Jourdan Lewis has new digits. Well, a new digit.
The veteran cornerback will apparently be sporting the No. 2 jersey when he takes the field for the Cowboys this season. Lewis revealed the switch with a shot of the new nameplate above his locker at The Star in Frisco, which he posted to his Instagram stories on Wednesday.
It will be Lewis’s third different jersey number in six seasons with Dallas. He wore 27 for his first three years; he switched in 2020 to 26, the number he wore as a two-time first-team All-American at Michigan.
Kicker Greg Zuerlein owned the No. 2 jersey most recently for the Cowboys.
It appears Jourdan Lewis will be rocking #2 in 2022.
Via @JourdanJD's IG story pic.twitter.com/AKoOTmQVrh
— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) March 30, 2022
Lewis is the third member of the current Cowboys secondary to wear a single digit, after a rule change for the 2021 season opened up those numbers to players other than quarterbacks, kickers, and punters. Fellow cornerback Trevon Diggs wears No. 7, while safety Donovan Wilson wears No. 6.
Lewis may have wanted to get the new-number request in before next month’s NFL draft. The Cowboys are thought by many to be seriously considering speedy wide receiver Chris Olave, who wore No. 2 at Ohio State.
Never put it past a former Wolverine to pre-emptively block a Buckeye rival from getting his college number, even if for no other reason than because he can.
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