2022: Played in six games as a first-year linebacker … Made his first career tackle at Harvard (Nov. 5) … Appeared in five Ivy League games against Penn, Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard and Cornell.

HIGH SCHOOL: A May 2022 graduate of Blue Valley North H.S. where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coaches Andy Sims and Adam Pummill … Served as team captain in football … Played running back for just one year in high school and defensive back/free safety … Led the Mustangs to a 3-5 overall record (3-4 in Class 6A Eastern Kansas League) and state playoff appearance as a senior … Ranked among state leaders in interceptions as a junior … Started the majority of his junior season at running back and free safety … Rushed for 351 yards on 86 carries and one touchdown as a junior … Rushed for 109 yards vs. Blue Valley West … Helped guide the Mustangs to a state championship appearance and 7-3 overall record as a junior … Finished third in the state in interceptions during his sophomore year … Listed as a three-star athlete, the No. 23 athlete and No. 2 state ranking by sixstarfootball.com … Earned seven varsity letters, including four in track and field and three in football … Competed in the high jump, long jump, 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 4x100-meter dash in track and field … Placed sixth in the state in the 4x100-meter dash … Personal-bests in the 100-meters is an 11.33, which ranks among the school’s all-time best sprints and high jump (6-0) … Four-year Honor Roll student … Earned third place at the Kansas City Convention with hologram innovation …

PERSONAL: Born Lucas Russell Bullock on September 30, 2003 in Shawnee Mission, Kansas … Son of Joe and Halley Dean … Has five brothers and sisters—Asher, Halo, Ryland, Cody, and Hailey … His paternal grandparents graduated from Cornell … His great grandmother Theresa Merritt was a television and movie actress who had her own TV show “That’s My Mama,” and was a Tony award nominee for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” … Has many family members in the New York City area … Nickname is Lu, which is a shortened version of his name … Role model is his mother who works hard to make sure everyone is taken care of and the fact that she is passionate about social justice … Favorite home-cooked meal is his mother’s chicken and biscuits and his father’s barbecue … Plays football because he loves it and it allows him to experience and overcome lots of different kinds of adversity which has stabilized him as a person … Plays the viola and the piano … Committed to Columbia on December 25, 2021 … Chose Columbia because it is an incredibly prestigious institution and his favorite city on the planet and he loved the football program … Selected Columbia after being recruited by Dartmouth, Harvard, Cornell, Colgate, Vanderbilt, and Yale … Enrolled at Columbia College … Plans to major in Computer Science.

Lucas Bullock