AUSTIN, Texas — Luke Brockermeyer grew up loving Texas Longhorn football. His dad, Blake Brockermeyer, estimates that he took his son to 50 or more games when he was a kid. He even recalls taking his son to a game when he wasn’t feeling well, but he insisted on going and laid in his dad’s lap most of the game.​

“He grew up being a huge Longhorn fan, live or die every weekend,” says Blake Brockermeyer.

Brockermeyer’s grandfather Kay played at Texas in 1959 and his father Blake was an all-American offensive lineman at UT in the early '90s.

So when Brockermeyer was playing football in high school and looking at a place to play in college, Texas was definitely at the top of his list. However, UT didn’t offer him a scholarship. Brockermeyer did have a few offers from programs including Rice and Oregon State, but passed on those to walk on at Texas.

“This was always my dream and wanted to come here,” said Brockermeyer.

Luke showed up to the Forty Acres in 2018. Being a walk-on he had to earn every opportunity by outworking others.

“When you’re not the one everybody wants, you become hardened and it makes you work even harder,” said Blake Brockermeyer.

“I definitely had a chip on my shoulder,” said Luke Brockermeyer. “I wanted to stick it out, even though, at times, it wasn’t looking great.”

His hard work was rewarded early in the 2019 season when Texas put Luke Brockermeyer on scholarship. He also played in his first game that season, but he wasn’t playing much, He was seeing limited action and played mainly on special teams. When the new coaching staff was hired during the off-season, Luke got his chance to earn an even bigger role.

“It was 100% a clean slate [with the new staff] in my opinion,” said Luke Brockermeyer. “I just remember a couple of practices in during the spring, I got my first shot at starting and ever since then it’s just been a battle.”

Brockermeyer won the battle and is one of the starting linebackers, and went into the season opener against Louisiana.

“There was definitely times when I didn’t know if this day would come,” said Luke Brockermeyer. 

“To go from that to where he is now, where he’s wanted to be his whole life is amazing,” said Blake Brockermeyer.

“I was always like, I don’t see how he’s not a scholarship guy,” said DeMarvion Overshown, Texas linebacker. “The way he worked, the way he practiced, you couldn’t tell if he was a walk-on or not.”

Brockermeyer earned his spot and made the most of that first start. In the game against Louisiana, he had 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. 

“It’s definitely been a long time coming and I was prepared for it and I was ready,” said Luke Brockermeyer.

Brockermeyer is now carrying on the Longhorn legacy of his family.