Although he fell short of his “The Titan Games” dreams on Thursday night’s episode of the NBC fitness competition show, former Penn State football player and Bellefonte athlete Tyler Lucas reached a national audience with his story of hard work and a brotherly bond.
Growing up in the shadow of his older brother, Kyle Lucas — a three-sport athlete for the Red Raiders — Tyler was always told he wasn’t big enough, he wasn’t fast enough, he wasn’t athletic enough to compete like Kyle.
“It was tough,” Tyler, 25, told the Centre Daily Times.