The 2020 NFL Draft is set to get underway on Thursday, and as we grow closer, there is a lot of speculation and rumors swirling regarding several former Alabama players.
Most recently, a rumor about the status of Terrell Lewis was circulating after Tony Pauline with Pro Football Network released an article saying approximately half the teams in the NFL had medically failed Lewis due to his injury history.
Here is the exact quote from Pauline’s article:
A number of teams, dare I say half the league, have medically failed Terrell Lewis of Alabama. Lewis missed most of the 2017 season and all of the 2018 campaign, a total of 25 games, with separate injuries.
Lewis tore a ligament in his elbow during the first game of his sophomore season and suffered a torn ACL in his right knee the following summer, which sidelined him for all of 2018.
There’s no denying that Lewis is a terrific 3-4 outside linebacker prospect for the next level when healthy and at the top of his game. I grade Lewis as a second-round prospect off his game film, but if he takes a drastic drop on draft weekend, we’ll all know why.
This is a concerning reveal from Pauline, but it’s not entirely unexpected. While Lewis was able to get back on the field for the entirety of the 2019 season, it look awhile for him to work his way into a more full-time role as the starting outside linebacker opposite Anfernee Jennings.
There were also some inconsistencies to his play, but when he was playing confident, the 6-foot-5, 262-pound pass rusher’s ability was on full display.
It will be interesting to see if one of the team’s who didn’t medically fail Lewis drafts him as early as the first round, which is where Jason La Canfora with CBS Sports is currently expecting him to go.
La Canfora even went as far as compare Lewis to Denver Broncos star edge rusher Von Miller, who was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft:
"Linebacker I'm gonna go with Terrell Lewis out of Alabama. His metrics, all his measurable's compare to Von Miller's Combine, except this kid's two inches taller and about 20 pounds heavier."
Terrell Lewis reminds @JasonLaCanfora of Von Miller 👀 pic.twitter.com/aUE9xd7nfA
— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) April 17, 2020
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