Northwestern University Athletics

2023 Football Roster

July 24, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Football internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Monday, July 24, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 78

Luka Trifunovic

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    295
  • Position:
    OL
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Carlsbad, California
  • High School:
    La Costa Canyon

2023 Redshirt Senior:

  • Played in one game against UTEP (9/9)
  • Named Academic All-Big Ten

2021 Redshirt Sophomore:

  • Made his collegiate debut against Ohio (9/25), his lone appearance of the season

2020 Redshirt First-Year: 

  • Did not see game action during redshirt season in Evanston

2019 First-Year: 

  • Redshirted his first year on campus

High School: 

  • Earned three varsity football letters 
  • Played one year as an offensive guard and two years as an offensive tackle 
  • Named captain his senior year
  • Second Team All-Avocado League honoree in both his junior and senior year 
  • Named Avocado League Fall Athlete of the Year in his senior year 
  • Helped lead his team to the Avocado League Championship in 2017 
  • Played in the Alex Spanos All-Star Classic 
  • Same high school as Houston Texans wide receiver, Kenny Stills and Chargers center, Scott Quesenberry 
  • Chose NU over Columbia, University of San Diego, Stetson University and Virginia Military Institute 
  • Earned Honor Roll all four years 
  • Named San Diego Tribune Scholar-Athlete 
  • Plans to major in either economics or statistics
Pronunciation: tree-FOON-o-vick
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