He received All-district 7-2A, Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in the district and second-team All-state honors.
[1] Despite being ranked by different publications as one of the top guard prospects available in the 2003 NFL draft,[2] Tucker was not selected and had to sign as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys.
Entering the 2005 season, he was expected to compete for the starting right tackle role, but struggled after coming in to camp overweight and lost the position to rookie Rob Petitti.
[5] He became the starter at left tackle after the sixth game of the season, when Flozell Adams was lost after tearing his ACL.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were looking for Tucker to earn the left tackle starting role over Anthony Davis, but an arthritic knee forced him to miss nearly all of training camp.
[8] He was placed on the injured reserve list on September 2, 2006, only to be waived from the team 6 days later in a salary cap move, having never played a game with the Buccaneers.
He can be accounted for performing multiple community service acts including volunteering at youth football camps and participating in passing out Christmas turkeys.