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GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 2006 (15/3), 2007 (16/16, 2/2), 2008 (16/15),<br />

2009 (15/15), 2010 (16/16), 2011 (15/15), 2012 (16/15), 2013 (11/11)<br />

NFL TOTALS: 120 games, 106 starts<br />

POSTSEASON TOTALS: 2 games, 2 starts<br />

TRANSACTIONS: Originally drafted in the first round (28th overall) of the 2006<br />

draft.<br />

PRO: Eighth-year pro has started 106 of 120 games … Became Jaguars first<br />

Pro Bowl tight end after he earned honors in 2010 … Former first-round pick<br />

ranks third in franchise history in career receiving yards (3,583), fourth in receptions<br />

(297), third in receiving TDs (25), third in yards per reception (12.1)<br />

and receptions of 25-plus yards (31) … His 25 career TDs rank sixth in team<br />

history … Owns team record for receptions, career TDs, receiving yards and<br />

receptions of 25-plus yards by a TE … Tied franchise record for single-season<br />

TD receptions (10) in 2010 … Has three career multi-TD games … Led all<br />

NFL TEs in average per catch in 2009 and again in 2010 … Highest drafted<br />

TE in Jaguars history … Winner of 2005 Mackey Award, given to nation's top<br />

collegiate TE … Second TE taken in 2006 draft behind Maryland's Vernon Davis<br />

(6th overall) … Was teammate of Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew at UCLA …<br />

Former basketball player who was heavily recruited to college ...<br />

2013: Played in 11 games with 11 starts and produced 25 catches for 359<br />

yards and four TDs ... Missed five of the first six games with a calf injury<br />

suffered in the preseason ... Had a TD reception in four straight games which<br />

tied a franchise record ... Was inactive for first three games and made season<br />

debut on 9/29 vs. IND but strained his calf on the third play from scrimmage<br />

and did not return ... Was inactive (calf) on 10/6 at STL and 10/13 at DEN ...<br />

Returned to the lineup on 10/20 vs. SD and had a 31-yard reception ... 11/17<br />

vs. ARI: Started his 100th career game at TE. Totaled 23 yards on three<br />

catches ... 12/1 at CLE: Finished with three catches for 26 yards including an<br />

8-yard TD reception from Maurice Jones-Drew in the second quarter ... 12/5<br />

vs. HOU: Scored on a one-yard pass from Chad Henne on the opening drive<br />

of the game. Added a season-long 41-yard reception in the first quarter ...<br />

12/15 vs. BUF: Led team with 54 yards on four catches with one TD. Hooked<br />

up with Chad Henne for a 13-yard TD in the fourth quarter, his third straight<br />

game with a TD reception. Moved into fourth place in franchise history with<br />

290 career receptions, surpassing Fred Taylor (286) ... 12/22 vs. TEN: Tied a<br />

franchise-record with a receiving TD in four straight games, hooking up with<br />

Chad Henne for a four-yard score in the first quarter. Finished with four catches<br />

for 50 yards with a long of 30 yards ... 12/29 at IND: Finished season with<br />

70 yards on three catches including a 36-yard reception in the fourth quarter.<br />

Snapped a streak of a TD reception in four straight games ...<br />

2012: Played in all 16 games for the fourth time in his career … Ranked third<br />

on the club with 52 receptions for 540 yards and four TDs, the second-highest<br />

receiving totals of his career … 9/9 at MIN: Opened season with five receptions<br />

for 52 yards and a TD. Scored on a one-yard pass from Blaine Gabbert in<br />

the second quarter, his first TD catch since the final game of the 2010 season<br />

(1/2/11 at HOU) ... 9/30 vs. CIN: Had three catches for 32 yards and scored<br />

on a two-yard pass from Gabbert in the second quarter ... 10/28 at GB: Played<br />

in his 100th career game and recorded two receptions for 21 yards … 11/18<br />

at HOU: Had a 13-yard TD pass from Chad Henne in the first quarter and a oneyard<br />

TD grab in the third quarter. Finished with 40 yards on three receptions.<br />

Marked his third career game with multiple TD receptions … Had a season-high<br />

68 yards on four receptions on 12/2 at BUF ... Concluded season with a career-high<br />

103 yards on seven receptions on 12/30 at TEN. Joined Kyle Brady<br />

and Pete Mitchell as only TEs in franchise history to eclipse 100 receiving yards<br />

and it marked the fourth time overall ...<br />

2011: Started 15 games at TE … Team captain … Led team with 460 receiving<br />

yards on 39 receptions (11.8 avg.) … One of five tight ends (Jason<br />

Witten, Dallas; Owen Daniels, Houston; Jimmy Graham, New Orleans; Dustin<br />

Keller, New York Jets) to lead team in receiving yards … Ranked second on<br />

club with 85 passes thrown his way … 9/11 vs. TEN: Had two receptions for<br />

28 yards in season-opener and left game early with a calf injury … Was<br />

inactive on 9/18 at NYJ … 10/30 at HOU: Posted four receptions for 45<br />

yards. Surpassed Fred Taylor (2,361) for fourth place in team history for<br />

career receiving yards … 11/20 at CLE: Established career-high with seven<br />

receptions for 64 yards. Became sixth player in team history with 200 career<br />

receptions and only second TE to accomplish the feat (Kyle Brady, 241) …<br />

12/11 vs. TB: Registered a career-high 77 receiving yards on two receptions.<br />

Had a career-long 62-yard reception in the second quarter from Blaine<br />

Gabbert …<br />

MARCEDES LEWIS<br />

2010: Earned first Pro Bowl honors after career-best 58 receptions for 700<br />

yards and 10 TDs … The 10 TDs tied a single-season frachise record … Was<br />

voted backup for Pro Bowl but became starter after Antonio Gates withdrew<br />

… Receptions and yards were second-best ever by a Jaguars TE … Finished<br />

second on team and ninth among NFL TEs in receptions, and his 12.1-yard<br />

average and 10 TDs were tops among TEs … Started all 16 games for second<br />

time in career and was only Jaguar to make multiple receptions in every<br />

game … Ranked second on club with 88 passes thrown his way and 37<br />

receptions resulting in first downs … Named to Peter King’s CNNSI.com NFL<br />

All-Pro Team … Blocked for a rushing attack that ranked third in the NFL<br />

(149.7) … 9/12 vs. DEN: Scored on both catches, from 21 and 10 yards to<br />

lead win … Had season-high 70 receiving yards 9/19 at SD … Caught<br />

15-yard TD pass on 10/3 vs. IND and followed with 2 TDs on 10/10 at BUF,<br />

breaking team single-season record for TEs with fifth TD … 10/31 at DAL:<br />

Turned in third multiple-TD game of season including season-long 42-yarder.<br />

Nine-yard TD catch was 14th of career, breaking team TE record held by Kyle<br />

Brady (13) … 11/21 vs. CLE: Made five receptions for 66 yards and eighth<br />

TD of season … Scored on 12/12 vs. OAK and tied career-high with 6 receptions<br />

for 63 yards 12/19 at IND … Scored 10th TD in finale 1/2 at HOU to<br />

tie team single season record for TD receptions held by Reggie Williams …<br />

2009: Started 15 games at TE and produced then career-high 518 yards on<br />

32 receptions for two touchdowns … Led team with 16.2 average per reception,<br />

the highest average per reception among NFL tight ends … Sustained<br />

a head injury in week 16 and was inactive for the season-finale … 9/20 vs.<br />

ARI: Posted three receptions for 62 yards with a 25-yard TD reception …<br />

10/4 vs. TEN: Had four receptions for then career-high 76 yards and became<br />

only third TE (Pete Mitchell, Kyle Brady) to surpass 100 career receptions.<br />

Recorded a 33-yard TD pass from David Garrard … 11/15 at NYJ: Registered<br />

58 yards on two receptions including a 33-yard reception on the game-winning<br />

drive in the fourth quarter … 12/6 vs. HOU: Hooked up with Garrard<br />

for a career-long 47-yard reception in the first quarter … 12/27 at NE:<br />

Sustained head injury in the first quarter and did not return …<br />

2008: Played in all 16 games for the second consecutive season and made<br />

15 starts … Finished with 41 receptions for 489 yards and two TDs …<br />

Became first Jaguars TE since Kyle Brady (43, 2002) to have 40-plus receptions<br />

in a season and had the most receiving yards by a tight end since 2000<br />

(Brady, 729) … Had four-plus receptions in five games and finished with a<br />

reception of 19-plus yards in eight of the last 12 games … Selected to USA<br />

Today All-Joe Team, which goes to players and coaches who have overachieved<br />

and are often overlooked … 10/5 vs. PIT: Scored first TD of the<br />

season on a 24-yard pass from David Garrard … 10/12 at DEN: Registered<br />

second straight game with a TD with 30-yard reception for the game-winning<br />

score ... Made season-high six receptions for 55 yards on 12/18 vs. IND …<br />

2007: Started a career-high 16 games and both playoff games … Finished<br />

with 37 receptions for 391 yards and two TDs … Only player to start all 16<br />

games … Helped pave the way for the Jaguars to rank second in the NFL with<br />

2,391 rushing yards (149.4 avg.), the second-most in team history … 9/23<br />

at DEN: Led team with three receptions for 44 yards … 11/18 vs. SD: Scored<br />

first TD of the season on pass from David Garrard … 12/2 at IND: Had five<br />

receptions including a two-yard TD pass … 1/5 at PIT: Started at TE in AFC<br />

Wild Card game and totaled two receptions for 16 yards in first career postseason<br />

game … 1/12 at NE: Led team with 74 receiving yards on four<br />

receptions in AFC Divisional game …<br />

2006: Played in 15 games with three starts … Totaled 13 receptions for 126<br />

yards and one TD … Missed final three preseason games after suffering ankle<br />

injury in preseason opener 8/12 at MIA and was inactive for season-opener<br />

on 9/10 vs. DAL … 10/1 at WAS: Registered 31-yard yard catch … 10/8<br />

vs. NYJ: Made first career start … 11/26 at BUF: Scored first career TD on<br />

one-yard pass from David Garrard.<br />

COLLEGE: Winner of 2005 Mackey Award, given to nation’s top TE … Started<br />

32 of 49 games in four seasons … Set school record for TEs with career totals<br />

of 126 receptions for 1,571 yards and 21 TDs … Unanimous All-America and<br />

All-Pac 10 selection as a senior, finishing with 59 receptions for 741 yards<br />

and 10 TDs … Second among Division I-A TEs with 4.8 receptions per game<br />

as a senior … Started 10 of 12 games as a junior and recorded team-high<br />

seven receiving TDs .. Started eight of 13 games as a sophomore and ranked<br />

second on team with 30 receptions for 377 yards and three TDs … Appeared<br />

in all 12 games with two starts as a true freshman … Majored in history.<br />

PERSONAL: Resides in Long Beach, Calif. … Attended Poly (Long Beach,<br />

Calif.) High … Was heavily recruited in basketball after lettering for three<br />

years … Played QB as a freshman before moving to TE for final three seasons<br />

… Named Parade All-America, Super Prep Elite 50 and Super Prep All-America<br />

as senior … Had 44 receptions for 710 yards and seven sacks at DE as a<br />

senior … Honored with 2008 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Community<br />

Leader of the Year Award for his work in the community … Is a frequent<br />

visitor to the Jacksonville Humane Society where he was guest at Camp<br />

Kindness in 2009 and served as judge at the 2010 Fur Ball Gala ... Has an<br />

English Mastif, Crush … Established the Marcedes Lewis Foundation in 2009<br />

to support youth by awarding scholarships to those that wouldn’t be able to<br />

participate in sports without financial assistance. The ultimate goal is to<br />

send a child from Long Beach to college on a full scholarship on an annual<br />

basis ... Served as guest speaker in 2009 and 2010 to graduating class at<br />

Long Beach Poly … Hosted youth football camp the last four years at Long

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