Michael Lewis is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Lewis in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Lewis's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2002 | 22 | PHI | 9 | — | 31 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 23 | PHI | 16 | — | 84 | 65 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 24 | PHI | 16 | — | 87 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 25 | PHI | 16 | — | 102 | 88 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 26 | PHI | 13 | — | 50 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 27 | SF | 16 | — | 96 | 67 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 28 | SF | 16 | — | 90 | 70 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 29 | SF | 15 | — | 81 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 30 | SF / STL | 5 | — | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 122 | — | 634 | 508 | 126 | 14 | 14 | 11.5 | 39.5 | 12 | 55 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
64 career value over replacement — #1778 all-time of 4,695. 7.1/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #58 (Rd 2) · PHI · 2002 · +10.9 vs expected KV-H
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