Lucas Krull

Senior tight end for Pittsburgh. 2021: 38 catches, 451 receiving yards, 6 TD.

TE · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #7

6′6″ · 260 lb · Shawnee, KS

CFB Index 60 · #27 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferencePittsburgh 2021 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Pittsburgh. 2021: 38 catches, 451 receiving yards, 6 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 565 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td vs Western Michigan.Western Michigan · L 41-442021

202112 games

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

2019Florida11-2HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #27 of 119?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 · 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
Road5g	3.0	35.4	13.7	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #27 of 119 TEs

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 27–17

vs Clemson

2 rec · 29 yds

With K. Pickett — 302 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.5 · 15 rush yds (7 car) · K. Christodoulou — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Clemson · 1&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 · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Lucas Krull 24 Yd pass from Kenny Pickett (Sam Scarton Kick)
Week 11 · North Carolina · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 21 yds to the NCaro 26 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Lucas Krull 16 Yd pass from Jared Wayne (Sam Scarton Kick)
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 16 yds for a TD, (Sam Scarton KICK)
Week 11 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q5 · EPA +2.52Lucas Krull 11 Yd pass from Kenny Pickett (Sam Scarton Kick)
Week 1 · Massachusetts · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 5 yds for a TD, (Sam Scarton KICK)
Week 7 · Virginia Tech · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.33Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 14 yds to the VTech 42 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Wake Forest · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 18 yds to the Pitt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Syracuse · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.09Kenny Pickett pass complete to Lucas Krull for 18 yds to the Syrac 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 45-21@ Wake Forest	2	38	19.0	0	20
Total		37	443	12.8	6	29

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