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travis Lewis
Linebacker
Oklahoma Rookie
Ht: 6-2 Wt: 222
Born: 1/15/88 San Antonio, Texas
Draft: ‘12, R7 (223)-Det
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TRANSACTIONS
¾ Drafted by the Detroit <strong>lions</strong> in the seventh round (223rd overall) of
the 2012 Nfl Draft.
COLLEGE
a four-year starter for the sooners, lewis became the first player in
oklahoma history to lead the team in tackles four-straight seasons. Had
53 career starts, the most ever by an oU linebacker. finished his tenure
at oklahoma with 446 career tackles, the third-best total in oU history.
academic all-Big 12 first team.
2011: Tied as oU’s leading tackler on the season with 84 total tackles and
was named second Team all-Big 12 by aP and coaches.
¾ Currently ranks third on the Big 12’s career tackles chart.
¾ led the team with nine tackles at Kansas, and hit double digits in tackles
for the first time during the season with 11 stops against Texas Tech.
2010: started at weakside linebacker in all 14 games and was named second
Team all-Big 12 by aP and coaches.
¾ finished third on the team with three interceptions and produced three
takeaways in the Big 12 Championship <strong>vs</strong>. Nebraska with one interception
and two fumble recoveries.
2009: Named first Team all-Big 12 by coaches and second team by aP.
¾ recorded double digit tackles in five games and led all linebackers
with 9.5 tackles for loss.
¾ Collected nine tackles and one interception in oU’s sun Bowl win
over stanford.
2008: Named Defensive Newcomer of the year by aP and Big 12 Defensive
freshman of the year by coaches. also named first Team all-Big 12 by aP
and second Team by coaches.
¾ Broke Brian Bosworth’s freshman season tackles record of 133 and
tied Bosworth’s record for tackles by a freshman in a game with 19
against Texas.
¾ second on the team with 11.5 tackles for loss and hit double digit
tackles in six games.
PERSONAL
attended robert e. lee High school in san antonio where he played linebacker
and running back under coach Jimmy ramos. lewis rushed for 1,436
yards on 222 carries with nine touchdowns as a senior, and also caught 10
passes for 108 yards and a touchdown.
¾ after being named all-area and all-metro as a senior, lewis was invited
to the U.s. army all-american game. He was also invited to the army
Combine and Nike Camp.
¾ No. 20 outside linebacker (rivals.com) in high school.
¾ No. 10 MlB prospect in the nation (scout.com) in high school.
¾ son of James lewis and Dori schwartz.
LEWIS’ COLLEGE STATS
Year G TT ST Sk Yds Int Yds TD PD FF FR Yds TD STT
2008 14 144 70 3.5 21 4 108 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
2009 13 109 56 1 5 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
2010 14 109 63 1.5 15 3 43 0 5 0 0 0 o 0
2011 12 84 53 1 8 1 22 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 446 242 7 49 9 178 0 12 4 0 0 0 0
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