Luke Pell of Burnet, Texas is one of the 25 guys who will star on Jojo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette and one of the guys who looks like he has half a chance (Can you tell I am not super impressed by the cast thus far).
Anyhow Luke is a singer and a model — normally this would be a big turn off since generally actors and models don’t usually have a lot more going for them, BUT Luke is an exception. He actually has a solid back story.
Luke was born Oct 22nd, 1984 to Bill and Susie Pell in Burnet Texas and he grew up in the small town of Burnet.
He is now 31-years-old but he has already served 5 years in the Army as an officer. He graduated from the very prestigious West Point in 2007 and served over seas. In 2012 after 5 years in the Army he moved to Oklahoma City to work for a major oil and gas producer Chesapeake Energy.
He lost his best friend from High School Jason Holbrook in 2010.
On Twitter he posted this about his friend.
“Every #MemorialDay for me is about keeping CPT Jason Holbrook’s legacy alive. He gave the ultimate sacrifice Aug 2010 in Afghanistan …. Jason and I played football in the church parking lot growing up, graduated from Burnet High School, and he was like a big brother to me at #WestPoint….#alwaysrememberneversurrender #texans#legaciesalive @legaciesalive by @luke__pell”
He has one younger sister named Abbie who lives in Redding, California.
His parents ran a small restaurant until 2013.
Per his Linkedin profile,
“Prior to entrepreneurship Luke gained experience in the Professional Coaching industry with the Flippen Group in from 2013-2015 after spending 2 years in the oil sector with Chesapeake Energy, a US leading producer of oil and natural gas. Luke spent time throughout Oklahoma and Texas as a project manager, site supervisor, and operations analyst improving rig move efficiencies and operational drilling practices as part of Chesapeake’s Northern Division Drilling Department.”
Which brings us to present day where he is an aspiring singer in Nashville, Tennessee. And it looks like the handsome brown-eyed, brown-haired artist scored one of the first 1 on 1 dates.
Luke also comes from a solid Christian family like Jojo.
So the guy has half a chance.
Spoiler Alert! Luke rides in on a unicorn named coconut on the premiere…