TEMPE – Arizona State freshman cornerback Chase Lucas has been named to the 2017 USA Today Freshman All-America Team, as announced by the publication today.
Lucas earned Pac-12 Second-Team honors at defensive back after an incredible freshman campaign in 2017, despite never playing a single snap at Division I cornerback in his career prior to this season and not playing as a day-to-day player at the position in high school.
He was the only freshman to be named to either the Pac-12 First or Second teams this season. He became the first freshman to earned First or Second team honors on offense or defense since Oregon running back Royce Freeman earned Second-Team offense honors in 2014 (UO's Charles Nelson and USC's JuJu Smith made that team as second specialists).