Ross Finch Tucker is a former American football offensive lineman, and currently a media personality, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker.
Education
Tucker attended Wyomissing Area High School in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, and won three varsity letters each in football and basketball. He was all-league at both offensive tackle and defensive end while earning all-county honors at offensive tackle. As a senior basketball player, he averaged 16.1 points and 9.8 rebounds while making 24 three point shots.
Tucker was a team captain in both football and basketball and was an outstanding student as well, winning the school"s United States Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete award
A graduate of, Tucker was a four-year starter on the Tigers Ivy League football squad.
He started against Colgate University as a freshman at defensive end and in the offseason was moved to right guard where he became a starter his final three years.
Tucker was All-Ivy in 2000 and a two-time Academic All-American at Princeton.
Career
Tucker is the host of the popular Ross Tucker Football Podcast as well as the Fantasy Feast: Eatin, Even Money, and The College Draft podcasts all available at RossTucker.com. He is also a studio television analyst for the National Broadcasting Company Sports Network"s Fantasy Football Live. During the fall, Tucker serves as a color commentator for NFL games on Westwood One as well as college games for National Broadcasting Company Sports Network.
He also writes a weekly NFL column for Sports on Earth.
Tucker is also a very popular motivational speaker whose message focuses on each individual becoming their own personal best in order to live their life with no regrets. RossTucker.com. Tucker played for the Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, and Cleveland Browns.
As of March 9, 2007, Tucker re-signed with the Redskins, but was placed on injured reserve after suffering a neck injury. He has stated that he had played his last down of football in the NFL and officially retired in March 2008.
He played in 42 games in his 7-year, starting 24.
In 2003, he was named to the United States of America Today All-Joe team Toward the end of the 2007-2008 season, Ross Tucker joined Sports Illustrated, writing on the NFL beat for their website. Ross left Sports Illustrated and joined Entertainment and Sports Programming Network as an NFL columnist in September 2010.
In July 2013, Tucker was named the lead NFL columnist for The Sporting News.
He now writes for Sports on Earth. Tucker is the host of the popular Ross Tucker Football Podcast available at RossTucker.com.
In 2014, he also added the Fantasy Feast: Eatin and Even Money podcasts to his offerings at RossTucker.com. In 2015 The College Draft was added as well.
Tucker can be seen on television Tuesday thru Thursday evenings most weeks at 6:30pm ET on Fantasy Football Live on the National Broadcasting Company Sports Network.
He calls NFL games for Westwood One as well as National Collegiate Athletic Association games for National Broadcasting Company Sports Network. Tucker is also regarded as the best fill-in host on the nationally renown Dan Patrick Show.