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(Now-ex) Lobo decides cooking, not football, is his passion

There are plenty of new faces, and there also is more size on the University of New Mexico’s offensive line than the past two years.

Even without the big man from Roswell – the 6-foot-6, 300-pound Larry Luna – the Lobos remain large up front.

Luna, a standout offensive lineman for Goddard, where he graduated in 2021, has left UNM and moved to Lubbock, Texas, where he’s going to culinary school.

“It wasn’t for me,” Luna said of UNM football, during a phone interview on Saturday. “The long-term goal is to open a restaurant. I had fun, but (football) wasn’t really my passion.