Luke Haggard

Early life

Haggard was born on January 3, 2000, and grew up in Petaluma, California. He started playing football in eighth grade. He attended Petaluma High School where he played football, rugby and lacrosse. In football, he was a two-way lineman and the tallest player on the team. Haggard was named first-team All-Redwood Empire as an offensive tackle in his junior year and then repeated as a senior when he helped Petaluma to a record of 8–2. He was also selected All-Bay 6 Conference and All-NorCal Region. After high school, Haggard enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College.

College career

Haggard initially did not plan to play college football at Santa Rosa, but eventually was convinced by their head coach to do so. He played for the Santa Rosa Bear Cubs from 2018 to 2019 as an offensive tackle. In his two seasons there, he was selected all-conference and all-region. In 2020, he transferred to the Indiana Hoosiers. That year, he appeared in six games, four as a starter. Haggard then served as the team's starting left tackle in 2021 and 2022. He started 11 games in 2021, earning the Chris Dal Sasso Award as Indiana's best lineman, then all 10 games in 2022. He finished his stint at Indiana having appeared in 27 games, 25 as a starter.