Luke Willson
Willson in 2013
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| No. 82 Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||
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| Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 15, 1990 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | LaSalle, Ontario | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | LaSalle (ON) St. Thomas of Villanova | ||||||||
| College: | Rice | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 5 / Pick: 158 | ||||||||
| CFL draft: | 2012 / Round: 5 / Pick: 32 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 74 |
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| Receiving yards: | 976 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 7 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Luke Michael Willson (born January 15, 1990) is a Canadian football tight end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft out of Rice.
Willson played with the Canadian Junior National baseball team in 2008. In 2011, he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays organization but decided to return to football.
He attended St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School in LaSalle, Ontario, near Windsor. He was selected to the all-conference three times in high school. He had 29 receptions for 638 receiving yards along with eight receiving touchdowns in his senior season. He was selected as St. Thomas of Villanova High School's Athlete of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons.
Willson played as a tight end for Rice University each year from 2009 through 2012.
He finished his freshman year with 7 receptions for 122 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
He finished his sophomore season with a total of 33 receptions, 425 receiving yards along 3 receiving touchdowns.
In 2011, he was selected to Phil Steele's midseason All-Conference USA team as tight end. He was selected to the Consensus first-team preseason All C-USA and also was selected to the first team of Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College preseason team before his junior season. He finished his junior season with 29 receptions, 313 receiving yards, and 3 receiving touchdowns.
He finished his senior season with a total of 9 receptions for 126 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns.
Willson played in every game for Seattle in 2013 and scored his first touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers. At the end of the regular season, Willson was graded as the second most valuable rookie TE by Football Outsiders, despite being the eighth TE selected in the 2013 draft.
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