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05-11-2011
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He is from Cleveland and played at St. Ignatius High School. I don't believe any NFL teams attempt to tank a season in hopes of attaining any certain player. There is too much at stake each season and way too many things that have to work out perfectly for that scenario to work. Plus, a player can refuse to sign with a really crappy organization if he so inclines. It has happened in the past. Oliver Luck (born April 5, 1960) is the of , his . Luck is a retired player who spent four seasons in the as a for the (1983–1986). He was also the first president and general manager of the of . Under his watch, the Dynamo won the in and .
[edit] Collegiate career Luck attended St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland where he was a standout quarterback. He then enrolled at , playing quarterback from 1978–1981. In his freshman season, Luck only had 151 yards passing and 5 interceptions. As a sophomore in 1979, he passed for 1,292 yards and 8 touchdowns, but threw 12 interceptions. He also rushed for 407 yards and 5 , including a career-high 120 yards against . In his junior season of 1980, Oliver Luck earned first-team Academic All-American honors. Luck's 19 touchdown passes was a school record, while he also added 1,874 yards. As a senior in 1981, he led the Mountaineers to the where they defeated the by a score of 26–6. Also being named Academic All-American for the second consecutive season, Luck threw for a school record 216 completions and 394 attempts to add to his 2,448 yards and 16 touchdowns. He added career-highs 360 passing yards and a school-record 34 completions in a loss to that season. Luck, who was a three-year , ended his career with school records of 43 career touchdown passes, 466 completions, and 911 pass attempts. His 5,765 career passing yards currently ranks fourth on the all-time school list. Luck still ranks in the top ten in nearly every career passing category. Oliver Luck was also a finalist to be a (but he did not obtain the scholarship), a National Football Foundation Scholar and a two-time / Academic All-American who graduated from WVU in 1982. He was named the team in 1980 and 1981 and won the 1981 Louis D. Meisel Award. He is a member of . [edit] Professional career Oliver Luck was selected with the 17th pick of the second round (44th overall) in the by the Houston Oilers. He was the third quarterback selected, after (4th to ) and (5th to ).[1] As a Luck saw no action. In his second season, the Oilers inserted him at the starting quarterback position, from which he threw eight touchdowns and 13 interceptions, completing 124 of 217 pass attempts. He threw for only 1,375 yards,[2] as the Oilers struggled to a 2–14 record.[3] In 1984, the Oilers signed star . Oliver Luck played as Moon's back-up for the majority of the season. He completed 22 of 36 pass attempts for 256 yards, two of which were touchdown passes while having only one pass intercepted. Luck also had some success running the ball: he carried the ball 10 times for 75 yards and scored one touchdown.[4] In 1985 and 1986, Luck continued to play back-up to Moon. He threw 100 passes in 1985, completing 56 of them with two touchdowns and two interceptions. In 1986, Luck's final season in the NFL, he completed 31 of 60 passes for 341 yards with one touchdown and five interceptions,[5] contributing to an Oilers' passing offense that finished 23rd out of 28 teams.[6] [edit] Post-football career After retiring from football, Luck received a J.D. from the University of Texas, graduating in 1987 with honors,[7] and he practiced law in . In 1990 he was the Republican nominee for Congress from West Virginia's Second Congressional District, which included his alma mater West Virginia University, but he was defeated by incumbent Democrat Harley Staggers, Jr. An ethical controversy arose after his campaign used a mailing list generated by the non-profit Mountaineer Athletic Club to send a photo of himself as WVU's quarterback, along with a letter from Luck, to over 4000 of the club's contributors. A state Ethics Commission report subsequently found that the list had been generated at Luck's request, and Luck apologized.[8] In 1991, he became general manager of the of the fledgling . He held the post for two years until the league was suspended. Upon its resumption in 1995 he became GM of the , and was named league president the following year. Luck held that role until 2000, during which time he oversaw the league's rebranding as , intended to strengthen the connection between the league and its parent, the NFL. In 2001, Luck was sworn in as Chief Executive Officer of the Houston Sports Authority. In this role he oversaw the operations of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, the governmental entity created in 1997 to provide the financing, construction and management oversight of the three large sports and entertainment venues in Houston: Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros), Reliant Stadium, (home of the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo), and the new Downtown multi-purpose arena (home of the Houston Rockets and Comets).[ ] Prior to joining the Sports Authority, Luck was a top-ranking executive with the National Football League for over ten years, where he served as Vice President of Business Development and President and CEO of NFL Europe. Luck was recently named to the Academic All American Hall of Fame.[7] In 2005, he was named president of the of . On June 27, 2008, Luck was appointed by to the Board of Governors, effective July 1.[7] On June 9, 2010 Luck was hired as the Athletic Director of West Virginia University. [edit] Personal life Luck graduated from as an academic All-American, and was also a Rhodes Scholar finalist. He received a law degree from the in 1987. Luck is married to the former Kathy Wilson, with whom he has four children: , Mary Ellen, Emily, and Addison. Andrew plays quarterback for . In addition to his professional pursuits, Luck is actively involved as a coach for youth sports.
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05-12-2011
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Oh his father is from Cleveland. Shame we can't give Luck a contract now. As everyone got to go through Draft  Shame we can't give him a part time contract to play for cleveland browns as backup, and carry on with studying and playing for Stanford. |
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