*** 2018 Honors Candidate ***
*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: Lewis has started 21 career games, and has 89 tackles, five interceptions and 11 passes broken up in 36 games as an Eagle. He has played in 36 of a possible 36 games in his career, and his 21 starts are ranked third among defensive players and seventh overall on the team.

2018: Listed as a starter at cornerback on the preseason depth chart.

2017: Earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors (as selected by the league’s head coaches). Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Started all 11 Eastern games as a cornerback. He finished with 52 tackles, a team-leading three interceptions and five other PBUs. His average of 0.3 interceptions per game ranked eighth in the Big Sky. He had a career-high 11 tackles at UC Davis (10/7/17), and equaled his career high with two passes broken up in EWU’s final game of the season versus Portland State (11/18/17). He had interceptions versus Montana (9/23/17), Southern Utah (10/21/17) and North Dakota (9/11/17) – all on the road. He also had four tackles against the Grizzlies to earn team defensive player of the week honors.

2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Played in all 14 games, starting 10 of them. He had 28 tackles with a pair of interceptions and five passes broken up as a sophomore. He made the first start of his career in EWU’s thrilling 45-42 win at Washington State (9/3/16) and had three tackles. He had a season-high four tackles twice, and had interceptions in back-to-back games versus Cal Poly (11/5/16) and Idaho State (11/12/16). He had a pair of passes broken up versus Montana State (10/22/16). He was third on the team with 12 tackles in three spring scrimmages, and also had a pair of passes broken up.

2015: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Lewis played in all 11 games, mostly as a special teams player. He finished the season with nine tackles, including three versus Northern Colorado (10/8/15). His lone pass broken up came in EWU’s final game of the season against Portland State (11/21/15). Lewis was also the team’s special team player of the week versus Sacramento State (9/26/15).

2014: Redshirted. He was the team’s defensive scout team player of the week once and earned the same honor once on special teams.

HS: Graduated from Steilacoom HS in 2014. Chosen to play in the 2A/1A/2B/1B East-West All-State Game on June 21, 2014 in Yakima, Wash. He caught one pass for nine yards, and also completed both of his pass attempts for 34 yards in the West’s 27-12 loss to the East. Earned All-South Puget Sound League 2A honors as a first team wide receiver and first team defensive back, and earned honorable mention on special teams. The Tacoma Athletic Commission selected him as its fall Athlete of the Year. Lewis had 56 tackles and two interceptions, plus added 13 receiving touchdowns on offense. The Sentinels finished 4-6 his senior season. As a junior in 2012, he earned All-2A SPSL honors as a second team defensive back and was the league’s Special Teams Player of the Year. He also received his team’s most improved player award. Former Eagle wide receiver Greg Herd (’09) also attended Steilacoom.

Personal: Criminal justice major, and has a 3.56 grade point average thus far at EWU. Born 7/10/96 in Tacoma, Wash. Full name is Joshua Jamar Lewis. His parents are Ronald Lewis and Rhoda Ramirez.

 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2015	11	9	3	0	0-0	0-0	1	0-0
2016	14	28	4	0	1-3	0-1	5	2-7
2017	11	52	11	0	2.5-5	0-0	5	3-0
Totals	36	89	11	0	3.5-8	0-1	11	5-7

Kickoff Returns: 2017/1-19-19.0


JOSH LEWIS Top Tackling Performances (1 with 10+)
11 tackles – UC Davis – 10/7/17