Jesse Luketa

NoteCARDS:

• Selected by Arizona with the team's second pick in the seventh round (256th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Penn State. He became the 15th Nittany Lions player ever drafted by the Cardinals and was part of Penn State's largest draft class (eight players selected) in 26 years.
• Grew up in Ottawa, Ontario - the capital city of Canada - and at an early age developed a love of American football. He had to beg his mother to allow him to play as a kid. At the age of 10, began sending letters to schools and agents across the United States expressing his desire to play football at the highest levels.

NoteCARDS:

• Selected by Arizona with the team's second pick in the seventh round (256th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Penn State. He became the 15th Nittany Lions player ever drafted by the Cardinals and was part of Penn State's largest draft class (eight players selected) in 26 years.
• Grew up in Ottawa, Ontario - the capital city of Canada - and at an early age developed a love of American football. He had to beg his mother to allow him to play as a kid. At the age of 10, began sending letters to schools and agents across the United States expressing his desire to play football at the highest levels.

Pro Career:

Selected by the Cardinals in the seventh round (256th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Penn State.

2022: Saw action in seven games during the regular season and recorded three tackes, one tackle for loss and one special teams tackle ... made NFL debut @ Sea (10/16), seeing action on both defense and special teams ... recorded one tackle and one tackle for loss in Cardinals win vs. NO (10/20) ... had one special teams tackle @ Min (10/30) ... registered two tackles and one TFL @ Atl (1/1) ... saw action in regular season finale @ SF (1/8). 

College:

Played four seasons (2018-21) at Penn State where he appeared in 46 games (18 starts) and totaled 151 tackles, a half-sack, seven tackles for loss, an INT (returned for a TD), eight passes defensed and a fumble recovery ... team captain ... earned third-team All-Big 10 honors from the media and honorable mention from the coaches as a senior. 

Personal:

Last name pronounced "loo-KETT-uh" … developed into one of the top recruits in the state of Pennsylvania while attending Mercyhurst Prep (Erie, PA) High School where he was a Pennsylvania Football News 3A Defensive Player of the Year (2017), two-time first-team All-Pennsylvania selection (2016-17) and was named first-team USA Today All-USA Pennsylvania Team (2017) … three-time letterman, three-time team captain and two-time team MVP … helped the Lakers to a 10-1 record and a runner-up finish in the District 10 Class AAA Championship game as a senior after totaling 69 tackles, four INTs and two fumble recoveries … had 88 tackles, 9.0 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, five INTs (two returned for TDs), and three fumble recoveries as a junior … also lettered in basketball as a junior … has two brothers: Joe Betu and Gino, and four sisters: Leslie, Laura, Sandrine and Guylaine … majored in Criminology.