Luke Willson

This article is about the football player. For the actor, see Luke Wilson

Luke Willson

Seattle Seahawks - No. 82
Tight end
Date of birth: January 15, 1990
Place of birth: LaSalle , Ontario
Height: 1.96 m	Weight: 114 kg
NFL debut
2013 for the Seattle Seahawks
Career
College : Rice
NFL Draft : 2013 / Round: 5 / Pick: 158
CFL Draft : 2012 / Round: 5 / Pick: 32
Teams: Seattle Seahawks ( 2013 - 2017 ) Detroit Lions ( 2018 ) Seattle Seahawks (since 2019 )
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl winner ( XLVIII ) 2 × NFC master ( 2013 , 2014 )
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Pass catches	110
Space gain	1,295 yards
Captured touchdowns	11
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Luke Michael Willson (born January 15, 1990 in LaSalle , Ontario ) is a Canadian American football player. He plays the tight end position for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League (NFL).

Career

CFL

Willson was voted 32nd player in the 2012 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts . But he refused to play there because he preferred to play for an NFL team.

NFL

Willson was selected as the 158th player by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2013 NFL Draft . He played in every game of the 2013 season and scored his first touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 14. Willson's rookie season ended by winning Super Bowl XLVIII . In this he caught two passes for a total of 17 yards .

For the 2014 season , he became a starter after week 3 because his predecessor, Zach Miller , was injured. This season he moved back to the Super Bowl, but lost it.

In the 2015 season he lost his starting position to the new signing Jimmy Graham . After he got injured, Willson got the starting position back. In week 16, Willson suffered a concussion, which meant that he was out the remainder of the regular season . On March 17, 2017 Willson signed a new one-year contract with a salary of 3 million US dollars for the Seahawks.

On March 21, 2018, Willson signed a one-year contract for $ 2.5 million with the Detroit Lions . Here, however, he only caught 15 passes for 87 yards and no touchdown, career lows. On March 29, 2019, the Oakland Raiders signed Willson. As part of the final roster cuts, he was released before the start of the season.

At the end of September 2019, he was signed again by the Seahawks.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rice Owl's profile . In: riceowls.com . Retrieved December 29, 2015.
2. ↑ Seahawks select Canadian Luke Willson in 5th round of NFL draft. April 27, 2013, accessed December 29, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Danny Kelly: NFL Draft Results: Seahawks select TE Luke Willson in the 5th. April 27, 2013, accessed December 29, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Steve Kelly: Luke Willson: I just scored an NFL touchdown. December 13, 2013, archived from the original on December 29, 2015 ; accessed on April 29, 2019 (English). 
5. ↑ Super Bowl XLVIII . nfl.com. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
6. ↑ Michael David Smith: Seahawks put Zach Miller on injured reserve. November 12, 2014, accessed December 29, 2015 . 
7. ↑ John Boyle: Seattle Seahawks Tight End Luke Willson Ready for Bigger Role in Jimmy Graham's Absence. December 3, 2015, accessed April 29, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Bob Condotta: Seahawks' Luke Willson makes' marked improvements' after suffering concussion vs. Rams. Seattle Times, December 28, 2015, accessed January 6, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Byron Drahold: Seahawks re-sign tight end Luke Willson to one-year contract. Seahawks Wire - USA Today, March 17, 2017, accessed March 20, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Windsor's Luke Willson happy to be closer to home with Lions. Retrieved March 23, 2018 . 
11. ^ Raiders sign former Lions, Seahawks TE Luke Willson. Retrieved March 30, 2019 . 
12. ↑ 2019 NFL roster cuts tracker: Follow along as all 32 teams cut down to their final 53. In: cbssports.com. CBSSports.com, accessed August 31, 2019 . 
13. ^ Seahawks to sign Luke Willson following Vannett trade. In: nfl.com. NFL.com, accessed September 27, 2019 .