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13 Luke Charles

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Murphy, NC
  • High School Murphy

Biography

AS A SOPHOMORE (2011): Beyond Sports NetworkAll-American (Honorable Mention) … Football GazetteAll-Super Region 2 Team (Third Team) … Named finalist forPowerRatedSports.com All-Bilo NCAA Division II Quarterback of theYear award … Played in all 11 games for UNCP … Broke13 single-season school passing and total offense records and atrio of single-game school passing records … Threw for 2,978yards on 201-of-332 (60.5 pct) passing with 25 touchdowns and seveninterceptions … Averaged 270.7 passing yards/game …Also finished with 41 rushing attempts (-5 yards) … Threwfor 200 or more yards in each of first nine starts of the season,including a trio of 300-yard passing games … Completed 20 ormore passes against six different opponents … Threw for twoor more touchdowns against nine opponents … Threw for 275yards and two touchdowns on 20-of-36 passing in the season-openingwin at Fayetteville State, while also rushing six times for aseason-high 17 yards … Performance included one of twoseason-long 65-yard receptions to T.J. Johnson in the third quarter… Completed 17 of his 35 passing attempts for 257 yards withthree touchdowns and an interception against Chowan … Threwfor 242 yards and a pair of scores on 20-of-34 passing with twointerceptions in the overtime loss to Wingate … Completed 18of his 29 passing attempts (one INT) for 204 yards and a touchdownagainst Glenville State … Broke a then-school record with362 passing yards at Catawba … Was 21-of-33 with fourtouchdown passes and one interception against the Indians …Broke his own school record the following week with 367 passingyards in a record-breaking game against Tusculum … Was20-of-32 with four touchdowns against the Pioneers … Nearlysurpassed the 300-yard passing plateau again the following week atCharleston (W.Va.), but finished the game by throwing for 297 yardson 22-of-26 passing … 84.6 completion percentage against theGolden Eagles established a new school record … Broke a pairof school records at Carson-Newman by completing 26 of his record35 passing attempts for a school record 394 yards and a pair oftouchdowns … Threw for 255 yards with a pair of touchdownsand one interception on 14-of-24 passing at Newberry …Performance included a season-long (tie) 65-yard scoring pass toT.J. Johnson in the first quarter … Threw for 140 yards on12-of-27 passing against Winston-Salem State, and then closed outthe season with 185 passing yards with one interception and a pairof touchdowns against West Liberty.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2010): Played in twogames for UNCP … Threw for 217 yards on 19-of-36 passingwith four interceptions … Also carried the ball twice forpositive yardage (1 yard) … Threw for two yards on 1-of-3passing in his collegiate debut against Concord … Came offthe bench to throw for 215 yards on 18-of-33 passing with fourinterceptions against North Greenville.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009): Redshirted. Did not seevarsity action.

HIGH SCHOOL: A record-setting quarterback atMurphy High School for coach David Gentry … Accounted for2,700 passing yards, 41 touchdowns and just 10 interceptions as aprep senior in leading the Bulldogs to a 13-1 record and theirsecond consecutive conference title … Earned first teamall-state, all-Western Carolina, all-conference and conference backof the year, while also taking home team honors for best back andmost valuable player … Threw for more than 1,500 yards and18 touchdowns as a junior en route to the first of two-straightall-conference honors … Was also a two-time all-conferencestandout in both basketball and baseball for the Bulldogs aswell.

PERSONAL: The son of Andrea and JonathanCharles was born on Oct. 23, 1990 … Graduated in thetop-third of his 160-member senior class at Murphy High Schoolwhile maintaining a 3.32 cumulative grade point average … Adouble major in physical education and health at UNCP.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2009Freshman

    QB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    8
  • 13

    2010Redshirt Freshman

    QB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2011Redshirt Sophomore

    QB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2012Redshirt Junior

    QB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2013Redshirt Senior

    QB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    13