Army’s Lucas Scott has always played where he is most needed for the team.

“The more I can show that I can do for any organization, gives them more likelihood of signing me or giving me an opportunity,” Scott said.

In high school at Chenango Folks, it was the backfield and the defensive line. At West Point, it was tight end, then guard, and eventually right tackle. And now potentially back to being a ball carrier.

“My agent texted me yesterday like, ‘Hey, the Ravens want you to run some routes tomorrow.’ I’m like ‘Oh, here we go.’”

The 6’3" soon graduating senior showed off his snapping, blocking, and catching recently at Army’s pro day in front of NFL scouts. Scott was doing it all 40 pounds lighter, in order to complete tasks for graduation.

“I was trying to train and lose weight at the same time, and it really wasn't feasible,” Scott said. “So I kind of put this training off to the side, and I just was focusing on getting that grad requirement done- climb rope, jump over walls, run, that kind of stuff.”

With all that completed, Scott is working to bulk up north of 300 pounds again, when he was named second-team All-American by the Football Writers of America Association, and part of a group that won the Joe Moore Award- college football's Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit.

“It’s the life of West Point,” he said. “But I'm grateful for it. And, hopefully [NFL scouts] understand that.”

Scott is currently scheduled to report to Fort Sill in Oklahoma after graduation for field artillery, and then to Fort Stewart in Georgia.

Right now, service academy graduates must serve at least two of their five-year commitment before being eligible for a wavier to pursue a professional athletic career.

In 2022, federal lawmakers rescinded the policy of an immediate waiver to defer service commitment until after a professional playing career. However, some in Congress are pushing for new rules in this year’s defense authorization bill that would reapply the immediate waiver policy.

“Once in a lifetime opportunity. Regardless, I'm happy with the decision to be an officer in the Army or play in the NFL. I'm grateful for either opportunity. So I'm working on giving my best shot and we'll see what happens.”