Cornelius Lucas

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Cornelius Lucas
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Lucas with the Washington Football Team in 2021
No. 78 – Washington Commanders
Position: Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1991-07-18) July 18, 1991 (age 32)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight:327 lb (148 kg)
Career information
High school: Edna Karr (New Orleans)
College: Kansas State
Undrafted: 2014
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Games played:115
Games started:47
Player stats at PFR

Cornelius Lucas (born July 18, 1991) is an American football offensive tackle for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kansas State and signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Lucas has also been a member of the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints, and Chicago Bears.

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College career

Cornelius played college football for Bill Snyder at Kansas State and started at left tackle.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span
6 ft 8+3⁄8 in
(2.04 m)		316 lb
(143 kg)		36+3⁄4 in
(0.93 m)		10 in
(0.25 m)
All values from NFL Draft. [1] [2]

Detroit Lions

Lucas was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2014. [3] [4] He played in 35 games and started six for the Lions from 2014 to 2016. As an exclusive-rights free agent, he was tendered by the Lions on March 9, 2017. [5] On September 3, 2017, Lucas was waived by the Lions. [6]

Los Angeles Rams

On September 12, 2017, Lucas was signed by the Los Angeles Rams. [7] He made his first and only start of the season in the Week 17 matchup against the 49ers at right tackle.

On April 16, 2018, Lucas re-signed with the Rams. [8] He was released on August 31, 2018. [9]

New Orleans Saints

On December 20, 2018, Lucas was signed by the New Orleans Saints, but was released two days later. [10] [11] He was re-signed on December 27, 2018, but was released four days later. [12]

Chicago Bears

Lucas playing for the Chicago Bears in 2019 Bears at Redskins 2019 DSC0505 (48791201137).jpg
Lucas playing for the Chicago Bears in 2019

On January 23, 2019, Lucas signed a reserve/future contract with the Chicago Bears. [13] In Week 3 of the 2019 season, he started at right tackle in place of an ailing Bobby Massie; the Bears went on to win 31–15. [14] During the year, he also saw action on tackle-eligible plays as an extra blocker. [15]

Washington Football Team / Commanders

On March 27, 2020, Lucas signed with the Washington Football Team. [16] Lucas started at left tackle in place of an injured Geron Christian in the Week 7 win against the Dallas Cowboys. [17] He started the next two games, but was forced to leave in the second half of the Week 10 game against the Lions due to an injury. [18] He missed the next two games, returning in Week 13 and started at left tackle for the rest of the season.

On December 15, 2021, Lucas was placed on the COVID-19 reserve list. [19] After missing the Week 15 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, he was placed back on the active roster on December 22. [20]

Lucas re-signed with the team on a two-year contract on March 24, 2022. [21] He was placed on the active/non-football injury list at the start of training camp in 2022; he was activated on August 15. [22] [23] In Week 5 of the 2022 season, Lucas was named as the starting right tackle in place of Sam Cosmi, who had thumb surgery, and continued to start even when Cosmi began playing again three weeks later. [24]

On March 19, 2024, Lucas re-signed with the Commanders to a one-year, $4 million contract. [25]

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  2. ↑ "Kansas State OT Cornelius Lucas : 2014 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
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  4. ↑ "Undrafted Lions OT Cornelius Lucas shows 'great potential' in debut". Detroit News. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Detroit Lions tender offer to OT Cornelius Lucas". Detroit Free Press.
  6. ↑ "Lions assigned G Zac Kerin and T Brian Mihalik via waivers". Detroit Lions. September 3, 2017. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ Lago, Kristen (September 12, 2017). "Rams Sign OT Cornelius Lucas, Waive Dielman and Jefferson". Los Angeles Rams. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  8. ↑ Simmons, Myles (April 16, 2018). "Joyner, Longacre Sign Tenders, Rams add Two Free Agents". Los Angeles Rams. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Rams Make Initial Roster Cuts". Los Angeles Rams. August 31, 2018.
  10. ↑ Williams, Charean (December 20, 2018). "Saints sign Cornelius Lucas, cut Derek Newton". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
  11. ↑ "Saints activate Ted Ginn off IR, waive OL Cornelius Lucas". NOLA. December 22, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Saints re-sign Derek Newton and Cornelius Lucas, cut Josh Robinson and Mitchell Loewen". NOLA. December 27, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Bears sign OL Cornelius Lucas to reserve/future deal". 247Sports. January 23, 2019.
  14. ↑ Mayer, Larry (September 26, 2019). "Lucas honored for excelling on late notice". Chicago Bears . Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  15. ↑ Lieser, Jason (October 28, 2019). "Snap Judgment: Fewer snaps on defense made a difference for Bears". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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  21. ↑ Washington Commanders Public Relations (March 24, 2022). "Commanders re-sign T Cornelius Lucas". Commanders.com. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
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