Passionate eyes of Raymond Lewis
Raymond Anthony Lewis Junior was born on May 15th in the year 1975 and is an American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens for the entire duration of his seventeen-year career in the NFL. He started off playing football in college for the Miami Hurricanes, which is where he earned All-America honors. After that, Raymond was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 1996 NFL draft in the first round. Then, after he retired in the year 2012, he became the last active player from the team’s inaugural season. Immediately, Raymond became the leader on defense when he started playing and he led the team in tackles even when he was a rookie. It was the first of fourteen different times that he led the Ravens in tackles.
Raymond ended up pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with the stabbing of two men in the year 2000. Surprisingly enough, this didn’t stop his career as the very next season, he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year and went on to lead Ravens’ record-setting defense. They established a sixteen-game single-season record for the fewest points allowed—at one hundred and sixty-five—and the fewest rushing yards allowed—at nine hundred and seventy. This all eventually led to their victory in Super Bowl XXXV. More than that, Raymond also became the second linebacker to win the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, as well as the first to win the award on the winning Super Bowl Team. Take a look at his NFL stats below.
Here are his NFL career stats.
Year Team GP Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
Comb Solo Ast Sack SckY Sfty Int Yds TD PD FF FR
1996 BAL 14 110 95 15 2.5 9 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
1997 BAL 16 184 156 28 4.0 27 0 1 18 0 10 1 1
1998 BAL 14 120 101 19 3.0 14 0 2 25 0 7 1 0
1999 BAL 16 165 130 35 3.5 21 1 3 97 0 8 0 0
2000 BAL 16 137 108 29 3.0 33 0 2 1 0 6 0 3
2001 BAL 16 162 114 48 3.5 26 0 3 115 0 10 1 1
2002 BAL 5 58 43 15 0.0 0 0 2 4 0 3 1 1
2003 BAL 16 163 121 42 1.5 11 0 6 99 1 14 2 2
2004 BAL 15 147 101 46 1.0 9 0 0 0 0 6 1 2
2005 BAL 6 46 38 8 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
2006 BAL 14 103 80 23 5.0 37 0 2 27 0 8 1 1
2007 BAL 14 121 83 38 2.0 7 0 2 35 1 10 2 1
2008 BAL 16 118 85 33 3.5 33 0 3 43 0 9 2 2
2009 BAL 16 134 95 39 3.0 16 0 0 9 0 7 2 1
2010 BAL 16 139 102 37 2.0 8 0 2 26 1 4 2 3
2011 BAL 12 95 72 23 2.0 16 0 1 4 0 7 2 0
2012 BAL 6 57 44 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Career 228 2,059 1,568 491 41.5 266 1 31 503 3 117 19 20