Cincear Lewis

Position:
Linebacker
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 227
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Prev School:
Cincinnati
High School:
Kalamazoo Central HS

Transfer from Cincinnati comes to Ball State with a single year of eligibility after four years with the Bearcats … played five games and produced 10 tackles last year for the Bearcats … had a season-high four tackles on Jan. 2 against Navy in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … preseason injury prior to the 2023 season kept him out as a redshirt freshman, and he did not appear in any games again in 2024 … appeared in one game as a true freshman, playing DB with a tackle against Louisville in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl … two of his six career appearances have come in bowl games … Lewis was an early enrollee at Cincinnati in the Spring of 2022 … consensus three-star recruit out of Kalamazoo Central High School who was ranked among the state of Michigan’s top 50 players and the nation’s top 100 defensive back prospects ... chose UC over offers from Akron, Boston College, Indiana, Kentucky, Miami (OH), Syracuse, Toledo, Western Michigan and West Virginia ... starred at safety, wide receiver and as a kick returner under coach Mike Stanger … ... collected MLive Kalamazoo Dream Team, honorable mention all-state and first-team All-Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference accolades as a senior in 2021.