Rayshad Lewis started out at Utah State but transferred to the University of Maryland after his freshman year. He has finished his junior year where he had three catches for 13 receiving yards in the campaign. Ray Lewis has cemented his legacy in NFL lore while he still garners great respect from his peers as he helped shape the game to what it has become today.
Lewis still holds a strong connection to the Ravens since his retirement following the season. He signed with Fox Sports 1 in , where he holds a similar role while appearing on different shows.
Home NFL. Disgusted with his father's lack of contact, Lewis abandoned the name Ray Jenkins and took the name of her mother's boyfriend, Ray Lewis, when he entered Kathleen High School.
At Kathleen, Lewis was a standout wrestler and football player, who overcame his smaller size at the linebacker position with a fierce intensity and unmatched instincts. During his four years at the school he led his squads to a bevy of state and city titles in football and wrestling.
In , Lewis, armed with a full scholarship, enrolled at the University of Miami, at the time home to one of the country's best football programs. He quickly became a vital piece in a vaunted Hurricanes' defense, and went on to twice set the school single-season record for tackles.
At the end of his junior year he was runner-up for the Butkus Award as the nation's best linebacker. Following the season, Lewis declared for the NFL draft. In the spring of , the Baltimore Ravens made him a first-round pick. Outspoken and ferocious, Lewis spent his entire year career with the Ravens.
He was a force out the gate, going on to lead the club in tackles during his rookie season. In and the league named Lewis its Defensive Player of the Year — making him just the sixth player to win the award multiple times. Lewis' best year arguably came in , when he led the Ravens to a Super Bowl title and took home the game's MVP honors. Overall, it was an astonishing year for the Lewis-led Ravens defense. The team registered four shutouts during the season and established league records for fewest rushing yards and fewest points allowed during a game season.
The spiritual leader of the team, Lewis continued to play at an astonishingly high level well into his 30s. But by the season, his game had started to slow. Shelved for part of the year with triceps injury, and unable to dominate the field like he once had, Lewis announced that he would retire at the end of the season. The news rallied a Ravens team that had faltered at the end of the regular season and helped steer the franchise to big victories over Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos and Tom Brady's New England Patriots.
At age 37, Lewis had finalized his career with a second Super Bowl victory. We coming home, baby! Please enter an email address. Something went wrong. Ray Lewis should step away from the television camera and fade away. More Ravens Wire. From The Web. Dolphins The Ravens announced their inactives for Week 10 against the Dolphins.
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