2023 Football Roster

16 Michael Luckhurst

  • Position Placekicker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Class Sophomore
  • Experience 2nd
  • Hometown Santa Barbara, CA
  • High School Bishop Diego HS

Biography

Luckhurst's Cal Career Game Highs
Field Goals Made:
 1 (four times, last vs. Idaho, 2023)
Field Goals Attempted: 4 (vs. Auburn, 2023)
Field Goal Percentage (with most field goals made if tie): 1-1, 100.0% (at Oregon State, 2022)
Long Field Goal Made: 39 (vs. Idaho, 2023)
Long Field Goal Attempted: 47 (at North Texas, 2023)
PATs Made: 5 (at North Texas, 2023)
PATs Attempted: 6 (at North Texas, 2023)
PAT Percentage (with most PATs made if tie): 100.0, 4-4 (vs. Idaho, 2023)
Kickoffs: 10 (at North Texas, 2023)
Kickoff Yards: 592 (at North Texas, 2023)
Kickoff Average: 65.0 (six times, last vs. Auburn, 2023)
Long Kickoff: 69 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Onside Kickoffs: 1 (vs. USC, 2023)
Touchbacks: 5 (twice, last at North Texas, 2023)
Points: 8 (at North Texas, 2023)
Fumble Recoveries: 1 (twice, last vs. Texas Tech - Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, 2023)
Fumble Recovery Yards: 3 (at UCLA, 2023) 
Tackles: 2 (at Oregon State, 2022)

Cal Career (2022-23)
– Played in 23 games all off the bench during his two seasons with the program as a 2022 freshman and 2023 sophomore
– Scored 23 points (4-10 FG, 11-14 PAT)
– Kicked off 105 times for 6.453 yards (61.5 avg) with 32 touchbacks
– Contributed four tackles
– Registered two fumble recoveries

Sophomore (2023)
– Played in 11 games all off the bench
– Started the season as the team's primary placekicker before being replaced in the role by Mateen Bhaghani during game four at Washington
– Scored 20 points (3-9 FG, 11-14 PAT)
– Handled 62 of the team's 75 kickoffs, totaling for 3,737 yards for a 60.3 yards per kickoff average with 11 touchbacks
– Had one tackle
– Recovered a team-high-tying two fumbles (both on kickoff returns) that he returned three yards
– Tied for second in the Pac-12 and tied for 19th nationally in fumble recoveries
– at North Texas (W, 58-21)  1-3 FG (32 missed, 31 good, 47 missed); 5-6 PAT; 8 points; 10 kickoffs, 590 yards, 59.0 kickoff average, 5 touchbacks ... career-high points (8), kickoffs and kickoff yards ... career-high-tying field goals and touchbacks ... career-high points
– Auburn (L, 10-14)  1-4 FG (39 good, 42 miss, 42 miss, 44 miss); 1-1 PAT; 5 points; 3 kickoffs, 195 yards, 65.0 kickoff average ... career-high field goal attempts ... career-high-tying kickoff average
– Idaho (W, 31-17)  1-2 FG (39 good, 42 miss); 4-4 PAT; 7 points; 6 kickoffs, 342 yards, 57.0 kickoff average
– at Washington (L, 32-59)  1-3 PAT; 1 point; 5 kickoffs, 309 yards, 61.8 kickoff average
– at Utah (L, 14-34)  3 kickoffs, 192 yards, 64.0 kickoff average, 2 touchbacks ... returned to action for kickoffs only after missing the previous two games
– USC (L, 49-50)  3 kickoffs, 192 yards, 64.0 kickoff average, 2 touchbacks
– at Oregon (L, 19-63)  3 kickoffs, 192 yards, 64.0 kickoff average, 2 touchbacks
– Washington State (W, 42-39)  7 kickoffs, 396 yards, 56.6 kickoff average; 1 tackle
– at Stanford (W, 27-15)  5 kickoffs, 316 yards, 63.2 kickoff average
– at UCLA (W, 33-7)  8 kickoffs, 481 yards, 60.1 kickoff average, 1 touchback; 1 fumble recovery (3-yard return) ... first of two fumble recoveries in back-to-back games
– vs. Texas Tech - Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (L, 14-34)  3 kickoffs, 169 yards, 56.3 kickoff average, 1 touchback; 1 fumble recovery ... second of two fumble recoveries in back-to-back games

Freshman (2022)
– Played in a career-high all 12 games off the bench
– Handled 43 the team's of 57 kickoffs, averaging 63.2 yards and totaling 2,716 yards with 21 touchbacks
– Made his lone field goal attempt
– Added three tackles
– UC Davis (W, 34-13)  1 kickoff, 65 yards, 65.0 kickoff average, 1 touchback ... Cal debut ... career-high-tying kickoff average
– UNLV (W, 20-14)  1 kickoff, 65 yards, 65.0 kickoff average, 1 touchback ... career-high-tying kickoff average
– at Notre Dame (L, 17-24)  1 kickoff, 65 yards, 65.0 kickoff average, 1 touchback ... career-high-tying kickoff average
– Arizona (W, 49-31)  8 kickoffs, 520 yards, 65.0 kickoff average, 5 touchbacks ... career-high-tying touchbacks and kickoff average
– at Washington State (L, 9-28)  3 kickoffs, 195 yards, 65.0 kickoff average, 3 touchbacks ... career-high-tying kickoff average
– at Colorado (L, 13-20, OT)  3 kickoffs, 195 yards, 65.0 kickoff average, 2 touchbacks; 1 tackle ... career-high-tying kickoff average ... first career tackle 
– Washington (L, 21-28)  4 kickoffs, 249 yards, 62.3 kickoff average, 3 touchbacks
– Oregon (L, 24-42) 5 kickoffs, 309 yards, 61.8 kickoff average, 2 touchbacks
– at USC (L, 35-41) – 5 kickoffs, 268 yards, 53.6 kickoff average, 1 touchback
– at Oregon State (L, 10-38) 1-1 FG (36 good), 3 kickoffs, 193 yards, 64.3 kickoff average, 2 tackles ... career-high-tying field goals ... career-high tackles
– Stanford (W, 27-20) 6 kickoffs, 349 yards, 58.2 kickoff average, 2 touchbacks
– UCLA (L, 28-35) 5 kickoffs, 321 yards, 64.2 kickoff average, 2 touchbacks

Other
– Father, Mick Luckhurst, was a two-sport standout at Cal in rugby and football who was inducted into the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2005 and was an NFL kicker for the Atlanta Falcons from 1981-87
– Major is undeclared

Last Updated
June 9, 2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2022Freshman

    Placekicker
    6'1" 185 lbs
    38
  • 16

    2023Sophomore

    Placekicker
    6'1" 180 lbs
    16