Luka had an excellent Junior season in 2023. His awesome play helped the Lakota West Firebirds to an 11-win season where they advanced to the 3rd round of the playoffs and averaged 30.6 points per game. He lines up inline. He is an elite run blocker as he fires off the ball and uses his great use of hands and very good play strength to drive the OLB several yards off the ball. He exhibits excellent physical toughness as he finishes the block to the ground for a pancake. He is a solid receiver as he uses his good play speed to get open quick and displays very good hands as he makes the catch with his hands away from his body in the endzone for a TD.

In 2022, Luka’s great play helped the Lakota West Firebirds to a 13-win season where they advanced to the 4th round of the playoffs and averaged 35.2 points per game. His rare height gives him a huge advantage when going against smaller defenders in the passing game. He displays good play speed as he separates and possesses good hands as he makes the catch. He is very good as a run blocker as he displays good play strength and use of hands in his punch, timing and placement and generates movement at the point of attack with his good foot drive and physical toughness.

In 2022, Luka played a big role in the 13-win season of the Lakota West Firebirds where they averaged 35.2 points per game and advanced to the 4th round of the playoffs. He lines up inline as a Y TE. He is an outstanding run blocker who effectively uses his very good combination of athleticism and play strength to easily overpower LB at the point of attack. In the passing game, he uses his good play speed to get open and possesses good hands as he makes the catch with his hands away from his body.  After the catch is made, he displays solid acceleration as he picks up significant YAC.

In 2022, Luka helped the Lakota West Firebirds to a 13-win season, advance to the 4th round of the playoffs and average 35.2 points per game. He lines up as a “Y” TE. He is a great run blocker who quickly gets his hat across the face of the OLB on zone blocks and drives his man off the ball with ease as the RB runs behind him and scores a TD. He is quick down the seam and makes a nice catch before using his good play speed to gain several yards after the catch.

Luka is the #3 ranked TE in the class of 2025. He lines up inline as a “Y”. He shows good play speed down the seam and displays good hands as he makes the catch with his hands away from his body. After the catch is made, he exhibits good play speed to pick up significant YAC. He is an outstanding run blocker who displays good use of hands and generates very good movement against OLB at the point of attack with his good play strength. He does a good job of finishing the block to the ground for a pancake.

Luka only had one catch on the evening, but between that catch and his blocking he made an impact of the game.  He appears to be close to his listed 6’7 height.

Here is Gilbert’s lone catch on the night.  He runs a nice seam route and makes himself available for the catch.  In the running game he did a good job of engaging defenders and locking in.

Luka  Gilbert Catch