1. Dion Lewis played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning second-team All-American honors in 2009.
47 Facts About Dion Lewis
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Dion Lewis was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft.
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Dion Lewis then played three seasons with the New England Patriots, with whom he won Super Bowl LI over the Atlanta Falcons in 2017.
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Dion Lewis then played for the Tennessee Titans for two seasons before playing his final season with the New York Giants.
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Dion Lewis averaged 12.4 yards per carry as a junior, rushing for 979 yards on 79 carries with 14 touchdowns.
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Dion Lewis eclipsed the 250-yard rushing mark four times and scored 26 total touchdowns, including 23 rushing, two on punt returns and one receiving.
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Dion Lewis attended and played college football for the University of Pittsburgh from 2009 to 2010, but he was offered a scholarship from just two other schools, Miami of Ohio and Tulane.
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Dion Lewis rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns in an October 2009 victory over Big East rival Rutgers, for which he was named Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Week and featured in Sports Illustrated.
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Dion Lewis had his sixth 100-yard plus rushing game of the season against Syracuse.
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Dion Lewis rushed for more than 1,799 yards during the 2009 season and broke Craig Heyward's record at Pittsburgh for rushes in a single game with 47 against University of Cincinnati in the Big East championship game, totaling 194 rushing yards, three touchdowns, as well as five receptions for 34 yards.
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Dion Lewis was the only freshman and one of four running backs named among 15 "Players to Watch" for the 2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year award.
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Dion Lewis was among 16 semifinalists for the Maxwell Award, and was one of 10 semifinalists, and the only true freshman, for the Doak Walker Award.
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Dion Lewis set the Big East freshman rushing record previously held by Tony Dorsett.
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Dion Lewis was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press, Sporting News, CBSSports.
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Dion Lewis was the only freshman named to the first or second AP All-American team.
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Dion Lewis was named both the Big East Conference Rookie of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year as well as the Eastern College Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year.
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However, Dion Lewis failed to live up to these lofty expectations.
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Dion Lewis suffered an upper-body injury after compiling 41 yards to Graham's 100 in a loss to Miami, and sat on the bench while Graham compiled the second-most rushing yards in school history against FIU.
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Dion Lewis had 105 yards and a touchdown in Pitt's BBVA Compass Bowl victory over Kentucky.
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In early January, Dion Lewis declared that he would enter the 2011 NFL draft and forgo his junior and senior seasons.
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Dion Lewis was selected with the 149th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Dion Lewis was the 19th running back selected in that year's draft.
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On July 27,2011, Dion Lewis was signed to a four-year contract worth $2.2 million.
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Dion Lewis spent his rookie season as the Eagles' kick returner.
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Dion Lewis finished his rookie season with 23 carries for 102 yards and a touchdown to go along with 31 kick returns for 669 yards in 15 games and no starts.
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Dion Lewis was third on the running back depth chart, behind McCoy and rookie Bryce Brown.
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Dion Lewis saw no carries prior to Week 12 when the team began giving him some role in the running game, though never touching the ball more than five times in a game.
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Dion Lewis finished his second professional season with 13 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown to go along with two receptions for 24 yards and a 33-yard kick return in nine games and no starts.
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However, Dion Lewis missed the entire season due to a fractured fibula.
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Dion Lewis was cut by the Browns on August 30,2014.
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Dion Lewis signed with the Indianapolis Colts on September 9,2014.
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Dion Lewis was released on September 16 and did not play again in the 2014 season.
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On October 8,2015, after just three games, Dion Lewis signed a two-year contract extension with the Patriots, running through the 2017 season.
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Dion Lewis was placed on injured reserve on November 9,2015.
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Dion Lewis finished the 2015 season with 49 carries for 234 yards and two touchdowns to go along with 36 receptions for 388 yards and two touchdowns in seven games and six starts.
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Dion Lewis was activated to the active roster on November 12,2016, prior to Week 10 against the Seattle Seahawks.
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On February 5,2017, Dion Lewis was part of the Patriots team that won Super Bowl LI.
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Dion Lewis began the 2017 season as a reserve running back, with new acquisition Mike Gillislee taking the majority of snaps on first and second downs and receiving specialist James White serving as the primary third-down back.
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Dion Lewis caught a smattering of passes, lining up both in the backfield and split wide.
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The 2017 regular season was the first time Dion Lewis appeared in all 16 regular season games, and the first time since his rookie year he appeared in more than nine games in a season.
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On March 15,2018, Dion Lewis signed a four-year $20 million contract, with an additional $3 million in incentives, with the Tennessee Titans.
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Dion Lewis finished the 2018 season with 155 carries for 517 yards and a touchdown to go along with 59 receptions for 400 yards and a touchdown in 16 games and seven starts.
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Dion Lewis's role continued to decrease in the 2019 season due to the continuation of Henry's rise.
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Dion Lewis finished the 2019 season with 54 carries for 209 yards to go along with 25 receptions for 164 yards and a touchdown in 16 games and one start.
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On March 12,2020, Dion Lewis was released by the Titans.
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Dion Lewis began the season as a backup to Saquon Barkley, who was placed on injured reserve after Week 2.
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Dion Lewis joined the coaching staff at Albany in 2023 as the program's assistant running backs coach.