5 Interesting Facts About Andrew Luck

By C.J. Wallace

5 Interesting Facts About Andrew Luck

Andrew Luck Colts — Andrew Luck, quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, sees things differently. He can anticipate moves before they even happen, he doesn’t feel involved in the game unless he’s taking a beating and football is his passion. There are many things we know about Andrew Luck, but there are several things that stay out of public knowledge.

5. He Loves Playing With Kids

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5. He Loves Playing With Kids

Andrew Luck Colts — Andrew Luck teamed together with experts at the Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University to start a program called Change the Play. He’s also participated in Play60. Both organizations encourage kids to play and stay fit by showing them how to have fun exercising.

4. He Knows How To Joke

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4. He Knows How To Joke

Andrew Luck Colts — According to a former teammate, James McGillicuddy, Luck once tricked him into thinking he had won the Herbie Award -- an award Luck himself had won -- by putting the trophy in his locker. Luck even had other players in on it. McGillicuddy explained it wasn’t cruel; it was a prank about not taking yourself too seriously, and said Luck even tried to get him to keep the trophy.

3. He Enjoys A Good Book

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3. He Enjoys A Good Book

Andrew Luck Colts — Reading is one of Luck’s hobbies and in an interview with Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star, he loves the book Papillon, the story of a fugitive that escaped from Devil’s Island. He also admits he loves the historical fiction genre and has a particular fondness for Bernard Cornwell.

2. Luck Has An Incredible Mind

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2. Luck Has An Incredible Mind

Andrew Luck Colts — Jim Harbaugh, head coach for the San Francisco 49ers and Luck’s former coach at Stanford, is quoted saying, "His mind, [is] a wonderful place. He thinks through everything without appearing to think through everything, like Bobby Fischer would think 12 moves ahead in chess. That's Andrew."

1. Talent As An Architect

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1. Talent As An Architect

Andrew Luck Colts — If Luck hadn’t been a football player -- which is unthinkable considering his skill and lineage -- he would have been an architect. In fact, he graduated from Stanford with a degree in architecture, and had planned to build stadiums. He had wanted to build a stadium made of environmentally friendly materials.

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