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| Baltimore Ravens | |||||||||
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| Title | Wide receivers coach | ||||||||
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| Born | (1980-02-12)February 12, 1980 (age 45) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Rich South(Richton Park, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College | Illinois (1999–2002) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2003: undrafted | ||||||||
| Position | Wide receiver, No. 83, 17 | ||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Gregory Alan Lewis Jr. (born February 12, 1980) is an Americanfootball coach and former player. He is thewide receivers coach for theBaltimore Ravens of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedwide receiver in the NFL for eight seasons. After playingcollege football forIllinois, he was signed by thePhiladelphia Eagles as anundrafted free agent in 2003. He played for the Eagles for six seasons from 2003 to 2008 and theMinnesota Vikings for two seasons from 2009 to 2010. Lewis has served as assistant coach for theUniversity of San Diego,San Jose State,Pittsburgh Panthers, Eagles, andChiefs.
Lewis attendedRich South High School inRichton Park, Illinois, which retired his No. 8 jersey in 2004.
Lewis went to theUniversity of Illinois, joining the football team as awalk-on.
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | Vertical jump | |||||||||
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| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 172 lb (78 kg) | 4.6 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | |||||||||
| Measurables were taken atPro Day.[1] | ||||||||||||
After going undrafted in the2003 NFL draft, Lewis signed with thePhiladelphia Eagles as anundrafted free agent. Limited to mostly special teams his rookie season, Lewis worked his way into the receivers rotation his second year, helping the Eagles reachSuper Bowl XXXIX. He caught a 30-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter for his first career touchdown reception to bring the Eagles within a field goal, but the Eagles would go on to lose, 24–21.
Lewis spent six seasons with the Eagles, playing in 99 games with 24 starts between the regular season and playoffs, while recording 136 receptions for 1,879 yards and eight touchdowns.
Lewis was acquired via trade along with a 2010 7th-round draft pick by theNew England Patriots in exchange for a 2009 5th-round draft pick on March 5, 2009. CoachBill Belichick had considered drafting Lewis in 2003,[2] and Lewis had career games against the Patriots in the Super Bowl, and in 2007 when the Eagles nearly ended the Patriots undefeated streak. However, he was released on September 5 during finals cuts.
Lewis signed with theMinnesota Vikings on September 10, 2009. This reunited him with Vikings coachBrad Childress, who previously served as offensive coordinator for the Eagles.
On September 27, 2009, Lewis caught a contested 32-yardtouchdown pass from quarterbackBrett Favre while falling out of the back of the end zone with two seconds remaining to give the Vikings a dramatic come-from-behind 27–24 victory over theSan Francisco 49ers.[3] It was Lewis' first catch with the team and the game marked his debut as a Viking (he was inactive for the previous two games). He received anESPY Award for Best Play along with Favre.
He was re-signed to a one-year contract on February 28, 2010.
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2003 | PHI | 11 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 25 | 0 |
| 2004 | PHI | 16 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 183 | 10.8 | 25 | 0 |
| 2005 | PHI | 16 | 16 | 105 | 48 | 561 | 11.7 | 34 | 1 |
| 2006 | PHI | 16 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 348 | 14.5 | 45 | 2 |
| 2007 | PHI | 15 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 265 | 20.4 | 50 | 3 |
| 2008 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 247 | 13.0 | 52 | 1 |
| 2009 | MIN | 13 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 32 | 1 |
| 2010 | MIN | 13 | 5 | 37 | 17 | 197 | 11.6 | 33 | 0 |
| 116 | 29 | 291 | 152 | 1,992 | 13.1 | 52 | 8 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2003 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | PHI | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 182 | 22.8 | 52 | 1 |
| 2006 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 180 | 20.0 | 52 | 1 | ||
Lewis was a coaching intern for the Eagles during the rookie mini-camp in 2012.[4] For the 2012 season under head coachRon Caragher, Lewis was wide receivers coach for theUniversity of San DiegoToreros football team that went 8–3, with the top 3 receivers going for 144 catches and 15 of the team's 20 touchdown passes. Caragher became head coach atSan Jose State University in 2013, and Lewis joined Caragher's staff in San Jose State as wide receivers coach.[5] On February 19, 2014, Lewis was named the receivers coach at the University of Pittsburgh by head coach Paul Chryst.[6] After spending the2015 season with theNew Orleans Saints of the NFL as an offensive assistant, Lewis was hired by the Eagles as the team's wide receivers coach on January 20, 2016, and released on January 9, 2017.[7] Lewis was hired as theKansas City Chiefs' wide receiver coach in January 2017.[8] In 2019, Lewis won his first Super Bowl when the Chiefs defeated theSan Francisco 49ers 31–20 inSuper Bowl LIV.[9] In 2022, Lewis won his second Super Bowl when the Chiefs defeated thePhiladelphia Eagles 38–35 inSuper Bowl LVII.[10]
On March 8, 2023, theBaltimore Ravens hired Lewis as their wide receiver coach.[11]
