New Mexico State University Athletics

Career Notes: 2017 All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention

2019 (Senior)
Redshirt season ... Played in four games with three starts ... Recorded 11 total tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss, and 2.0 sacks on the year ... Suffered injury in season opener at #23 Washington State (8/31), sidelining him for the majority of the campaign ... Two tackles, including .5 for loss, against the nationally ranked Cougars ... Returned to action at Georgia Southern (10/26), making two stops ... Racked up four total tackles (three solo), including a sack, in the victory against UIW (11/16) ... Three tackles, including a sack for the second consecutive game, in the rivalry win over UTEP (11/23).

2018 (Junior)
Started all 12 games … Tallied 63 tackles (25 solo and 38 assisted) and a team-high 12.5 tackles for loss … Added 4.0 sacks, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries … Began the season with nine tackles and a tackle for loss against Wyoming (8/25) … Recorded four sacks in a five-game stretch from 9/8-10/3 … Season-high 10 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss at Texas State (10/27).

2017 (Sophomore)
Started all 13 games … Recorded 39 tackles (11 solo and 28 assisted) … Nabbed sacks against Arkansas State (10/28) and at Texas State (11/4) … Season-high two quarterback hurries in a home win against Idaho (11/25).

2016 (Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games and made seven starts ... Amassed 23 tackles with two solo and 21 assisted ... Career-high seven tackles at home against Georgia Southern (10/22) ... Recorded at least one tackle in all 11 appearances ... Started the final five games of the season.

High School
Played at Mesquite HS in Tempe, Ariz., under Robbie Robinson … Was an Arizona Football Coaches Association Top 25 Player in the State (Super 25) as a defensive back in 2015 … Selected First Team All-State as defensive line by Az Central in 2015 … Named 2015 Defensive Lineman of the Year by the Arizona Varsity Rivals … Chosen as a 2015 Section Top 2-Way lineman … Selected for All-Friday Night Fever Team as an offensive lineman by Channel 12 in 2015 … Named a Top-25 Arizona Offensive Lineman by East Valley Tribune in 2015 … Chosen as a First Team All-state Offensive lineman by Az Central in 2014 … Selected as First Team All-State and First Team All-Section as offensive lineman in 2014 … Earned 2015 Rich Rodriguez Camp Outstanding Defensive Lineman Award … Named a NIKE NFTC Oakland “The Opening” Top-10 Defensive Lineman and a Las Vegas, Nevada Rivals Top 10 Offensive Lineman in 2015 ... Selected as 2015 Blue/Gray All-American Combine Outstanding Offensive Lineman … Chosen as the National Underclassman Camp Scottsdale Outstanding Offensive Lineman and the National Underclassman Camp Phoenix Outstanding Defensive Lineman in 2014 … Amassed 53 tackles with 28 unassisted and 25 assisted for 4.8 tackles per game as a senior … Racked up 17.0 tackles for loss as a senior …. Garnered 21 tackles with 17 unassisted and four assisted for 2.6 tackles per game as a junior … Collected 6.0 sacks as a senior. 

Personal
Son of Roy Lopez and Veronica Gomez … Has two older sisters, Arianna and Alexa … Majoring in education.