Ray Lucas is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played for three teams, the New England Patriots, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins during his seven-year career from 1996 to 2002.

He is currently a studio analyst for the show Jets Nation on New York City-based sports network SportsNet New York. He works on programs such as pre-game and post-game shows and weekly updates. He also occasionally works as a color analyst for Rutgers Football Radio Network.

Following his professional football career, Ray was suffering from depression and had an addiction to painkillers, at one point considering suicide. He recounts these experiences in his book,"Under Pressure: How Playing Football Almost Cost Me Everything And Why I'd Do It All Again."

In March 2018, Lucas was named Executive Director of the Harrison New Jersey Housing Authority serving in the same capacity that his father did for 27 years.

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