Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Iowa
Lukas Van Ness
DL • 6'5" • 269 lbs • Barrington, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lukas Van Ness shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
90
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Lukas Van Ness built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Barrington, IL wearing No. 91, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Lukas Van Ness' career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 13
- Overall
- No. 13
- NFL Team
- Green Bay Packers
Lukas Van Ness, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Iowa. Lukas Van Ness shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 66
- TFL
- 18
- Sacks
- 13
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Lukas Van Ness quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · DL
- Career Tackles
- 66
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- Kent State
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 1 · Pick 13 · Green Bay Packers
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Sophomore
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DL 129th (top 14%) · Big Ten 116th (top 19%) · National 1,201st (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 29 | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 12 | 33 | 9.5 | 6 | 4 | - | 0 | 64.1 |
Related Context
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Lukas Van Ness played DL for Iowa. Across 3 tracked seasons, Lukas Van Ness recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Iowa paired 19.5 primary output with 27.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Iowa
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
27.7
Usage
8.9
Consistency
54.6
Best Game by takeover score
Nevada
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 1. Iowa State: 1. Nevada: 4. Rutgers: 3. Michigan: 1. Illinois: 3. Ohio State: 0. Northwestern: 2.5. Purdue: 2. Wisconsin: 2. Minnesota: 0. Nebraska: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota State: 1 by 14.2. Iowa State: 2 by 18.3. Nevada: 8 by 73.3. Rutgers: 3 by 42.5. Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Illinois: 3 by 42.5. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Northwestern: 4 by 41.7. Purdue: 3 by 32.5. Wisconsin: 1 by 24.2. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins2.1 · Games = 7 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nevada
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Nevada
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | vs Nebraska | L 17-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Minnesota | W 13-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs WisconsinSplash game | W 24-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 24-3 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs NorthwesternSplash game | W 33-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Ohio State | L 10-54 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ IllinoisSplash game | L 6-9 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Michigan | L 14-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ RutgersSplash game | W 27-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs NevadaSplash game | W 27-0 | 8 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Iowa State | L 7-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs South Dakota State | W 7-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Lukas Van Ness story
Lukas Van Ness built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Barrington, IL wearing No. 91, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Lukas Van Ness' career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 13 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Iowa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Lukas Van Ness' production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa.
The arc is straightforward: Lukas Van Ness moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Iowa
2020-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 19.5 | 25.6 | 7.2 | 19.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 19.5 | 25.6 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 19.5 | 27.7 | 8.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 30-7
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5
Havoc Plays
91.4 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Nevada
Week 3 · W 27-0
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 6 · L 6-9 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Rutgers
Week 4 · W 27-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Nebraska
Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Iowa
19.5 primary output · 27.7 efficiency · 8.9 usage
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#2
2021 Postseason · Iowa
61.3
19.5 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Iowa
61.3
19.5 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
14
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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