Jamal Lewis
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Running back, Tennessee, 1997–⁠99

Jamal Lewis

Born
Aug 29, 1979, in Atlanta, Georgia

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Jamal Lewis played running back at Tennessee (1997–⁠99). The Baltimore Ravens took Lewis in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 2000 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1997
SEC Freshman of the Year and Second-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 5
Overall, 2000 NFL Draft (Baltimore Ravens)

Honors

Team titles: SEC champions, 1997 and 1998; National champions, 1998

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonRushingReceiving
AttYdsAvgTDRecYdsTD
19972321,3645.97232662
1998734976.831161
19991828164.57151931
Career4872,67717394754

From the college statistics table in Lewis’s Wikipedia article (Jamal Lewis (American football), CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2000
Height5′11¾″
Weight240 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size10¼″
Bench press23 reps

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

Pro Bowl: 2003 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2003

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2003; Pro Football Writers first team 2003; Sporting News first team 2003.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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