2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

50 - TRAVIS LEWIS
Linebacker Oklahoma San Antonio, Texas
Year: 4 Ht: 6-2 Wt: 235 Born: 1/15/88
Draft: ’12, R7 (223)-Det
Complete biographical information available on Detroitlions.com.
TRANSACTIONS
‣ ¾ Placed on Reserve/Injured on October 18, 2014.
‣ ¾ Placed on Reserve/Suspended for four games on December 3, 2013.
‣ ¾ Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round (223rd overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.
PRO
Fourth-year linebacker who possesses the ability to navigate to the ball and great cover skills on special teams.
2014: Core member of Lions special teams unit who battled through injuries in his third season in Detroit.
‣ ¾ Had one special teams tackle in Week 2 at Carolina (9/14).
‣ ¾ Inactive in Week 3 through Week 7 before being placed on Reserve/Injured on October 18 with a quad injury.
2013: Saw action exclusively on special teams, finishing the season with six special teams tackles.
‣ ¾ Saw action on special teams in Week 1 vs. Minnesota (9/8) and Week 2 at Arizona (9/15).
‣ ¾ Assisted on two special teams tackle in Week 3 at Washington (9/22).
‣ ¾ Recorded two special teams tackles in Week 4 vs. Chicago (9/29).
‣ ¾ Saw action on special teams in Week 5 at Green Bay (10/6), Week 6 at Cleveland (10/13) and Week 7 vs. Cincinnati (10/20).
‣ ¾ Placed on Reserve/Suspended list on December 3 due to a four-game suspension.
COLLEGE
A four-year starter for the Sooners, Lewis became the first player in Oklahoma history to lead the team in tackles fourstraight
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.
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.
LEWIS’ CAREER STATISTICS
Year Tm G S TT ST AT Sk Yds Int Yds TD PD FF FR Yds TD STT
2012 Det 13 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2013 Det 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
2014 Det 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 27 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
2014 (DET)
Date Opp G S TT ST AT Sk Yds Int Yds TD PD FF FR Yds TD STT
9/8 NYG 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9/14 at Car 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9/21 GB 0 0 INACTIVE
9/28 at NYJ 0 0 INACTIVE
10/5 BUF 0 0 INACTIVE
10/12 at Min 0 0 INACTIVE
10/19 NO 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
10/26 at Atl 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
11/9 MIA 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
11/16 at Ari 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
11/23 at NE 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
11/27 CHI 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
12/7 TB 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
12/14 Min 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
12/21 at Chi 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
12/28 at GB 0 0 RESERVE/INJURED
Totals 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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