Player Dossier

2020-2025

New Mexico

Gabriel Lopez

DT • 6'2" • 246 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Gabriel Lopez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

29%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

53

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Washington State • New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Gabriel Lopez built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 9, spending time with New Mexico and Washington State. The clearest part of Gabriel Lopez's career...

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Gabriel Lopez, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · New Mexico. Gabriel Lopez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
71
TFL
15
Sacks
5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Gabriel Lopez quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · DT
Career Tackles
71
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
Utah State
High school pipeline
Desert Pines · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DT 123rd (top 54%) · Mountain West 209th (top 40%) · National 2,516th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonWashington State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonWashington State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonWashington State11-0--036.4
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1127421-036.2
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico8295111055.7
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico8146211060.1

Related Context

Gabriel Lopez played DT for Washington State and New Mexico. Across 6 tracked seasons, Gabriel Lopez recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 10 primary output with 19.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, New Mexico.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

19.8

Usage

7.5

Consistency

58.3

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 1. Idaho State: 1. New Mexico State: 3. San José State: 1. Boise State: 1.5. Nevada: 0. Utah State: 0. San Diego State: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Idaho State: 0 by 10. New Mexico State: 2 by 38.3. San José State: 1 by 14.2. Boise State: 4 by 31.7. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. San Diego State: 2 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs New Mexico State

Result
Fri 11/28vs San Diego StateSplash gameW 23-17211.5001
Sat 10/25vs Utah StateW 33-1410000
Sun 10/19vs NevadaW 24-2221000
Sun 10/12@ Boise StateL 25-41411.5000
Sat 10/4@ San José StateL 28-3511100
Sat 9/27vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 38-20211.501.500
Sat 9/6vs Idaho StateW 32-2200000
Sat 8/30@ MichiganL 17-34200.500.500

Player Story

Gabriel Lopez story

Gabriel Lopez built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 9, spending time with New Mexico and Washington State. The clearest part of Gabriel Lopez's career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Gabriel Lopez'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. 1

    Washington State

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico

    2023-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonWashington State0
2021 Regular SeasonWashington State00
2022 Regular SeasonWashington State04.20.60
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico716.65.97
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico825.17.61
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1019.87.52

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 13 · L 41-44 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Montana State

Week 1 · L 31-35

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Wyoming

Week 10 · L 45-49 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

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vs No. 123 New Mexico State

Week 5 · W 38-20

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Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Hawai'i

Week 8 · W 42-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

10 primary output · 19.8 efficiency · 7.5 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

55.7

8 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Washington State

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games