Trey Lewis (American football)
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| College: | Washburn |
| NFL draft: | 2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 185 |
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Trey Lewis (born May 23, 1985 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American football defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Falcons in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washburn University. In 2007, he injured his knee and was forced on Injured Reserve for the remainder of the season.
Early years
Lewis is the son of Verna Chapman and Wynn Lewis. He was born in Topeka, Kansas. He attended Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, Kansas, where he played football. He was an honorable mention all-Class 6A, second-team all-City and all-Centennial League and was named the team's defensive MVP. In 2003 he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts[1].
College career
In 2003, as a freshman, Lewis played in all 11 games recording 18 tackles including six solo stops and two tackles for loss with 1 sack.
He was named second team all-MIAA after collecting 31 tackles including three for loss with a forced fumble, fumble recovery, a sack, and blocked punt in 2004.
Lewis was selected as a first team all-MIAA pick after recording 45 tackles including eight for loss with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery, had 4 sacks, 8 tackles for loss in 2005. In a game against Northwest Missouri, he had 3 sacks for -27 yards en route to MIAA Player of the Week honors. Lewis was a third team all-Football Gazette selection that same year.
In 2006, Lewis' final year as an Ichabod, he became the first Ichabod to be named to the Associated Press Little All-American team since 1963. He was also named to the American Football Coaches Association All-American (AFCAAA) team – the first Ichabod player and only the second Ichabod overall to be named to the coaches team since 1988. Lewis recorded 62 tackles as a senior season with 36 solo stops while he recorded 10 tackles for loss and four sacks for 25 yards. He also had a forced fumble with two pass break ups and a blocked field goal attempt. Lewis gained MIAA's Most Valuable Defensive Player honors in that same week. He was named a Daktronics first team All-Southwest Region pick and a unanimous first team All-MIAA selection. Lewis also played in the first Texas vs. The Nation Game on Feb. 2, 2007. He became only the sixth player in school history to be invited to a college all-star game.[2] He was named first team All-American by the Football Gazette and second team All-American by D2football.com. Lewis finished his career at Washburn with 156 total tackles, including 68 solo stops, 23 tackles for loss and 10 sacks.
On NFLDraftScout.com, he was rated number 25 out of 148 defensive tackles, and 348 out of 2353 overall players going into the NFL draft.[3]. Results from a University combine test had Trey showing a5.14 in the 40-yard dash, Bench presseing 225 pounds 21 times, having a 582-pound squat, a 417-pound hang clean, a 30 1/2-inch vertical jump, and a 9-foot broad jump.[4]
According to Lewis, the teams that scouted him the most were the Chicago Bears, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Atlanta Falcons, and the New York Giants.[5]
Lewis graduated with a computer information sciences major.[6]
Professional career
He is the fourth Washburn University player ever to be drafted to an NFL team[7], joining offensive tackle Ed Schneider, who was picked in the 17th round and the 169th overall pick by the New York Giants in 1944 and outside linebacker Troy Stedman, who was picked 170th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round of the 1988 NFL Draft.[8]
He's shown a lot of good things, Coming in as a rookie, he's accepting his responsibility now. With us releasing Grady (Jackson), there's going to be a big weight on his shoulders and I think he's going to take it in stride.
Lewis made his first start of the season against the Texans[9]. Teammate Michael Boley said of Lewis starting "He's shown a lot of good things, Coming in as a rookie, he's accepting his responsibility now. With us releasing Grady, there's going to be a big weight on his shoulders and I think he's going to take it in stride." He was then listed as the Starting Defensive Tackle in week 10 after the Falcons cut veteran Grady Jackson. During training camp, his number was listed as #67, because in college, he was #76, but that number was already taken. Then his number was changed to #97 before the season began because an older falcons player had the same number as him. He finished the 2007 NFL season with 23 tackles and one interception. Because of his size, Lewis played both Defensive Tackle and Nose Tackle during the season [10]. According To Lewis, the most hard adjustment from NCAA Division II to the NFL was working on his Technique.[11] Lewis has lost around 20 pounds and has slimmed down to 294 lbs.
Knee injury
In November 2007, during a week 11 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Trey Lewis went down with a torn right ACL and was later placed on the Falcons' injured reserve list[12].
He had his knee operated on to fix the torn ligament. On March 4 2008, Lewis fell down a set of stairs and re-injured his right knee. Falcons coach Mike Smith said "It's tough for us, but it is also disappointing for Trey because he was making tremendous progress in his rehabilitation,". His Agent, Richard Katz, told reporters "He's having some surgery this week. Basically, he's lost the three months that he's been rehabbing"'. The accident was described as a "freak accident" due to the nature of the injury. Trey Lewis has so far been inactive during mini-camp[13]. The situation has caused the Falcons' Management to consider drafting Glenn Dorsey of LSU with the 3rd pick of the first round in the NFL draft.[14]. The Falcons instead drafted Matt Ryan of Boston College while the Kansas City Chiefs picked Dorsey with the 5th pick.[15]
Impact
Cary Williams, a Washburn defensive back who was drafted in the 7th round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans[15], was scouted heavily by scouts coming into the NFL draft. Williams stated that if it was not for Trey Lewis being scouted then drafted, he would not have had a chance at even being scouted. "Trey really opened the door for Washburn (University)," Williams said in an interview with KTKA-49 News in Topeka. KS.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Trey Lewis Falcons Bio". Atlanta Falcons. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Trey Lewis Bio". Atlanta Falcons. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "NFL Draft Scout Bio of Trey Lewis" (html). NFL Draft Scout. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ "Trey Lewis Bio". Atlanta Falcons. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Washburn DT Trey Lewis Drafted". KTKA-49 News. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Washburn DT Trey Lewis Drafted". KTKA-49 News. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Washburn DT Trey Lewis drafted". 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Another Washburn Player is on this list but is not listed because he was not signed by the team that drafted him and never played in the NFL.
- ^ "Lewis Ready for first NFL Start". Atlanta Falcons. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|Author=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ AtlantaFalcons.com. "Coleman, Lewis Places on Injured reserve". Atlanta Falcons. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ Moore, J. Michael. "Energy key at Falcons first mini camp practice". Atlanta Falcons. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ Ledbetter, D. Orlando (2008-03-04). "Falcons DT re-injures knee in freak accident". Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ a b "NFL Draft Round 1". National Football Leauge. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-04-26. Cite error: The named reference "NFL" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).