Ryan Tucker

For the baseball player, see Ryan Tucker (baseball).

Ryan Tucker

No. 72

Position:

Offensive tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

June 12, 1975

Place of birth:

Midland, Texas

Height:

6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Weight:

315 lb (143 kg)

Career information

High school:

Midland (TX) Lee

College:

Texas Christian

NFL Draft:

1997 / Round: 4 / Pick: 112

Career history

St. Louis Rams (1997–2001)
Cleveland Browns (2002–2009)

Career highlights and awards

2× All-SWC (1995, 1996)
Super Bowl champion (XXXIV)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	134
Games started:	102
Player stats at NFL.com

Ryan Tucker (born June 12, 1975^[1]) is a retired offensive tackle who played for the St. Louis Rams and Cleveland Browns in the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.

Tucker is the older brother of former NFL offensive lineman Rex Tucker and Kyle Tucker.

Early years

Tucker attended Robert E. Lee High School in Midland, Texas. After retirement from Cleveland, Ryan moved with his wife and four children to Midland Texas where they now reside.

College career

Tucker played college football for Texas Christian University. He was twice awarded All-SWC honors for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. Entered college as a Tight End, then made the transition to offensive line. Started games at left, right tackle and center. In 1996 he was charged with and plead no contest to assault. "State District Judge Don Leonard sentenced the 22-year-old to a five-year deferred sentence and fined him $5,000. The judge also ordered Tucker to pay $9,677 in restitution and complete 800 hours of community service for his part in the attack". He was one of four others involved in an attack that left former TCU student Bryan Boyd with a fractured skull and several other injuries. To this day, Boyd is severely wounded with paralysis, memory loss, and permanent brain damage.^[2]

Professional career

St. Louis Rams

He was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round (121st overall) in the 1997 NFL Draft. In his rookie season he played in seven games and made his NFL debut at the Green Bay Packers on November 2. The 1998 season was masked by a neck injury that made him inactive for nine games. In 1999 he played in all 16 regular season games and three post season games including Super Bowl XXXIV. He scored his first NFL touchdown at the Detroit Lions on November 7. In 2000 he started in all 16 games for the first time in his career. He helped the Rams offense to 7,075 total yards for the season which is an NFL record. The 2001 season saw him play in 16 games with 15 starts, he was again part of a rampant offense and he also played in Super Bowl XXXVI.

Cleveland Browns

Tucker signed with the Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 7, 2002. In his first season with the Browns he started 14 games. In his second season with the Browns, Tucker started in all 16 games and was the only offensive player to take part in every snap. He started in seven games in the 2004 season but a knee injury forced him to miss the remainder of the campaign. In 2005, Tucker again started in all 16 games. In 2006 he started 9 games before being placed on the non-football injury reserve list. On August 3, 2007, it was announced that Tucker tested positive for a banned substance. He was suspended for the first four games of the regular season. Upon his reinstatement, he started 8 of the team's final 12 games at the right guard position. The Browns placed Tucker on injured reserve on August 31, 2009. On March 6, 2010, Tucker was suspended for the first eight games of the regular season. The news broke a day after he announced his retirement.

References

External links

Cleveland Browns bio

Sporting positions
Preceded by Fred Miller	St. Louis Rams Starting Right Tackle 2000 - 2001	Succeeded by John St. Clair
Preceded by Roger Chanoine	Cleveland Browns Starting Right Tackle 2002 - 2006	Succeeded by Kevin Shaffer
Preceded by Seth McKinney	Cleveland Browns Starting Right Guard 2007	Succeeded by Rex Hadnot

St. Louis Rams Super Bowl XXXIV champions

2 Mike Horan 9 Joe Germaine 10 Trent Green 11 Rick Tuten 13 Kurt Warner (MVP) 14 Jeff Wilkins 16 Paul Justin 20 Taje Allen 21 Dexter McCleon 22 Billy Jenkins 23 Devin Bush 24 Ron Carpenter 25 Robert Holcombe 26 Clifton Crosby 28 Marshall Faulk 31 Amp Lee 32 Dré Bly 33 Derrick Harris 35 Keith Lyle 36 Justin Watson 38 Rich Coady 41 Todd Lyght 42 James Hodgins 45 Jeff Robinson 50 Ryan Tucker 51 Lorenzo Styles 52 Mike Jones 54 Todd Collins 56 Charlie Clemons 57 Leonard Little 58 Mike Morton 59 London Fletcher 60 Mike Gruttadauria 61 Tom Nütten 62 Adam Timmerman 63 John Flannery 64 Andy McCollum 71 Cameron Spikes 73 Fred Miller 75 D'Marco Farr 76 Orlando Pace 77 Matt Willig 80 Isaac Bruce 81 Az-Zahir Hakim 82 Tony Horne 83 Chris Thomas 84 Ernie Conwell 86 Roland Williams 87 Ricky Proehl 88 Torry Holt 89 Chad Lewis 90 Jeff Zgonina 91 Troy Pelshak 92 Lionel Barnes 93 Kevin Carter 95 Nate Hobgood-Chittick 96 Jay Williams 98 Grant Wistrom 99 Ray Agnew

Head coach: Dick Vermeil

Coaches: Steve Brown John Bunting Sam Clark Frank Gansz Peter Giunta Carl Hairston Jim Hanifan Todd Howard Mike Martz John Matsko Wilbert Montgomery John Ramsdell Al Saunders Lynn Stiles Mike White

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