D. D. Lewis (linebacker, born 1945)

Dwight Douglas Lewis (born October 16, 1945) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Mississippi State University and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1968 NFL Draft. Lewis was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

This article is about the former Dallas Cowboys linebacker. For the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks linebacker of the same name, see D. D. Lewis (linebacker, born 1979).
D. D. Lewis
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Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1945-10-16) October 16, 1945
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:Knoxville (TN) Fulton
College:Mississippi State
NFL draft:1968 / Round: 6 / Pick: 159
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Super Bowl champion (VI, XII)
  • First-team All-American (1967)
  • Second-team All-American (1966)
  • SEC Defensive Player of the Year (1967)
  • 2× First-team All-SEC (1966, 1967)
  • SEC All-Sophomore Team (1965)
  • Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (1987)
  • Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (2006)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:186
Games started:135
Interceptions:8
Interception yards:97
Fumble recoveries:14
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
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