Geno Lewis
No. 87 Montreal Alouettes | |
Born: | Norristown, Pennsylvania | April 20, 1993
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Career information | |
Status | Active |
CFL status | American |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
College | Oklahoma |
High school | Plymouth (PA) Wyoming Valley West |
Career history | |
As player | |
2017–present | Montreal Alouettes |
CFL East All-Star | 2019 |
Career stats | |
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Eugene "Geno" Brenton Lewis (born April 20, 1993) is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and Oklahoma Sooners.[1][2]
High school career
Lewis played four years of football at Wyoming Valley West. He joined Ron Powlus and Raghib Ismail as one of the most heavily recruited players from the Wyoming Valley Conference.[3]
Lewis was recruited to play at Penn State by coach Joe Paterno, though he also had offers from Oregon and Virginia Tech, among other schools.[4]
College career
Lewis played for the Penn State Nittany Lions from 2012 to 2015. He was redshirted in 2012. He transferred to play for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2016. He played in 51 games, starting 19, during his college career, catching 122 passes for 1,569 yards and 10 touchdowns.[5]
Professional career
Lewis was rated the 71st best wide receiver in the 2017 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[6]
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
204 lb (93 kg) |
4.62 s | 1.59 s | 2.67 s | 4.35 s | 7.09 s | 381⁄2 | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
9 reps | |||
All values from Oklahoma Pro Day[6] |
After going undrafted, Lewis attended rookie minicamp with the Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks in May 2017.[7]
Lewis signed with the Montreal Alouettes on June 12, 2017.[8]
Lewis restarted his basketball career in November 2017 with the NEPA Stars & Stripes franchise in the American Basketball Association.[9]
References
- ^ Johnson, Travis (September 26, 2014). "Penn State football: Mentally tough Lewis uses father's struggles as inspiration". Centre Daily Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ Sokoloski, Paul (October 4, 2014). "A star in the making". Times Leader. Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ BENNETT, STEVE. "Recruiting of Valley West's Eugene Lewis created huge buzz". Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Tech-savvy JoePa makes recruiting pitch to Lewis". Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ^ "GENO LEWIS". soonersports.com. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ a b "Geno Lewis". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ Bennett. Steve (May 10, 2017). "Former Valley West star Lewis headed to Seahawks". seahawks.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "CFL TRANSACTIONS". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Bufano, Matt. "Lewis joining NEPA Stars & Stripes". Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Norristown, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- American football wide receivers
- Canadian football wide receivers
- American players of Canadian football
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- Oklahoma Sooners football players
- Montreal Alouettes players