Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Lukas Van Ness was born July 6, 2001, in Barrington, Illinois. He is a defensive end in the NFL.

Van Ness as selected by the Packers in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. He redshirted his true freshman season at Iowa. Playing both defensive end and defensive tackle, he became a starter as a redshirt freshman and had 33 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and seven sacks. At the end of the season, Van Ness was named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. During his redshirt sophomore season, he was named the Big Ten Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after blocking two kicks in a 10-7 loss to Iowa State.