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2021 NIU Football Roster

89 Luke Mallette

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 241
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position Defensive End
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Whitney Young
  • Prev School Amherst College

Biography

2020
• After arriving at NIU as a grad transfer, saw action in the season opener vs. Buffalo (11-4) as a member of the NIU special teams.

At Amherst
• Played two seasons of football and four seasons of lacrosse at Amherst College.
• As a wide receiver on the football team in 2018 and 2019, played in 14 games and caught 31 passes for 309 yards.
• Made 30 catches for 302 yards in nine games in 2019 with four touchdowns.
• Caught career high six passes for 69 yards vs. Williams and had a five-catch, 44-yard day vs. Bates College.
• Also returned a pair of kickoffs for 30 yards.
• As a long stick midfielder in lacrosse, started 20 of 22 games in his top season of 2019.
• Scored six goals with 32 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers as the Mammoths went 18-4 and reached the NCAA Division III Championship Game
• Earned All-NEILA (New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association) honors in 2019.

High School
• Earned recognition on the IHSA Public League Big Shoulders All-Conference team his senior year.
• Named either the defensive or special teams player of the game nine times in 10 games his senior season at Whitney Young.
• In 16 games over two seasons, made 65 tackles with six tackles for loss while playing defensive line, tight end and kicker.
• Totaled 40 tackles with three recoveries in 10 games as a senior and made 25 stops in six games his junior year.
• Helped Whitney Young to a 9-1 record his senior year.
• Returned eight kickoffs for 288 yards with a long of 55 yards in 2015.
• Also handled kickoff duties, kicking off 48 times for a 46.8-yard average with 10 touchbacks.
• Accounted for nine points as a senior with a touchdown, a safety and a PAT.
• Named to the IHSA Class 7A All-State Academic Team.

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Historical Player Information

  • 89

    2020Redshirt Senior

    Tight End
    6'4" 231 lbs
    89
  • 89

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Defensive End
    6'4" 241 lbs
    89