Lucas Carter Patrick (born July 30, 1993) is an

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for the Chicago Bears of the

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(NFL). He played college football at

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Early years

Patrick played

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at Brentwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee and was a three-year

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. His senior year in 2010, he earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association First-team 6A All-State honors, was named to

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’s Dream Team, was a team captain and played in the Toyota Tennessee East vs. West All-Star Classic on December 11, 2010. He also participated in track and field at Brentwood.

College career

Patrick lettered for the

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of Duke University from 2012 to 2015. He was

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in 2011. On March 24, 2012, he had surgery to repair a fractured left ankle. Patrick missed the first eight games of the 2012 season while recovering from the surgery. He then played in the final five games of the season and played 137 snaps. He played in all 14 games, starting 1, in 2013 and played 340 snaps. Patrick's one start was at

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in place of the injured Perry Simmons in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Patrick started 12 games at

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, missed one game due to injury and played 633 snaps in 2014. He started all 13 games, played 1,067 snaps and recorded one solo tackle in 2015. He was named Honorable mention All-

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by both the conference's head coaches and the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Patrick also earned

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All-Bowl Team honors in 2015. He played in 44 games, starting 26, during his college career and played 2,211 snaps. In January 2017, Patrick played in the Tropic Bowl, a college football all-star game. He graduated from Duke in December 2015 with a degree in history.

Professional career

Patrick was rated the 36th best offensive guard in the

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by NFLDraftScout.com.

Green Bay Packers

After going undrafted, Patrick signed with the Green Bay Packers on June 1, 2016. He was waived by the Packers on September 3 and signed to the team's practice squad on September 5, 2016. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Packers on January 24, 2017. Patrick made the Packers' final roster in 2017, playing in 12 games, starting two at guard. He was re-signed on March 13, 2018. On December 28, 2019, Patrick signed a two-year contract extension with the Packers. The next day, Patrick replaced an injured Corey Linsley at

during a Week 17 victory over the Detroit Lions, despite primarily playing as a guard for most of the season.

Chicago Bears

On March 16, 2022, Patrick signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Bears. Patrick announced he would play at Center for the Bears. However, Patrick started at Guard for the first 6 games of the 2022 season switching the guard position with fellow teammate

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due to Patrick dealing with an injury. Patrick would eventually get the starting job at Center by Week 7 against the New England Patriots on

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but left the game in the first quarter with a toe injury. Patrick was placed on injured reserve on October 27 and was ruled out for the rest of the season.

References

External links

Chicago Bears bioDuke Blue Devils bio
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