Linebacker Frankie Luvu is already looking ahead to the next Commanders season.
Monday, being the assigned day to clean out personal lockers, Luvu took to X (Twitter) and addressed the Commanders’ fan base. Luvu thanked the Washington fans for their support during this past 2024 season and then expressed that he was looking forward to playing before them in the 2025 season.
Luvu, who played his college ball at Washington State, went undrafted as all 32 NFL teams passed on him several times.
The New York Jets signed Luvu, and he made the team and played in 14, 13, and 13 games almost entirely on special teams those first three seasons, only starting four games.
The Carolina Panthers then signed Luvu, starting him in a career-high four games in his first year in Charlotte. Even more, Luvu continued to develop as a player, starting 14 and 17 games in his final two seasons with the Panthers.
Meanwhile, in Ashburn, general manager Adam Peters was busy signing most of his first class of free agents to the Commanders to only single-year contracts. However, Peters did sign a few free agents to multi-year deals, including Frankie Luvu.
To the Best Fans In Football! Thank You! See You Next Yr 🤝🏾
-Uce
#HTTC#BrotherHood pic.twitter.com/FbTvgmFrRf— Frankie Luvu (@frankluvu7) January 27, 2025
Starting all 17 games for Washington, Luvu intercepted a pass, defended two passes, forced a fumble and recovered two more. Luvu also enjoyed a career-high 8.0 sacks, was in on 99 tackles (54 solo, 45 assists), 12 tackles for a loss and 14 quarterback hits. The AP voted Luvu All-Pro second team.
In Luvu’s three seasons with the Jets and then three with the Panthers, his teams failed to make the playoffs. Thus, in his seventh NFL season (first with the Commanders), he took part in two playoff wins and also played in the NFC Championship game.
