| Nevada Wolf Pack–No. 2 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 8, 2001 Dallas, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 209 lb (95 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 numerous Power 4 offers.
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]
In week seven of the 2024 season, Lewis led the Wolfpack in passing, rushing and receiving yards in a victory over Oregon State. Lewis ran for a career-high 151 yards to go along with his 51 passing and 18 receiving yards. [10]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | INT | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| Colorado Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 95 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 139.8 | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 4–8 | 149 | 257 | 58.0 | 1,540 | 6.0 | 10 | 3 | 118.8 | 98 | 188 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | 15 | 24 | 62.2 | 92 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 94.7 | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Nevada Wolf Pack | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 12 | 10 | 2–8 | 131 | 236 | 55.5 | 1,313 | 5.6 | 2 | 6 | 100.0 | 120 | 495 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 3–5 | 125 | 186 | 67.2 | 1,290 | 6.9 | 10 | 5 | 137.8 | 104 | 551 | 5.3 | 5 |
| Career | 35 | 31 | 9–22 | 426 | 713 | 59.7 | 4,330 | 6.1 | 22 | 14 | 117.0 | 343 | 1,350 | 3.9 | 12 |
Lewis is the nephew of former NFL linebacker and current film director, producer, and screenwriter, Jon Alston. [6]
Melissa High School is a public high school in Melissa, Texas. It is part of the Melissa Independent School District in north-central Collin County and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. The school is located on the northwest edge of the city of Melissa. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school received a rating of "A" from the Texas Education Agency.
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