Ontario Prospect Challenge Profile: Stampeding Lord

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Position: Defensive tackle
Height/Weight: 5’10, 240lbs
Teams: Nelson Lords (high school: HSSAA), Burlington Stampeders (varsity: OFC)
Commitment: N/A
Official Visits: Waterloo, Queen’s, Windsor
Considerations: Waterloo, Queen’s, Windsor, Wilfrid Laurier, Guelph, McMaster, York, Open
Class: 2016

At the mere age of eight, Evan Luckie started playing house league in the Burlington Minor Football Association (BMFA).

In 2007, the defensive tackle played for the BMFA’s Junior Football Team, the Burlington Braves of the Ontario Football Conference (OFC). Ever since that year, Luckie has been playing with the OFC’s Burlington Stampeders, starting when he was in bantam.

Luckie has always played both summer and fall football seasons, and just recently played for the varsity Nelson Lords of the Halton Secondary Schools Athletic Association (HSSAA).

“My personal experience with football with football has been phenomenal,” said Luckie, who also has some experience playing offensive line. “It has taught me a considerable amount about discipline, teamwork, focus, hard work and how to be humble and gracious in both victory and defeat.”

Moreover, aside from playing football Luckie also coaches a Burlington house league peewee team, where he is able to share his skills by mentoring and shaping upcoming players of the sport.

During the off-season the defensive tackle goes to the gym or the track four to five times a week to help increase his strength, speed, agility and overall conditioning for the next season. Luckie also reviews a lot of game film during the off-season to see what he has been doing right and wrong during the previous season.

“This helps me put together goals on how to improve my game and how to reinforce those areas where I am already strong,” added the Stampeder. “In addition, I look to better understand opposing teams’ strategies and playbooks.”

This is the first time Luckie has tried out for the Ontario Prospect Challenge (OPC) and his first goal is to make the Top 100 and contribute to the success of the program.

“… I am looking to continue to improve my skills while also playing with and against some of the top players in the province,” explains the defensive tackle. “Given that my immediate goal is to play in the CIS, my goal for the OPC is to perform flawlessly and contribute to the success of my regional team.”

Luckie believes that being on the CFC 100 will provide him the additional exposure to CIS schools that he may need. Playing in the CIS will give him the opportunity to improve his game, as well as play against the best players in the province, and possibly the country.

“I love to play football because of the team aspect of the game,” describes Luckie. “When you are out on the field during a game you know that you are going into a battle alongside your brothers to win that game for not only yourself, but for every one of them.”

“There isn’t a better feeling in the world than winning a football game,” said the defensive tackle. “… [K]nowing that you played your heart out, not only for yourself but for your team and for each on of the guys beside you.”

“Football has kept me healthy and has also allowed me to build friendships that I am sure will last for a lifetime.”