Lucas Krull

#7 · TE · Sr. · Pittsburgh6′6″ · 260 lb · Shawnee, KS

Lucas Krull: TE · Pittsburgh · #7.

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Lucas Krull

TE · Pittsburgh · Sr · #7

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Dan Mullen and Pat Narduzzi. The first one came in 2021: All-ACC. One game to point at: 58 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Massachusetts — Week 1, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

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

Pittsburgh in the news

Cornell coach Ed Dawson diesPittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Pittsburgh	38	451	11.9	6	29
2020	Pittsburgh	1	6	6.0	0	6
2019	Florida	3	33	11.0	0	20
2018	Florida	6	75	12.5	0	30
Career		48	565	11.8	6	30

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-7vs Massachusetts	5	58	11.6	1	24	Season-high 58 yds
Wk 2	W 41-34@ Tennessee	3	33	11.0	1	16
Wk 3	L 41-44vs Western Michigan	3	36	12.0	2	24	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 77-7vs New Hampshire	2	21	10.5	0	12
Wk 5	W 52-21@ Georgia Tech	2	45	22.5	1	29
Wk 7	W 28-7@ Virginia Tech	2	18	9.0	0	14
Wk 8	W 27-17vs Clemson	2	29	14.5	0	16
Wk 9	L 34-38vs Miami	4	48	12.0	0	19
Wk 11	W 30-23vs North Carolina	4	51	12.8	1	21
Wk 12	W 48-38vs Virginia	2	23	11.5	0	15
Wk 13	W 31-14@ Syracuse	6	43	7.2	0	18
Wk 14	W 45-21vs No. 18 Wake Forest	2	38	19.0	0	20
Total		37	443	12.0	6	29

Signature game

Week 2 · 2021

W 41-34

at Tennessee

3 rec · 33 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Tennessee on the road in a shootout.

With K. Pickett — 285 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.5 · 19 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · K. Christodoulou — 40.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Clemson · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −3.08Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 16 yds Lucas Krull fumbled, forced by Nolan Turner, recovered by Clem Etinosa Reuben
Week 3 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Pickett to Krull: a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · North Carolina · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 21 yds to the NCaro 26 for a
Week 2 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Wayne to Krull: a 16-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 16 yds for a TD, (Sam Scarton KICK)
Week 11 · North Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q5 · EPA +2.52Pickett to Krull: an 11-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 1 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 5 yds for a TD, (Sam Scarton KICK)
Week 7 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.33Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 14 yds to the VTech 42 for a
Week 14 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 18 yds to the Pitt 43 for a
Week 13 · Syracuse · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.09Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 18 yds to the Syrac 40 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Florida10-3HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2019Florida11-2HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 60 (#27 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

60Quality starter #27 of 119 · 2021?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (83rd percentile). Strength: rec tds (90th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#108 / 655 · 83rd pct

11.1%

Yards / catch#315 / 655 · 52nd pct

12.7

EPA / target#343 / 655 · 48th pct

0.62

Catch rate#383 / 655 · 41st pct

73.3%

Explosive rate#399 / 655 · 39th pct

11.1%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#11 / 146 · 90th pct

Rec yards#25 / 146 · 83rd pct

451

Receptions#24 / 146 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#54 / 146 · 62nd pct

11.9

Long catch#96 / 146 · 34th pct

Fumbles lost#18 / 39 · 28th 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 in 2021. 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.1	38.0	12.1	0.6
Road4g	3.2	34.8	12.4	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	35.2	12.8	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	38.7	12.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Pass share

51.6%

542 pass / 509 run

Plays / game

80.8

13 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

554 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

60 · #27 of 119 TEs · 2021

Lucas Krull

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons, two schools

2021 12 games