Fullback for Nebraska. 2017: 10 rushing yards, 2 catches.
6′2″ · 250 lb · Kearney, NE
The story
2017 fullback for Nebraska. 2017: 10 rushing yards, 2 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearLuke McNitt
Third year in the Nebraska backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt: 4 rush yds against Northern Illinois — Week 3, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nebraska, 14 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Riley.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Mike Riley — 19-19 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the FB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017
W 25–24
at Purdue
2 rush yds (2 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.
With T. Lee — 431 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.0 · -18 rush yds (5 car) · J. Spielman — 6 rec · 70 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-36vs Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-42@ Oregon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-21vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | Season-high 4 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 14-56vs Ohio State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 25-24@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-54@ Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | L 44-56@ Penn State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-56vs Iowa | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 6 | 10 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 |