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Lukas Van Ness

DL · Iowa · So. · #91

All-Conf HMGreen Bay — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 13, #13 overall

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Lukas Van Ness

DL · Iowa · So · #91

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

Recruit

★★★

#1063 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #13

Green Bay · 2023

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2022)

All-Big Ten

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 4th NFL season

#13Rd 1 · Pick 13

Green BayEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Awards

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2022)

All-Big Ten

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Iowa	33	16	9.5	6.0	--	--	--
2021	Iowa	33	17	8.5	7.0	1	--	--
Career		66	33	18.0	13.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022

W 27–10

at Rutgers

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

How he plays

Play style

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Cameron Thomas’s 2021 season.

Cameron Thomas

85%match

San Diego State · 2021

1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 3 · Pk 23

Lukas Van Ness

Iowa · 2021

NFL Rd 1 · Pk 13

82%

Viliami Fehoko

San José State · 2022

All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 4

64%

Davontae McCrae

North Texas · 2020

64%

Isaiah Foskey

Notre Dame · 2022

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 9

63%

Matches Cameron on

Hurry rate

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Cameron on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cameron Thomas's sophomore season at San Diego State (2021).

Cameron Thomas

91%match

San Diego State · 2021

1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 3 · Pk 23

Joseph Mutombo

Rice · 2024

84%

Chiddi Obiazor

Kansas State · 2024

79%

Boye Mafe

Minnesota · 2021

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 8

77%

Isaiah Thomas

Oklahoma · 2021

76%

Matches Cameron on

Class year

TFL rate

Hurry rate