Derrick Luetjen

Photo by: Brett Rojo

Position:
Derrick Luetjen
Height:
6-3
Weight:
291
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hennessey, Okla.
High School:
Hennessey

Tulsa –– A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . has played in 37 career games and has 24 starts, all consecutively since the start of the 2013 campaign . . . has totaled 106 career tackles, including 15.5 stops for -68 yards and 6.5 sacks for -45 yards . . . 2014 – Started all 12 games . . . had 43 tackles and 7.5 stops for -33 yards . . . totaled 19 tackles and 3.5 TFLs for -14 yards in the final three games of the 2014 season . . . had two stops and one sack for -11 yards vs. Oklahoma . . . totaled five tackles against FAU and USF . . . credited with six tackles and one TFL for -2 yards at UCF . . . tallied a season-high seven stops at Houston, including 1.5 stops for -10 yards . . . had six tackles and one TFL for -2 yards vs. East Carolina . . . 2013 – Played and started all 12 games . . . was credited with 49 tackles, including four TFLs for -21 yards and two sacks for -12 yards . . . also had three pass break-ups and two forced fumbles . . . totaled a career-best eight tackles and forced one fumble against Marshall . . . had five stops and two TFLs for -17 yards against Colorado State . . . tallied three tackles in his first career start at Bowling Green . . . 2012 – Played in the first 13 games . . . had 14 tackles, including nine solos and four stops for -14 yards . . . compiled four tackles at Marshall . . . totaled a season-best five tackles and two stops for -3 yards against Nicholls State . . . had his first career tackles against Tulane with three stops, including two sacks for -11 yards . . . 2011 – Was one of several true freshmen to sit out the 2011 season due to red-shirt status.

High School –– Was a four-year letterwinner and starter at Hennessey High School . . . started at offensive tackle and defensive tackle all four years . . . helped lead his team to the Class 2A state championship in 2010 . . . earned first-team Tulsa World all-state honors as a defensive end his senior season . . . was named to The Oklahoman all-state second team his senior season, and also earned first-team Little All-City honors by The Oklahoman . . . earned OCA all-state honors as a senior . . . was named the District Defensive MVP . . . was credited with 107 tackles, 12 sacks, 14 stops for lost yardage, 26 QB pressures and three forced fumbles his senior season . . . completed his career with 268 tackles and 29 sacks . . . totaled 64 tackles, nine sacks, 10 TFLs and 16 QB pressures in his junior season . . . earned honorable mention all-state merits as a junior by The Oklahoman . . . also lettered four years in power-lifting and two years in track . . . was the Class 2A state champion in the shot put as a junior . . . high school football coach was Shannon Watford.

Personal –– Enjoys fishing, playing Xbox and watching movies . . . favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys . . . his favorite TV show is “The Voice” . . . favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans . . . lists J.J. Watt as his favorite NFL player . . . his favorite professional sports team is the Oklahoma City Thunder . . . his favorite actor is Will Ferrell . . . was twice named a C-USA Academic Medalist . . . parents are Rick and Kathy Luetjen . . . his dad played football at Southwestern Oklahoma State . . . majoring in exercise and sports science . . . born June 17, 1992 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (pronounced LOU - gen)