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2018 Football

3 Luke DiFrancesco

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Johnstown, Pa.
  • High School Bishop McCort
  • Major Biomedical Engineering

Biography

Senior (2018): Was named an honorable mention to the All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference team, and selected to the All-University Athletic Association First Team… Started all 10 games during his senior season, serving as a team captain and turning in a career-year… Set career-best marks with 45 catches, 663 receiving yards and seven touchdowns…  Named the UAA Offensive Athlete of the Week on October 29th after catching four passes for 61 yards and a touchdown against Bethany… Caught three touchdown passes against Thiel on September 22nd… Recorded a season-best 143 yards on six catches during the Spartans’ season-finale against Carnegie Mellon, including a 73-yard catch in the game, the 20th-longest play from scrimmage in program history… Registered seven catches for 114 yards and a score against Washington and Jefferson on October 6th. Finished his career with 108 catches for 1,482 yards and 12 touchdowns over 40 games played… Named to the Fall 2018 PAC Academic Honor Roll.

Junior (2017): Returned from an injury his junior year to play in all 12 games his senior campaign, including eight in a starting role… Finished the year with 17 catches for 259 yards and three touchdowns… Caught a season-high three passes for 45 yards against Carnegie Mellon on November 11… Collected a 24-yard touchdown catch during the team’s NCAA Playoff game against top-ranked Mount Union… Also caught touchdowns against Saint Vincent and Westminster… Has played in 32 games over his career, catching 64 passes for 843 yards and six touchdowns.

Medical Redshirt (2016): Missed the entire 2016 season due to injury.

Sophomore (2015): Played in all 10 games for the Spartans during his sophomore year… finished the season with 16 receptions for 325 yards and a pair of touchdowns… tallied a pair of catches for 78 yards and a touchdown against St. Vincent on September 19th… Had a career-long 65-yard touchdown catch against Thiel on September 26th.

Freshman (2014): Played in all 10 games during the campaign, making four starts…tied for the team lead with 31 receptions during the year, and fifth among CWRU players with 259 receiving yards…named the UAA Offensive Player of the Week after catching the game-winning 23-yard touchdown pass with 1:08 remaining, his first career score, in a win over Thiel on September 27…finished the game with four receptions and a season-high 75 yards.

Personal: Earned three varsity letters in football as well as two in basketball and one in tennis at Bishop McCort High School…named to All-Pennsylvania Second Team in 2012…All-Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference in 2013…high honor roll student…son of Matthew and Anne DiFrancesco.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014First-Year

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    5'11" 180 lbs
    80
  • 80

    2015Sophomore

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    5'11" 185 lbs
    80
  • 80

    2016Junior

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    5'11" 185 lbs
    80
  • 3

    2017Senior

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    5'11" 185 lbs
    3
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    2018Senior

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    5'11" 185 lbs
    3
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