Jamal Lewis
2,066 yards in 2003 and a 295-yard day: the Ravens' record-setting back.
Jamal Lewis, born August 26, 1979, was the Baltimore Ravens' running back from 2000 to 2006. Selected fifth overall in the 2000 NFL draft out of Tennessee, he helped the Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV as a rookie, becoming the youngest player to play in and win a Super Bowl, and in 2003 he rushed for 2,066 yards, then the third-highest season total ever, and was named AP Offensive Player of the Year.
Quick Facts
- Number
- 31
- Position
- Running back
- Born
- 26 August 1979
- Birthplace
- Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- High school
- Douglass (Atlanta)
- College
- Tennessee (1997–1999)
- Draft year
- 2000
- Draft round
- 1
Reader's Guide
On September 14, 2003, in Week 2 against the Cleveland Browns, Lewis broke Corey Dillon's single-game record of 278 yards with 295, a mark that stood until Adrian Peterson's 296 in 2007; it began a run of six straight 100-yard games, and later that season he ran for 180 yards and three touchdowns against Cincinnati and 205 against Cleveland. As a rookie he became, at 21 years and 82 days, the youngest player since 1960 with 200 yards from scrimmage in a game, and in the 2000 playoffs he ran for 110 yards and two touchdowns against Denver. His last Ravens season, 2006, brought 1,132 yards and nine touchdowns; the team released him on February 28, 2007, and he spent 2007 to 2009 with the Browns before retiring. He was inducted into the Ravens Ring of Honor in 2012.
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