2017 National Signing Day Class
Roster
Lewis, CJ

CJ Lewis
- Position:
- Athlete
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hamden, Conn.
- High School:
- Cheshire Academy
Bio
LEWIS' CAREER HIGHS:
Receptions: 4 at Purdue, 9/22/18
Receiving yards: 65 at Purdue, 9/22/18
Long reception: 38 at Purdue, 9/22/18
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Earned playing time in all 12 games at wide receiver ... 12 receptions for 143 yards and a touchdown on the year ... caught his first career pass vs. UMass (9/1/18), his fifth career game, on a 13-yard reception... posted two receptions for 39 yards, including a 33-yard TD vs. Holy Cross (9/8/18); the first of his career... hauled in four catches for 65 yards at Purdue (9/22/18)... picked up a seven-yard reception vs. Louisville (10/13/18)... caught an 11-yard reception at Florida State (11/17/18)... grabbed one two-yard catch vs. Syracuse (11/24/18).
2017 (FRESHMAN): Played in five games at wide receiver … did not record any statistics.
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HIGH SCHOOL: One of the nation’s top-ranked dual-threat quarterbacks for head coach Drew Dykeman at Cheshire Academy … was recruited as a wide receiver to Boston College … No. 7 prospect in Connecticut according to Rivals.com … rated the No. 24 dual-threat quarterback nationally by Rivals.com … fifth-ranked player in the Nutmeg State according to ESPN and the nation’s No. 16 dual-threat quarterback … rated the top quarterback in Connecticut by Scout.com and the No. 10 quarterback in the East by Scout.com … threw for 1,350 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior … also rushed for five touchdowns and recorded three interceptions on defense … his team won the 2016 NEPSAC Bowl championship.
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PERSONAL: Colmore Charles Lewis Jr. ... enrolled in the Carroll School of Management as a communication major ... son of Beverly Phillips Lewis ... has two older siblings ... recipient of the Peter Russell Gray '89 Memorial Football Scholarship.
Receptions: 4 at Purdue, 9/22/18
Receiving yards: 65 at Purdue, 9/22/18
Long reception: 38 at Purdue, 9/22/18
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Earned playing time in all 12 games at wide receiver ... 12 receptions for 143 yards and a touchdown on the year ... caught his first career pass vs. UMass (9/1/18), his fifth career game, on a 13-yard reception... posted two receptions for 39 yards, including a 33-yard TD vs. Holy Cross (9/8/18); the first of his career... hauled in four catches for 65 yards at Purdue (9/22/18)... picked up a seven-yard reception vs. Louisville (10/13/18)... caught an 11-yard reception at Florida State (11/17/18)... grabbed one two-yard catch vs. Syracuse (11/24/18).
2017 (FRESHMAN): Played in five games at wide receiver … did not record any statistics.
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HIGH SCHOOL: One of the nation’s top-ranked dual-threat quarterbacks for head coach Drew Dykeman at Cheshire Academy … was recruited as a wide receiver to Boston College … No. 7 prospect in Connecticut according to Rivals.com … rated the No. 24 dual-threat quarterback nationally by Rivals.com … fifth-ranked player in the Nutmeg State according to ESPN and the nation’s No. 16 dual-threat quarterback … rated the top quarterback in Connecticut by Scout.com and the No. 10 quarterback in the East by Scout.com … threw for 1,350 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior … also rushed for five touchdowns and recorded three interceptions on defense … his team won the 2016 NEPSAC Bowl championship.
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PERSONAL: Colmore Charles Lewis Jr. ... enrolled in the Carroll School of Management as a communication major ... son of Beverly Phillips Lewis ... has two older siblings ... recipient of the Peter Russell Gray '89 Memorial Football Scholarship.
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