2022: Veteran tight end … 32-yard reception at Ole Miss was a career long ... SEC academic honor roll

2021: Reserve tight end … also active on special teams … saw first action of season against Akron … 4 catches gained 19 yards at Arkansas … 2 receptions vs. Ole Miss … 15-yard reception at Texas A&M … 4-yard TD catch against Mississippi State … game captain (Georgia State, South Carolina) ... SEC academic honor roll

2020: Redshirt freshman tight end … first career start came against Arkansas … 4-yard catch at South Carolina was first career reception … 7-yard reception at Mississippi State … SEC academic honor roll

2019: True freshman tight end … saw first action against Mississippi State … played in three games ... AD Honor Roll and SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

High School: Versatile athletic tight end prospect who enrolled at Auburn in January … passed for 742 yards and eight TD as a senior, while adding 332 rushing yards and seven scores and nine receptions and one receiving TD for Coach Tim McMahon at Emerald High … all-Lakelands team … Shrine Bowl … USA Today all-USA South Carolina first team … ESPN ranks him as a four-star recruit and the No. 10 tight end nationally … ranked among top seven prospects in South Carolina by ESPN, 24/7, Rivals … also a basketball letterman … National Honor Society and Beta Club member

Personal: Birthday is February 14 … son of Chris and Leah Deal … father played college football at Lenoir-Rhyne … has a sister, Hannah, and a brother, John … wife's name is Ansley ... received his bachelor's degree in political science from the College of Liberal Arts in May, 2022 ... doing graduate work in the College of Education

Luke Deal