Greg Lewis (running back)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1969)}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2019}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Greg Lewis

| number = 41, 20

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|8|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Port St. Joe, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 214

| high_school = Seattle (WA) Ingraham

| college = Washington

| draftyear = 1991

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 115

| pastteams =

  • Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1991|1992}})
  • Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1993}})*{{cite web |title=Greg Lewis |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/l/lewi04100.html |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=30 June 2024}}

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 644

| statlabel2 = Average

| statvalue2 = 3.7

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 8

| pfr = LewiGr00

}}

Gregory Alan Lewis (born August 10, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons in the 1990s. He played college football with the Washington Huskies and received All-American honors and the Pacific-10 Conference offensive player of the year award in 1990.{{cite web |last=Jude |first=Adam |url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/huskyfootball/2014/03/06/uws-lincoln-kennedy-greg-lewis-nominated-for-college-football-hall-of-fame/ |title=UW's Lincoln Kennedy, Greg Lewis nominated for College Football Hall of Fame | Husky Football Blog | Seattle Times |publisher=Blogs.seattletimes.com |date=2014-03-06 |access-date=2016-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114134044/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/huskyfootball/2014/03/06/uws-lincoln-kennedy-greg-lewis-nominated-for-college-football-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=November 14, 2019 |url-status=dead }} Lewis was the inaugural winner of the Doak Walker Award given to the most outstanding running back in college football.{{cite web|url=http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/02/18/derrick-henry-legendary-win-doak-walker-award-barry-sanders-will-receive-award-friday |title=College Sports: Derrick Henry: It's 'legendary' to win Doak Walker Award; Barry Sanders will receive an award of his own Friday | SportsDay |publisher=Sportsday.dallasnews.com |access-date=2016-08-30}} He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 1991 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 10 1/2

| weight = 214

| dash = 4.61

| ten split = 1.62

| twenty split = 2.69

| shuttle =

| cone drill =

| vertical = 39.0

| broad ft = 9

| broad in = 8

| bench = 15

| arm span = 31

| hand span = 10 1/2

| wonderlic =

| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=25083 |title=Greg Lewis, Combine Results, RB - Washington |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=November 29, 2021}}

}}

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