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2025 MIT Football Roster

17 Lucky Deignan

  • Position DB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • High School Brebeuf Jesuit

Biography

Accolades:
  • NEWMAC Defensive Athlete of the Week (Sept. 6, 2022)
  • D3football.com National Team of the Week (Sept. 6, 2022)
  • 2x NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (2023, 2024)
  • 2022 NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024)
  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District 
2024:
  • Posted season-high 10 tackles against Springfield
  • Had a total of 37 tackles in 9 games
  • Intercepted two passes and had 13 pass deflections
2023: 
  • Appeared in nine games
  • Had 47 tackles, including a season-high nine tackles against Coast Guard
2022
  • Appeared in eight games
  • Posted 28 total tackles, including 17 solo stops
  • Finished with one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery, three interception returns for 78 yards and one blocked kick
  • Led the team with 12 pass breakups
  • Finished Week One vs. Curry with four tackles, one interception return for 25 yards, four pass breakups and one blocked kick
Before MIT:
  • Four-time varsity letter winner in football
  • Named to the Indianapolis Colts, IHSAA, and IFCA All-Star Football Team
  • Won the James Howard Memorial Award for Physics
  • Indiana Academic Rising Star
  • Two-time Defensive Back of the Year
  • Two-time Academic All-State
  • Class valedictorian
  • Honor Roll student in every semester
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Ignation Scholar, AP Scholar and National Merit Commended Scholar
  • Volunteered with the Indiana Special Olympics, St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry and School on Wheels
Personal:
  • AI Engineer Intern - Summer 2025
  • UROP for AI in Education Initiative - Spring/Fall 2025 
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • Beating the #1 seed in first round of playoffs senior year
Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
  • Intercepting the ball on my first ever college football play

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022First Year

    DB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    17
  • 4

    2023Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    4
  • 17

    2024Junior

    DB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    17
  • 17
    C

    2025Senior

    DB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    17
    C