Hokie Club56 - Jonathan LewisPosition: Defensive Tackle
Class: Junior
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 300 lbs.
High School: Varina
Hometown: Richmond, Va.
A talented young player who stepped in right away last year as a true freshman ... Was named a fourth-team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News ... Moved up the depth chart quickly and ended up playing in all 14 games ... Led Tech's defensive linemen in total tackles with 56 ... Is a big player who moves well for his size ... Has explosiveness and power at the point of attack ... Fills the holes, but also sheds blockers well ... Played extremely well at times last season ... Teamed up with his older brother, Kevin, on occasion to form a formidable front ... Continued to make progress during the spring, but needs to concentrate on conditioning during the off-season to improve his stamina this fall ... Has the potential to become a special player ...2002: A true freshman who saw action right away ... Started the last two games of the regular season and the bowl game ... Had 33 solo tackles and 23 assists this season ... Included in those 56 stops were seven tackles for loss and two sacks ... Also had five quarterback hurries ... Had three solo stops, two assists and a tackle for loss in the opener against Arkansas State ... Recorded two solo stops in the win over LSU ... Had two assists and a quarterback hurry in the win over Marshall ... Recorded a solo tackle and three assists at Texas A&M ... Also had a tackle for loss and two quarterback hurries ... Recorded two solo stops, two assists and a quarterback hurry at Western Michigan ... Recorded a solo tackle and an assist at Boston College ... Tallied two solo stops, along with a tackle for loss, a sack and a quarterback hurry against Rutgers ... Had three solo tackles, two assists and a sack against Temple ... Had three solo tackles and two assists against Pittsburgh ... Two of those tackles were for a loss ... Registered three total tackles at Syracuse ... Had six solo tackles and two assists, including a tackle for loss, against West Virginia ... Got his first collegiate start against Virginia ... Recorded four solo tackles and two assists in the win ... Had two solo tackles and an assist at top-ranked Miami ... Registered two solo tackles and three assists in Tech's win over Air Force in the San Francisco Bowl ... Turned in a 550-pound back squat during spring testing ... Ran a 4.9 forty ... Registered five tackles, including a quarterback sack during one of Tech's spring scrimmages ... Contributed a tackle in the Maroon-White game ...
High School: A prep All-America pick by SuperPrep, PrepStar and Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report ... The only player in Varina history to earn all-Metro, all-region and all-state honors three years in a row ... Ranked the No. 17 defensive line prospect in the nation by SuperPrep ... Rated the nation's No. 3 defensive lineman by Max Emfinger of USA Today and the No. 112 player overall by Tom Lemming ... A member of the PrepStar Dream Team ... Ranked the No. 6 defensive lineman in the nation by PrepStar and the No. 1 DL in the Atlantic Region ... Listed as the No. 26 defensive player in the nation by G&W Recruiting Report and the No. 15 DT by Student Sports ... Listed as the No. 4 player in Virginia by The Roanoke Times ... Played in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Posted 107 tackles and 10 quarterback sacks as a senior ... Had 15 tackles and a pair of sacks in a game against Armstrong High ... Was in on 12 tackles versus Highland Springs ... Named first-team Group AAA by the AP and the state coaches ... Was the Metro, district and region player of the year as a junior when he had 96 tackles and 11 sacks ... Registered over 300 career tackles and 46 sacks ... Helped Coach Gary Chilcoat's team to a 46-7 record and three region championships during his varsity career ... Also played center on the basketball team ...
Personal: Jonathan M. Lewis ... Born 7/12/84 in Richmond, VA ... Son of David and Gale Lewis ... His brother, Kevin, is a redshirt-junior defensive tackle on the Tech squad ... Enrolled in university studies.
| Tackles | G | UT | AT | Tot. | Loss | Sacks |
| 2002 | 14 | 33 | 23 | 56 | 7-23 | 2-12 |
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