Luke Baran brings size and upside to Columbia’s defensive front
Luke Baran is a 6-foot-3, 242-pound first-year defensive lineman for Columbia from Avon Old Farms School in Glastonbury, Conn., and he’s a classic “bet on the frame” prospect with room to add strength and polish. Columbia’s roster lists him as a DL with no available game stats yet, so the appeal is projection: length, size, and fresh legs for a program that values disruptive interior depth. For a team, he looks like a developmental fit rather than an instant-impact plug-and-play piece.
