Thyron Lewis (born November 25, 1982) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

wide receiver for the

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of the

American Arena League The American Arena League (AAL) is a professional indoor football minor league that began playing in 2018. The league was initiated by a merger between Arena Pro Football (APF) and the Can-Am Indoor Football League (Can-Am), although the AAL o ...

(AAL). He played

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Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commissi ...

and attended William H. Taft High School in

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. He has also been a member of the

Stockton Lightning The Stockton Lightning were a professional arena football team based in Stockton, California. They were members of the Western Division of the National Conference of the arenafootball2 (af2). The Lightning joined af2 2006 as an expansion team. Th ...

Tri-Cities Fever The Tri-Cities Fever were a professional indoor football franchise based in Kennewick, Washington. The Fever joined National Indoor Football League (NIFL) in 2005 as an expansion team. The Fever were owned by Teri Carr. From 2005 to 2016, the Fe ...

Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings The Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings were an Arena Football League team based in Bossier City, Louisiana. They played at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City and took their name from the metropolitan area that consists of Bossier City and ne ...

and Los Angeles KISS. Lewis was also drafted by

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in the supplemental

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and by the

Georgia Stallions The United National Gridiron League (UNGL) was a proposed professional american football minor league. The league was formed in August 2007 and was originally called the ''United National Football League''. The league's inaugural draft took plac ...

in the

2009 UNGL Draft The 2009 UNGL Draft was the inaugural draft for the United National Gridiron League. The draft was held on January 8–9, 2009. What made this draft unique was the fact that the league chose to skip having a rookie combine and held the draft online ...

College career

Lewis recorded 30 receptions for 513 yards and four touchdowns for the

Howard Bison The Howard Bison and Lady Bison are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Howard University, located in Washington, D.C. The Bison compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s and Division I Footba ...

from 2004 to 2005.

Professional career

Lewis began his professional career when he signed with the Washington Football Team(formerly Redskins) as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Lewis spent two seasons on the practice squad for Washington under the guidance and coaching of Hall of Fame head coach Joe Gibbs(2006-2008). Lewis was later released by Washington nearing the end of the 2008 season and was signed by the Seattle Seahawks for a brief stint, under multiple time Super Bowl winning coach Mike Holmgren. Nearing the end of 2008, Lewis decided to move to indoor football, joining the AFL’s developmental league af2. Lewis played for the

of the

af2 The AF2 (often styled as af2, and short for arenafootball2) was the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like its parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football ru ...

in 2008. He recorded 28 receptions for 384 yards and 6 touchdowns for the Lightning. Lewis was traded to the af2's

for future considerations in May 2008. He spent the 2009 season with the

of the af2. He played for the Tri-Cities Fever of the

Indoor Football League The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams amon ...

(IFL) in 2010. Lewis recorded 50 receptions for 675 yards and 25 touchdowns in 13 games, earning second-team All-IFL honors. He was assigned to

Cleveland Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cava ...

of the AFL on October 8, 2010. He recorded 97 receptions for a team-leading 1,430 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2013. On October 28, 2014, Lewis was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS. He was placed on recallable reassignment on May 27, 2015. On June 4, 2015, he was assigned to the Gladiators. On January 26, 2017, Lewis signed with the

Jacksonville Sharks The Jacksonville Sharks are a professional indoor football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, playing their home games at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Beginning in 2017, the Sharks began play as charter members of the National Arena Leag ...

, who had moved to the

National Arena League The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. It consists of teams based on the East Coast of the United States. Teams' typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, while players are paid $ ...

. He signed with the

of the

(AAL) in December 2017. Lewis has experience on the defensive side of the ball as well, recording 36 tackles and 1 interception over his career. Along with his time as a returner, totaling 119 yards on 16 returns. Lewis also placed at number 47 among the #AFLTop50 of all-time arena football players.

Coaching career

Thyron Lewis began his coaching career in 2014 as a receivers coach and JV head coach for multiple high schools across America, including high schools; Orange County Morningside, Millikan, Lynwood Senior, and his most recent job as a coach for Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach during the 2019 season. Lewis put a pause on his high school coaching career when he officially signed with Edward Waters College as a wide receivers coach on October 2nd, 2020. Thyron Lewis also serves as a personal trainer for young athletes in the Jacksonville area, being the founder and owner of Boomin' 3lite Sports Performance Training.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Thyron Living people 1982 births American football wide receivers African-American players of American football Howard Bison football players Stockton Lightning players Tri-Cities Fever players Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings players Cleveland Gladiators players Los Angeles Kiss players Jacksonville Sharks players American Arena League players Players of American football from Los Angeles People from Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Westchester High School (Los Angeles) alumni