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Player Dossier
2014-2018Nebraska
Luke Gifford
OLB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Lincoln, NE, USA
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Luke Gifford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Luke Gifford built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as an outside linebacker from Lincoln, NE wearing No. 12, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Luke Gifford's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Luke Gifford, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Nebraska. Luke Gifford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · OLB
- Career Tackles
- 102
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Magna Vista · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Magna Vista · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 62 tackles · OLB 3rd (top 13%) · Big Ten 45th (top 8%) · National 408th (top 7%)
Luke Gifford played OLB for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Luke Gifford recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Nebraska.
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