Receiver, Missouri, 2010–⁠13

Marcus Lucas

Number
No. 85
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Liberty, MO
Born
Mar 1, 1992, in Liberty, Missouri

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Marcus Lucas played receiver at Missouri (2010–⁠13).

Career highs

10catches, career highat Indiana, 2013101receiving yards, career highat Indiana, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Missouri3237.7011
2011Missouri2341418.0553
2012Missouri4650911.1341
2013Missouri5869211.9343
Career1301,63812.61153

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2010N112673361.5121
2011910100000
20121111200000
2013N1420200000
On file3083861.5121

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Missouri85WR
2011Missouri85WR
2012Missouri85WR
2013Missouri85WR6′5″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Missouri520.8659th (n=341)0.8144.85%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Missouri 14 games, 58 catches, 692 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Murray StateW 58–⁠14433010
Sep 7vs.ToledoW 38–⁠23328014
Sep 21atIndianaW 45–⁠2810101026
Sep 28vs.Arkansas StateW 41–⁠19440021
Oct 5atVanderbiltW 51–⁠28660118
Oct 12atGeorgiaW 41–⁠26339028
Oct 19vs.FloridaW 36–⁠17657017
Oct 26vs.South CarolinaL 24–⁠27389032
Nov 2vs.TennesseeW 31–⁠3475140
Nov 9atKentuckyW 48–⁠173909
Nov 23atOle MissW 24–⁠10359027
Nov 30vs.Texas A&MW 28–⁠211606
Dec 7vs.AuburnL 42–⁠59550043
Jan 3 ✦vs.Oklahoma StateW 41–⁠31346124
2012 Missouri 11 games, 46 catches, 509 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.SE LouisianaW 62–⁠10330021
Sep 8vs.GeorgiaL 20–⁠41688141
Sep 15vs.Arizona StateW 24–⁠20435013
Sep 22atSouth CarolinaL 10–⁠31869123
Sep 29atUCFW 21–⁠16533011
Oct 6vs.VanderbiltL 15–⁠19454018
Oct 13vs.AlabamaL 10–⁠42218011
Nov 3atFloridaL 7–⁠14228017
Nov 10atTennesseeW 51–⁠48551118
Nov 17vs.SyracuseL 27–⁠31358038
Nov 24atTexas A&ML 29–⁠59445022
2011 Missouri 9 games, 23 catches, 414 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.Miami (OH)W 17–⁠6110110
Sep 9atArizona StateL 30–⁠37487049
Sep 17vs.Western IllinoisW 69–⁠0224015
Oct 15vs.Iowa StateW 52–⁠17120020
Oct 22vs.Oklahoma StateL 24–⁠451808
Oct 29atTexas A&MW 38–⁠31564119
Nov 5atBaylorL 39–⁠42480124
Nov 19vs.Texas TechW 31–⁠27468126
Nov 26vs.KansasW 24–⁠10153153
2010 Missouri 3 games, 3 catches, 23 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 11vs.McNeeseW 50–⁠61606
Oct 23vs.OklahomaW 36–⁠27111011
Nov 6atTexas TechL 17–⁠241606

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′3¾″
Weight218 lb
Arm length33⅝″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.60 s
10-yard split1.63 s
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.25 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLSt. Louis Battlehawks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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