Lucky Whitehead

WR · Florida Atlantic 2014 · #1

Last confirmed: Florida Atlantic, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · Manassas, VA · Dean College

Lucky Whitehead: WR · Florida Atlantic · #1.

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Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Lucky Whitehead

WR · Florida Atlantic · #1

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. 2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at Florida Atlantic since. On tape: 125 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Western Kentucky, Week 8, 2014.

How he plays

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

News and fans

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

Florida Atlantic in the news

FAU announces depth chartThe Roost Oct 20

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	Florida Atlantic	76	706	9.3	6
Career		76	706	9.3	6

Season	Team
2014	Florida Atlantic	21	210	493	311	1
Career		21	210	493	311	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-55@ No. 22 Nebraska	5	40	8.0	1	20
Wk 2	L 0-41@ No. 2 Alabama	6	42	7.0	0	16
Wk 3	W 50-21vs Tulsa	5	38	7.6	0	15
Wk 4	L 19-20@ Wyoming	5	28	5.6	0	12
Wk 5	W 41-37vs UTSA	7	79	11.3	1	36
Wk 6	L 10-38@ Florida International	8	84	10.5	0	31
Wk 8	W 45-38vs Western Kentucky	8	125	15.6	2	61	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 9	L 16-35@ No. 23 Marshall	11	102	9.3	0	30
Wk 10	L 28-31vs UAB	8	83	10.4	2	43	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 10-31@ North Texas	4	18	4.5	0	8
Wk 13	L 34-35@ Middle Tennessee	6	39	6.5	0	16
Wk 14	L 28-31vs Old Dominion	3	28	9.3	0	17
Total		76	706	9.3	6	61

Signature game

Week 8 · 2014

W 45-38

vs Western Kentucky

8 rec · 125 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Western Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With Q. Johnson — 325 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.2 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · D. Schomp — 16 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +5.56Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 61 yds for a TD, (Greg Joseph KICK)
Week 5 · UTSA · 3rd and 21 · Q4 · EPA +4.51Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 21 yds for a TD, (Greg Joseph KICK)
Week 3 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Lucky Whitehead run for 47 yds to the Tulsa 28 for a
Week 9 · Marshall · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 30 yds to the Marsh 34 for a
Week 5 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 36 yds to the TexSA 34 for a
Week 1 · Nebraska · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 20 yds for a TD, (Greg Joseph KICK)

4 more plays

Week 8 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 20 yds for a TD, (Greg Joseph KICK)
Week 8 · Western Kentucky · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.17Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 4 yds to the WKent 33 for a
Week 6 · Florida International · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +1.72Jaquez Johnson pass complete to Lucky Whitehead for 10 yds to the FlaIn 37 for a
Week 5 · UTSA · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.71Lucky Whitehead run for a loss of 11 yards to the TexSA 21

Teams and coaches

2014Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (96th percentile). Strength: receptions (95th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#161 / 713 · 77th pct

74.4%

TD rate#294 / 713 · 59th pct

5.1%

Explosive rate#367 / 713 · 48th pct

10.3%

EPA / target#458 / 713 · 36th pct

0.39

Yards / catch#535 / 713 · 25th pct

9.8

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#12 / 270 · 96th pct

210

Receptions#26 / 556 · 95th pct

Rush TDs#21 / 270 · 85th pct

Rec TDs#72 / 556 · 84th pct

Rec yards#101 / 556 · 82nd pct

706

Long catch#166 / 556 · 70th pct

Yards / catch#494 / 556 · 11th pct

9.3

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2014 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.2	70.6	10.8	1.0
Road7g	6.4	50.4	7.3	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	51.8	8.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.7	65.8	9.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Charlie Partridge

Pass share

45.2%

365 pass / 443 run

Plays / game

67.3

12 games

Team sack rate

4.8%

291 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Impact starter

76 catches and 21 carries in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Lucky Whitehead

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Florida Atlantic in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Two seasons at Florida Atlantic

His moves

2013