Under pressure

Name: Under pressure
Author: Ray Lucas with David Seigerman
ISBN: 9781623689162

by Ray Lucas with David Seigerman (2014)

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In Under Pressure, Ray Lucas provides fans with a timely, uncensored look at pro football's play-at-all-costs culture. Overcoming questions about his size and skills as a quarterback, Lucas persevered and went on to play seven seasons in the NFL. His professional football career, however, came to a sudden end at age 30, when a neck injury caused him to collapse on the sideline during training camp. Instructed by NFL doctors that surgery wasn't an option, Lucas turned to painkillers for relief, but as his tolerance for medication escalated and his NFL insurance coverage expired, he began to pla.

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraModern Era

Protagonist / CoreUnder pressure Lead Character

Themes & Moods

Sports & Outdoors Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Football players Football SPORTS & RECREATION Modern Era

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