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