Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2018UTEP
David Lucero
TE • 6'5" • 240 lbs • Holtville, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
David Lucero reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Boise State • UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
David Lucero built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a tight end from Holtville, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Boise State and UTEP. The clearest part of David Lucero's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Boise State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
David Lucero, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTEP. David Lucero reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 514
- Receptions
- 41
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
David Lucero quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 514
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Holtville · Boise State
- High school pipeline
- Holtville · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Senior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 322 receiving yards · TE 40th (top 11%) · Conference USA 45th (top 19%) · National 401st (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Boise State | 4 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 47.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 8 | 17 | 129 | 1 | 57 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 11 | 20 | 322 | 2 | 62.6 |
Related Context
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David Lucero played TE for Boise State and UTEP. Across 6 tracked seasons, David Lucero recorded 514 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
UTEP paired 322 primary output with 72.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 72.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Boise State, UTEP.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
29.3
Efficiency
72.9
Usage
12.7
Consistency
34.9
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 20. UNLV: 26. Tennessee: 4. UTSA: 6. North Texas: 14. Louisiana Tech: 22. UAB: 11. Rice: 28. Middle Tennessee: 62. Western Kentucky: 118. Southern Miss: 11
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Arizona: 2 by 66.7. UNLV: 2 by 86.7. Tennessee: 1 by 26.7. UTSA: 1 by 40. North Texas: 1 by 93.3. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 48.9. UAB: 1 by 73.3. Rice: 2 by 93.3. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 100. Western Kentucky: 2 by 100. Southern Miss: 1 by 73.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins28 · Games = 1 · -1.4 vs Losses
Losses29.4 · Games = 10 · +1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
100 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | vs Southern Miss | L 7-39 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 11/18 | @ Western Kentucky100 receiving yards | L 16-40 | — | 2 | 118 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 88 |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 32-48 | — | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 37 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Rice | W 34-26 | — | 2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs UAB | L 0-19 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 24-31 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs North Texas | L 24-27 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ UTSA | L 21-30 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Tennessee | L 0-24 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 9/9 | @ UNLV | L 24-52 | — | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Northern Arizona | L 10-30 | — | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
Player Story
David Lucero story
David Lucero built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a tight end from Holtville, CA wearing No. 18, spending time with Boise State and UTEP. The clearest part of David Lucero's career was his receiving role: 41 catches, 514 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives David Lucero's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Boise State
2012-2015
Opening stop
- 2
UTEP
2017-2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Boise State | 63 | 81.7 | 4 | 63 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 129 | 57.5 | 17.5 | 66 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 322 | 72.9 | 12.7 | 193 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ New Mexico State
Week 4 · L 14-41
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
85.6 takeover
29 receiving yards with a 96.7 efficiency score.
#2
@ Western Kentucky
Week 12 · L 16-40 · Conference game
118
Receiving Yards
81.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
118 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Rice
Week 2 · L 14-31 · Conference game
31
Receiving Yards
74.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 68.9 efficiency score.
#4
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 11 · L 32-48 · Conference game
62
Receiving Yards
74.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ BYU
Week 2 · L 24-35
26
Receiving Yards
71.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
26 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · UTEP
322 primary output · 72.9 efficiency · 12.7 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · UTEP
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129 primary · 57.5 efficiency · 17.5 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Boise State
47.4
63 primary · 81.7 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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