Player Dossier

2012-2016

Wyoming

Lucas Wacha

LB • 6'1" • Texarkana, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Lucas Wacha shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Wyoming

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wyoming
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Lucas Wacha built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Texarkana, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Lucas Wacha's career was his defensive production: 108...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7

Pleasant Grove · Texarkana, TX

Committed To
Wyoming
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Lucas Wacha, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Wyoming. Lucas Wacha shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
108
TFL
9
Sacks
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Lucas Wacha quick answers

Latest team and position
Wyoming · LB
Career Tackles
108
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Wyoming
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
2-star · Pleasant Grove · Wyoming
High school pipeline
Pleasant Grove · 11 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 45 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
108 tackles · LB 35th (top 4%) · Mountain West 9th (top 2%) · National 49th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonWyoming00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonWyoming00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonWyoming00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonWyoming00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonWyoming14410--072.8
2016 Regular SeasonWyoming1410483-1072.8

Related Context

Lucas Wacha played LB for Wyoming. Across 5 tracked seasons, Lucas Wacha recorded 108 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Wyoming.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Wyoming paired 13 primary output with 40.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 40.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Wyoming

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

40.2

Usage

11.5

Consistency

54.7

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 1. Northern Illinois: 1. Nebraska: 1. UC Davis: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Colorado State: 0.5. Air Force: 2. Nevada: 0. Boise State: 2.5. Utah State: 0. UNLV: 2. San Diego State: 2. New Mexico: 1. San Diego State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 4 by 26.7. Northern Illinois: 8 by 43.3. Nebraska: 7 by 39.2. UC Davis: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 11 by 45.8. Colorado State: 7 by 34.2. Air Force: 9 by 57.5. Nevada: 7 by 29.2. Boise State: 6 by 50. Utah State: 8 by 33.3. UNLV: 16 by 70. San Diego State: 8 by 53.3. New Mexico: 9 by 47.5. San Diego State: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

70 vs UNLV

Result
Thu 12/22vs BYUL 21-2442100
Sun 12/4vs San Diego StateL 24-2762000
Sun 11/27@ New MexicoL 35-5696100
Sat 11/19vs San Diego StateSplash gameW 34-3386101
Sat 11/12@ UNLV10+ tackles · Splash gameL 66-69168110
Sun 11/6vs Utah StateW 52-2885000
Sat 10/29vs Boise StateSplash gameW 30-28631.5010
Sun 10/23@ NevadaW 42-3476000
Sat 10/8vs Air ForceSplash gameW 35-2693110
Sun 10/2@ Colorado StateW 38-17750.5000
Fri 9/23@ Eastern Michigan10+ tacklesL 24-27115000
Sat 9/17vs UC DavisW 45-2221000
Sat 9/10@ NebraskaL 17-5273100
Sun 9/4vs Northern IllinoisW 40-3484100

Player Story

Lucas Wacha story

Lucas Wacha built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Texarkana, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Lucas Wacha's career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Wyoming. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Lucas Wacha's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wyoming.

The arc is straightforward: Lucas Wacha 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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    Wyoming

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonWyoming0
2013 Regular SeasonWyoming00
2014 Regular SeasonWyoming00
2015 Regular SeasonWyoming00
2016 PostseasonWyoming1340.211.513
2016 Regular SeasonWyoming1340.211.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UNLV

Week 11 · L 66-69 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Boise State

Week 9 · W 30-28 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Air Force

Week 6 · W 35-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#4

vs San Diego State

Week 12 · W 34-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#5

@ New Mexico

Week 13 · L 35-56 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Wyoming

13 primary output · 40.2 efficiency · 11.5 usage

72.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Wyoming

72.8

13 primary · 40.2 efficiency · 11.5 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Wyoming

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games