Luke Lambert

Started all 11 games at defensive tackle, ranking fourth on the Wildcat defense with 50 total tackles...tied for eighth in the NSIC with 4.5 sacks for 30 yards, had 7.5 tackles for loss (38 yds), one interception, one fumble recovery, one forced fumble, one blocked kick and three quarterback hurries...had season-high eight tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one forced fumble vs. Nebraska-Kearney (8/28/25)...credited with seven tackles vs. Bemidji State (10/11/25) and had six tackles with one sack for 10 yards in snowstorm at Sioux Falls (11/8/25)...recorded six tackles vs. #9 Minnesota State (10/25/25)...for the second straight season named NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence and voted to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. Appeared in all 11 games with 10 starts as a defensive lineman, totaled 43 tackles, three tackles for loss (16 yards) and one sack...had season high eight tackles and one tackle for loss (one yard) vs. Minot State (10/5/24)...credited with six tackles, one sack (eight yards), two tackles for loss (15 yards) and one QB hurry vs. Sioux Falls (10/26/24)...had four tackles in two other games at Southwest Minnesota State (10/12/24) and at Bemidji State (11/2/24)...earned NSIC All-Academic Honors and was named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. Played in seven games as a reserve defensive lineman, recording nine tackles and two fumble recoveries...had season high five tackles with one fumble recovery vs. #12 Augustana (10/28/23)...also had one fumble recovery and tackle vs. Bemidji State (10/14/23). Graduate of Ashland-Greenwood High School... multi-sport standout in football, wrestling and track and field for the Bluejays…had a four-year high school record of 39-5 with four Class C1 state quarterfinal appearances and three undefeated regular seasons…averaged 9.3 tackles per game during senior season with four sacks and nine tackles for loss in just four games, named All-District and All-Area Defense and Class C1 All-State honorable mention…had 70 tackles with five sacks, eight tackles for loss and 14 QB hurries during junior season…was a Class B state wrestling medalist at 220 pounds as a junior placing sixth…named to the 2023 Nebraska Shrine Bowl. Son of Lance and Brandi Lambert...born February 12, 2005...majoring in construction management.