STRENGTHS
Lucas is a very big and surprisingly athletic offensive lineman. He has solid movement skills and does an excellent job going to the second level with quick feet to make his blocks. He has those long arms that make it difficult for speed pass rushers to get around him and has good size and strength to hold his own against a bull rush. Lucas has the athleticism and is quick enough to get out of his stance, to play more than one position on the offensive line. He has a lot of pride in his play and although he might not fit every type of offensive line scheme for the next level, his effort to succeed on every play is without question.
CONCERNS
Lucas tried playing through an injury this year and has fallen into some very poor habits and techniques. He also is so big and tall that he loses leverage when run blocking and that will be a problem at the next level unless he can learn to lower his pads. Of course, having a hip injury will affect a player’s pass blocking techniques and also causes issues with leverage when run blocking and falling off of blocks. Lucas was carrying to much weight towards the end of the 2019 year and this is an issue too.
BOTTOM LINE 2.72
Looking at the film from one year to the next on Lucas, I saw a significant difference in his pass blocking techniques. Towards the end of the 2019 season, Lucas was back peddling like a defensive back on pass coverage just to get into some sort of position to defend. He also was falling off blocks big time and not staying with blocks. All of this I suspect was because of his hip injury and not the Lucas I saw on film in 2018. Lucas was listed at the combine at 315 lbs but on film this year looked at least in the 340lb range and if I’m correct and he has lost that much weight, that will help Lucas big time at the next level. He is athletic but I’m not convinced even in his 2018 film that he has the ability to dominate against speed pass rushers but for sure I believe once Lucas gets back in shape and uses better techniques, he will become a solid Right Tackle for the team that selects him. You just have to give him some time to develop and improve on the 2018 Lucas and hope the 2019 Lucas was an anomaly. It’s obvious if you look from one year to the next that Lucas was playing hurt and trying to stay on the field when maybe he shouldn’t have.
