#15

Luke Carrezola

Defensive lineman for UConn. 2017: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DL · UConn · #15

6′3″ · 255 lb · Langhorne, PA

UConn 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1750 nationally · Signed with UConn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive lineman for UConn. 2017: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UConn in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UConn, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2014

Signed with UConn3-star out of Neshaminy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1750 national

CFB

College

UConn

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

2 coaches

2015–2016

Bob Diaco

UConn

2017

Randy Edsall

UConn

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bob Diaco → Randy Edsall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015UConn6-7HC: Bob Diaco · Run-leaning

2016UConn3-9HC: Bob Diaco · Balanced

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (82nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#188 / 2682 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#452 / 2682 · 82nd pct

6.0

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1447 / 2682 · 45th pct

Tackles#1755 / 2682 · 33rd pct

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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1
Road4g	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	UConn	22	16	6.0	2.0	2	--	--
2016	UConn	43	32	11.0	3.0	2	--	--
2015	UConn	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		65	48	17.0	5.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 27–20

vs Holy Cross

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With B. Graham — 40 AVG · 44 LONG · 6 NO · D. Pindell — 154 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.1 · 33 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20vs Holy Cross	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 18-38@ Virginia	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 38-41vs East Carolina	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-70vs Memphis	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 28-24@ Temple	4	3	1.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 20-14vs Tulsa	3	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 12-52vs Missouri	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 20-37vs South Florida	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 24-49@ UCF	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 16-39vs Boston College	5	3	1.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 13	L 21-22@ Cincinnati	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		22	16	6.0	2.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2014

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays