Monte Lewis (born October 14, 1988) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

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. He played college football at

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and attended Abbeville High School in

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. He has also been a member of the

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) (French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Starting ...

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Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators were a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida and member of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was most recently owned by Orlando Predators LLC, a company owned by David A. Siegel, and played it ...

and

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Early life

Lewis attended Abbeville High School in

College career

Lewis played for the

Jacksonville State Gamecocks The Jacksonville State Gamecocks are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Jacksonville State University (JSU) located in Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. The Gamecocks athletic program is a member of the ASUN Conference, which it rejoined ...

from 2007 to 2011. He was the team's starter his final two and a half years and helped the Gamecocks to 32 wins. He played in 45 games during his career including 28 starts at defensive end. Lewis was named First-team All-

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as a junior and Second-team All-OVC as a

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Professional career

Washington Redskins

On April 29, 2012, Lewis signed as an

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with the

. On August 27, 2012, Lewis was waived by the Redskins.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

In October 2012, Lewis was signed to the

practice roster. On April 16, 2013, Lewis re-signed with the Tiger-Cats.

San Jose SaberCats

Lewis was assigned to the

in 2013. On September 24, 2014, Lewis was activated from other league exempt by the SaberCats. On March 23, 2015, Lewis was placed on recallable reassignment.

Ottawa Redblacks

On March 4, 2014, Lewis signed with the

in 2014. On August 7, 2014, Lewis was activated by the Redblacks. On June 21, 2014, Lewis was released by the Redblacks.

Orlando Predators

Lewis was assigned to the

in 2015. Lewis returned to the Predators in 2016.

Tampa Bay Storm

Lewis was assigned to the

on October 24, 2016, during the dispersal draft. The Storm picked up Lewis' rookie option on January 5, 2017. The Storm folded in December 2017.

Wuhan Gators

Lewis was selected by the

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in the fifth round of the 2017 CAFL Draft.

Baltimore Brigade

On March 20, 2018, Lewis was assigned to the

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Atlantic City Blackjacks

On March 29, 2019, Lewis was assigned to the

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References

External links

Jacksonville State Gamecocks profile
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