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88 Luke Albers

  • Position Tight End
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 250
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Iola, Wis.
  • High School Iola-Scandinavia HS

Biography

* 2015 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2014 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2013, 2014, 2015 MVFC Honor Roll

2015 SEASON (SENIOR):
 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team honoree...Played in 14 of 15 games including 10 starts...Caught 10 passes for 86 yards and one touchdown...Caught two passes in regular season wins over South Dakota State and Northern Iowa and in the NCAA semifinal win over Richmond…Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2014 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in 14 of 16 games...Caught 13 passes for 177 yards...Second on the team with four touchdown receptions...Career-high three catches and 42 yards with one TD at South Dakota...Caught a 21-yard TD pass to break a 17-17 tie in the NCAA quarterfinal against Coastal Carolina...Made a 6-yard TD catch in the NCAA championship game to give NDSU a 10-7 lead over Illinois State midway through the second quarter...MVFC Honor Roll and Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.
 
2013 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in 11 games…Made three catches for 43 yards…Long catch was a 29-yarder at Indiana State…Made catches of five yards against Ferris State and nine yards against New Hampshire…Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
 
2012 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Saw limited action in four games.
 
2011 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as redshirt in Bison program.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: 2011 graduate of Iola-Scandinavia High School...All-state tight end under head coach Scott Erickson...All-conference performer at tight end and defensive end including first-team honors as a junior...Had 44 career receptions for 816 yards and seven TDs...Recorded 71 tackles, eight sacks and had three interceptions over last two years on defense...Also punted for the Thunderbirds as a senior...Second team all-area and all-conference forward as a junior, leading team in scoring, rebounds, blocked shots and field goal and free throw shooting...Part of two conference champion track and field teams...Member of 400 meter relay team that placed fifth at state.
 
PERSONAL: Had a mini-camp tryout with the Arizona Cardinals in May 2016...Graduated from NDSU in December 2015 with a bachelor's degree in fisheries and wildlife management and a minor in criminal justice…Born May 23, 1993...Son of David Albers, Iola, Wis., and Jan Anderson, Amherst Junction, Wis...Has three sisters, Andrea, Emily and Kiaya.

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Historical Player Information

  • 88

    2011Freshman

    Tight End
    6'5" 228 lbs
    88
  • 88

    2012Redshirt Freshman

    Tight End
    6'5" 248 lbs
    88
  • 88

    2013Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'5" 244 lbs
    88
  • 88

    2014Junior

    Tight End
    6'5" 249 lbs
    88
  • 88

    2015Senior

    Tight End
    6'5" 250 lbs
    88