Luke Sellers

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Height:
6-1
Weight:
245
Position:
Fullback
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Papillion, Neb.
High School:
Papillion-La Vista South H.S.
Major:
Economics

HONORS AND AWARDS

Team Captain (2019)
All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Second Team (2019)
All-MVFC Honorable Mention (2018)
Hampshire Honor Society (2019)
MVFC Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2018)

2019: Played in 12 games with seven starts ... honored as team's Effort Award recipient in season opener at Minnesota ... named squad's Offensive Player of the Week after providing strong blocking and carrying the ball four times for seven yards in home opener versus Long Island ... scored first career touchdown on 8-yard reception in regular season finale at South Dakota

2018: Provided strong blocking from the fullback position for a team that averaged 230.1 rushing yards per game ... earned honorable mention all-conference honors ... played in all 13 games with three starts ... received team's Effort Award in Beef Bowl victory against Arkansas-Pine Bluff ... returned kickoff for 12 yards in regular season finale against South Dakota, a game in which he earned both of the squad's Special Teams Player of the Week and Effort Award honors ... two of his starts came in Football Championship Subdivision playoff games against Kennesaw State and North Dakota State ... team topped the 200-yard mark for rushing in seven games

2017: Returned to the lineup as a backup fullback and special teams player ... saw action in all 14 games and started regular season finale at South Dakota ... returned two kickoffs for total of 20 yards in Beef Bowl win over Drake ... recorded career-best 22-yard kickoff return in Football Championship Subdivision playoff victory against New Hampshire

2016: Redshirted

2015: Saw action at either fullback or on special teams in 11 of the team’s 12 games, playing as a true freshman ... did not play in the season opener at Kansas, but appeared in all remaining games, starting with home opener against Southern Utah ... did not factor into any statistics

BEFORE SDSU: Earned honorable mention all-state honors and was a second-team all-Metro selection as a junior at Papillion-La Vista South High School after recording 87 tackles on defense ... a team captain, he was limited by injuries to four games as a senior, but rushed 21 times for 258 yards and three touchdowns ... honor roll student