Marquavius Lewis

2016 Rex Enright Defensive Player of the Spring

2015 Rex Enright Defensive Player of the Spring

2016: Senior defensive end who started every game in his two-year Gamecock career… named one of four permanent team captains… had 48 tackles, including 5.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, a pair of quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery… logged a team-high seven tackles in the victory over Vanderbilt… added four tackles and 0.5 tackle for loss at Mississippi State… tallied four tackles and recovered a fumble at Kentucky… came up with five tackles (four solo) against Georgia… credited with five tackles at Florida… made six tackles and his first solo sack of the season at Clemson… for the second year in a row, selected by the coaching staff as the Rex Enright Defensive Player of the Spring.

2015: One of six players on the squad who started every game… ranked sixth on the team with 45 tackles… logged 4.5 tackles for loss and was second on the team with 3.0 sacks… led the squad with six quarterback hurries… was in on four tackles with a quarterback hit and pass break up against North Carolina in his Gamecock debut… had his best game at Missouri with eight stops then topped that at LSU with nine tackles including his first career sack and another quarterback hurry… had a pair of tackles for loss including a sack and credited with two quarterback hurries against Vanderbilt… had four tackles including a sack at Tennessee… selected as the Rex Enright Defensive Player of the Spring by the coaching staff.

2014: Played at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College for head coach Rion Rhoades… named the Jayhawk Conference Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference… twice earned conference Player of the Week accolades and once garnered national Player of the Week honors… credited with 63 tackles in 12 games including 20.5 tackles for loss and 11.0 sacks… had 21 quarterback hurries, forced two fumbles and recovered one… helped the Blue Dragons to an 11-win season for the first time in the program’s 83-year history and a No. 4 final ranking, their highest ever in the NJCAA Football Poll… is a four-star prospect according to Rivals… rated a five-star prospect and the best JUCO prospect in the country by Scout… ranked as a four-star prospect and the No. 1 junior college strong-side defensive end in the country and No. 3 overall by 247Sports… ESPN considered him a four-star recruit, the second-best defensive end and the No. 6 player overall in the JUCO ranks… also considered Auburn.

2013: Recorded 63 tackles with 19 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, 15 quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and a blocked kick in his first season at Hutchinson.

2012: Attended Greenville Tech part time in the fall before transferring to Hutchinson Community College in the spring.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Greenwood (S.C.) High School in 2012.

PERSONAL: Marquavius Kadeem Lewis was born October 11, 1992… earned a degree in sociology in December.