#16

Joey Luchetti

Senior tight end for Boston College. 2021: 13 catches, 157 receiving yards.

TE · Boston College · Sr. · #16

6′5″ · 250 lb · Wayland, MA

CFB Index 34 · #113 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceBoston College 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1141 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Boston College. 2021: 13 catches, 157 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Boston College, 161 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Lawrence Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1141 national

CFB

College

Boston College

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2021

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2021Boston College6-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #113 of 119?

Medium-low confidence5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (4th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#50 / 146 · 65th pct

Yards / catch#51 / 146 · 65th pct

12.1

Rec yards#116 / 146 · 20th pct

157

Receptions#134 / 146 · 6th pct

Rec TDs#135 / 146 · 4th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.0	9.8	7.9	0.0
Road5g	1.6	21.6	13.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.5	19.7	10.9	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.0	9.8	11.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #113 of 119 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #113 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Boston College	13	157	12.1	0	--
2019	Boston College	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Boston College	2	4	2.0	0	--
Career		15	161	10.7	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 41–34

vs Missouri

1 rec · 7 yds

Edged out Missouri at home in a shootout.

With D. Grosel — 175 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.1 · 35 rush yds (9 car) · P. Garwo III — 175 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Georgia Tech · 2&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.22Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 26 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Clemson · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Dennis Grosel pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 19 yds to the Clem 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · NC State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Dennis Grosel pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 30 yds to the NCSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Clemson · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.83Dennis Grosel pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 39 yds to the Clem 3 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -0.70Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 1 yd to the UMass 41
Week 12 · Florida State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA -0.63Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 2 yds to the FlaSt 43
Week 8 · Louisville · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA -0.43Dennis Grosel pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 2 yds to the Lvile 9 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Louisville · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +0.37Dennis Grosel pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 9 yds to the Lvile 17 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Missouri · 1&12 · Q4 · EPA +0.26Dennis Grosel pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 7 yds to the Misso 18
Week 3 · Temple · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.18Dennis Grosel pass complete to Joey Luchetti for 6 yds to the Temp 9

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Colgate	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 2	W 45-28@ Massachusetts	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 3	W 28-3@ Temple	2	12	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	W 41-34vs Missouri	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 5	L 13-19@ Clemson	2	58	29.0	0	39	Season-high 58 yds
Wk 7	L 7-33vs NC State	2	35	17.5	0	30
Wk 8	L 14-28@ Louisville	2	11	5.5	0	9
Wk 10	W 17-3vs Virginia Tech	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	W 41-30@ Georgia Tech	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 12	L 23-26vs Florida State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Total		13	157	11.0	0	39

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

Joey Luchetti

2018

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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