Former defensive back at California. 2024: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 12 tackles.
5′10″ · 170 lb · Pittsburg, CA
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.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1384 nationally · Signed with California
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at California. 2024: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 12 tackles.
Lu-Magia Hearns III
Erases the deep middle of the field. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at California. One game to point at: 4 tackles against UC Davis — Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at California, 82 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 21-29 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (90th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #104 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | California | 27 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | California | 15 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | California | 28 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 82 | 58 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 21–14
at Auburn
2 SOLO · 2 TOT · 1 INT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
With L. Wilson — 46 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 58 LONG · F. Mendoza — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.8 · 12 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-13vs UC Davis | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-10vs San Diego State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-39vs Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-7vs Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-38@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 13-24@ UNLV | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 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.
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Essissima’s 2022 season.
Matches Isaiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to A.J. Odums's junior season at UTEP (2023).
Matches A.J. on
Player DNA