Kicker, Sam Houston (from UCLA, Purdue), 2020–⁠25

R.J. Lopez

Number: No. 37
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 175 lb
Class (2025): Senior
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA

R.J. Lopez played kicker at UCLA (2020–⁠23), Purdue (2024) and Sam Houston (2025).

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	FGM	FGA	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
2023	UCLA	6	11	54.5	47	31	49
2025	Sam Houston	3	6	50.0	40	6	15
Career		9	17	52.9	47	37	64

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2020	UCLA	37	PK	Yr 1
2021	UCLA	37	PK	Yr 2
2022	UCLA	37	PK	Yr 3
2023	UCLA	37	PK	Yr 4
2024	Purdue	37	PK	Yr 5
2025	Sam Houston	37	PK	Sr. (Yr 6)	5′11″	175

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

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage	PAAR
2023	UCLA	–	–	–	–	–	–	-4.5 (10 att.)
2025	Sam Houston	–	–	–	–	–	–	-3.9 (6 att.)

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). PAAR: points a kicker added above a replacement-level kicker, with his field-goal attempts. From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Sam Houston 4 games, 3 of 6 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Aug 23	atWestern Kentucky	L 24–⁠41	1	2	40	3	6
Aug 29	vs.UNLV	L 21–⁠38	0	1	0	1	1
Sep 6	atHawai’i	L 20–⁠37	2	2	29	2	8
Oct 2	atNew Mexico State	L 10–⁠37	0	1	0	0	0

2023 UCLA 8 games, 6 of 11 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Sep 2	vs.Coastal Carolina	W 27–⁠13	2	2	47	3	9
Sep 9	atSan Diego State	W 35–⁠10	0	0	0	5	5
Sep 16	vs.North Carolina Central	W 59–⁠7	1	1	24	8	11
Sep 23	atUtah	L 7–⁠14	0	0	0	1	1
Oct 7	vs.Washington State	W 25–⁠17	2	4	37	1	7
Oct 14	atOregon State	L 24–⁠36	1	1	36	3	6
Oct 21	atStanford	W 42–⁠7	0	2	0	6	6
Oct 28	vs.Colorado	W 28–⁠16	0	1	0	4	4

2022 UCLA 1 game, 1 tackle

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Oct 29	vs.Stanford	W 38–⁠13	–	–	–	–	–

2021 UCLA 1 game, 1 tackle

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Nov 27	vs.California	W 42–⁠14	–	–	–	–	–

2020 UCLA 1 game, 1 tackle

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Dec 5	atArizona State	W 25–⁠18	–	–	–	–	–

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

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