2024 / AS A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR
• Did not appear in any games
2023 / AS A SENIOR (AT UCLA)
• Booted a season-long 47-yard field goal against Coastal Carolina
• Recorded seven touchbacks on his 15 kickoffs
2022 / AS A JUNIOR (AT UCLA)
• Served as the kickoff specialist for all 13 games
• Recorded touchbacks on 60 of his 91 kickoffs (66%)
• His total of 60 touchbacks was the most by a Pac-12 player
2021 / AS A SOPHOMORE (AT UCLA)
• Served as the kickoff specialist for all 12 games
• Recorded touchbacks on 52 of his 81 kickoffs (64%)
• His total of 52 touchbacks tied for best in the Pac-12
• Named to the Pac-12 2021-22 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 / AS A FRESHMAN (AT UCLA)
• Handled the kickoff duties in all seven games
• Recorded touchbacks on 25 of his 44 kickoffs (57%)
• His total of 25 touchbacks led the Pac-12
• UCLA ranked sixth in the league in kickoff coverage with a 39.8-yard net
• Hhis average kickoff of 62.5 yards was second in the Pac-12
High School
• Two-star prospect according to 247Sports and Rivals
• Career-long field goal: 46 yards vs. Mater Dei in the CIF semifinals
• Converted six of 10 field-goal attempts and all 70 extra-point attempts in 2019; recorded 75 touchbacks on 85 kickoffs
• Chosen to Cal-Hi Sports All-State First Team in 2019
• Named to All-County First Team by OC Register in 2019
• Made all five field-goal attempts and all 11 extra-point attempts in 2018; registered 22 touchbacks on 29 kickoffs
• Helped South team to victory at 2020 Orange County North-South All-Star Classic in Costa Mesa, Calif.
• Selected to 2019 All-SoCal Varsity Team by Southern California News Group
• Diablos reached CIF-Southern Section Division 1 semifinal round in 2019, finishing 11-1
• Honored as scholar-athlete (All-League or All-Conference First Team and 3.5 grade-point average or better) by National Football Foundation/Orange County Chapter in 2020
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Richard Jesse Lopez Jr.
• Birthdate: April 24, 2004
• Parents: Sandra and Richard Lopez
• Siblings: Nick, a kicker at Louisville after starting career at Cal
• Dad was a professional soccer player and mom was a competitive bodybuilder
• Named to the 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Earned a spot on the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023 and Fall 2023
• Graduated with a degree in Biology from UCLA
• Pursuing a business essentials certificate