Oliver Luck was a three-year starting quarterback (1979-81) who totalled a school records in career touchdown passes (43), completions (466) and pass attempts (911). He also ranks second in career passing yards with 5,765.

A Cleveland, Ohio, native, Luck still ranks in the top 10 of nearly every career passing category: total offense, 200-yard passing games, 200-yard total offense games, pass efficiency rating, completion percentage and quarterback rushing yards.

Luck's single season records are just as impressive, leading in touchdown passes (19 in 1980), pass completions (216 in 1981) and pass attempts (394 in 1981). His name appears in the single season top 10 for total offense, passing yards, passing efficiency and quarterback rushing yards. He also set the school single game record with 34 completions (48 attempts) in a memorable 27-24 1981 loss at Syracuse.

Though WVU was just 22-24 overall in his four years, the Mountaineers posted a 15-9 mark Luck's final two seasons. As a senior in 1981, Luck led the Mountaineers to their first winning season in six years as WVU went 9-3 and defeated Florida 26-6 in the Peach Bowl.

Luck was a 4.0 honor student in history, a Rhodes Scholar finalist, a National Football Foundation Scholar and a two-time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American who graduated magna cum laude from WVU in 1982. He was named WVU's MVP in 1980 and 1981 and won the 1981 Louis D. Meisel Award.

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• Position: Quarterback
• Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
• Inducted into WVU Hall of Fame: 1997