As a senior, he served as team captain and recorded 36 receptions for 650 yards and 11 touchdowns, while receiving All-Bay Valley Athletic honors at tight end and defensive tackle.
[1] Lucky accepted a football scholarship from the University of Arizona, where he became a three-year starter for the Wildcats, starting 35 of his final 36 games.
Lucky was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round (229th overall) of the 1999 NFL draft, with the intention of using him as a blocking tight end, because his size was comparable to that of an offensive tackle.
[3][4] His rookie season got off to a difficult start as he suffered a stress fracture in his left foot on August 27 and was forced to miss five weeks, including the first 2 games.
In 2000, he was expected to have a bigger role in the offense,[5] He until suffering a career-threatening injury, tearing the ACL, MCL and PCL in his right knee during the pre-season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In 2001, he returned to action after 12 months of rehab, earning 5 starts in 16 games, behind tight end Jackie Harris.
His blocking helped bring about a resurgence in the team's running game that saw the Cowboys rank third in the league with 136.5 yards-per-game on the ground.
He also was a part of the 17-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, where Emmitt Smith broke the NFL all-time rushing record.