Luke Dehnicke
Northwestern Wildcats
77
Solid

Luke Dehnicke

Northwestern WildcatsSolid
TEOffenseSolidTRANSFER · Minnesota Duluth
Projected Starter

Is Luke Dehnicke starting?

Luke Dehnicke is the projected starter at TE for Northwestern Wildcats.

Luke Dehnicke is the projected starting TE on a Solid Northwestern — 77 OVR.

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Depth at TE · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 18477Luke DehnickeStarter
  2. 28677Alex Honig
  3. 34154Robby Preckel

What's Next

Who do they play next?Fisher Clements — vs Colorado · Sat, Sep 19Who's the backup?Alex Honig — No. 2 at TE for NorthwesternHow do they compare?Pick an opponent for Northwestern Wildcats
Jersey
#84
Class
RS SO/TR
Transfer
Minnesota Duluth

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated offense; 53th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 77 after depth penalty.

Team offense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 47% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 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

Sep 6WSDSTYDS 0
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
41
AVG
20.5
TD
0

Final W 34-18

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

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