| Luke Kim |
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Silver Spring, Md.
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| High School:
Paint Branch
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| Height / Weight:
5-9 / 195
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| Position:
Defensive Back
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| Birthdate:
10/16/1980
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| Experience:
SQ
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On Kim: Third-year walk-on who was switched from tailback to defensive back during 2000 spring drills … listed No. 2 on the depth chart behind Tony Okanlawon during spring, sharing time with Derrell Poland.
1999: Appeared in one game, vs. Western Carolina … did not record any statistics.
1998: Redshirt season … tore an anterior cruciate ligament during a fall scrimmage and was unavailable for duty.
High School: Graduated from Paint Branch High School in 1998 … helped team rebound to a 4-6 record as a senior while rushing for 1,019 yards and 13 touchdowns … school record 99-yard TD vs. Montgomery Blair …first team all-league and honorable mention all-county … recorded 16 tackles with a sack and interception while playing outside linebacker … lettered in both football and lacrosse as a junior and senior … three-year letterwinner in wrestling where he was regional champion in the 162-pound weight class … also won his class at the Bowie Invitational … member of Minds in Motion for students with 3.25 GPA or better … 3.5 GPA.
Personal: Lucas Yeong-Chang Kim … born Oct. 16, 1980 … son of Kay and Gi-kong Kim … father is a physicist at NASA … mother is a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark office … majoring in communications … favorite athlete is Warrick Dunn.
Kim Up Close
Someday I would like to take a trip to: the moon
My craziest ambition is: to play quarterback
America's biggest problem for the next century: ignorance
The best advice I've ever received is: "Take the road less traveled."
My favorite TV show in syndication is: Good Times
My favorite pro sports team is the: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
