#59

Tyquan Lewis

Former defensive lineman at Ohio State. 2017: 7 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DL · Ohio State · #59

6′4″ · 265 lb · Tarboro, NC

Indianapolis — drafted 2018, Rd 2, Pick 32, #64 overall

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 284 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Ohio State. 2017: 7 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2013.
Drafted round 2 by the Indianapolis in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Ohio State, 15 sacks — drafted at #64 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

2013

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Tarboro

2018

Drafted by Indianapolisround 2, pick 64

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#284 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #64

Indianapolis · 2018

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 9th NFL season

#64Rd 2 · Pick 32

IndianapolisEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Urban Meyer — 23-4 over that span.

2016Ohio State11-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ohio State12-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles (29th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#49 / 2682 · 98th pct

7.0

Tackles for loss#190 / 2682 · 92nd pct

9.5

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1764 / 2682 · 32nd pct

Tackles#1878 / 2682 · 29th 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.8	0.4	0.2
Road5g	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Ohio State	20	12	9.5	7.0	2	--	--
2016	Ohio State	29	17	10.5	8.0	2	--	--
Career		49	29	20.0	15.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2017

W 27–21

at Wisconsin

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Barrett — 211 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 32.0 · 60 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · D. Chrisman — 46 AVG · 55 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week