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Maddy was projected by USA today’s DraftWire to be a potential late round pick in the 2016 NFL draft. He initially went undrafted but was invited to mini-camp with the New Orleans Saints the following month, May 2016. In 2017, he was invited to training camp with the CFL, where he was drafted by the BC Lions in February. Maddy was initially sidelined due to a broken wrist but debuted with the Lions in October 2017 against the Blue Bombers at Winnipeg. During the game, he recorded a defensive tackle and successfully kept the Bombers’ offence out of the end zone, contributing to his team’s 36–27 win.

Maddy spent a total of five years at Virginia Tech. During his initial senior year in 2014–2015, he was given an honorable mention All-ACC selection by ACSMA and started the first four games of the season before undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. Despite his surgery, he logged 219 plays, 201 of which were at tackle, during games at William & Mary, Ohio State, East Carolina, and Georgia Tech before being sidelined the rest of the season due to an injury at East Carolina. He received a second surgery to repair the injury and was subsequently granted a medical hardship waiver. Despite his injury, he recorded his personal best bench press that year, at 450 pounds. Maddy returned in 2015–2016 to start in all 13 games, during which time he collected 57 tackles: 1.5 against Ohio State, 3 against Furman, one at Purdue, 10 at East Carolina, five against Pittsburgh, four against NC state, seven at Miami, six against Duke, one at Boston College, five at Georgia Tech, four versus North Carolina, four at Virginia, and three against Tulsa during the Independence Bowl.

Luther Maddy (born January 18, 1993) is a Haitian-born defensive tackle for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Atlantic High School in Delray Beach, Florida. He played college football at Virginia Tech and was drafted by the Lions in 2016.

Maddy was born in Haiti on January 18, 1993 to parents Jumelle and Muraline Maddy. He emigrated from Haiti to Delray Beach, Florida with his mother at the age of 3 months. According to a Washington Post interview, he began pursuing football in the hope of earning scholarships to pay for college and support his family. He began playing football during his senior year. During that year, he played for head coach Chris Bean at Atlantic High School and recorded 13 sacks and 78 tackles, was rated as the No. 130 defensive tackle in the country and No. 32 player in the area, and named a Class 6A-5A-3A football second-team All-Palm Beach County selection. His performance attracting the attention of Bean, who shared footage of him with Virginia Tech coaches Wiles and Beamer. He was a late recruit to the Virginia Tech Hokies, accepting a scholarship offer to Virginia Tech the night before National Signing Day. He enrolled at Virginia Tech on July 6, 2011.