Tight End University is alive and well with their next top-end talent manning the position.
Luke Lachey is back from a lower leg injury and is entering the 2024 college football season fully healthy for the Iowa Hawkeyes as a top pass-catching target.
Lachey, also a candidate for the Comeback Player of the Year with quarterback Cade McNamara, has been named to the John Mackey Award watch list ahead of the season.
🏆 @JohnMackeyAward Watch List@luke_lachey #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/63DbGNVTns
— Hawkeye Football (@HawkeyeFootball) August 9, 2024
The award is given out annually to the most outstanding tight end in FBS college football.
The John Mackey Award distinctively celebrates excellence without prejudice or discrimination. Dedicated to the life of John Mackey himself, the award seeks to keep on driving true passion, dedication and at the same time raise health awareness for the Game of football in schools, especially in colleges and among the youth generally. – John Mackey Award
Luke Lachey, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a product of Grandview High School, is back for his fifth season with the Hawkeyes. After his 2023 season was cut short to three games with a leg injury, he returned to Iowa rather than enter the NFL draft.
Lachey has flashed brilliance in his time on the field and really came into his own in the 2022 season playing alongside Sam LaPorta and filling in when LaPorta was forced to miss time with injury.
Lachey has appeared in 30 games with 13 starts. He has registered 46 career receptions for 662 yards and four touchdowns.
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