David Lucero

TE · UTEP 2018 · #18

Last confirmed: UTEP, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′5″ · 240 lb · Holtville, CA · Arizona Western College

David Lucero: TE · UTEP · #18.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Moroni Laulu-PututauBYU · 2018 · 90% season match
Ryan MalleckVirginia Tech · 2015 · 84% season match
Sam BrowningEastern Michigan · 2015 · 83% season match
Jared RiceFresno State · 2017 · 81% season match
Carson TerrellUtah State · 2019 · 81% season match

David Lucero

TE · UTEP · Sr · #18

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. David Lucero has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 118 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Western Kentucky — Week 12, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	UTEP	20	322	16.1	2
2017	UTEP	17	129	7.6	1
2015	Boise State	4	63	15.8	0
Career		41	514	12.5	3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-30vs Northern Arizona	2	20	10.0	0	12
Wk 2	L 24-52@ UNLV	2	26	13.0	0	22
Wk 3	L 0-24@ Tennessee	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 5	L 21-30@ UTSA	1	6	6.0	1	6
Wk 6	L 24-27vs North Texas	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Louisiana Tech	3	22	7.3	0	12
Wk 9	L 0-19vs UAB	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 10	W 34-26@ Rice	2	28	14.0	0	22
Wk 11	L 32-48vs Middle Tennessee	4	62	15.5	0	37
Wk 12	L 16-40@ Western Kentucky	2	118	59.0	1	88	Season-high 118 yds
Wk 13	L 7-39vs Southern Miss	1	11	11.0	0	11
Total		20	322	16.1	2	88

Signature game

Week 12 · 2018

L 16-40

at Western Kentucky

2 rec · 118 yds · 1 TD

With B. Jones — 340 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 13 rush yds (7 car) · T. Juniel — 2 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +6.71Brandon Jones pass complete to David Lucero for 88 yds for a TD (Brandon Jones pass to David Lucero for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Kai Locksley pass complete to David Lucero for 37 yds to the MTnSt 9 for a
Week 5 · UTSA · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Kai Locksley pass complete to David Lucero for 6 yds for a TD (Jason Filley KICK)
Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Brandon Jones pass complete to David Lucero for 30 yds to the WKent 49 for a
Week 6 · North Texas · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.33Ryan Metz pass complete to David Lucero for 14 yds to the UTEP 49 for a
Week 8 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.86Ryan Metz pass complete to David Lucero for 12 yds to the UTEP 38 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.80Kai Locksley pass complete to David Lucero for 20 yds to the UTEP 45 for a
Week 13 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.75Brandon Jones pass complete to David Lucero for 11 yds to the SoMis 22 for a
Week 1 · Northern Arizona · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.10Kai Locksley pass complete to David Lucero for 12 yds to the NoArz 32 for a
Week 10 · Rice · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +1.05Kai Locksley pass complete to David Lucero for 22 yds to the Rice 20 for a

Teams and coaches

2015Boise State9-4HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced, fast tempo

2017UTEP0-12HC: Mike Price · Balanced, slow tempo

2018UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (88th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (82nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#82 / 702 · 88th pct

16.8

Explosive rate#123 / 702 · 82nd pct

18.2%

EPA / target#255 / 702 · 64th pct

0.60

TD rate#293 / 702 · 58th pct

6.1%

Catch rate#601 / 702 · 14th pct

57.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#1 / 109 · 100th pct

Yards / catch#11 / 109 · 89th pct

16.1

Rec yards#40 / 109 · 64th pct

322

Receptions#57 / 109 · 47th pct

Rec TDs#44 / 109 · 44th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

5th → 64th percentile

Explosive rate

2nd → 82nd percentile

Catch rate

2nd → 14th percentile

TD rate

9th → 58th percentile

Yards / catch

9th → 88th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	23.6	12.3	0.0
Road6g	1.8	34.0	17.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	14.0	9.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	42.0	19.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Dana Dimel

Pass share

43.0%

325 pass / 430 run

Plays / game

62.9

12 games

Team sack rate

10.4%

365 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

20 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

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David Lucero

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

20 catches in 11 games

Six seasons, two schools

His moves

2014

2017 8 games