“I was a guy that was always on the fringe to where I was always on the last day of cuts so there was some uncertainty with the guys we had at the receiver position,” Lucas said. “The type of guy I am, the type of player I am, I try to fill the gaps, fill the void.”
Lucas, who is originally from Missouri, was introduced to football in middle school, where he played offensive and defensive line. As he naturally progressed, his goals evolved. In middle school, he aspired to make varsity football in high school. From varsity football, the ambition shifted to playing in college, and ultimately, he set his sights on the NFL.
But football was not Lucas’s first love. As a kid in Missouri, Lucas had his eye on basketball. “I had basketball dreams. I had hoop dreams growing up. I thought I was going to play professional basketball when I was a young kid,” Lucas said. “Then I got introduced to the game of football and fell in love with it and the rest is history.”
As one chapter was drawing to a close, another one was just beginning. Lucas always knew that he wanted to be a business owner of some sort. “I’m an entrepreneur at heart,” Lucas said. “I truly believe in making relationships along the way, building networks, building systems.”
