New WATN: Jermelle Lewis

[HNMitchSmith]

Jermelle Lewis was incredibly talented, but caught a lot of bad breaks with injuries during his time as a Hawk. It'd be easy for Lewis to have a woe is me attitude after a football career with so much promise was cut short by a pair of torn ACLs.

I was impressed with Jermelle's positive outlook on life and his focus on the "what is," not the "what if."

He's the subject of this week's "Where are they now" -- http://hawkeyenation.com/where-are-they-now/jermelle-lewis

 

[homes]

I still recall Mark Jones' call, Jermelle Lewis - working Minnesota like a part-time job.

He had it all, except healthy knees. If he'd have avoided the knee injuries, he might have rivaled Shonn Greene as the all time best back in the Ferentz-era.