#85

Greg Dulcich

Former tight end at UCLA. 2021: 42 catches, 725 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · UCLA · So. · #85

6′4″ · 242 lb · Glendale, CA

CFB Index 76 · #9 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDenver — drafted 2022, Rd 3, Pick 16, #80 overall

The story

Former tight end at UCLA. 2021: 42 catches, 725 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Drafted round 3 by the Denver in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UCLA, 1,353 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #80 overall by Denver.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 167 yds vs USC.USC · L 38-432020

20207 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

202111 games

All-Pac-12First Team

2022

Drafted by Denverround 3, pick 80

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

UCLA

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #80

Denver · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Chip Kelly

UCLA

Played his entire career under Chip Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 5th NFL season

#80Rd 3 · Pick 16

DenverEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chip Kelly — 18-25 over that span.

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2019UCLA4-8HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020UCLA3-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2021UCLA8-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

76All-Conference level #9 of 119?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#19 / 655 · 97th pct

1.27

Explosive rate#55 / 655 · 92nd pct

23.5%

Yards / catch#60 / 655 · 91st pct

17.2

TD rate#152 / 655 · 77th pct

9.8%

Catch rate#172 / 655 · 74th pct

82.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#6 / 146 · 96th pct

17.3

Long catch#6 / 146 · 96th pct

Rec yards#7 / 146 · 96th pct

725

Receptions#18 / 146 · 87th pct

Rec TDs#19 / 146 · 85th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	82.0	20.9	0.3
Road5g	3.2	46.6	17.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	62.3	18.1	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	70.2	20.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #9 of 119 FBS tight ends by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #9 of 119 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UCLA	42	725	17.3	5	--
2020	UCLA	26	517	19.9	5	--
2019	UCLA	8	105	13.1	1	--
2018	UCLA	1	6	6.0	0	--
Career		77	1,353	17.6	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 38–27

vs LSU

3 rec · 117 yds · 1 TD

With D. Thompson-Robinson — 260 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.6 · 5 rush yds (13 car) · Z. Charbonnet — 117 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · LSU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 75 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 11 · Colorado · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.75Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 55 yds to the Colo 27 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · USC · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.73Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 37 yds to the USC 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · USC · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.65Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 38 yds to the USC 36 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Utah · 4&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.53Ethan Garbers pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 13 yds to the Utah 30 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oregon · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.43Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 20 yds to the Oregn 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arizona · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.92Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 3 yds for a TD (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 5 · Arizona State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 19 yds to the ArzSt 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · LSU · 3&14 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 19 yds to the LSU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · California · 2&14 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Greg Dulcich for 24 yds to the Cal 27 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-10vs Hawai'i	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 1	W 38-27vs LSU	3	117	39.0	1	75
Wk 4	W 35-24@ Stanford	3	45	15.0	0	17
Wk 5	L 23-42vs Arizona State	9	136	15.1	0	31	Season-high 136 yds
Wk 6	W 34-16@ Arizona	3	36	12.0	1	22
Wk 7	W 24-17@ Washington	2	25	12.5	1	16
Wk 8	L 31-34vs Oregon	4	51	12.8	0	20
Wk 9	L 24-44@ Utah	6	52	8.7	1	15
Wk 11	W 44-20vs Colorado	3	87	29.0	0	55
Wk 12	W 62-33@ USC	2	75	37.5	0	38
Wk 13	W 42-14vs California	6	86	14.3	1	29
Total		42	725	19.2	5	75

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology