Troy University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Lewis, Chris

Jersey Number 6
Chris Lewis
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 204
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Grove, Ala.
- High School:
- Pleasant Grove HS
- Prev School:
- Kentucky
Bio
2023 All-Sun Belt (Third Team)
2024 (Junior): Sat out the season as a result of his 10-week chemotherapy treatment at Children's of Alabama in Birmingham and surgery this past spring to remove the tumor
2023 (Sophomore): Finished the season ranked 16th in the country with 10 touchdown catches and led the country averaging 22.97 yards per catch … Multiple SportsCenter Top 10 catches, including the No. 1 and No. 2 play of the night from his three-touchdown game against South Alabama … Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors … Caught 32 passes for 735 yards … Had a pair of 100-yard games and a 98-yard contest – 101 yards against Western Kentucky, 120 against South Alabama and 98 yards against App State in the Sun Belt Championship Game … Caught a 40-yard touchdown on a Hail Mary at the end of the first half against WKU … At Kansas State, made a pair of one-handed catches, including a 21-yard touchdown; the Trojans only touchdown of the game … Charged with just two drops on 73 targets … Finished 19th nationally with 13 catches of 25-plus yards … Ranked fourth nationally with eight touchdown receptions on deep balls (20-plus yards) … Accounted for 44.7 percent of Troy’s targets on deep balls, the 15th-highest mark in the country … Caught six touchdown passes in Troy’s final six games of the season … Threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Clayton Ollendieck in Troy’s victory at Southern Miss
Kentucky: Saw action in four games (ULM, New Mexico State Louisville and Iowa – in 2021 during his redshirt season … Caught two passes for 22 yards and a touchdown in 2022 … Had a 20-yard reception against South Carolina
High School: A four-star recruit by 247sports and rated as one of Alabama’s top 10 players out of Pleasant Grove High School … Finished his senior season with 70 receptions for 1,235 yards and 19 touchdowns in helping Pleasant Grove finish 12-3 overall … Averaged 17.6 yards per catch … Helped lead the Spartans to back-to-back Class 5A state title games (2019 and 2020) … Led the Spartans with six catches for 111 yards and two scores in the state title game in 2020 … Earned first-team Birmingham All-Region by AL.com … Named a 2020 Sports Illustrated First-Team All-American … Caught four passes for 57 yards and two scores in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic in 2020 … Totaled 75 catches for 1,398 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior … Also played basketball at Pleasant Grove, averaging 15 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and three assists per game as a small forward in 2020-21 … Earned second-team All-State in basketball and was named the 2021 Birmingham Athlete of the Year by AL.com … Inducted into the PGHS Hall of Fame which is an award voted on by teachers
Personal: Born in Pleasant Grove, Ala. … Son of Camilla and Detrick Lewis
2024 (Junior): Sat out the season as a result of his 10-week chemotherapy treatment at Children's of Alabama in Birmingham and surgery this past spring to remove the tumor
2023 (Sophomore): Finished the season ranked 16th in the country with 10 touchdown catches and led the country averaging 22.97 yards per catch … Multiple SportsCenter Top 10 catches, including the No. 1 and No. 2 play of the night from his three-touchdown game against South Alabama … Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors … Caught 32 passes for 735 yards … Had a pair of 100-yard games and a 98-yard contest – 101 yards against Western Kentucky, 120 against South Alabama and 98 yards against App State in the Sun Belt Championship Game … Caught a 40-yard touchdown on a Hail Mary at the end of the first half against WKU … At Kansas State, made a pair of one-handed catches, including a 21-yard touchdown; the Trojans only touchdown of the game … Charged with just two drops on 73 targets … Finished 19th nationally with 13 catches of 25-plus yards … Ranked fourth nationally with eight touchdown receptions on deep balls (20-plus yards) … Accounted for 44.7 percent of Troy’s targets on deep balls, the 15th-highest mark in the country … Caught six touchdown passes in Troy’s final six games of the season … Threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Clayton Ollendieck in Troy’s victory at Southern Miss
Kentucky: Saw action in four games (ULM, New Mexico State Louisville and Iowa – in 2021 during his redshirt season … Caught two passes for 22 yards and a touchdown in 2022 … Had a 20-yard reception against South Carolina
High School: A four-star recruit by 247sports and rated as one of Alabama’s top 10 players out of Pleasant Grove High School … Finished his senior season with 70 receptions for 1,235 yards and 19 touchdowns in helping Pleasant Grove finish 12-3 overall … Averaged 17.6 yards per catch … Helped lead the Spartans to back-to-back Class 5A state title games (2019 and 2020) … Led the Spartans with six catches for 111 yards and two scores in the state title game in 2020 … Earned first-team Birmingham All-Region by AL.com … Named a 2020 Sports Illustrated First-Team All-American … Caught four passes for 57 yards and two scores in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic in 2020 … Totaled 75 catches for 1,398 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior … Also played basketball at Pleasant Grove, averaging 15 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and three assists per game as a small forward in 2020-21 … Earned second-team All-State in basketball and was named the 2021 Birmingham Athlete of the Year by AL.com … Inducted into the PGHS Hall of Fame which is an award voted on by teachers
Personal: Born in Pleasant Grove, Ala. … Son of Camilla and Detrick Lewis
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