Luke Kuechly is the linebacker in American football for the Carolina Panthers for the National Football League or NFL. He got drafted under the Panthers on the ninth overall at 2012 NFL draft. He was playing in College football when he was at Boston College and he got recognized twice for being All-American. He had immediate impact for the rookie season and he led the NFL in the tackles and he won the associated Press of 2012 for Defensive Rookie of The Year Award and he became a third youngest recipient to get the award in history.
According to his biography, Luke Kuechly was born in Ohio in Cincinnati and he grew up in the city of Evendale. He went to St Xavier High school found in the Finneytown area for Cincinnati. He was playing linebacker and also safety for American football team. When he was a junior in the year 2007, he had 147 tackles, six sacks and he had two forced fumbles, two interceptions and three fumble recoveries. He became two times All Greater Catholic league selection while at the St Xavier and he got first team honors.
Luke Kuechly is considered to be three-star recruit and he was listed to be a no 44 in the list of the linebacker prospects in a class of 2009. This was headed by Jelani Jenkins and by Nico Johnson. After the visits to the Boston College, Stanford and Duke, he got committed to join Eagle in January of 2009.
Luke Kuechly is a middle child in the family and he has older brother called John and a younger brother called Henry. The family members are outdoormen and he started to hunt when he was four years old. He also liked to fish, to shoot skeet and to hunt the deer. He started to play football when he was in the fourth grade and he liked to play in defensive. While in high school, he was wearing the number 3.
His girlfriend is called Shannon Reilly. She went to the All Girls Catholic High School. She was athletic also and she was playing Lacrosse when she was in sixth grade and also played the club field hockey when he was in the high school. It is easy to say that the two have the same interest. She was attending University of Cincinnati and she majored in the biology and in the chemistry. In College, she was a member for national sorority called Theta Phi Alpha. She finished the school in Chemistry, Biology and in Biological science. She is active person on the social media and besides blogging; she is also active on Facebook and twitter. Most of her pictures and Luke are found on her accounts.
Luke Kuechly has agreed to the 5 year extension of his contract with panthers. The contract is worth 62 million dollars. He will be getting 12.4 million dollars per year as a salary.
| Net Worth 2021: | 25 million |
