Nik Lewis

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Acquired

Signed as a free agent with Calgary on May 19, 2004.

2005

Played all 18 regular season games with Calgary including the Western Semi-Final...finished the season 2nd in the CFL with 80 receptions for 1,379 yards and 9 touchdowns...Nik was consistent throughout the entire season recording at least two receptions each game...his biggest game of the season came on the last regular season game vs the Edmonton Eskimos...he recorded 8 receptions for 145 yards and one touchdown...in four regular season games Lewis recorded at least 100 yards receiving...early in the season Lewis showed how he could dominate the game in another area…on July 7th vs the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Nik would block a John Ryan punt and return it 10 yards for a Stampeder touchdown...later in the season he would return another fumble vs Saskatchewan and return it 30 yards for a touchdown..Lewis also made one punt return for 13 yards.

2004

Lewis entered his first season with the Stampeders as the youngest player on the team...throughout the season Lewis turned many heads with his determination to pick up yards after the catch...he led the Stampeders in receptions (72), receiving yards (1045), touchdowns (8), yards from scrimmage (1045), punt return yards (385) and is second in all purpose yards (1496)...Nik also played a big part on special teams returning the ball 31 times for 385 yards...he finished the season 4th in the league on punt return average (12.4) with a minimum of 20 returns or more...his biggest game statistically came back on July 15 vs one of the toughest defences in the Montreal Alouettes...he recorded 7 catches (season high) for 100 yards receiving (season high)...another big game came a couple weeks’ later on August 7 vs Winnipeg...where he recorded 5 catches for 95 yards and 2 touchdowns (season high).

College

Attended Southern Arkansas University...in 2003 Lewis was named to the All-American and All-Region Team...recorded 59 catches for 1,039 yards, 14 TD’s...also had 21 returns for 450 yards on punts...in 2003 Lewis was named to the First Team Associated Press Little All-America All-Star team for all purpose yards, the D2Football.com Second Team All-American squad as a return specialist, the First Team Football Gazette All-South Region All-Star team, the First Team Daktronics All-South Region All-Star team and the First Team All-Gulf South Conference squad...won the SAU Outstanding Senior Football Athlete Award...tied school single Game record with 3 touchdown catches vs. Texas A&M Commerce, tied his own school season record with 14 receiving touchdowns and broke his own school season record with 1,548 all purpose yards...recorded school season record 450 punt return yards...also recorded several school career records including 37 touchdowns scored, 2,852 receiving yards, 162 receptions, 36 receiving touchdowns and 222 points scored...in 2002 he was named to the All-Region Team making 65 catches for 1,265 yards and 14 TDs and returned the ball 15 times for 179 yards on punts...was named to the First Team D2Football.com All-American team, First Team Daktronics All-South Region team and the First Team All-Gulf South Conference team...recorded several school records including 1,239 receiving yards in a season, 14 receiving touchdowns in a season, 1,429 all-purpose yards in a season and 22 touchdown catches...tied school a single game school record with 3 touchdown catches vs. Ouachita Baptist.

Other

Attended high school in Jacksboro, TX ... participated in track specializing in triple jump.

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