Considering the line we had at the time, he was about what you’d expect from a backup. 50% completion rate in a few relief appearances, seven sacks (again, normal for that era) and one interception.

So not terrible, but certain no reason to hand the keys over to the guy. He had been signed as “The QB Of The Future” from Denver where he was behind some guy there (Elway? Something like that…). He came here and was behind Beuerlein for two middling seasons before Seifert decided to go younger. Then came the drafting of Weinke, the cutting of Beuerlein and the promotion of Lewis. Lewis performed terribly during camp and preseason, was cut before the first game and never got a regular season start with the Panthers. And that marked the end of his playing career. Now he’s the coach at Louisville who turned us on to Trent Guy.