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2023 Football Roster

65 Dillon Luther

  • Position OL
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 310
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Asheville, N.C.

Biography

Honors
2023 College Football Network Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team


2023 (Redshirt Senior)
  • Named to the 2023 College Football Network Preseason All-Sun Belt third team
  • Played in all 13 games while making 12 starts at right guard
  • Helped Coastal rank 24th nationally in sacks allowed
  • Offense ranked ranked first in the Sun Belt in passing yards per attempt (8.49) and third in yards per play (6.33) and sacks allowed (16)
  • Helped Grayson McCall become Coastal Carolina's career leader in passing yards
  • Paved way for Chants to run for season-high 278 yards against Old Dominion (Nov. 4)
  • Helped Coastal rack up season-high 569 yards of offense against Appalachian State (Oct. 10)
  • Allowed Chants to possess the ball for season-high 37:16 in the 2023 EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl against San Jose State (Dec. 23)
  • Part of unit that allowed Coastal to rush for season-high 7.00 yards per attempt against Army (Nov. 18)
  • Helped Coastal average season-high 9.36 yards per play against Duquesne (Sept. 16)


2022 (Redshirt Junior)
  • Played in all 13 games, making two starts on the offensive line at right guard
  • Was also part of the field goal and PAT special team units
  • Graded out as the top-rated offensive lineman at 96 percent in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
  • Graded out at 85 percent or higher in five games for the year
  • Finished the year with over 10 knockdown blocks on the season
  • Recorded a season-high two pancake blocks at Marshall (Oct. 29), against App State (Nov. 3), and at James Madison (Nov. 26)
  • Part of the offensive line unit that blocked for three-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in quarterback Grayson McCall and led the way for an offense that was among the league leaders in the Sun Belt 
  • Offense ranked second in the Sun Belt in completion percentage (65.7 percent), third in both third-down conversion percentage (42.8 percent) and first down offense (284), fourth in rushing offense (159.3 ypg), and fifth in passing offense (246.2 ypg) and in total offense (405.5 ypg)
  • Participated in 2022 spring practice at Coastal
  • Enrolled at Coastal Carolina in January 2022


Prior to Coastal Carolina
 
2021 (Junior) at Western Carolina
  • Redshirt season
  • Played in and started three games on the season on the offensive line
  • Missed the rest of the season due to an injury
 
2020-21 (Sophomore) at Western Carolina
  • Started all nine games of the season along the offensive line at left guard
  • Credited with one tackle assist at Liberty (Nov. 14)
  • Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
 
2019 (Freshman) at Western Carolina
  • Saw action in nine of the team’s 12 games on the year, making five starts as a true freshman
  • Made his collegiate debut in the third game of the season at home against North Greenville (Sept. 14)
  • Earned his first career start at Wofford (Oct. 19), starting at right tackle
  • His four remaining starts on the season came at left guard
 
High School
  • Lettered at Erwin High School for head coach Rodney Pruett
  • A three-year varsity letterwinner along both the offense and defensive line
  • Was a two-time all-conference selection as a junior and senior
  • Also lettered in baseball as a prep

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Historical Player Information

  • 65

    2022Redshirt Junior

    OL
    6'3" 310 lbs
    65
  • 65

    2023Redshirt Senior

    OL
    6'3" 310 lbs
    65