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Lukas Van Ness

Iowa · Edge Rusher · 2020-22

SACKS
13
TFL
18
TKL
66

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2022, Van Ness recorded 66 tackles, 18 tackles for loss and 13 sacks.

Van Ness was the No. 13 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 74 overall, the 8th-highest edge rusher rating at Iowa since 1990 and No. 48 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022
    • Second-team all-conference
  2. 2023
    • No. 13 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Lukas Van Ness season-by-season statistics at Iowa
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
2021338.571
2022339.560
Total6618131

Seasons with tracked stats at Iowa. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Iowa Teammates

  1. 91Jay Higgins2020-24LB
  2. 90Jack Campbell2019-22LB
  3. 90Cooper DeJean2021-23CB
  4. 90Daviyon Nixon2018-20EDGE
  5. 88Kaden Wetjen2022-25WR
  6. 86Kaleb Johnson2022-24RB
  7. 80Kaevon Merriweather2018-22S
  8. 80Riley Moss2018-22CB
  9. 75Joe Evans2018-23EDGE
  10. 75Dane Belton2019-21S

Full Iowa all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

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Sources: Wikipedia (Lukas Van Ness) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.