Ira Lewis: DT · Baylor · #9.
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Ira Lewis
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Baylor: Jim Grobe and Matt Rhule. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against TCU — Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-27vs Abilene Christian | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-40vs Duke | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7vs Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-66@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-34vs Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-23@ No. 9 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-58@ No. 13 West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-31vs Oklahoma State | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-28@ No. 23 Iowa State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-16vs TCU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 45-38vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 10 · 2018
W 35-31
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Oklahoma State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%2 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
16%4 hurries25 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
49.3%
485 pass / 499 run
Plays / game
75.7
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
534 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Baylor, 95 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Art Briles, Jim Grobe, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.
