Biograhpy

BIOGRAPHY

Jesse Luketa was born January 15, 1999, in Ottawa, Canada. He is a linebacker in the National Football League.

Luketa played mostly on special teams at Penn State during his freshman season. He saw more significant playing time as a sophomore and made 24 tackles with four passes broken up. Luketa was selected as a team captain going into his junior year and finished the season second on the team with 59 tackles along with 2.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery, and three passes broken up. Luketa played both linebacker and defensive end as a senior and was named to the third team All-Big Ten Conference. Following the end of the season, he declared that he would be entering the 2022 NFL Draft.

Luketa was drafted in the final round (256th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.