Julien Lewis: DL · Western Kentucky · #96.
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Julien Lewis
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at Western Kentucky: Jeff Brohm and Mike Sanford Jr.. On tape: 4 tackles against UTEP, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 17 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Western Kentucky | 29 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 16 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| Career | 62 | 18 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-34@ No. 4 Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-31vs Maine | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-20@ Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-38vs Florida International | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 15-34@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-16vs UTEP | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-15@ Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%1 TFLSack rate
6%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries17 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Sanford Jr.
Pass share
48.8%
428 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
73.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
475 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Brohm → Mike Sanford Jr.. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
