THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2014: Started the first three games of the 2014 season before missing two games due to injury...Returned to start the final six games of the season..Led Lions to a 9-2 record, a share of a second straight Gulf South Conference Championship and into the NCAA Division II Playoffs for the second straight year...Rushed 87 times for 159 yards and six touchdowns...Completed 161 of 238 passes with just seven interceptions...Threw for 2,291 yards and 14 touchdowns...Long pass was 88 yards for a touchdown to Jarret Smith in NCAA Playoffs against Valdosta State...Earned second-team All-Gulf South Conference honors and was honorable mention USA College Football All-American...Earned Academic All-Gulf South Conference honors...Selected Gulf South Conference Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 27 for his performance against West Georgia...Selected team Most Valuable Offensive Player for 2014...UNA 2013: Started all 13 games for the Lions in 2013 and led UNA to a 10-3 record that included a share of the Gulf South Conference Championship and a run to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Playoffs…Threw for 2,035 yards and 18 touchdowns and rushed for another 572 yards and 13 scores…Accounted for 31 total touchdowns…rushed 146 times for 572 yards and 13 TDs, averaging 3.9 yards per carry with a long run of 41 yards… Completed 145 of 241 passes with just seven interceptions…Completed 60.2 percent of his passes…Averaged 156.5 passing yards per game with a long pass of 93 yards…Team’s leading scorer with 13 touchdowns for 78 points…Completed two-of-three pass attempts on two-point conversions…Led the Lions in total offense with 2,607 yards and a 200.5-yard average per game…Top rushing game was 18 carries for 95 yards and two touchdowns against West Georgia…Carried 17 times for 72 yards and three scores against West Alabama…Top passing game was 275 yards against West Alabama, completing 13-of-26 passes…Threw three TD passes against Texas A&M-Kingsville and Lenoir-Rhyne…Threw at least one touchdown pass in 11 of UNA’s 13 games and has a current streak of eight straight games with at least one TD pass…Rushed for at least one touchdown in nine different games…Now has a 10-6 record as a starter at UNA…Earned Academic All-Gulf South Conference honors…UNA 2012: Played in all 10 games as a freshman and started the Lions' last three contests against West Georgia, Tarleton State and West Alabama...Finished second on the team in total offense with 1,086 yards, just 12 yards behind Chris Alexander...Averaged 108.6 total yards per game...Carried the ball 74 times for 241 yards and a 3.3 average...Scored seven rushing touchdowns...Completed 61 of 110 pass attempts for 845 yards and three touchdowns...Had three passes intercepted...Completed 55.5 percent of his passes and had a long of 46 yards...Top rushing game was 86 yards on 13 carries at West Georgia...Top passing game was 227 yards against Valdosta State and he threw for 226 against West Georgia...He led a touchdown drive on his first collegiate possession, marching the Lions 48 yards on eight plays to a TD in the second quarter against Miles College... He capped the drive with a one-yard scoring run....With UNA trailing Delta State 9-6 late in the third quarter, he led  two TD drives that gave UNA the 20-12 win...He led a 12-play, 87-yard TD drive at Texas A&M-Kingsville that gave UNA a 14-3 lead and the Lions never trailed again...HIGH SCHOOL: Played quarterback at Hillcrest High School under head coach Adam Winegarden...Helped lead the Patriots to the state playoffs in 2011 and 2012...Named all-region in 2012...Named honorable mention all-state in 2012...Named to Top 11 Team by the Tuscaloosa News...Rushed for over 1,300 yards, threw for 1,600 yards and scored 30 total touchdowns...Also lettered in baseball...PERSONAL: Full name is Luke William Wingo...Born on March 7, 1994...Son Rich and Cheri Wingo and has one brother...His father played linebacker at the University of Alabama from 1974-78, was a starter on the 1978 National Championship team and was later a member of the Green Bay Packers from 1979-84...Major is Management.


Year       Att     Yds     Avg   TD     Long
2012      74      241     3.3      7         32
2013    146     572     3.9     13         41
2014      87     159     1.8       6         55
Career 307     972     3.2     26         55


Year     Comp     Att     Int     Yds       TD     Long
2012       61     110       3       845         3     46
2013     145     241       7     2035       18     93
2014     161     238       7     2291       14     88
Career  367     589     17     5171       35     93


Career Honors
2014 - GSC Offensive Player of the Week (West Georgia)
2014 - Second-team All-Gulf South Conference
2014 - Academic All-Gulf South Conference