The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League employ Luke Gifford as a linebacker in the NFL. He is 110 kg in weight and 1.91 m tall. While playing football as a tight end and safety at Lincoln Southeast High School, he was there. His involvement in the team’s 2011 state championship victory as a sophomore helped. He earned second team All-Nebraska accolades in his junior year.
He accepted an offer from the University of Nebraska for a football scholarship after high school. He was a Nebraska Cornhuskers football player at the University of Nebraska. He played in 6 games as a redshirt freshman, making 7 tackles in total. He made one assisted tackle in his four games of backup action as a sophomore.
In seven games as a junior, he started at outside linebacker. He played in all 12 games in his senior season and finished with 62 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, 7 quarterback hurries, and one forced fumble. Gifford was an undrafted free agent who was signed by the Dallas Cowboys after the 2019 NFL Draft. He made 8 appearances in 2020, largely playing on special teams.
For the opening game of the season, a hamstring strain was listed as his injury. When the NFL suspended him for two games in November 2020 for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs, he was forced to sit out Weeks 12 and 13. In March 2022, he re-signed with the Cowboys for a single season.
When Was Luke Gifford Drafted?
Luke Gifford was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys following the 2019 NFL Draft.