Orlando City selected defender Luis Grassow with the 17th pick of the second round (No. 46 overall) in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft. The center back is the second defender taken by Orlando City in this year’s draft and the first player the club has ever taken out of Kentucky.
Grassow spent four seasons with the Wildcats, playing 59 games (56 starts) and recording 5,057 minutes. He scored six goals and accumulated five assists. In his senior season at Kentucky, Grassow played in 21 games (all starts) and recorded 1,757 minutes, scoring three goals and recording one assist.