2010 Football Roster
MiQuale Lewis
- Position:
- Tailback
- Height:
- 5-6
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Fort Wayne, Ind.
- High School:
- Snider
• 2010 Ball State Team Captain •
• 2009 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team •
• 2009 Doak Walker Award (Nation's Top Running Back) Watch List •
• 2009 Walter Camp Award (Nation's Top Player) Watch List •
• 2008 All-Mid-American Conference First Team •
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Most Rushing Yards: 301 at Eastern Michigan, 2009
Most Touchdowns Rushing: 4 at Indiana, 2008
Most Rushing Attempts: 32 vs. Western Michigan, 2008
Career notes: Finished career ranked second in Ball State annals with 3,748 career rushing yards . . . 31 career rushing touchdowns tied for second in Ball State's record books . . . 15 100-yard rushing games tied for second in Ball State history . . . 761 career rushing attempts ranks third in Ball State's record books . . . set the Ball State single season rushing record with 1,736 yards in 2008 . . . granted a fifth year of eligibility by the NCAA for injuries suffered early in career.
2010 (5th): Received a fifth year of eligibility from the NCAA due to injuries suffered in the 2007 season . . . played in all 12 games . . . started eight games to earn fifth letter . . . moved into second on Ball State's career rushing chart vs. Western Michigan and passed Bernie Parmalee, who was second with 3,483 from 1987-90 . . . rushed for a season high 96 yards on a season high 19 carries at Toledo . . . rushed for 72 yards on 23 carries vs. Akron . . . rushed for 64 yards on 12 carries vs. Western Michigan . . . rushed for his first TD of the season at Purdue . . . season high five catches for season best 60 receiving yards at Purdue.
2009 (Sr.): Started all 12 games to earn fourth letter . . . set the Ball State single-game rushing record with 301 yards on 26 carries at Eastern Michigan . . . the 300-yard performance was only the 10th in Mid-American Conference history . . . teamed with Cory Sykes (203 yards) to become the first duo in NCAA Football History (All Divisions) to have a 300-yard rusher and a 200-yard rusher from the same team in the same game . . . named the MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week for his performance at Eastern Michigan . . . scored his fourth TD of the season at EMU and his fifth of the year at Western Michigan . . . tallied a career long 66-yard run at EMU . . . led the Cardinals with 103 rushing yards on 15 carries with one touchdown vs. North Texas in the season opener . . . managed eight receptions for 22 yards vs. New Hampshire . . . rushed a team high 12 times at Army . . . tallied his second rushing TD of the season on a two-yard rush at Auburn . . . tallied 115 rushing yards on a season high 18 carries vs. Bowling Green.
2008 (Jr.): Started all 14 games to earn third letter . . . set the Ball Staet single season rushing record on a seven-yard run vs. Buffalo in the MAC Championship Game . . . ranked seventh in the nation in scoring (9.43) and fifth in the country in rushing yards per game (124.0) . . . set the Ball State school record for most 100-yard rushing games in a season with 11 . . . set Ball State single season records with 22 touchdowns and 132 points . . . compiled the 12th 1,000-yard rushing season in Ball State history and became only the eighth player to have a 1,000-yard rushing campaign . . . rushed for 95 yards and one touchdown in the season opener before putting together a streak of six straight 100-yard rushing contests . . . the six straight rushing games tied the Ball State record for most consecutive 100-yard rushing games . . . rushed for at least 100 yards in the final four regular season games and the MAC Championship Game . . . had at least one reception in 13 games . . . career high nine catches for season high 77 yards vs. Buffalo in the MAC Championship Game . . . named the MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week after tying the Ball State single-game record with four rushing touchdowns at Indiana . . . on his final run of the game at Miami University he became only the 10th player in Ball State history to rush for 2,000 yards in a career.
2007 (So.): Started the first four games before suffering a knee injury at Nebraska . . . rushed for a season high 161 yards at Navy . . . rushed for 122 yards on 19 carries at Nebraska before leaving the game with an injury . . . rushed for a touchdown at Eastern Michigan and at Nebraska . . . tallied a season high four catches vs. Miami University . . . had a career high 85 receiving yards at EMU, including a career long reception of 77 yards . . . tallied first career touchdown catch at Navy.
2006 (Fr.): Played in the first six games before a season-ending shoulder injury . . . had a season high 99 yards rushing on 10 carries and scored his first career touchdown on a six-yard rush at Buffalo . . . tallied five catches for 38 yards with a long of 11 yards at Purdue . . . gained 79 yards on 14 carries vs. Northern Illinois . . . rushed for 56 yards on nine carries at Purdue.
High School: Earned three letters in football for Coach Russ Isaacs . . . Football: Helped Snider to a 12-1 overall record as a senior . . . helped team to a fourth straight undefeated regular season and a sectional title in 2005 . . . helped Snider to a 2002 runner-up finish in the state playoffs, a semi-state runner-up finish in 2003 and a state championship runner-up finish in 2004 . . . all-conference and Bloomington Herald Top-33 as a senior . . . all-area as a senior . . . Indiana Football Coaches Association Top-50 . . . managed 4,286 rushing yards and 72 touchdowns in his career . . . tallied a 10.3 rushing yards per carry average in his career . . . Track: Earned four letters in track and field in the sprints . . . member of the state championship 400-meter relay team as a junior . . . high school teammate of fellow 2006 signees Travis Arnold and Jakeem Gregory.
Personal: Son of Micheal Underwood and Yvonne Lewis . . . one brother and one sister . . . born June 8, 1987, in Fort Wayne, Ind. . . . full name is MiQuale Maurice Lewis.
LEWIS, MiQuale LEWIS, MiQuale LEWIS, MiQuale
RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g
2006
6
48
280
1
54
5.8
46.7
2007
4
92
447
2
43
4.9
111.8
2008
14
322
1736
22
64
5.4
124.0
2009
12
181
871
5
66
4.8
72.6
2010
11
118
414
1
26
3.5
37.6
TOTAL
47
761
3748
31
66
4.9
79.7
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g
2006
6
280
0
280
46.7
2007
4
447
0
447
111.8
2008
14
1736
0
1736
124.0
2009
12
871
0
871
72.6
2010
11
414
0
414
37.6
TOTAL
47
3748
0
3748
79.7
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g
2006
6
5
38
0
11
0.8
7.6
6.3
2007
4
11
154
1
77
2.8
14.0
38.5
2008
14
35
325
0
46
2.5
9.3
23.2
2009
12
28
151
0
19
2.3
5.4
12.6
2010
11
18
125
1
18
1.6
6.9
11.4
TOTAL
47
97
793
2
77
2.1
8.2
16.9
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g
2006
6
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
1.0
2007
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
18
4.5
2008
14
22
22
0
0
0
0
0
132
9.4
2009
12
5
5
0
0
0
1
0
32
2.7
2010
11
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
12
1.1
TOTAL
47
33
31
2
0
0
1
0
200
4.3
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2006
6
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2007
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2008
14
1
17
0
17
17.0
1.2
2009
12
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2010
11
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
TOTAL
47
1
17
0
17
17.0
0.4
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2006
6
280
38
0
0
0
318
53.0
2007
4
447
154
0
0
0
601
150.2
2008
14
1736
325
0
17
0
2078
148.4
2009
12
871
151
0
0
0
1022
85.2
2010
11
414
125
0
0
0
539
49.0
TOTAL
47
3748
793
0
17
0
4558
97.0
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2006
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
2007
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
2008
14
2
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
2009
12
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
2010
11
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
47
3
0
3
0.0
0
0
0
0
