Luke Michael Willson is a Canadian American football tight end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League.
Education
He attended Saint Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School in LaSalle, Ontario, near Windsor. He finished his freshman year with 7 receptions for 122 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown. He finished his sophomore season with a total of 33 receptions, 425 receiving yards along 3 receiving touchdowns.
Career
He was drafted by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft out of Rice. Willson played with the Canadian Junior National baseball team in 2008. In 2011 he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays organization but decided to return to football.
He was selected to the all-conference three times in high school.
He had 29 receptions for 638 receiving yards along with eight receiving touchdowns in his senior season. He was selected as Saint Thomas of Villanova High School"s Athlete of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons.
Willson played as a tight end for Rice University each year from 2009 through 2012. Freshman season
Sophomore season
Junior season
In 2011, he was selected to Philosophy Steele"s midseason All-Conference United States of America team as tight education
He was selected to the Consensus first-team preseason All C-United States of America and also was selected to the first team of Dave Campbell"s Texas Football All-Texas College preseason team before his junior season.
He finished his junior season with 29 receptions, 313 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns. Senior season
He finished his senior season with a total of 9 receptions for 126 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns. 2013 season
Willson played in every game for Seattle in 2013 and scored his first touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers.
At the end of the regular season, Willson was graded as the second most valuable rookie TE by Football Outsiders, despite being the eighth TE selected in the 2013 draft.
Willson contributed to the Seattle Seahawks 43–8 victory over the Denver Broncos, catching two passes for 17 yards. 2014 season
Willson"s sophomore season saw an increased role when starting tight end Zach Miller was injured after a week 3 game against the Denver Broncos, eventually ending up on injured reserve.
Willson caught a game-winning 23 yard touchdown pass with less than a minute left in week 8 against the Carolina Panthers. He later starred in a week 16 game against the Arizona Cardinals, catching 3 passes for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Willson ended the season with 22 catches for 362 yards and 3 touchdowns.
In the 2014-2015 NFL playoffs, Willson caught 4 passes for 68 yards and a touchdown in a divisional round game against the Carolina Panthers, then one week later caught a key two-point conversion in the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers. The Seahawks went on to defeat the Packers 28–22 to reach the Super Bowl for the second straight season. In Super Bowl XLIX, Willson had no catches as the Seahawks failed to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
The Seahawks were defeated by the New England Patriots 28-24.
Willson also has a Tuesday guest spot with BJ & Migs Mornings on 99.9 KISW "The Rock of Seattle" radio station titled "The End Zone with Luke Willson.".