Player Dossier

2015-2018

Pittsburgh

Rafael Araujo-Lopes

WR • 5'9" • 190 lbs • Kissimmee, FL, USA

Alpha targetPossession profile

Rafael Araujo-Lopes reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

11

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Player Story

Rafael Araujo-Lopes built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Kissimmee, FL wearing No. 82, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Rafael Araujo-Lopes' career was his...

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Rafael Araujo-Lopes, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Rafael Araujo-Lopes reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
947
Receptions
83
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Rafael Araujo-Lopes quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · WR
Career Receiving Yards
947
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Top game
Syracuse
Latest roster
No. 82 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
380 receiving yards · WR 295th (top 29%) · ACC 39th (top 18%) · National 330th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonPittsburgh0-00-
2016 PostseasonPittsburgh8-0026.5
2016 Regular SeasonPittsburgh8336026.5
2017 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1143531279
2018 PostseasonPittsburgh13113064.5
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1336367664.5

Related Context

Rafael Araujo-Lopes played WR for Pittsburgh. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rafael Araujo-Lopes recorded 66 rushing yards, 947 receiving yards, and 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 531 primary output with 77.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 62.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2018 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

29.2

Efficiency

62.8

Usage

25.6

Consistency

38.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 13. UAlbany: 50. Penn State: 0. Georgia Tech: 45. North Carolina: 8. UCF: 0. Syracuse: 64. Notre Dame: 32. Duke: 17. Virginia Tech: 1. Wake Forest: 73. Miami: 67. Clemson: 10

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. Stanford: 1 by 86.7. UAlbany: 3 by 100. Georgia Tech: 6 by 50. North Carolina: 2 by 26.7. Syracuse: 2 by 100. Notre Dame: 6 by 35.6. Duke: 1 by 100. Virginia Tech: 2 by 3.3. Wake Forest: 6 by 81.1. Miami: 6 by 74.4. Clemson: 2 by 33.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins41.7 · Games = 6 · +23.1 vs Losses
Losses18.6 · Games = 7 · -23.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

100 vs Duke

Result
Mon 12/31vs StanfordL 13-141131313013
Sun 12/2vs ClemsonL 10-422105507
Sat 11/24@ MiamiL 3-2466711.211.20042
Sat 11/17@ Wake ForestW 34-136731212.20129
Sat 11/10vs Virginia TechW 52-22210.50.5003
Sat 10/27vs DukeW 54-451171717017
Sat 10/13@ Notre DameL 14-196325.35.3009
Sat 10/6vs SyracuseW 44-372643232168
Sat 9/29@ UCFL 14-45
Sat 9/22@ North CarolinaL 35-38284405
Sat 9/15vs Georgia TechW 24-196455.67.50012
Sun 9/9vs Penn StateL 6-51
Sat 9/1vs UAlbany2+ TDW 33-735013.416.70242

Player Story

Rafael Araujo-Lopes story

Rafael Araujo-Lopes built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Kissimmee, FL wearing No. 82, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Rafael Araujo-Lopes' career was his receiving role: 83 catches, 947 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 66 rushing yards across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Pittsburgh. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 66 rushing yards, 16 tackles, and 311 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.

The arc is straightforward: Rafael Araujo-Lopes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Pittsburgh

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonPittsburgh0
2016 PostseasonPittsburgh3664.56.736
2016 Regular SeasonPittsburgh3664.56.70
2017 Regular SeasonPittsburgh53177.721.1495
2018 PostseasonPittsburgh38062.825.6-151
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh38062.825.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Syracuse

Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

100

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

100 receiving yards with a 95.2 efficiency score.

#2

vs Oklahoma State

Week 3 · L 21-59

89

Receiving Yards

96 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

89 receiving yards with a 98.9 efficiency score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 12 · W 34-13 · Conference game

73

Receiving Yards

89.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

73 receiving yards with a 81.1 efficiency score.

#4

@ Miami

Week 13 · L 3-24 · Conference game

67

Receiving Yards

88.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

67 receiving yards with a 74.4 efficiency score.

#5

vs Syracuse

Week 6 · W 44-37 · Conference game

64

Receiving Yards

82.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

531 primary output · 77.7 efficiency · 21.1 usage

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#2

2018 Postseason · Pittsburgh

64.5

380 primary · 62.8 efficiency · 25.6 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

64.5

380 primary · 62.8 efficiency · 25.6 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games