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Lewis played college football at University of Miami. In 1996, he was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 1st Round as the 26th Pick. Lewis consistently gains over 100 solo tackles each season he played for the Ravens and considered by many as the best linebacker currently playing. He led Baltimore to a Super Bowl XXXV victory and was named Most Valuable Player for that game. He also won the Associated Press's 2000 and 2003 NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards.
Lewis' image was tarnished, however, during a Super Bowl party on January 31January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 334 days remaining, (335 in leap years). Also, this is the final day of January. Events 1504 France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plo, 2000, when he was arrested, along with his friends Reginald Oakley, Joseph Sweeting, Kwame King, and Carlos Stafford, for the murders of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Baker and Lollar were stabbed to death outside a nightclub during a fight in the Buckhead district of Atlanta. The murder charges were eventually dropped, but Lewis pled guilty to a misdemeanorMisdemeanors are "lesser" criminal acts which are generally punished less severely than felonies; but more so than infractions. In some jurisdictions, those who are convicted of a misdeameanor are known as misdemeanants . Depending on the jurisdiction, ex charge of obstruction of justiceObstruction of justice in a common law state, refers to the crime of offering interference of any sort to the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies, prosecutors, or other (usually government) officials. Often, no actual investigation or subst, and agreed to testify against Oakley and Sweeting, who were found not guilty in June 2000. On April 29April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). There are 246 days remaining. Events 1400-1799 1429 Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc relieves Orleans from English siege. 1661 China's Ming Dynasty occupies Taiwan., 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, Lewis reached a settlement with 4-year-old India Lollar, who was born shortly after Lollar's death. The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Sun is the major newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, with a daily press run of about 430,000 copies, and a Sunday run of 540,000 copies. It was founded on May 17, 1837, by printer Arunah Shepherdson Abell. The Abell family owned the paper thro reported that Lewis has agreed to pay at least $1 million. The settlement pre-empties a civil trial scheduled to begin on June 14. A suit filed by Baker's family was settled previously. Terms were not disclosed.
Since the murder allegations, Lewis' image has slowly recovered, and today he is considered the most dominant linebacker in the National Football League, and one of the best to ever play the game. He also has several national corporate endorsements, most of which draw upon his tough image.