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Birth
Ray Anthony Lewis was born on May 15, 1975, in Bartow, FL; son of Ray Lewis, Sr. and Sunseria Keith. -
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Ray went to Lakeland Kathleen High School
Ray played football and also was a star wrestler. -
Ray goes to college
ray lewis went to the university of miami. his freshmen year he stated the last five games of the season and recorded 81 tackles, and two sacks for the season.In his sophomore season, Lewis earned 1st team All-American and All-Big East honors. Lewis led the Big East with 153 tackles and, 2 sacks, and an interception for a Hurricanes team that had the nation's top-ranked defense and finished No. 6 in both the writers' and coaches' polls. -
Ray's final two years at Miami
lewis once again was named to the All-American and All-Big East teams. He was also the runner up for the Butkus Award. Lewis finished his junior season with 160 tackles.Lewis led the Big East in tackles his final 2 seasons and accumulated the 5th most in Miami history despite having played only 3 seasons. -
1996 NFL Draft
In the 1996 NFL Draft, he was selected in the first round by the Baltimore Ravens with the 26th overall pick. Lewis would eventually earn his undergraduate degree in Arts and Science in 2004 at the University of Maryland University.he was the fifth linebacker selected in the Draft, many scouts considered him to be too small to play linebacker. -
Ray's first pro bowl season.
Lewis recorded an NFL best 184 tackles in 1997, earning his first Pro Bowl berth at the end of that season. In addition, Lewis totaled 4 sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and 11 pass deflections. -
Big game
Baltimore beats the Oakland Raiders for the AFC title 16- -
Defensive player of the year
Ray Lewis wins Defensive Player of the Year Award. -
Wins Superbowl
Defensive Player of the Year honors. Later that seanson Lewis and the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV. Ray lewis won MVP honors of that game -
Trouble after superbowl
Following a Super Bowl XXXIV party in Atlanta on January 31, 2000, a fight broke out between Lewis and another group of people, resulting in the stabbing of deaths. Lewis claimed that the prosecution knew he was not involved in the murder but chose to go ahead with the case anyway, saying "You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life. He was sentenced to one year of probation and was fined $250,000 by the NFL. -
Stats
From 1996-2010, ray has a total of 1,853 tackles, 38.5 sacks, 30 Interceptions, and 14 fumbles, In his 15 season he hs played in 206 games. 11× Pro Bowl selection; (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)7× AP First Team All-Pro selection (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009)2× AP Second Team All-Pro selection (1997, 1998)Super Bowl XXXV MVP -
Nfl Defensive Player of the Year
Wins his second Defensive Player of the Year award. -
Makes Madden Cover
Ray Lewis was on the cover of a very popular video game called Madden NFL in 2005 -
Announce he wll retire at end of season
Announces that this will be his final season.
