Thomas Duarte

WR · UCLA 2015 · #18

Last confirmed: UCLA, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · Fullerton, CA · Mater Dei

Thomas Duarte: WR · UCLA · #18.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Jerome LaneAkron · 2015 · 83% season match
Michael ThomasOhio State · 2014 · 81% season match
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Thomas Duarte

WR · UCLA · #18

Beats you over the top. This is his second year in the same receiving corps at UCLA. A game that shows it: 141 receiving yards and 10 receptions against California — Week 8, 2015.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

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

UCLA in the news

UCLA QB Nico Lamaleava out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 17
Nico Iamaleava out for seasonOct 12
Big Ten admits officiating errorSports Illustrated Oct 11

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	UCLA	53	872	16.5	10
2014	UCLA	28	540	19.3	4
Career		81	1,412	17.4	14

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-16vs Virginia	3	51	17.0	1	30
Wk 2	W 37-3@ UNLV	2	24	12.0	0	18
Wk 3	W 24-23vs No. 19 BYU	3	33	11.0	0	15
Wk 4	W 56-30@ No. 16 Arizona	4	65	16.3	1	35
Wk 5	L 23-38vs Arizona State	6	101	16.8	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 7	L 35-56@ No. 15 Stanford	5	74	14.8	1	38
Wk 8	W 40-24vs No. 20 California	10	141	14.1	1	33	Season-high 141 yds
Wk 9	W 35-31vs Colorado	3	61	20.3	0	38
Wk 10	W 41-0@ Oregon State	6	116	19.3	2	51	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 27-31vs Washington State	2	30	15.0	0	17
Wk 12	W 17-9@ No. 18 Utah	2	61	30.5	1	33
Wk 13	L 21-40@ USC	3	63	21.0	1	27
Bowl	L 29-37@ Nebraska	4	52	13.0	0	22
Total		53	872	16.5	10	51

Signature game

Week 8 · 2015

W 40-24

vs California

10 rec · 141 yds · 1 TD

With J. Rosen — 399 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.7 · D. Lewis Fuller — 7 rec · 100 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Stanford · 3rd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +5.58Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 38 yds for a TD, (Josh Rosen pass to Nate Starks for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 4 · Arizona · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +3.77Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 35 yds for a TD, (Ka'imi Fairbairn KICK)
Week 13 · USC · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.46Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 17 yds to the USC 45 for a USC Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Anthony Sarao) to the USC 40 for a
Week 8 · California · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.31Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 33 yds to the Cal 46 for a
Week 10 · Oregon State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 14 yds to the OrgSt 46 for a
Week 13 · USC · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 27 yds to the UCLA 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Washington State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 17 yds to the UCLA 49 for a
Week 5 · Arizona State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 17 yds for a TD, (Ka'imi Fairbairn KICK)
Week 11 · Washington State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.94Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 1 · Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Josh Rosen pass complete to Thomas Duarte for 30 yds for a TD, (Ka'imi Fairbairn KICK)

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Jim Mora, all balanced offenses — 18-8 over that span.

2014UCLA10-3HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2015UCLA8-5HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (91st percentile). Strength: yards / catch (90th percentile). Concern: catch rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#59 / 684 · 91st pct

0.82

Yards / catch#71 / 684 · 90th pct

16.6

TD rate#84 / 684 · 88th pct

9.4%

Explosive rate#126 / 684 · 82nd pct

16.5%

Catch rate#514 / 684 · 24th pct

60.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#16 / 521 · 96th pct

Rec yards#60 / 521 · 89th pct

872

Yards / catch#81 / 521 · 84th pct

16.5

Receptions#101 / 521 · 80th pct

Long catch#225 / 521 · 56th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

83rd → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

93rd → 82nd percentile

Catch rate

65th → 24th percentile

TD rate

11th → 88th percentile

Yards / catch

90th → 90th percentile

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

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.5	69.5	15.7	0.7
Road6g	3.7	67.2	19.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	57.1	14.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	78.7	20.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

Pass share

53.3%

508 pass / 445 run

Plays / game

73.3

13 games

Team sack rate

2.3%

531 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

53 catches in 13 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Thomas Duarte

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

UCLA in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

53 catches in 13 games

Three seasons at UCLA, drafted

His moves

2013

2016