“I’ve had so many great people to kind of help me with that transition with the coaches, here teammates, and even the community,” said Luke Altmyer while reflecting on his journey to get settled as the quarterback of Illinois and acknowledging the role played by his fellow players and coaches in helping him do that.

Before this, Luke played as a quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels for his initial football career. His skills on the field are widely known, for which he was ranked as the No. 10 transfer quarterback in the nation in the 2023 class. while it becomes necessary to know who the people are who provide him support and guidance to make difficult choices on and off the field. It’s mainly his family who showers him with love and strength to perform in life. With that said, let’s get to know more about the dinner table talks of the Altmyer family.

Does Luke come from a sports background?

Luke was born to Chad Altmyer and Betsy Altmyer, who live in Mississippi with their three boys. Any personal or professional details about Betsy Altmyer are not available. If we talk about Luke’s father, who works as an orthopedic to give a better life to his family, he has been Mississippi State’s team physician for nearly 20 years at this point. On top of that, he plays a pivotal role in serving as a sports medicine doctor for local high schools in the Columbus area. Chad has notably worked with East Mississippi Community College. At the Mississippi University for Women Athletes, he has contributed to sports medicine care. Apart from his parents, Luke has two brothers named Steel and Whit. However, if not directly playing on the field, his father has a strong relationship with football while serving colleges and universities. You cannot claim Luke is the first football player to step onto the gridiron if there are not any direct football genes from his parents.

We are talking about Luke’s late grandpa, Don Boykin’s cousin, who was a famous football player in his time. Don Boykin graduated from the University of Ole Miss along with his first cousin, Arnold Showboat Boykin. Long story short, Boykin was popularly known as “Showboat” at the time and holds several single-game school records for most touchdowns scored, most TDs rushing, and most points scored, set in a game that the Rebels won in 1951. No wonder Luke breaks any records in the future cause it runs in his family. Well, time will tell what is next for Luke Altmyer; meanwhile, look at his career stats till now.

Early days and college highlights of Luke Altmyer

The multitalented QB Luke Altmyer started his high school career with a career-opening 454 completions on 659 attempts for 5523 yards, along with 63 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Additionally, he used 105 attempts for 8 yards and 6 touchdowns. His dashing scoreboard led him to attend Ole Miss. After enrolling at the college, he played in five games during his first year, for which he completed 20 passes for 37 attempts for 192 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.

After playing for two seasons, he got transferred to Illinois by entering the transfer portal. Right after coming to Illinois, he rocked the gridiron with 175 completions on 270 attempts for 1883 yards, along with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, in addition to 282 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. He garnered attention from his coaches as well as analysts after his power-packed 2023 season performance. His coaches believe that in the upcoming season, he’s going to be a key player for the team.