Luke Sahly

LBSeasons 2014–2017 (4)Games 376'0" · 214 lbsHometown Winfield, Ill.High school Wheaton North / Taylor University

Player of the Week · 2016Second Team All-CCIW · 2017

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Tackles

166

10.0 sacks · 23.0 TFL · 1 INT

All-Time Rankings

Best career and season finishes (top 10) and single-game finishes (top 3) on computed leaderboards, 1999–2025

1st Forced Fumbles · 2016 · 3 10th Forced Fumbles · career · 3

Biography

From the official athletics bio

Career: Appeared in 37 games, making 166 career tackles with 23 tackles for loss and 10 sacks...forced three fumbles and recovered one fumble.

2014: First season with the Thunder after transferring from Taylor University...compiled eight tackles including four against Coe on Sept. 6.

2015: Recorded 11 tackles in 10 games for the Thunder...had a career-high six tackles and a pass break-up against Adrian on Sept. 12.

2016: CCIW Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10...started all 13 games, recording 82 tackles including 10.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks with three forced fumbles...forced a fumble and had two sacks with 11 tackles against Benedictine on Sept. 3...had 10 tackles in an NCAA Playoff win over Huntingdon on Nov. 19...had a sack with seven tackles at Illinois Wesleyan on Oct. 1...career high 14 tackles in NCAA Quarterfinals against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Dec. 3.

2017: Second Team All-CCIW...started all 10 games, recording 65 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, one interception, one fumble recovery and three pass breakups...had a season-high 11 tackles against Illinois Wesleyan on Sept. 30..had 10 tackles including 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack against Carthage on Sept. 16.

High school: Two-year varsity starter...team captain...defensive MVP...All-Conference...All-Area...Academic All-Conference...Academic All-State...Illinois State Scholar.

Major: Business/Econ.

Season by Season

All-Purpose Yards

Season ▴	G	Rush	Rec	PR	KR	IR	Yds	Yds/G
2017	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

Defense

Season ▴	GP	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR
2014	4	5	3	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	10	6	5	11	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2016	13	43	39	82	10.5	6.5	0	2	1	3	0
2017	10	40	25	65	12.5	3.5	1	3	0	0	1
Career	37	94	72	166	23.0	10.0	1	6	1	3	1

Interceptions

Season ▴	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2017	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Logs

From box scores, 1999–2025

Date ▴	Opponent	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FF	FR
Sep 6, 2014	Coe College	3	1	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 4, 2014	North Park University	1	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 18, 2014	Millikin University	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 25, 2014	North Central College	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 5, 2015	Coe College	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 12, 2015	Adrian College	4	2	6	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 17, 2015	Millikin University	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 31, 2015	Elmhurst University	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 21, 2015	Lakeland University	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 3, 2016	Benedictine University	6	5	11	2.0	2.0	0	0	1	1	1
Sep 10, 2016	Kalamazoo College	1	1	2	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 17, 2016	Carthage College	2	0	2	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 24, 2016	Elmhurst University	2	3	5	2.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 1, 2016	Illinois Wesleyan University	5	2	7	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 8, 2016	Millikin University	5	4	9	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1
Oct 15, 2016	North Central College	8	0	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 22, 2016	North Park University	1	4	5	1.0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 5, 2016	Augustana College (IL)	1	2	3	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 12, 2016	Carroll University	3	1	4	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 19, 2016	Huntingdon College	5	5	10	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	1	1
Nov 26, 2016	North Central College	0	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 3, 2016	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	4	10	14	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 2, 2017	Benedictine University	3	5	8	2.5	1.5	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 9, 2017	Kalamazoo College	5	1	6	2.5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 16, 2017	Carthage College	6	4	10	4.5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 23, 2017	Elmhurst University	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 30, 2017	Illinois Wesleyan University	6	5	11	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 7, 2017	Millikin University	2	1	3	0.5	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Oct 16, 2017	North Central College	6	2	8	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 21, 2017	North Park University	3	3	6	1.5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 4, 2017	Augustana College (IL)	4	1	5	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 11, 2017	Carroll University	4	3	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Date ▴	Opponent	No	Yds	TD	Long
Oct 21, 2017	North Park University	1	0	0	0

Roster History

Season	#	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown	High School
2014	53	LB	Sophomore	6'0"	211 lbs	Winfield, Ill.	Wheaton North / Taylor University
2015	53	LB	Junior	6'0"	216 lbs	Winfield, Ill.	Wheaton North / Taylor University
2016	53	LB	Senior	6'0"	216 lbs	Winfield, Ill.	Wheaton North / Taylor University
2017	53	LB	Senior	6'0"	214 lbs	Winfield, Ill.	Wheaton North / Taylor University