Developed into a key performer on Tech's defensive line last year before being injured late in the season ... Entered the 2002 season with only limited experience ... Played 125 downs as a true freshman in 2000, before being redshirted in 2001 ... Won a starting job during the preseason 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 ... Did not participate in contact work during the spring but sustained a calf injury during some light drills ... Will be full speed when preseason practice rolls around ... Has been rated the No. 9 defensive tackle in the nation by The Sporting News heading into the 2003 season ... A playmaker who is physical and aggressive ... Holds his own at the point of attack ... Has worked hard to improve his game ... Saw action in eight games in 2000 ... Started the Hokies' first 11 games last fall ... Is expected to make a strong bid to reclaim his starting job when practice opens ...
2003: Has started all 10 games, recording 16 solo tackles and 23
assists ... Has five tackles for loss, three sacks and six 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 four
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 ...
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 football at North Carolina A&T ... His brother, Jonathan, is a sophomore defensive tackle on the Tech squad ... Enrolled in history.
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 |
17 |
23 |
40 |
5-21 |
3-15 |
|
Career |
31 |
49 |
55 |
104 |
13-44 |
4-23 |
|
2003 Tackles
Game-by-Game | |
|
UCF |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 |
0.0-0 |
|
James Madison |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0.0-0 |
|
Texas A&M |
|
3 |
2 |
5 |
1-3 |
0.0-0 |
|
Connecticut |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
0-0 |
0.0-0 |
|
Rutgers |
|
3 |
1 |
4 |
1-7 |
1.0-7 |
|
Syracuse |
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
0-0 |
0.0-0 |
|
West Virginia |
|
2 |
6 |
8 |
0-0 |
0.0-0 |
|
Miami |
|
2 |
5 |
7 |
1-2 |
1.0-2 |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
1-6 |
1.0-6 |
|
Temple |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
1-3 |
0.0-0 |
|
Boston College |
Did Not Play |
|
Virginia |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0.0-0 |
|