Anthony Lucas

● Impressive on the hoof, with developed mass in upper body and thick lower half ● Smooth athleticism for his size and can accelerate in short areas ● Rushes like a wrecking ball using full-extension bull rush ● Slanting quickness to pierce gaps when reduced inside 367 Back to table of contents -- 371 of 629 -- ● Shows foundation of a swipe, flash-rip and club-rip moves ● Drops his weight and weaponizes his hands as edge setter vs. the run ● Works hard to stay gap sound on the move ● Wide-based tackler, with balance and large wingspan ● Highly motivated; USC coaches rave about his impact behind the scenes ● Versatile skill set to align up and down the line

● Marginal backfield production (three career sacks — all in 2025) ● Gets stuck at top of his rush and sticky turning the corner ● Late off the ball, with inconsistent first-step quickness ● Hands are aggressive but lack purpose or strategy ● Doesn’t have deep bag of rush moves or counters ● Eyes are tardy responding to misdirection and eye candy ● Too methodical throwing tight-end blocks off of him ● Finds himself pinned when late to read blocking scheme ● Ankle injury (Oct. 2024), which required season-ending surgery and sidelined him for second half of his junior season

A starter for one-and-a-half years at USC, Lucas lined up as a five-/seven-technique defensive end (with some snaps reduced inside) in former defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn’s scheme. A native of Haiti, he is still young in football years, having not played the sport until high school. Originally a five-star recruit of Texas A&M, he never lived up to those expectations but gradually improved each year with the Trojans and finished second on the team in pressures (23) in 2025. A well-built athlete, Lucas has the heavy hands to hold his own at the point of attack. He is a battering-ram pass rusher who is at his best tearing through gaps or attacking the chests of blockers with leveraged power. However, he doesn’t have the dynamic movements to be a high-percentage rusher and needs to learn how to sequence and expand his moves. Overall, Lucas has NFL-quality size, with the power profile and quickness to be a firm NFL edge setter and work-in-progress pass rusher. As long as his “care” factor stays high, he has enough physical traits to find work on an NFL defensive line.