Nik Lewis Year by Year

2007: Calgary Stampeders

In his fourth season with the Stamps, Lewis tied for the team lead with 67 receptions and his 1,101 receiving yards ranked second on the team. He had receptions in all 16 games he played and grabbed a season-high eight passes on Aug. 17 against the B.C. Lions. Lewis eclipsed the 100-yard receiving mark four times, including a season-high 149 yards on five receptions against Saskatchewan on Sept. 15. His 85-yard reception for a touchdown in the contest was the longest by a Calgary receiver in 2007. Lewis added two receptions for 19 yards in the West Division semifinal at Saskatchewan on Nov. 11.

2006: Calgary Stampeders

Rounded out another successful season with the Stamps, finishing with 77 receptions (1st on the team and tied for 5th in the league), 1,114 yards receiving (1st on the team and 8th in the league) and five touchdowns (tied for second among Stampeder receivers)…Named to the 2006 Western Division All-Star Team…Hauled in nine receptions vs. Montreal on August 12 and 162 receiving yards vs. Hamilton on June 29, 2006.

2005: Calgary Stampeders

Played all 18 regular season games 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 where he recorded eight receptions for 145 yards and one touchdown…In four regular season games Lewis recorded at least 100 yards receiving…Early in the season Nik Lewis showed how he could dominate the game in another area…On July 7th vs the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Nik blocked a John Ryan punt and return if 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 returned one punt return for 13 yards.

2004: Calgary Stampeders

Lewis entered his first season with the Stampeders as the youngest player on the team...Throughout the season Lewis turned many heads because of 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 was 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 in punt return average (12.4) with a minimum of 20 returns or more...His biggest game statistically came on July 15 vs one of the toughest defences in the Montreal Alouettes...He recorded seven catches (season high) for 100 yards receiving (season high)...Another big game came a couple weeks’ later on August 7 vs Winnipeg…He recorded 5 catches for 95 yards and 2 touchdowns (season high).. named CFL Rookie of the Year

Nik Lewis #82

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 205lbs.
Born: June 3rd, 1982 in Mineral Wells, TX
College: Southern Arkansas

CFL STATS

Year	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
2004	72	1045	14.5	42	8
2005	80	1379	17.2	46	9
2006	77	1114	14.5	50	5
2007	67	1101	16.4	85	5
2008	87	1109	12.7	85	10
5	383	5,748	15.0	85	37

College:

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Attended Southern Arkansas…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 21punt returns for 450 yards…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.

Personal

Born in Mineral Wells, raised in Jacksboro Texas. Attended high school in Jacksboro, TX ...Participated in track at Jacksboro High School... played wide receiver and defensive end his junior year, quarterback and defensive end his senior year... Two-time All State as Defensive end.. named District Offensive & Defensive Player of the Year... As a quarterback averaged 10 yards a carry on 81 carries.. also played basketball... senior season had over 130 steals and 150 assists... named offensive, defense player of the year, and team MVP at the team's sports banquet dinner.