Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-10vs Norfolk State | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-44@ Virginia Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
#19
Lucas Struck
Junior safety on Old Dominion's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Waukee, IA · Waukee
CFB Index 30 · #440 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Old Dominion for 2026
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
2★
S recruit
No. 189 nationally · Joined Old Dominion
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Old Dominion's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2025.
Lucas Struck
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. 2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at Old Dominion since. The receipt: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Virginia Tech — Week 2, 2026.
11 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- recruiting profile
- game log
His career
202512 games
- Signed with Old Dominion2-star out of Iowa Western C.C.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
Old Dominion
NFL
NFL Draft
—
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Ricky Rahne — 11-4 over that span.
2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy
2026Old Dominion1-1HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (16th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 5.5 TKL/g, 0.8 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
30 · #440 of 544 safeties
Two-star recruit. Now #440 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #35 of 42 Sun Belt Ss
How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Old Dominion | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Old Dominion | 46 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 57 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 31–10
5 TOT · 1 TFL · 1 PD
Dominant 21-point win at home against Norfolk State.
With Q. Henicle — 137 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 68 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · I. Brandt — 45 AVG · 46 LONG · 2 NO
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Old Dominion
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Old Dominion
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -7 net (15 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Old Dominion · Last season: 10-3 · Talent rank #122 · 2026 recruiting class #96
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Taylor Davis’s 2025 season.
Matches Taylor on
Class year
Tackle volume
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Khiry Morrison's freshman season at Louisiana Tech (2022).
Matches Khiry on
Class year
TFL rate
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Lucas Struck
The secondary · Old Dominion
- #3Mario Easterly80 tackles · 2025
- #1Zion Frink60 tackles · 2025
- #2Nickendre Stiger46 tackles · 2025
- #19Lucas Struck46 tackles · 2025
- #2Daevon Iles37 tackles · 2025
26 more on the roster · Old Dominion team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology