackle in 34-27 win over #14 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl... letterwinner.

2024 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten. 2024 -- Played in all 13 games... recorded first career assisted tackle in 40-14 win over Northwestern... letterwinner.

2023 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten. 2023 -- Saw action in two games, but had no statistics.

 

 

2022 Honors -- Team Leader Award, defense. 2022 -- Redshirted… did not see any game action.

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.