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Lukas Van Ness

Defensive End, Green Bay Packers · #90.

Player facts

Team: Green Bay Packers
Position: Defensive End
Number: 90
Born: Jul 6, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace: Barrington, IL, USA
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 272 lbs
College: Iowa
Experience: 4 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	PD	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	24	15	9	2.5	0	0	0	5.5	6
Last 5 Games	24	15	9	2.5	0	0	0	5.5	0
Career	108	73	35	11	1	1	1	20.5	26

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs CHI	W 31-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ TB	W 17-14	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Sep 24	vs ATL	L 35-14	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ NYJ	W 20-17 OT	10	7	3	1.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ MIN	L 39-22	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Lukas Van Ness (born July 6, 2001) is an American professional football outside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was selected by the Packers in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lukas Van Ness, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Van Ness was born on July 6, 2001, in Barrington, Illinois. He later attended Barrington High School, where he played football and ice hockey. He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Iowa over offers from Illinois, Minnesota, and Kansas.

Personal life

Van Ness has two sisters named Hanna, who is the older sister, and Ella, who is the younger sister, as well as a younger brother named Devan who plays football and lacrosse while attending Barrington High School in Illinois.

During the live television broadcast coverage of the 2023 National Football League Draft when footage showed Van Ness and Hanna seated next to each other on a couch, fans, who did not know she is his older sister, mistakenly identified her as his girlfriend.

College career

Van Ness redshirted his true freshman season at the University of Iowa. Playing both defensive end and defensive tackle, he became a starter as a redshirt freshman and had 33 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and seven sacks. At the end of the season, Van Ness was named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. During his redshirt sophomore season, he was named the Big Ten Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after blocking two kicks in a 10–7 loss to Iowa State.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lukas Van Ness, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹