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HOUSTON — The youngest of three brothers, Luke Webb constantly heard from the older ones that he was destined to be an offensive lineman.
But Webb’s passion was on the defensive side, so as he grew into his 6-foot-4, 275-pound body, he bucked his brothers’ projections.
“You’re gonna be an O-lineman,” they’d tell him. “You’ll never make it in college as a D-lineman.”
Partly because he loved it, and partly to prove his brothers wrong, Webb stuck with his defensive dreams.
“Next thing you know, I was the only brother to get scholarship offers to play college football,” Webb said with a hint of a smile. “That was pretty fulfilling, I guess you could say.”
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Luke Webb, center, of Deer Park High School in Deer Park, Texas, poses with his family after signing his letter of intent to play football at Oklahoma State.
Webb, who starred as an interior defensive lineman at Deer Park (Texas) High School, signed with Oklahoma State in December and will be on campus in June. He picked OSU over offers from Houston, Kansas, SMU, Arizona, Washington State, Cal and a few others.
He could’ve stayed close to home. Deer Park is a suburb on the east side of Houston. He could’ve gone far. He took a visit to Berkeley, California, but decided that wasn’t his type of town.
Stillwater, on the other hand, absolutely was.
“It’s more my style up there,” Webb told The Oklahoman. “It’s spread out and it’s more of a country town.
“Going on campus, getting there, it felt like family from the beginning. It just felt right.”
Determining where Webb fits on the Cowboys’ defensive line is a question for another day.
He played on the interior at Deer Park, but recruiting conversations centered around the possibility of an…
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Author : The Oklahoman
Publish date : 2024-03-03 12:02:08
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