Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-6vs Bethune-Cookman | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-12@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
#13
Horace Lockett
Senior defensive tackle for UCF. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′6″ · 355 lb · Atlanta, GA · Westlake
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from UCF)
The numbers
0.5
sacks · 2026
1.5 TFL · 2 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 2 tackles, at Pittsburgh
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for UCF. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Tech in 2022.
Buzz vs Tape
Country hotter than the fans
The wider college football conversation reads him warmer than his own fans do — a gap of 57.7 points in belief.
12.3own fans
70national conversation
UCF Knights football aims to transform last year’s hard-fought home wins and defensive prowess into Big 12 dominance. Can Alex Grinch’s aggressive defense, fueled by standouts like Horace Lockett and Sincere Edwards, take the next step…
Horace Lockett
Wins his gap play after play. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 2 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Pittsburgh — Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Georgia Tech3-star out of Westlake
20254 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023
UCF
Coaching transition mid-career: Gus Malzahn → Scott Frost. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025UCF
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning
2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced
2026UCF1-1HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.8 TFL/g, 0.2 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UCF | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | UCF | 11 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 20 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 33 | 15 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 73–6
1 REC
Dominant 67-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.
With T. Swint — 48 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · A. Barnett — 158 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 46.9 · 9 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Davis’s 2021 season.
74%match
Consensus All-American
Matches Jordan on
TFL rate
Weight
Class year
Differs from Jordan on
Hurry rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Davis's sophomore season at Georgia (2021).
70%match
Consensus All-American
Matches Jordan on
TFL rate
Weight
Sack rate
Differs from Jordan on
Class year (lower)
Hurry rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Horace Lockett
The defensive line · UCF
- #41Bruno Dall8 tackles for loss · 2025
- #99Thomas Collins4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #10Sincere Edwards4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #6Isaiah Nixon3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- Horace Lockett2 tackles for loss · 2025
16 more on the roster · UCF team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology