#21

Lukas Denis

Senior defensive back for Boston College. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

DB · Boston College · Sr. · #21

5′11″ · 185 lb · Everett, MA

Boston College 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1523 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Boston College. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Boston College, 139 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Everett

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1523 national

CFB

College

Boston College

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Steve Addazio

Boston College

Played his entire career under Steve Addazio.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Steve Addazio — 21-17 over that span.

2016Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2017Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, fast tempo

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

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#571 / 2662 · 78th pct

Tackles#658 / 2662 · 75th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Tackles for loss#2101 / 2662 · 19th pct

0.5

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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.8	0.1	0.1	0.2
Road5g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

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 · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Boston College	49	31	0.5	0.5	2	1	--
2017	Boston College	83	46	0.5	0.0	10	7	--
2016	Boston College	7	5	0.0	0.0	4	1	--
Career		139	82	1.0	0.5	16	9	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week