Jimbo Fisher: Aggies OL Luke Matthews 'Medically Done'

The oft-injured Texas A&M offensive lineman will call it a career in Aggieland

Matt Galatzan | Apr 5, 2022

One area that the Texas A&M Aggies could ill afford to lose another body in 2022 was along the offensive front.

Unfortunately for the Aggies, coach Jimbo Fisher has revealed that interior offensive lineman Luke Matthews is medically retiring from football following a shoulder injury that kept him out for almost the entirety of the 2021 season.

“Luke is done," Fisher said. "He’s a medical (retirement). He can’t play.”

Matthews did participate in a backup capacity in the season opener against Kent State, but would ultimately miss the remainder of the year.

Matthews also missed all of 2020 with an injury.

An NFL legacy, Matthews is son of NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Matthews, as well as the younger brother of former Aggies linemen Jake Matthews, Kevin Matthews and Mike Matthews.

One of the top recruits in the state of Texas coming out of Elkins high school in Missouri City, Matthews participated in the US Army All-American Bowl as a senior and was expected to be a major player in the Aggies' future plans.

Matthews committed to the Aggies as part of the 2018 recruiting class that featured Leon O'Neal, Jalen Preston, Colten Blanton, Bobby Brown, Jace Sternberger and others.

In high school, Matthews was named the District 23-5A Newcomer of the year as a sophomore and was a first-team all-district selection in his junior season.

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Published Apr 5, 2022

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.