Last confirmed: Notre Dame, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
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Cole Luke: CB · Notre Dame · #36.
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Cole Luke
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. He has spent three seasons in the Notre Dame secondary. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Virginia Tech — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 47-50@ Texas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 39-10vs Nevada | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-36vs No. 12 Michigan State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38vs Duke | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 50-33@ Syracuse | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-10@ NC State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-17vs Stanford | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs Miami | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-28@ Navy | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-6vs Army | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-34vs Virginia Tech | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 27-45@ No. 12 USC | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 48 | 35 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Week 9 · 2016
W 30-27
vs Miami
1 interception · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
48tackles this season48 tackles · 2 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 22-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
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
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
47.4%
387 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
68.0
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
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.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brian Kelly.
