Kip Lewis

Kip Lewis looks on before the snap at Georgia

Position:
LB
Class:
Fifth Year
Height:
6-1
Weight:
230
Hometown:
Carthage, Texas
High School:
Carthage HS

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FR	PBU	QBH
2022	5-0	1	1	2	0.5-2	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	0
2023	13-5	38	28	66	3.5-11	1.0-7	0-0	1	0	1
2024	13-12	34	31	65	4.0-5	0.0-0	2-112	0	1	1
2025	13-13	38	38	76	10.5-42	4.0-32	0-0	0	4	5
Career	44-30	111	98	209	18.5-60	5.0-39	2-112	1	5	7

2025 (OKLAHOMA)
Started all 13 games at linebacker … led team with 76 total tackles (10.5 for loss and 4.0 sacks) and added four pass breakups, five QB hurries and a forced fumble … notched double-digit tackles in three games and at least six tackles in six contests … registered four tackles (2.0 for loss and 1.0 sack) and a forced fumble in CFP First Round vs. Alabama (12/19) … notched four tackles, a pass breakup and a QB hurry vs. LSU (11/29) … tallied eight stops (0.5 for loss) and a pass breakup vs. Missouri (11/22) … registered a team-high seven tackles (career-high 2.0 sacks) along with a QB hurry in win at No. 4 Alabama (11/15) … logged 10 tackles (1.5 for loss and 0.5 sack), a pass breakup and a QB hurry in victory at No. 14 Tennessee (11/1) … recorded a season-high 12 tackles (1.5 for loss) vs. Ole Miss (10/25) … tallied two stops (1.0 for loss) and a QB hurry at South Carolina (10/18) … registered 10 tackles (1.0 for loss and 0.5 sack) and a QB hurry vs. Auburn (9/20) … notched three stops (1.0 for loss) at Temple (9/13) … recorded six tackles vs. Michigan (9/6) … tallied four tackles and a pass breakup in season opener vs. Illinois State (8/30).

2024 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in all 13 games and made 12 starts at weakside linebacker … did not start vs. Tulane (9/14) … named SEC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 30 for performance in win at Auburn … totaled 65 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions (both returned for touchdowns; totaling 112 yards), one pass breakup and one QB hurry … logged at least five tackles in seven of eight SEC games … notched a team-high six tackles in Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy (12/27) ... amassed a season-high nine tackles and added a QB hurry at LSU (11/30) … registered his second pick-six of the season on a 49-yard interception return for a touchdown in a 24-3 win over No. 7 Alabama (11/23) … notched seven tackles and a PBU at Missouri (11/9) … tallied seven stops (1.0 TFL) at Ole Miss (10/26) … recorded eight tackles (0.5 TFL) vs. South Carolina (10/19) … notched six tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. Texas (10/12) … registered his first career interception and returned it 63 yards to put OU ahead for good with 4:06 left in fourth quarter and tallied five tackles (1.0 TFL) at Auburn (9/28) … logged seven tackles vs. Tennessee (9/21) … made four stops vs. Houston (9/7) … had four tackles (0.5 TFL) in season opener vs. Temple (8/30).

2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 acclaim … played in all 13 games and made five starts … starts came in last five contests of season … ranked second on team with 66 total tackles and recorded 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack, a QB hurry and a fumble recovery … led team with seven tackles (six solo, two for loss) and a sack in Alamo Bowl vs. Arizona (12/28) … notched seven tackles and a QB hurry vs. TCU (11/24) … tallied seven stops (first career solo TFL) vs. West Virginia (11/11) … led team with a career-high 15 tackles (nine solo) at Oklahoma State (11/4) … recovered a fumble and made five tackles at Kansas (10/28) … had two tackles (0.5 TFL) vs. UCF (10/21) … made three tackles (including two on OU’s fourth-quarter goal line stand) vs. Texas (10/7) … notched four tackles at Cincinnati (9/23) … tallied nine stops vs. SMU (9/9).

2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Redshirted ... played in five games (including four of last five) … totaled two tackles (0.5 for loss) … made a solo tackle at West Virginia (11/12) … logged 0.5 TFL vs. Texas (10/8) … also saw action vs. Baylor (11/5), Oklahoma State (11/19) and Florida State in Cheez-It Bowl (12/29).

HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports and a three-star recruit by On3 … ranked as the nation’s No. 15 linebacker by Rivals, No. 19 by 247Sports, No. 37 by ESPN and No. 38 by On3 … rated as the No. 191 overall player by Rivals and No. 233 by 247Sports … named the Texas District 10-4A D-II 2021 Most Valuable Player … collected 108 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and six sacks his senior season … helped Carthage to an 11-1 record his senior year and to state titles as a sophomore and junior … 2020-21 Carl Padilla 4A D-II Defensive Player of the Year … chose Sooners over Notre Dame, Texas, Texas A&M and others.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2022 ... major is multidisciplinary studies.