Daniel Lasco in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: The United States Air Force Academy on Flickr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, California, 2011–⁠15

Daniel Lasco

Number
No. 2
Height
6′1″
Hometown
The Woodlands, TX
Born
Oct 9, 1992, in The Woodlands, Texas

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Daniel Lasco played running back at California (2011–⁠15). The New Orleans Saints took Lasco in round 7, No. 237 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,115
Rushing yards, 2014 (California, 5–⁠7)
Drafted
No. 237
Round 7, 2016 NFL Draft (New Orleans Saints)

Career highs

188rushing yards, career highat Oregon State, 20143rushing touchdowns, career highat Oregon State, 20148catches, career highvs. Oregon, 2014101receiving yards, career highvs. Oregon, 2014

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012California610918.2177
2013California673174.7222
2014California2101,1155.31250
2015California653315.1322
Career3481,8725.41877

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013California11787.1017
2014California3335610.8292
2015California4246.0020
Career484589.5292

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2012California3420
2013California1180
2015California150
Career5650

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklFF
2012N1284122
2013N81340
2014E6 of 12123–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011California2RB
2012California2RB
2013California2RB
2014California2RB
2015California2RB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013California770.1164th (n=226)0.078.411%0.06
2014California2510.2277th (n=253)0.1255.726%0.31
2015California690.1459th (n=268)0.1210.011%0.10

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 California 8 games, 331 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.GramblingW 73–⁠1451411200
Sep 12vs.San Diego StateW 35–⁠7191231100
Oct 3vs.Washington StateW 34–⁠28102201110
Oct 10atUtahL 24–⁠301100–––
Oct 22atUCLAL 24–⁠40390–––
Oct 31vs.USCL 21–⁠27156411−70
Nov 7atOregonL 28–⁠448510–––
Nov 14vs.Oregon StateW 54–⁠244380–––
2014 California 12 games, 1,115 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30atNorthwesternW 31–⁠2482203170
Sep 6vs.Sacramento StateW 55–⁠149941–––
Sep 20atArizonaL 45–⁠49201231–––
Sep 27vs.ColoradoW 59–⁠561810801921
Oct 4atWashington StateW 60–⁠59116115421
Oct 11vs.WashingtonL 7–⁠31177116350
Oct 18vs.UCLAL 34–⁠36194423170
Oct 24vs.OregonL 41–⁠591585181010
Nov 1atOregon StateW 45–⁠313018831200
Nov 13atUSCL 30–⁠38198612190
Nov 22vs.StanfordL 17–⁠38181031100
Nov 29vs.BYUL 35–⁠422613003130
2013 California 8 games, 317 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31vs.NorthwesternL 30–⁠4493803160
Sep 14vs.Ohio StateL 34–⁠5210641040
Sep 28atOregonL 16–⁠55155205350
Oct 5vs.Washington StateL 22–⁠446200–––
Oct 12atUCLAL 10–⁠376391–––
Nov 2vs.ArizonaL 28–⁠33127103230
Nov 9vs.USCL 28–⁠623110–––
Nov 23atStanfordL 13–⁠636220–––
2012 California 4 games, 109 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.NevadaL 24–⁠31––––––
Sep 8vs.Southern UtahW 50–⁠312741–––
Nov 10vs.OregonL 17–⁠593340–––
Nov 17atOregon StateL 14–⁠62110–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 29–⁠9).

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′0¼″
Weight209 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.46 s
10-yard split1.54 sW
Vertical jump41½″
Broad jump11′3″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.22 s
20-yard shuttle4.26 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 6 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2016New Orleans Saints511320211
2017New Orleans Saints100000
NFL career611320211

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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