West Virginia, 1982
• 1980 Academic All-America® First Team
• 1981 Academic All-America® First Team
Oliver Luck was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 2000.
Oliver Luck turned a slow start as a freshman quarterback at West Virginia University into an accomplished upperclassman and NFL career. As WVU’s quarterback from 1978-1981, he ended his career with school records of 43 career-touchdown passes, 466 completions, and 911 pass attempts. His 5,765 career-passing yards ranked second on the all-time school list behind Marc Bulger. He ranked in the top ten in nearly every career-passing category.
As a three-year starter, he achieved Academic All-American honors for both his junior and senior years. In his sophomore season in 1979, he passed for 1,292 yards and 8 touchdowns. He rushed for 407 yards and 5 touchdowns, including a career-high 120 yards against Tulane. As a junior he earned his first Academic All-American honors. In that season, Luck’s 19 touchdown passes was a school record, while he also added 1,874 yards. As a senior he led the Mountaineers to a Peach Bowl victory against the Florida Gators by a score of 26-6. That season, Luck threw for a school record of 216 completions and 394 attempts to add to his 2,448 yards and 16 touchdowns. To this he added a career-high 360 passing yards and a school record of 34 completions in a loss to Syracuse that season.