The Bills are getting ready to play the Rams in Los Angeles on Thursday. It has been a good outlet for the tight end after his brother died.
"Just getting back up here, getting in the routine, seeing all my teammates, seeing my coaches, it's great, too, from a distraction standpoint," he said. I love doing what I love with the guys that I love. My brother would like it that way as well. He wants me to be generous. I know he is going to be watching, so it has been great being back up here, getting back with the guys.
He was 22 years old at the time of his death. He had been at Ole Miss for four years. Police didn't suspect foul play when he died, the university said at the time.
The FIU players wore helmet decals with their No. 16 on them at the game against Bryant on Thursday. The players brought out his jersey for the coin flip.
Prior to their second preseason game against the Denver Broncos, the Bills held a moment of silence. The players wore a T-shirt with the phrase "long live luke" written on it.
After his brother's death, he was away from the Bills, but returned on August 23. When he came back to Buffalo, he realized it was a second home to him.
"My family has been very thankful and just everybody in Buffalo has been incredible, I really felt a lot of love and support over the last few weeks with my brother, my family has been very thankful and just everybody in Buffalo has been incredible, I really felt a lot of love and support I've received a lot of text messages and posts. There was a moment of silence for the game. This city's incredible, it's meant the world to me, and it's just been everything that I expected.
Bills fans and others have raised over $200,000 for the P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative in the name of the tight end. The brothers had their numbers combined and some of it came in smaller amounts. A lot of money was raised in the first day after the news of her death was made public.
"We want to thank Buffalo and Bills Mafia everywhere for the incredible amount of support and love shown to our family," David and Rachel said in a statement. "Never would we have thought that we would have to deal with something like this, but we know these gifts will help so many families."
He said he was not surprised to see the support because of the city's fan base.
He had a career-high nine touchdown and 49 reception in the last year of his contract He has been open about where he would like to be in the long run.
"I hope I'll be here for a long time," he said.
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