Dion John Lewis is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. With the New England Patriots, he won Super Bowl LI over the Atlanta Falcons in 2017. Lewis is the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former New Jersey City Mayor Ed Rendell.
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Dion John Lewis is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. With the New England Patriots, he won Super Bowl LI over the Atlanta Falcons in 2017. Lewis was also on the Tennessee Titans and briefly on the rosters of the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts, but never appeared in a game situation for either team. Lewis is also a three-year letterman in track & field at Blair Academy, where he competed in sprints, long jump and relays. He was offered a scholarship from just two other schools, Miami of Ohio and Tulane. He rushed for more than 1,799 yards during the 2009 season and broke Craig Heyward’s record at Pittsburgh for rushes in a single game with 47 against University of Cincinnati in the Big East championship game. He also had 105 yards and a touchdown in Pitt’s BBVA Compass Bowl victory over Kentucky. In January 2014, Lewis declared for the NFL Draft and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks as a third-round pick in the 2011 draft. He is the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former New Jersey City Mayor Ed Rendell. He has a brother, Michael, who was a New Jersey high school football coach. Lewis has a son, Michael Jr., who played for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team from 2007 to 2009.
He attended Blair Academy where he led his team to a 17–1 record his final two seasons, including two MAPL championships. He averaged 12. 4 yards per carry as a junior, rushing for 979 yards on 79 carries with 14 touchdowns. He eclipsed the 250-yard rushing mark four times and scored 26 total touchdowns, including 23 rushing, two on punt returns and one receiving. As a senior at Blair academy, Lewis averaged an astounding 14. 1 yards per run, rushing for 1,243 yards on 88 carries. During twelve regular season games of the 2008 season, Lewis accumulated 1,640 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns. In 2009, Lewis was named the National Freshman of the Year by the Sporting News and CBSSports. com, as well as the Offensive Freshman Of The Year by College Football News. In 2010, he was also named a second team All-American by the Associated Press, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Rivals.com, and Scout. com. He had his sixth 100-yard plus rushing game of the season against Syracuse. In the regular season finale, he had 42 carries for 42 yards and four touchdowns. Lewis broke LeSean McCoy’s record for most points by a Pitt freshman against Cincinnati, and Dorsett’s record in the 2009 Meineke Car Care Bowl. He suffered a disappointing disappointing season after compiling 115 yards against FCS ranked Utah. He sat on the bench while teammate Ray Graham compiled the second-most rushing yards in school history against FIU.
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