Luke Metz
Alabama Crimson Tide
84
Good

Luke Metz

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STINGDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Luke Metz is the projected starter at STING for Alabama Crimson Tide.

Sophomore · #4 · 6'3", 235 lbs

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Depth at STING · Alabama Crimson Tide

  1. 1484Luke MetzStarter
  2. 23674QB Reese
  3. 33566Abduall Sanders Jr.

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Mill Creek, ranked #288 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 7 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #288 NatlTeam Share1%
Hoschton, GA
Jersey
#4
Class
SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
235 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025700

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9072
National Rank
#288
High School
Mill Creek
Hometown
Hoschton, GA

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 38th-percentile production (×0.98 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 84.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 38% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LUGATKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 20-17

Oct 3WMSSTTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-23

Sep 26WSCTKL 13
TKL
13
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-18

Sep 19WFSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 50-36

Sep 12WUKTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 45-17

Sep 5WECUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 48-10

Luke Metz's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

7 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement9%
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