2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 52
Luke Eckardt
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 315
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OL
- Hometown:
- Spring Grove, Ill.
- HS / Prev Schools:
- Richmond Burton HS / Arizona / Colorado / Iowa Western CC
- Years in College Football:
- 4
- Eligibility Remaining:
- 1
Iowa Western CC
2023 Season
Played in nine games on the offensive line for Iowa Western CC as the Rievers left tackle ... helped lead IWCC to the 2023 NJCAA national championship ... earned all-America second team honors.
Colorado
2022 Season
Joined the Buffs after transferring from Arizona … did not see any action.
Arizona
2021 Season
Did not see game action ... took a redshirt.
Richmond-Burton HS
A three-star prospect by the recruiting services … The 247 Composite listed him as the No. 174 tackle in the national and No. 55 player out of Illinois … Helped coach Mike Noll and the Richmond-Burton Rockets to a 32-2 record overall and 16-1 league mark in his sophomore through senior seasons, including a perfect 21-0 and 11-0 mark, respectively, the last two seasons … In his COVID-shortened senior season in 2020, the Rockets were 7-0 overall and 6-0 and outscored opponents 317-21 on the season, by an average of 45-3 and the team averaged 270.3 rushing yards per game … He was named first-team All-Region team as a senior … As a junior, RBHS was a perfect 14-0 overall and 5-0 in league play winning a state championship, outsourcing opponents 612-94, by an average of 44-7 … Sophomore season RBHS was 11-2 overall and 5-1 in league play, falling in the fourth round of the state playoffs and winning by an average score of 28-9 … As a sophomore, he was named second-team All-Region.
Personal
Parents are Karl and Anne Eckardt … has one brother, Cooper ... father played football at NIU and Elmhurst College
2023 Season
Played in nine games on the offensive line for Iowa Western CC as the Rievers left tackle ... helped lead IWCC to the 2023 NJCAA national championship ... earned all-America second team honors.
Colorado
2022 Season
Joined the Buffs after transferring from Arizona … did not see any action.
Arizona
2021 Season
Did not see game action ... took a redshirt.
Richmond-Burton HS
A three-star prospect by the recruiting services … The 247 Composite listed him as the No. 174 tackle in the national and No. 55 player out of Illinois … Helped coach Mike Noll and the Richmond-Burton Rockets to a 32-2 record overall and 16-1 league mark in his sophomore through senior seasons, including a perfect 21-0 and 11-0 mark, respectively, the last two seasons … In his COVID-shortened senior season in 2020, the Rockets were 7-0 overall and 6-0 and outscored opponents 317-21 on the season, by an average of 45-3 and the team averaged 270.3 rushing yards per game … He was named first-team All-Region team as a senior … As a junior, RBHS was a perfect 14-0 overall and 5-0 in league play winning a state championship, outsourcing opponents 612-94, by an average of 44-7 … Sophomore season RBHS was 11-2 overall and 5-1 in league play, falling in the fourth round of the state playoffs and winning by an average score of 28-9 … As a sophomore, he was named second-team All-Region.
Personal
Parents are Karl and Anne Eckardt … has one brother, Cooper ... father played football at NIU and Elmhurst College
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