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Sherman Lewis

Lewis, Sherman Paul
Height: 5-9 Weight: 159
Born: June 29, 1942 Louisville, KY
High School: duPont Manual (Louisville, KY)

Year	College	Status
1960	Michigan State
1961	Michigan State	Lettered
1962	Michigan State	Lettered
1963	Michigan State	Lettered

Draft: 9th round (67th overall) 1964 New York Jets; 18th round (250th overall) 1964 Cleveland Browns

Relatives: Father of Kip Lewis

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1964 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1964 TOR CFL	21	HB	11
1965 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1965 TOR CFL	21	OHB	1
1965 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1965 SAS CFL	17	ROH	1	1
1965 Year (CFL)1965 Year CFL			2	1
1966 New York Jets (AFL)1966 NYJ AFL	7	S	5	0
1967 New York Jets (AFL)1967 NYJ AFL	7	S	5	0
1967 Waterbury Orbits (ACFL)1967 WAT ACFL		DB
2 Years (NFL)2 Years NFL			10	0
2 Years (CFL)2 Years CFL			13	1

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	11/30/1963	1964 New York Jets (AFL)1964 NYJ AFL
Draft	12/2/1963	1964 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1964 CLE NFL
Signed	5/1/1964	1964 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1964 TOR CFL
Released		1965 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1965 TOR CFL
Signed	8/17/1965	1965 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1965 SAS CFL
Released		1965 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1965 SAS CFL
Signed	3/24/1965	1966 New York Jets (AFL)1966 NYJ AFL
Injured Reserve	10/9/1966	1966 New York Jets (AFL)1966 NYJ AFL
Released	10/18/1967	1967 New York Jets (AFL)1967 NYJ AFL
Signed		1967 Waterbury Orbits (ACFL)1967 WAT ACFL
Free Agent		1967 Waterbury Orbits (ACFL)1967 WAT ACFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1965 Year (CFL)1965 Year CFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
1964 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1964 TOR CFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
1965 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1965 TOR CFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	2	0	0					0	0		0	0	12

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1964 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1964 TOR CFL	38	237	6.2	23	0			0
1965 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1965 TOR CFL	6	10	1.7	6	1		0	0
1965 Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1965 SAS CFL	1	14	14.0	14	0		0	0
1965 Year (CFL)1965 Year CFL	7	14	2.0	14	1		0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1965 Year (CFL)1965 Year CFL		1		2	2.0	2	0		0	0
1964 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1964 TOR CFL		26		310	11.9	39	1			0
1965 Sasakatchewan Roughriders (CFL)1965 SAS CFL		1		2	2.0	2	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		27		312	11.6	39	1		0	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 New York Jets (AFL)1966 NYJ AFL	7	3	76	10.9	40	0
1967 New York Jets (AFL)1967 NYJ AFL	7	0	24	3.4	11	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	14	3	100	7.1	40	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1964 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1964 TOR CFL	14	-	299	21.4	45	0
1965 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1965 TOR CFL	1	-	33	33.0	33	0	1	0
1965 Year (CFL)1965 Year CFL	1		33	33.0	33	0	1	0
1966 New York Jets (AFL)1966 NYJ AFL	5		121	24.2	46	0	3	1
1967 New York Jets (AFL)1967 NYJ AFL	1		22	22.0	22	0	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6		143	23.8	46	0	4	1
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	15		332	22.1	45	0	1	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1964 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1964 TOR CFL	3						0
1965 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1965 TOR CFL	1						0
1965 Year (CFL)1965 Year CFL	1						0
1966 New York Jets (AFL)1966 NYJ AFL	2			0			0
1967 New York Jets (AFL)1967 NYJ AFL	1		2	0	2	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3		2	0	2	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	4						0

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