Player Dossier

2010-2013

Missouri

Marcus Lucas

WR • 6'5" • Liberty, MO, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Marcus Lucas reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

51

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

55

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Missouri

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Missouri
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Player Story

Marcus Lucas built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Liberty, MO wearing No. 85, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Marcus Lucas' career was his receiving role: 130...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.9245

Liberty · Liberty, MO

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Marcus Lucas, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Missouri. Marcus Lucas reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,638
Receptions
130
Touchdowns
11

Quick Answers

Marcus Lucas quick answers

Latest team and position
Missouri · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,638
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · Missouri
Top game
South Carolina
Recruit profile
4-star · Liberty · Missouri
High school pipeline
Liberty · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 85 · Class 2013
2013 Receiving yards rank
692 receiving yards · WR 118th (top 13%) · SEC 14th (top 7%) · National 121st (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonMissouri3323032.8
2011 Regular SeasonMissouri923414564.4
2012 Regular SeasonMissouri1146509372.8
2013 PostseasonMissouri14346178.6
2013 Regular SeasonMissouri1455646278.6

Related Context

Marcus Lucas played WR for Missouri. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marcus Lucas recorded 1,638 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Missouri.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

Missouri paired 692 primary output with 71 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 73.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

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

Analysis workspace

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2012 Regular Season · Missouri

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

46.3

Efficiency

73.7

Usage

22.2

Consistency

69.9

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SE Louisiana: 30. Georgia: 88. Arizona State: 35. South Carolina: 69. UCF: 33. Vanderbilt: 54. Alabama: 18. Florida: 28. Tennessee: 51. Syracuse: 58. Texas A&M: 45

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. SE Louisiana: 3 by 66.7. Georgia: 6 by 97.8. Arizona State: 4 by 58.3. South Carolina: 8 by 57.5. UCF: 5 by 44. Vanderbilt: 4 by 90. Alabama: 2 by 60. Florida: 2 by 93.3. Tennessee: 5 by 68. Syracuse: 3 by 100. Texas A&M: 4 by 75

Split Comparison

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

Wins37.3 · Games = 4 · -14.2 vs Losses
Losses51.4 · Games = 7 · +14.2 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

Georgia

Best efficiency game

100 vs Syracuse

Result
Sun 11/25@ Texas A&ML 29-5944511.311.30022
Sun 11/18vs SyracuseL 27-3135819.319.30038
Sat 11/10@ TennesseeW 51-4855110.210.20118
Sat 11/3@ FloridaL 7-142281414017
Sat 10/13vs AlabamaL 10-4221899011
Sat 10/6vs VanderbiltL 15-1945413.513.50018
Sat 9/29@ UCFW 21-165336.66.60011
Sat 9/22@ South CarolinaHigh volumeL 10-318698.68.60123
Sat 9/15vs Arizona StateW 24-204358.88.80013
Sat 9/8vs GeorgiaL 20-4168814.714.70141
Sat 9/1vs SE LouisianaW 62-103301010021

Player Story

Marcus Lucas story

Marcus Lucas built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Liberty, MO wearing No. 85, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Marcus Lucas' career was his receiving role: 130 catches, 1,638 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Missouri. 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. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Missouri.

The arc is straightforward: Marcus Lucas 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

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    Missouri

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201220132013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonMissouri2351.14.9
2011 Regular SeasonMissouri41487.313.9391
2012 Regular SeasonMissouri50973.722.295
2013 PostseasonMissouri6927122.1183
2013 Regular SeasonMissouri6927122.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Carolina

Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

89

Receiving Yards

96 takeover

89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Texas Tech

Week 12 · W 31-27 · Conference game

68

Receiving Yards

92.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

68 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Georgia

Week 2 · L 20-41 · Conference game

88

Receiving Yards

92.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

#4

vs Tennessee

Week 10 · W 31-3 · Conference game

75

Receiving Yards

91.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 4 · W 45-28

101

Receiving Yards

89.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

101 receiving yards with a 67.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · Missouri

692 primary output · 71 efficiency · 22.1 usage

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#2

2013 Regular Season · Missouri

78.6

692 primary · 71 efficiency · 22.1 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Missouri

72.8

509 primary · 73.7 efficiency · 22.2 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games