Senior defensive tackle for New Mexico. 2025: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
6′2″ · 246 lb · Las Vegas, NV
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
Tackles for loss: 85th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
6 TFL · 14 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs New Mexico State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for New Mexico. 2025: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
His career, year by yearGabriel Lopez
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Gabriel Lopez has played for four head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Boise State — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Danny Gonzales, Bronco Mendenhall, and Jason Eck. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 14 | 5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | New Mexico | 29 | 13 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 27 | 10 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 71 | 28 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 32–22
vs Idaho State
1 QB HUR
With D. Bankston — 28 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · S. Humphrey — 141 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 32-22vs Idaho State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-20vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35@ San José State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-41@ Boise State | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 24-22vs Nevada | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-14vs Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-17vs San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
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
New Mexico
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · New Mexico
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #112 · 2026 recruiting class #87
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jasheen Davis’s 2022 season.
Matches Jasheen on
Differs from Jasheen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ryan Smith's senior season at Duke (2024).
Matches Ryan on
Differs from Ryan on
Player DNA