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Jersey Number 12
Luke McCaffrey
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Highlands Ranch, Colorado
- High School:
- Valor Christian
Bio
Honors (Nebraska)
2023
Earned consensus All-AAC Honors during a stellar campaign… Led the conference and tied for seventh nationally with a career-high 12 touchdown receptions and was fourth in the AAC with 68 receptions and fifth with 963 yards (also career highs)… His touchdown total ranks fifth all-time at Rice and is tied for the eighth most in conference history… 68 receptions stands seventh all-time at Rice while his 963 yards are sixth… Tied for third on the Rice career chart with 18 touchdown receptions and is eighth in both career receptions (126) and receiving yards (1,686) while he needs one touchdown to move into the career top ten (18 receiving, three rushing)… Ended the regular season by catching a touchdown pass in seven consecutive games… Caught a career-high 12 in the season finale vs. Florida Atlantic while topping 100 yards for the third time… Caught nine for 199 yards at USF, the second-most receiving yards in school history… Tied for second in the AAC with 11 reception of at least 30 yards… Rushed for 101 yards on 13 carries, including a 40-yard dash at Charlotte... Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List... East-West Shrine Bowl Preseason List... Lone Star Player of the Year Watch List... Phil Steele Preseason 2nd team All-AAC... Athlon Sports Preseason 2nd team All-AAC... PFF Preseason 1st Team All-AAC... Dave Campbell’s Texas Football All-Texas 2nd team... College Football Network Preseason 3rd team All-AAC.
2022
Selected by his teammates as the winner of the George Martin Award as team MVP after leading the team with 58 receptions and all-purpose yards (903) and finishing second in receiving yards (723) and touchdown receptions (6) in his first season at wide receiver… 38% of his yards came after the catch (274 of 723)… Caught 5 for 51 yards in the opener at UCA and 4 for 46 yards vs. McNeese before topping 100 yards for the first time vs. Louisiana (10/105), including his first two TD receptions… Followed that with a 7/121 effort vs. Houston… Set a career-high with 171 yards on 10 receptions and two TDs vs. LA Tech, while adding 31 yards and a TD on the ground… Yardage total was the most by an Owl since Jordan Taylor had 185 vs. UTEP in 2013 and tied Jarett Dillard's 2006 effort at Army for the sixth-best in school history… First Owl to have two games with 10-or-more receptions since Zach Wright in 2016 (12, 10)..,. Caught at least one pass in the first nine games before seeing limited action at WKU and missing the UTSA and North Texas games… Came back to catch seven passes for 67 yards and add 11 on the ground in the Lending Tree Bowl… Father (Ed McCaffrey) caught 565 passes for 7,422 yards and 55 touchdowns in 13 NFL seasons, winning three Super Bowl rings ((Super Bowl XXIX, as a 49er; XXXII and XXXIII, as a Bronco).
2021
Threw for 313 yards and two TDs and rushed for 132 and a pair of scores on the ground while playing in nine games (three starts)... made his first start for the Owls vs. Houston and his second at Texas... Also made a pair of starts at Nebraska in 2020... Hit on 5-10 passes for 75 yards in his debut with the Owls at Arkansas and 9-19 for 84 yards vs. Houston... Threw his first TD pass vs. Houston and the second vs. LA Tech… rushed for touchdowns vs. Texas Southern and UTEP., Rushed for 43 yards on just four carries vs. UTEP, including a season-best run of 21 yards. 2020 (Nebraska)
A versatile offensive weapon, playing in seven of eight games, including two starts at quarterback… Completed 48-of-76 passes for 466 yards and one touchdown while rushing 65 times for 364 yards and three touchdowns… Nebraska's third-leading rusher, McCaffrey ranked 16th nationally among all FBS quarterbacks in rushing yards per game (52.0) and 20th nationally among all freshmen in rushing yards per game entering the bowl season… Made his season debut at Ohio State and completed 4-of-5 passing for 55 yards, rushed for 80 yards on only nine carries and also had a five-yard reception against the fifth-ranked Buckeyes… Broke off a career-long 47-yard run on Nebraska's opening touchdown drive vs. OSU… First career start came in a win over Penn State, becoming the first Husker quarterback to win his first career start since 2013… Completed 13-of-21 passes for 152 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown pass, and led Nebraska with 67 rushing yards. Posted his career-high of 256 yards of total offense against Illinois (13-of-26 for 134 yards passing and 122 yards and two touchdowns rushing)… Became the 100th player in Nebraska history to rush for 100 yards in a game with his effort vs. Illinois.
2019 (Nebraska)
Appeared in four games while preserving his redshirt… Completed 9-of-12 passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns, ran for 166 yards on 24 carries, and also lined up at receiver for the final two games, catching one pass for 12 yards. Played both wide receiver and quarterback in Nebraska’s 54-7 win at Maryland, completing 3-of-5 passes for 32 yards and rushing 10 times for 83 yards with one reception for 12 yards.
Valor Christian HS
Guided Valor Christian to a perfect 14-0 record and a Class 5A state championship in 2018 while playing for his father Ed… Threw for 2,202 yards as a senior, with 21 touchdowns and only four interceptions… Rushed for 526 yards and eight touchdowns and averaged nearly 6.5 yards per carry… Passed for 169 yards, while picking up 72 yards on the ground in the state title game vs. Cherry Creek… Split time at quarterback as a junior with Colorado signee Blake Stenstrom… Helped Valor Christian to an 11-1 record by rushing for 548 yards and passing for 878 yards and completing 78 % of his attempts… First-team All-Colorado choice as a quarterback by the coaches association, and was a first-team all-state pick by the Denver Post as an athlete… Ranked as the nation’s No. 142 overall prospect by ESPN.com, which listed him as the top prospect in Colorado and the No. 5 dual-threat quarterback in the country… Top player in Colorado, the No. 11 athlete prospect, and among the top 300 players in the nation according to 247Sports… Chose Nebraska originally over Colorado, Michigan, Ohio State, Washington, and UCLA.
Personal
Full name: Luke McCaffrey... Born: April 2... Parents: Ed and Lisa McCaffrey… Three brothers… Oldest brother, Max was a wide receiver at Duke… Christian was the 2015 Associated Press Player of the Year at Stanford in a Cardinal attack coordinated by Owls head coach Mike Bloomgren and was a first-team NFL All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection Carolina in 2019 and San Francisco in 2022… Dylan combined with his father to win three state titles at Valor Christian before signing with Michigan, then transferred to play again for his father at Northern Colorado in 2021.
- Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2019, 2020; Spring 2019, 2020)
- CoSIDA/CSS Academic All-District® (2022, 2023)
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022, 2023)
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2024)
- George Martin Award (2022, 2023)
- George R. Brown Offense Award (2023)
- Team Captain (2023)
- All-AAC First team (2023 Coaches, Phil Steele, PFF)
- Reese's Senior Bowl Selection
2023
Earned consensus All-AAC Honors during a stellar campaign… Led the conference and tied for seventh nationally with a career-high 12 touchdown receptions and was fourth in the AAC with 68 receptions and fifth with 963 yards (also career highs)… His touchdown total ranks fifth all-time at Rice and is tied for the eighth most in conference history… 68 receptions stands seventh all-time at Rice while his 963 yards are sixth… Tied for third on the Rice career chart with 18 touchdown receptions and is eighth in both career receptions (126) and receiving yards (1,686) while he needs one touchdown to move into the career top ten (18 receiving, three rushing)… Ended the regular season by catching a touchdown pass in seven consecutive games… Caught a career-high 12 in the season finale vs. Florida Atlantic while topping 100 yards for the third time… Caught nine for 199 yards at USF, the second-most receiving yards in school history… Tied for second in the AAC with 11 reception of at least 30 yards… Rushed for 101 yards on 13 carries, including a 40-yard dash at Charlotte... Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List... East-West Shrine Bowl Preseason List... Lone Star Player of the Year Watch List... Phil Steele Preseason 2nd team All-AAC... Athlon Sports Preseason 2nd team All-AAC... PFF Preseason 1st Team All-AAC... Dave Campbell’s Texas Football All-Texas 2nd team... College Football Network Preseason 3rd team All-AAC.
2022
Selected by his teammates as the winner of the George Martin Award as team MVP after leading the team with 58 receptions and all-purpose yards (903) and finishing second in receiving yards (723) and touchdown receptions (6) in his first season at wide receiver… 38% of his yards came after the catch (274 of 723)… Caught 5 for 51 yards in the opener at UCA and 4 for 46 yards vs. McNeese before topping 100 yards for the first time vs. Louisiana (10/105), including his first two TD receptions… Followed that with a 7/121 effort vs. Houston… Set a career-high with 171 yards on 10 receptions and two TDs vs. LA Tech, while adding 31 yards and a TD on the ground… Yardage total was the most by an Owl since Jordan Taylor had 185 vs. UTEP in 2013 and tied Jarett Dillard's 2006 effort at Army for the sixth-best in school history… First Owl to have two games with 10-or-more receptions since Zach Wright in 2016 (12, 10)..,. Caught at least one pass in the first nine games before seeing limited action at WKU and missing the UTSA and North Texas games… Came back to catch seven passes for 67 yards and add 11 on the ground in the Lending Tree Bowl… Father (Ed McCaffrey) caught 565 passes for 7,422 yards and 55 touchdowns in 13 NFL seasons, winning three Super Bowl rings ((Super Bowl XXIX, as a 49er; XXXII and XXXIII, as a Bronco).
2021
Threw for 313 yards and two TDs and rushed for 132 and a pair of scores on the ground while playing in nine games (three starts)... made his first start for the Owls vs. Houston and his second at Texas... Also made a pair of starts at Nebraska in 2020... Hit on 5-10 passes for 75 yards in his debut with the Owls at Arkansas and 9-19 for 84 yards vs. Houston... Threw his first TD pass vs. Houston and the second vs. LA Tech… rushed for touchdowns vs. Texas Southern and UTEP., Rushed for 43 yards on just four carries vs. UTEP, including a season-best run of 21 yards. 2020 (Nebraska)
A versatile offensive weapon, playing in seven of eight games, including two starts at quarterback… Completed 48-of-76 passes for 466 yards and one touchdown while rushing 65 times for 364 yards and three touchdowns… Nebraska's third-leading rusher, McCaffrey ranked 16th nationally among all FBS quarterbacks in rushing yards per game (52.0) and 20th nationally among all freshmen in rushing yards per game entering the bowl season… Made his season debut at Ohio State and completed 4-of-5 passing for 55 yards, rushed for 80 yards on only nine carries and also had a five-yard reception against the fifth-ranked Buckeyes… Broke off a career-long 47-yard run on Nebraska's opening touchdown drive vs. OSU… First career start came in a win over Penn State, becoming the first Husker quarterback to win his first career start since 2013… Completed 13-of-21 passes for 152 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown pass, and led Nebraska with 67 rushing yards. Posted his career-high of 256 yards of total offense against Illinois (13-of-26 for 134 yards passing and 122 yards and two touchdowns rushing)… Became the 100th player in Nebraska history to rush for 100 yards in a game with his effort vs. Illinois.
2019 (Nebraska)
Appeared in four games while preserving his redshirt… Completed 9-of-12 passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns, ran for 166 yards on 24 carries, and also lined up at receiver for the final two games, catching one pass for 12 yards. Played both wide receiver and quarterback in Nebraska’s 54-7 win at Maryland, completing 3-of-5 passes for 32 yards and rushing 10 times for 83 yards with one reception for 12 yards.
Valor Christian HS
Guided Valor Christian to a perfect 14-0 record and a Class 5A state championship in 2018 while playing for his father Ed… Threw for 2,202 yards as a senior, with 21 touchdowns and only four interceptions… Rushed for 526 yards and eight touchdowns and averaged nearly 6.5 yards per carry… Passed for 169 yards, while picking up 72 yards on the ground in the state title game vs. Cherry Creek… Split time at quarterback as a junior with Colorado signee Blake Stenstrom… Helped Valor Christian to an 11-1 record by rushing for 548 yards and passing for 878 yards and completing 78 % of his attempts… First-team All-Colorado choice as a quarterback by the coaches association, and was a first-team all-state pick by the Denver Post as an athlete… Ranked as the nation’s No. 142 overall prospect by ESPN.com, which listed him as the top prospect in Colorado and the No. 5 dual-threat quarterback in the country… Top player in Colorado, the No. 11 athlete prospect, and among the top 300 players in the nation according to 247Sports… Chose Nebraska originally over Colorado, Michigan, Ohio State, Washington, and UCLA.
Personal
Full name: Luke McCaffrey... Born: April 2... Parents: Ed and Lisa McCaffrey… Three brothers… Oldest brother, Max was a wide receiver at Duke… Christian was the 2015 Associated Press Player of the Year at Stanford in a Cardinal attack coordinated by Owls head coach Mike Bloomgren and was a first-team NFL All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection Carolina in 2019 and San Francisco in 2022… Dylan combined with his father to win three state titles at Valor Christian before signing with Michigan, then transferred to play again for his father at Northern Colorado in 2021.
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