Luke Pirris is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Navy.
Pirris is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Navy linebacker corps. The first one came in 2023: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 12 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Air Force, Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs VMI | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-24vs UAB | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-23@ Tulsa | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-13vs Rice | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-31vs Air Force | 12 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 32-31@ Temple | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Florida Atlantic | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-31@ North Texas | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-49@ No. 10 Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38vs No. 25 South Florida | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-17@ Memphis | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 16 | W 17-16vs Army | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-13vs Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 33 | 7.0 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%7 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups78 tackles · 7 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Brian Newberry — 26-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Newberry
Pass share
22.5%
182 pass / 626 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
182 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
78 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #91 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #9 of 61 American Athletic LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ken Niumatalolo → Brian Newberry. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
