| Nevada Wolf Pack–No. 2 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 8, 2001 Dallas, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | Melissa (Melissa, Texas) |
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Brendon Lewis (born December 8, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Nevada Wolf Pack. He previously played for the Colorado Buffaloes.
Lewis grew up in Melissa, Texas and attended Melissa High School. He was a four-star recruit by ESPN [1] and was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals [2] and 247Sports [3] and he committed to play college football at Colorado over offers from Boston College, Houston, Kansas, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Texas, SMU, Syracuse, TCU, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt and Washington State.
During his true freshman season in 2020, Lewis played in only one game being the 2020 Alamo Bowl where he completed 6 out of 10 passes for 95 yards, nine rushes for 73 yards and a touchdown. [4] During the 2021 season, he started all 12 games as a quarterback making him the second freshman quarterback to start a season opener at Colorado. [5] He finished the season with completing 149 out of 257 passing attempts for 1,540 yards, 10 touchdowns with three interceptions. [6] During the 2022 season, Lewis only played in two games and finished the season with 15 out of 24 passing attempts for 92 yards. On October 18, 2022, Lewis announced that he would be entering the transfer portal and will not finish the rest of the season. [7] On December 26, 2022, he announced that he would transfer to Nevada. [8]
During the 2023 season, Lewis was named as Nevada's starting quarterback. [9]
Lewis is the nephew of former NFL linebacker and current film director, producer, and screenwriter, Jon Alston. [6]
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