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• Kelan Luker was one of the reasons Stephenville won the 1998 Class 4A state championship. He was named Class 4A offensive player of the year by The Associated Press after leading the offense to 8,664 yards, 4,700 coming off his passing arm. He threw 49 touchdown passes that season, earning a scholarship to SMU.

Kelan Luker and his band, Submersed, in 2007


He started three games as a sophomore, but he left to start a musical career in rock 'n' roll music. Two albums and seven years later, the music business slowed down. His love for football buried for a while, rose up, and now he will play football for Tarleton State and get his degree so he can coach.

He has two seasons of eligibility and he will have to battle returning starter Scott Grantham for the position.

Kelan grew up in a coaches' home. His father, Alan Luker, coached Panther Creek to a pair of state six-man championships, then took a job in Stephenville. He currently is on Robbie Tindol's staff at Early.

How much will the time away from football hurt him? Not as much as you might think. Several years ago, Rex Lamberti left Abilene Christian University only to return five or so years later and performed as if he had not been away.

Submersed
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Submersed was an American Hard rock band from Stephenville, Texas.

Submersed is currently signed to Wind-up Records, and worked with Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti on their debut studio album, In Due Time, which featured the singles "You Run", "Hollow", and the title track. After a short break and the loss of their guitarist Eric Friedman, the band continued work on their second studio album with producer Rick Beato.

Their sophomore and final album, Immortal Verses was released on September 18, 2007 and featured two singles; "Better Think Again" and "Price of Fame.

As disclosed in a blog on Submersed' myspace, the band has parted ways and will be dropped from Wind Up Records shortly. In the blog entry written by vocalist Donald Carpenter, he explained the breakup:

I know that all of you are wondering, what happened to SubmerseD? Well, the answers is....Alot......This buisness and struggle to make it took its toll on the members.....2 weeks before "Price of Fame" was slated for release, Tj , Kelan and Justin decided to move on with their lives and left SubmerseD. Garrett and I believeing in "Price of Fame" made the choice to press on and see what could happen. Well, nothing happened.....the single never had a chance.....f-ing mind bottling....The fact is, is that a majority of our fanbase is unaccounted for due to Burning, making it impossible for the labels to understand just how many people really support us out there......When it comes down to it now, SubmerseD no longer has a place on Windup's roster and will be dropped shortly............I was trying to wait until things were a little more official before an announcement but you guys and gals are smart and I felt you deserved an explantion now rather than later..





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Mind-bottling??

mr. pony wrote:Mind-bottling??

On Wikipedia? Guess I will do a page for my dog.

Well, it's good to see he set back our football program (and gave us the opportunity to see the greatness of Tate Wallis) for such a good reason.

03Mustang wrote:Well, it's good to see he set back our football program (and gave us the opportunity to see the greatness of Tate Wallis) for such a good reason.

He showed an equal amount of dedication to the band as he did to SMU football.

7 years is nothing in the music industry unless your cousin is Snoop Dogg