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Jersey Number 60
Luke Nelson
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Highlands Ranch, Colo.
- Prev School:
- Mountain Vista HS
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Bio
2019
- Team Captain
- CoSIDA second team Academic All-American
- CoSIDA first team Academic All-District
- All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
- Started all 12 games at linebacker
- Led the team with 112 tackles, 65 unassisted
- Made 1.5 tackles for a loss
- Intercepted a pass against Sacramento State
- Forced two fumbles and recovered one
- Tied career-high with 20 tackles against Idaho State.
- Recorded six games with 10-plus tackles.
- Academic All-Big Sky member
- Northern Colorado's Big Sky Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2018
- Team captain
- CoSIDA first team Academic All-District selection
- Started all 11 games for the Bears at linebacker
- Led the team 86 tackles. Had two games with 10+ tackles.
- Led the team in individual game tackles four times.
- Also had 5.0 tackles for a loss and 0.5 sacks.
- Intercepted a pass against Northern Arizona and broke up two more during the year.
- Forced two fumbles.
- Academic All-Big Sky member.
2017
- Earned a starting linebacker spot for the UNC defense in his redshirt sophomore campaign.
- He started in six of the seven games he played. Nelson led the team in tackles in three contests with a career-high 20 at Montana.
- He had 17 against Idaho State and 14 against Cal Poly to lead the team in those games.
- For the season he finished with 79 tackles including 4.5 for a loss.
- The linebacker had 1.5 sacks on the year while also forcing a fumble and intercepting a pair of passes.
- Academic All-Big Sky member.
2016
- Played 10 games for the Bears in 2016, recording 12 tackles (3 solo).
- Academic All-Big Sky member.
2015
- Redshirted.
High School: Played football for the Golden Eagles at linebacker... Named first team All-Conference in 2015 and 2014... Voted team captain his senior season... Ended his senior season with 119 tackles and 1 sack...
Son of Mark and Kathy Nelson... Luke plans to major in Criminal Justice at UNC.
- Team Captain
- CoSIDA second team Academic All-American
- CoSIDA first team Academic All-District
- All-Big Sky Honorable Mention
- Started all 12 games at linebacker
- Led the team with 112 tackles, 65 unassisted
- Made 1.5 tackles for a loss
- Intercepted a pass against Sacramento State
- Forced two fumbles and recovered one
- Tied career-high with 20 tackles against Idaho State.
- Recorded six games with 10-plus tackles.
- Academic All-Big Sky member
- Northern Colorado's Big Sky Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2018
- Team captain
- CoSIDA first team Academic All-District selection
- Started all 11 games for the Bears at linebacker
- Led the team 86 tackles. Had two games with 10+ tackles.
- Led the team in individual game tackles four times.
- Also had 5.0 tackles for a loss and 0.5 sacks.
- Intercepted a pass against Northern Arizona and broke up two more during the year.
- Forced two fumbles.
- Academic All-Big Sky member.
2017
- Earned a starting linebacker spot for the UNC defense in his redshirt sophomore campaign.
- He started in six of the seven games he played. Nelson led the team in tackles in three contests with a career-high 20 at Montana.
- He had 17 against Idaho State and 14 against Cal Poly to lead the team in those games.
- For the season he finished with 79 tackles including 4.5 for a loss.
- The linebacker had 1.5 sacks on the year while also forcing a fumble and intercepting a pair of passes.
- Academic All-Big Sky member.
2016
- Played 10 games for the Bears in 2016, recording 12 tackles (3 solo).
- Academic All-Big Sky member.
2015
- Redshirted.
High School: Played football for the Golden Eagles at linebacker... Named first team All-Conference in 2015 and 2014... Voted team captain his senior season... Ended his senior season with 119 tackles and 1 sack...
Son of Mark and Kathy Nelson... Luke plans to major in Criminal Justice at UNC.
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