Former All-Pro linebacker Ray Lewis' 17-year career with the Baltimore Ravens was truly remarkable.
The two-time Defensive Player of the Year collected an array of honors and awards throughout his career, including two Super Bowl victories with the Ravens. Check out the most mind-boggling stats about the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee's career.
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Torrent of Tackles
Lewis amassed 2,061 tackles throughout his career.
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All-Pro
Lewis was named to the AP All-Pro first team seven times. He is tied for the second most All-Pro first team placements for a linebacker in the Super Bowl Era.
In 1999 during future Hall of Famer Kurt Warner's first NFL start, Lewis caught Warner's first career interception.
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Record Attendance
Lewis played 228 games for the Baltimore Ravens during his career, which is the third-most in NFL history by a defensive player who spent his entire career with one team.
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Led Ravens' Defense
The Ravens ranked top 10 in Total Defense in 12 of Lewis' 17 seasons with the team.
Lewis is the only player in the NFL history with at least 40 career sacks and 30 career interceptions (41.5 sacks and 31 interceptions). He is second only to Hall of Famer
Hall of Famer
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During his tenure with the Ravens, he accumulated 2,059 career combined tackles, including 1,568 solo tackles, both of which are NFL records. Due to his numerous accolades and prodigious football play, Lewis is widely considered to be the greatest middle linebacker in NFL history.
Ray Lewis III, the son of Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis (pictured), died earlier this week at the age of 28. Via TMZ.com, police say it happened from an accidental overdose.
Having weighed as much as 260 pounds in the past, Lewis reported to the Ravens training camp noticeably lighter, well below the 240 pounds the team lists him on their roster. One of the main reasons Lewis said he decided to drop the weight is because of the NFL's evolution into becoming a passing league.
"I really do think the players were shocked when he told them," Bisciotti said. The reason Lewis was so confident in his decision was because of the intense work and long hours he put into recovering from his triceps tear. He wanted to finish his career healthy, and knew he didn't want to go through that process again.
Lewis has gained 20 pounds of muscle in four years. He can bench-press 435 pounds. “I do a lot of strength work for my forearms and hands, because I make a lot of tackles with my arms,” said Lewis.
Ray Lewis signed a 7 year , $44,500,000 contract with the Baltimore Ravens, including $6,250,000 signing bonus, $9,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $6,357,143.
Although his mother was married at times, for the most part, Lewis grew up in a single-parent home. At a young age, he was the man of the house in a poor neighborhood. Lewis recalled seeing peers, guys he thought were even better athletes than him, get caught up in the drug scene and never amount to anything.
Lewis originally suffered his injury back in October—a complete tendon rupture that he had surgically repaired—while Smith's partial tear occurred in late December. Both teams felt the effects of the injuries during their trek to the playoffs.
A three-time All-Pro and the leader of one of the league's best defenses, Fred Warner is the best linebacker in the NFL heading into 2024. Warner was a Day 1 starter for the 49ers after entering the league as a fourth-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
He played college football at the University of Texas and was signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2012. Regarded as one of the greatest placekickers of all time, Tucker is the most accurate kicker in NFL history at 90.2 percent and holds the record for the longest successful NFL field goal at 66 yards.
Considered one of the greatest defensive ends of all-time, Smith is the NFL's all-time career leader in quarterback sacks with 200. Smith also received 11 Pro Bowl selections and eight first-team All-Pro honors, while appearing in four consecutive Super Bowls with the Bills.
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