Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Rice
Luke Willson
TE • 6'5" • LaSalle, ON, Canada
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Luke Willson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Luke Willson built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a tight end from LaSalle, ON wearing No. 82, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Luke Willson's career was his receiving role: 78 catches, 986...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2013
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 158
- NFL Team
- Seattle Seahawks
Luke Willson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Rice. Luke Willson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 986
- Receptions
- 78
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Luke Willson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 986
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lasalle · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Lasalle · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2013 · Round 5 · Pick 25 · Seattle Seahawks
- Latest roster
- No. 82 · Class 2012
- 2012 Receiving yards rank
- 126 receiving yards · TE 113th (top 38%) · Conference USA 78th (top 45%) · National 801st (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 6 | 7 | 122 | 1 | 45.9 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 33 | 425 | 3 | 74.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Rice | 8 | 29 | 313 | 3 | 64.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Rice | 6 | 9 | 126 | 2 | 44.2 |
Related Context
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Luke Willson played TE for Rice. Across 4 tracked seasons, Luke Willson recorded 986 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Rice paired 425 primary output with 66.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 66.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2010 Regular Season · Rice
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
42.5
Efficiency
66.9
Usage
20.3
Consistency
63.6
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 22. North Texas: 86. Northwestern: 37. Baylor: 2. SMU: 6. Houston: 46. UCF: 31. Tulsa: 85. Tulane: 65. UAB: 45
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 3 by 48.9. North Texas: 4 by 100. Northwestern: 5 by 49.3. Baylor: 2 by 6.7. SMU: 1 by 40. Houston: 3 by 100. UCF: 4 by 51.7. Tulsa: 2 by 100. Tulane: 6 by 72.2. UAB: 3 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins59 · Games = 3 · +23.6 vs Losses
Losses35.4 · Games = 7 · -23.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
100 vs UAB
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs UAB | W 28-23 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 11/13 | @ Tulane | L 49-54 | — | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 10.80 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Tulsa | L 27-64 | — | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 42.50 | 1 | 55 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ UCF | L 14-41 | — | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Houston | W 34-31 | — | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 1 | 29 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs SMU | L 31-42 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun 9/26 | vs Baylor | L 13-30 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Northwestern | L 13-30 | — | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 7.40 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/11 | @ North Texas | W 32-31 | — | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Texas | L 17-34 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Luke Willson story
Luke Willson built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a tight end from LaSalle, ON wearing No. 82, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Luke Willson's career was his receiving role: 78 catches, 986 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Luke Willson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rice
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Rice | 122 | 77.8 | 7.3 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Rice | 425 | 66.9 | 20.3 | 303 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Rice | 313 | 62.8 | 19 | -112 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Rice | 126 | 76.1 | 9.5 | -187 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 8 · L 20-38 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
104
Receiving Yards
99.7 takeover
104 receiving yards with a 99 efficiency score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 2 · W 32-31
86
Receiving Yards
96.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Tulsa
Week 10 · L 27-64 · Conference game
85
Receiving Yards
94 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Tulane
Week 10 · W 49-47 · Conference game
59
Receiving Yards
83.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 11 · L 49-54 · Conference game
65
Receiving Yards
81 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
65 receiving yards with a 72.2 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Rice
425 primary output · 66.9 efficiency · 20.3 usage
74.5
#2
2011 Regular Season · Rice
64.4
313 primary · 62.8 efficiency · 19 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Rice
45.9
122 primary · 77.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage
Milestones
1
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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