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Position:
  
Fullback / Linebacker

Name
  
Osia Lewis

Role
  
American football player


High school:
  
Tucson (AR)

Height
  
1.8 m

Undrafted:
  
1986

Weight
  
107 kg

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Date of birth:
  
(1962-12-03) December 3, 1962 (age 53)

College
  

Place of birth:
  

2016 Camp Close-Up: Osia Lewis Mic'd Up


Osia Lewis (born December 3, 1962) is a former American football player who played four seasons in the Arena Football League with the Chicago Bruisers and Albany Firebirds. He played college football at Oregon State University and attended Tucson High School in Tucson, Arizona.

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College career

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Lewis was a four-year letterman for the Oregon State Beavers from 1982 to 1985. He primarily played linebacker but also saw time at quarterback, safety and wide receiver for the Beavers. As a senior in 1985, he was named the team's Most Inspirational Player, served as team captain and earned All-Pac-10 and honorable mention All-America honors by the Associated Press. Lewis set school records for single-season defensive points, season fumble recoveries with four and career fumble recoveries with eight.

Professional career

Lewis played for the Chicago Bruisers from 1987 to 1989, earning Second Team All-Arena honors in 1988. He played for the Albany Firebirds in 1990.

Coaching career

Lewis was as assistant coach for the Western Oregon Wolves of Western Oregon State College from 1989 to 1990. He served as an assistant coach for the Oregon State Beavers of Oregon State University, working with linebackers and special teams from 1991 to 1996. He was defensive line coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1997 to 2000 before serving as linebackers coach from 2001 to 2002. Lewis was defensive coordinator of the New Mexico Lobos of the University of New Mexico from 2003 to 2007 while also serving stints as defensive line and linebacker coach. He served as defensive coordinator of the UTEP Miners of the University of Texas at El Paso from 2008 to 2009. He was defensive coordinator of the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League in 2010. Lewis served as defensive line coach of the San Diego State Aztecs of San Diego State University from 2011 to 2015. In February 2016, he joined the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University as a senior defensive assistant and outside linebackers coach.

References

Osia Lewis Wikipedia


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