Anthony Lucas

Senior defensive end for USC. 2025: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

DE · USC · Sr. · #6

6′5″ · 285 lb · Scottsdale, AZ

CFB Index 50 · #209 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to USC for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

QB hurries: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

3.5 TFL · 37 tackles · 7 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 7 tackles, at Nebraska

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for USC. 2025: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2022.
Transferred from Texas A&M to USC in 2023.

His career, year by year

Anthony Lucas

DE · USC · Sr · #6

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Iowa — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2024USC7-6HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning

2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #209 of 420?

Medium confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#69 / 2975 · 97th pct

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#1007 / 2975 · 65th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Road5g	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #209 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #209 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #7 of 11 Big Ten DEs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	USC	37	21	3.5	3.0	--	--	--
2024	USC	16	5	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2023	USC	9	6	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Texas A&M	10	4	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		72	36	7.0	3.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 26–21

vs Iowa

4 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With J. Maiava — 254 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.7 · 11 rush yds (5 car) · M. Lemon — 1 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 59-20vs Georgia Southern	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 3	W 33-17@ Purdue	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 45-31vs Michigan State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 32-34@ Illinois	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 31-13vs Michigan	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 24-34@ Notre Dame	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 21-17@ Nebraska	7	4	1.5	1.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 11	W 38-17vs Northwestern	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 26-21vs Iowa	6	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 27-42@ Oregon	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 29-10vs UCLA	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		37	21	3.5	3.0	—

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

37Tackles

21Solo

3.5TFL

3Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

37 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.

Week 22 sacks
Week 101 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

USC

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · USC

Returning around him

3 USC players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #9 · 2026 recruiting class #1

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Mullens’s 2021 season.

Isaiah Mullens

85%match

Wisconsin · 2021

Landon Dean

Oklahoma State · 2025

78%

Tyler Batty

BYU · 2023

77%

Paris Shand

Arizona · 2022

75%

Matches Isaiah on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Height

Differs from Isaiah on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Michael Callahan's senior season at Boise State (2024).

Michael Callahan

86%match

Boise State · 2024

Casey Rogers

Oregon · 2023

84%

Aaron Lewis

Rutgers · 2023

81%

Davon Townley Jr.

Missouri State · 2025

80%

Alfred Collins

Texas · 2023

All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 11

80%

Matches Michael on

Class year

Sack rate

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Anthony Lucas

Tyler Batty

BYU · 2024

86%

Gharin Stansbury

Jacksonville State · 2024

82%

Ian Mathews

Georgia State · 2024

81%

Jordan Davis

Mississippi State · 2022

79%

Isaiah Mullens

Wisconsin · 2022

72%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Anthony Lucas

20225 games

20236 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

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