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Jameon Lewis
Personal information
Born: (1991-11-26) November 26, 1991 (age 32)
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school: Tylertown (MS)
College: Mississippi State
Position: Wide receiver
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Jameon Kalchevis Lewis [1] (born November 26, 1991) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. [2] He played college football at Mississippi State.

Early years

Lewis attended Tylertown High School in Tylertown, Mississippi, where he helped lead his team to the Mississippi 3A State Championship. As the starting quarterback, Lewis only lost 4 games from his sophomore to senior year. Lewis led the chiefs to back to back State Championships appearance, winning his final year.

Lewis was rated as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com [3] and Rivals.com.He was also rated no. 24 top prospects in MS regardless of position. Listed on the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger's 40 most wanted recruits. One of the two quarterbacks chosen for the Mississippi-Alabama all star game roster.

College career

Freshman and sophomore seasons

After redshirting in 2010 season, [1] Lewis caught 4 passes for 113 yards in his first college game, a 59–14 over Memphis. He caught only three more passes in the 2011 season. Lewis would play in all 13 games in 2012, recording 10 catches. [4]

Junior season (2013)

Lewis had a breakout year in 2013. In a 62–7 win over Troy, he recorded a passing, rushing, and receiving touchdown. He had his first 100-yard receiving game in 59-26 loss to LSU, and also recorded touchdown passes in games against Kentucky (a game in which he repeated the feat of throwing, catching, and running in a touchdown) and Texas A&M. [4]

In the 2013 Liberty Bowl against Rice, Lewis set a school single-game record with 220 receiving yards, bringing his season total to 923, the fourth-most single-season yards by a receiver in school history.

Senior season (2014)

Lewis threw his fourth career pass (also his fourth career touchdown pass) against South Alabama. He missed several games during the season with a leg injury but caught enough passes to rank 8th on the Bulldogs' career leaderboards in receptions and 10th in yards at the time.

Statistics

Receiving Passing Rushing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns
Year Games Team Rec Yds Avg Lng TD C-A Yds TD Att Yds TD PR Yds TD KR Yds TD
2011 Mississippi State 13 7 143 20.4 80 1 0-0 0 0 11 86 1 4 10 0 22 386 0
2012 Mississippi State 13 10 108 10.8 21 0 0-0 0 0 5 21 0 2 11 0 20 517 1
2013 Mississippi State 13 64 923 14.4 65 5 3-3 84 3 13 117 3 23 51 0 20 446 0
2014 Mississippi State 9 32 380 11.9 74 2 1-1 24 1 7 56 0 2 5 0 3 65 0
Career 48 113 1,554 13.8 74 8 4-4 108 4 36 280 4 31 77 0 65 1,414 1

Professional career

Lewis was signed to the Toronto Argonauts practice squad in October 2016. [5] He was re-signed by the team in December. [2] The Argos had made a lot of changes in their front office the following year, and Lewis was waived after mini camp.

On March 22, 2018, Lewis was assigned to the Albany Empire. [6] On April 7, 2018, he was placed on reassignment. [7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jameon Lewis bio". HailState.com. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Bennett, Anton (December 15, 2016). "Argos add lineman and pair of receivers". Argonauts.ca.
  3. ^ "Jameon Lewis". 247sports.com. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Jameon Lewis". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  5. ^ Argonauts Staff (October 6, 2016). "Argos add four to practice roster". Argonauts.ca.
  6. ^ "Team Transactions". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  7. ^ "Recent Transactions". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
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