Roger Lewis

#1 · WR · Bowling Green6′2″ · Pickerington, OH

Roger Lewis: WR · Bowling Green · #1.

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Roger Lewis

WR · Bowling Green · #1

Beats you over the top. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Bowling Green since. First career honor, 2015: All-America (AP). One game to point at: 261 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Memphis — Week 3, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Bowling Green	85	1,544	18.2	16	94
2014	Bowling Green	73	1,093	15.0	7	82
Career		158	2,637	16.7	23	94

Season	Team
2015	Bowling Green	--	--
2014	Bowling Green	1	−3
Career		1	−3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 30-59vs No. 25 Tennessee	2	49	24.5	0	45
Wk 2	W 48-27@ Maryland	15	200	13.3	2	58	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 41-44vs Memphis	7	261	37.3	3	94	Season-high 261 yds
Wk 4	W 35-28@ Purdue	6	49	8.2	0	19
Wk 5	W 28-22@ Buffalo	10	201	20.1	1	61	201-yard receiving day
Wk 6	W 62-38vs Massachusetts	8	142	17.8	1	68	142-yard receiving day
Wk 7	W 59-10vs Akron	6	118	19.7	2	42	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 48-0@ Kent State	4	102	25.5	2	64	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 62-24vs Ohio	6	102	17.0	1	44
Wk 11	W 41-27@ Western Michigan	5	86	17.2	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 28-44vs Toledo	3	32	10.7	0	16
Wk 13	W 48-10@ Ball State	4	59	14.8	0	38
Wk 14	W 34-14vs Northern Illinois	6	75	12.5	1	45
Bowl	L 27-58vs Georgia Southern	3	68	22.7	1	45
Total		85	1544	18.2	16	94

Signature game

Week 3 · 2015

L 41-44

vs Memphis

7 rec · 261 yds · 3 TD

With M. Quinn Johnson — 443 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.2 · 41 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · J. Davidson — 43.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 53 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Memphis · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +7.16Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 94 yds for a TD, (Tyler Tate KICK)
Week 3 · Memphis · 2nd and 18 · Q4 · EPA +6.71Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 62 yds for a TD, (Tyler Tate KICK)
Week 2 · Maryland · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.53Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 58 yds for a TD, (Tyler Tate KICK)
Week 6 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.45Johnson to Lewis: a 68-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Memphis · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +5.92Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 62 yds for a TD, (Tyler Tate KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA +5.43Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 45 yds for a TD, (Tyler Tate PAT BLOCKED)

4 more plays

Week 8 · Kent State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.15Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 64 yds for a TD KENT ST Penalty, offside defense ( Yards) declined, (Tyler Tate KICK)
Week 14 · Northern Illinois · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +4.57Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 45 yds for a TD, (Tyler Tate KICK)
Week 5 · Buffalo · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 61 yds to the Buff 10 for a
Week 10 · Ohio · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.96Matt Johnson pass complete to Roger Lewis for 44 yds to the Ohio 21 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dino Babers — 18-10 over that span.

2014Bowling Green8-6HC: Dino Babers · Pass-leaning

2015Bowling Green10-4HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy, slow tempo

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#42 / 684 · 94th pct

11.2%

Yards / catch#50 / 684 · 93rd pct

17.8

EPA / target#93 / 684 · 86th pct

0.77

Explosive rate#169 / 684 · 75th pct

15.2%

Catch rate#381 / 684 · 44th pct

65.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#2 / 521 · 100th pct

1544

Long catch#2 / 521 · 100th pct

Rec TDs#3 / 521 · 100th pct

Receptions#22 / 521 · 96th pct

Yards / catch#50 / 521 · 90th pct

18.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

39th → 86th percentile

Explosive rate

42nd → 75th percentile

Catch rate

15th → 44th percentile

TD rate

55th → 94th percentile

Yards / catch

78th → 93rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	6.0	131	20.5	1.4
Road6g	7.3	116	16.5	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.1	136	20.4	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	76.0	16.3	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Dino Babers

Pass share

11.0%

25 pass / 203 run

Plays / game

16.3

14 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

636 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Impact starter

85 catches in 14 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Roger Lewis

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Two seasons at Bowling Green

Moves

2014 14 games