#36

Cole Luke

Cornerback for Notre Dame. 2016: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 48 tackles.

CB · Notre Dame · #36

5′11″ · Chandler, AZ

Notre Dame 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 141 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 cornerback for Notre Dame. 2016: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 48 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Notre Dame, 48 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of Hamilton

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#141 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 22-16 over that span.

2014Notre Dame8-5HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2015Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2016Notre Dame4-8HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#193 / 2668 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#519 / 2668 · 80th pct

Tackles#732 / 2668 · 72nd pct

Interceptions#152 / 763 · 68th pct

Tackles for loss#1319 / 2668 · 46th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road5g	3.6	0.4	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Notre Dame	48	35	2.0	0.0	6	2	--
2015	Notre Dame	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
2014	Notre Dame	--	--	--	--	--	4	--
Career		48	35	2.0	0.0	6	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 30–27

vs Miami

5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With D. Kizer — 263 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.3 · 31 rush yds (8 car) · T. Newsome — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week