Kevin Lewis Season 2004

70 - Kevin LewisPosition: Defensive Tackle
Class: r-Senior
Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 282 lbs.

High School: Varina
Hometown: Richmond, Va.

       A veteran performer who needs to be a leader along the defensive front this fall ... Has the ability to make a difference ... Uses his quickness, strength and experience to make plays ... Is at his best when he's challenged ... Holds his own at the point of attack ... Has worked hard to improve his game ... Played 125 downs as a true freshman in 2000, before being redshirted in 2001 ... Won a starting job during 2002 preseason practice and helped solidify the Hokies' young defense early in the year ... Ranked fifth on the team in tackles when he was sidelined for the final three games by a torn pectoral muscle ... Started next to his younger brother, Jonathan, last season ... Is being counted on for a big year in 2004 ...

2003: Played in 12 games, starting 10 ... Compiled 20 solo tackles and 23 assists ... Included in those 43 stops were six tackles for loss, including four sacks ... Also had eight quarterback hurries ... Got the start beside his brother in the opener against UCF ... Saw action on 30 snaps ... Had a solo stop, a quarterback hurry and a pass broken up against James Madison ... Had three solo stops and two assists against Texas A&M ... Had one TFL and a QB hurry ... Recorded two solo tackles and two assists in the win over UConn ... Recorded his first sack of the year at Rutgers ... Had three solo stops, an assist and a QB hurry in that game ... Registered three assisted tackles against Syracuse ... Had two solo tackles and six assists at West Virginia ... Had two solo tackles, a sack, five assisted tackles and two quarterback hurries against No. 2 Miami ... Had two solo tackles, including a sack, and an assist at Pittsburgh ... Had a solo tackle, including a tackle for loss, three assists and a quarterback hurry before leaving the game with a knee injury ... MRI revealed a Grade 2 sprain of his left MCL ... Missed the Boston College game ... Returned to play 23 snaps at Virginia ... Had a solo tackle and two quarterback hurries in that game ... Contributed a sack and three total tackles against California in the Insight Bowl ... Also forced a fumble in that game ... Bench pressed 400 pounds during spring max testing ... Was in on two tackles during the 2004 Maroon-White game ...

2002: Recorded 25 solo tackles and 24 assisted stops in 11 games ... Included in that total were five tackles for loss and a sack ... Also had six quarterback hurries, a fumble recovery, a pass broken up and a forced fumble ... Played just 14 snaps on defense against Arkansas State ... Had a solo stop and two assists, and caused a fumble that was returned for a touchdown by Jason Lallis ... Had five tackles and two quarterback hurries in the win over LSU ... Played 45 snaps against Marshall, recording a solo stop, an assist and a quarterback hurry ... Also broke up a pass against the Herd ... Had three solo stops, including one for a loss, and an assist in the win at Texas A&M ... Had two solo tackles, two assists and a quarterback hurry at Western Michigan ... Had a big game in the win at Boston College, registering four solo tackles, three assists and a quarterback hurry ... Had an assist and a quarterback hurry in the win against Rutgers ... Recorded two solo tackles and three assists against Temple ... Tallied eight total tackles - three solo - against Pittsburgh ... Also had a tackle for loss and recovered a fumble ... Had five tackles, including one for loss, at Syracuse ... Tore his pectoral muscle in that game, but still played against West Virginia ... Played 23 snaps against the Mountaineers, recording two solo tackles ... Opted for surgery on Nov. 29, ending his season ... Participated in some light work during the spring until aggravating a calf muscle ...

2001: Took a redshirt season ... Met five of his six goals in preseason testing, turning in a 400-pound bench press and 575 back squat ... Posted a personal-best 31 1/2-inch vertical jump during the fall ... Ran a 4.89 forty during spring testing ... Contributed four tackles and two sacks in one spring scrimmage and three tackles and a pass broken up in another ... Registered a sack and a quarterback hurry in a third scrimmage ...

2000: Was in for 21 plays in Tech's opener against Akron and contributed a pair of tackles ... Had two tackles and two quarterback hurries at East Carolina ... Posted tackles behind the line in back-to-back games against Temple and West Virginia ... Did not play against Boston College, Syracuse and Pittsburgh ... Was in on two tackles during the Miami game ... Played 26 plays at UCF and registered two tackles, including one for loss ... Had a season-best three tackles against Virginia ... Compiled 15 total tackles during the regular season with three coming behind the line ... Contributed a tackle in the Hokies' win over Clemson in the Gator Bowl ... Improved his bench press to 390 pounds during the off-season and ran the forty in 4.86 seconds ... Got a lot of reps during spring practice ... Had three tackles behind the line in Tech's first spring scrimmage and two more in the second scrimmage ... Blocked a field goal during another scrimmage ... Posted five tackles, including a sack, in the Maroon-White game ... Shared the Dr. Richard Bullock Award for the Hokies' most improved defensive player with fellow tackle Channing Reed ...

1999: Enrolled in school for the second semester ... Bench pressed 370 pounds during spring strength and conditioning tests ... Also turned in a 550-pound back squat and a 316-pound power clean ... Got a lot of repetitions in spring practice at tackle when starter Chad Beasley was sidelined by an injury ... Was in on six tackles during the Hokies' first spring scrimmage ... Posted a sack in another scrimmage ... Turned in four tackles during the annual Maroon-White game, including one for a loss ...

High School: A four-year starter at fullback and defensive end for Coach Ed Bulheller ... Earned first-team Group AAA all-state honors as a defensive lineman ... Named the No. 20 prospect in the state by The Roanoke Times and was rated No. 22 by SuperPrep ... Picked the No. 11 linebacker in the ACC Region by PrepStar ... Shared Richmond Times-Dispatch Player of the Year honors for the Richmond area with Matt Farrior ... Carried the football 138 times his senior year for 989 yards and 14 touchdowns ... Contributed 123 tackles on defense, including 11 sacks and 25 total tackles behind the line ... Collected 13 tackles in a game against Hopewell ... Was a first-team all-district and all-region selection ... Turned in 64 tackles and five sacks as a junior ... Helped the team to 41 wins and three region championships ... Threw the shot put for the track team and also played basketball ...

Personal: Kevin André Lewis ... Born 4/26/80 in Richmond, VA ... Son of David and Gale Lewis ... His father played basketball at North Carolina A&T ... His brother, Jonathan, is a junior defensive tackle on the Tech squad ... Enrolled in residential property management.

Tackles	G	UT	AT	Tot.	Loss	Sacks
2000	8	7	8	15	3-8	0-0
2002	11	25	24	49	5-15	1-8
2003	12	20	23	43	6-27	4-21
Career	31	52	55	107	14-50	5-29
2003 Tackles Game-by-Game
UCF	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0
JMU	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0
TAMU	1	3	2	5	1-3	0-0
UCONN	1	2	2	4	0-0	0-0
at RU	1	3	1	4	1-7	1-7
SYR	1	9	3	3	0-0	0-0
at WVU	1	2	6	8	0-0	0-0
UM	1	2	5	7	1-2	1-2
at PITT	1	2	1	3	1-6	1-6
at TU	1	1	3	4	1-3	0-0
BC				Did not play
at UVa	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0
vs. Cal	1	3	0	3	1-6	1-6

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