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4 Darryl Lewis

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Lewis began his Arizona career as the team's best all-around running back. Duane Akina convinced Coach Tomey and Lewis that he should switch to cornerback and it ended out okay - Lewis was a consensus All-American, won the Jim Thorpe Award, and was selected co-Defensive PAC-10 POY as a Senior. Lewis led the league his Senior year with 7 interceptions and was also 4th in punt returns. He famously had 2 decisive plays to win games as a Senior. Against UCLA he returned an interception for a TD in the final minute to put Arizona up 28-21. Also, on the final play of the game, Lewis knocked the Oregon QB out of bounds at the 1 yard line allowing Arizona to win 22-17. Lewis spent 10 years in the NFL with 32 interceptions and 5 for a TD.
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ANGCatFan wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:36 am Lewis led the league his Senior year with 7 interceptions

Just how impressive that is, and how poorly the UA D was, the total UA interception total was 4 last season, with the team leader(s) being 1.
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