#10

Leo Lewis

Senior linebacker for Mississippi State. 2019: 65 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Mississippi State · Sr. · #10

6′2″ · 245 lb · Brookhaven, MS

Mississippi State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Mississippi State. 2019: 65 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Mississippi State, 235 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2017

Dan Mullen

Mississippi State

2018–2019

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2017Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

2019Mississippi State6-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (86th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (85th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#363 / 2688 · 86th pct

QB hurries#308 / 2688 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1011 / 2688 · 61st pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.7	0.6	0.1	0.3
Road6g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	0.3	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	0.6	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Mississippi State	65	23	5.5	1.0	2	--	--
2018	Mississippi State	45	23	3.0	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Mississippi State	46	15	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Mississippi State	79	33	5.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		235	94	14.5	3.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 38–28

at Louisiana

6 TOT · 6 SOLO

Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.

With T. Stevens — 236 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 37 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · K. Hill — 197 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-28@ Louisiana	6	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-15vs Southern Miss	5	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 24-31vs Kansas State	12	1	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 4	W 28-13vs Kentucky	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 23-56@ Auburn	8	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-20@ Tennessee	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 13-36vs LSU	7	2	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 30-49@ Texas A&M	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 54-24@ Arkansas	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-38vs Alabama	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 45-7vs Abilene Christian	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 21-20vs Ole Miss	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 28-38@ Louisville	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		65	23	5.5	1.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays