Ronnell Lewis with the Detroit Lions
With the Detroit Lions. Photo: Kevind810, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, Oklahoma, 2009–⁠11

Ronnell Lewis

Number
No. 56
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Dewar, OK
Born
Sep 17, 1990, in Dewar, Oklahoma

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Ronnell Lewis played defensive end at Oklahoma (2009–⁠11). The Detroit Lions took Lewis in round 4, No. 125 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2011
First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 125
Round 4, 2012 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Oklahoma1
2011Oklahoma1
Career2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
200991111222.510120
2010N1123143753.513––
201110342660135.51414
On file685111920.51028––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Oklahoma56DE
2010Oklahoma56DE
2011Oklahoma56DE6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Oklahoma 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 5vs.Texas A&MW 41–⁠251
2010 Oklahoma 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 20atBaylorW 53–⁠241

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′1¾″
Weight253 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump31″
Broad jump9′4″
Bench press36 reps
3-cone drill7.09 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012Detroit Lions2200

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2013CFLToronto Argonauts
2015ArenaSpokane Shock *
2015ArenaLos Angeles KISS

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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