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Jai Lewis played a major role in George Mason basketball's improbable run during the NCAA basketball tournament this spring.
For his next trick, he'll try to make it in the NFL after not playing organized football for five years.
Lewis, a forward on the George Mason hoops team that stunned Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut on its way to the Final Four, agreed to a rookie free agent contract with the New York Giants on Monday.
"I'm very excited that somebody's taking a chance on me and giving me the opportunity to go out there and show what I can do," Lewis said by phone. He said the Giants project him at tight end, a position he played in high school, or offensive tackle, a position he has never played.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/specials/draft/2006/05/01/monday.roundup.ap/index.html
For his next trick, he'll try to make it in the NFL after not playing organized football for five years.
Lewis, a forward on the George Mason hoops team that stunned Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut on its way to the Final Four, agreed to a rookie free agent contract with the New York Giants on Monday.
"I'm very excited that somebody's taking a chance on me and giving me the opportunity to go out there and show what I can do," Lewis said by phone. He said the Giants project him at tight end, a position he played in high school, or offensive tackle, a position he has never played.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/specials/draft/2006/05/01/monday.roundup.ap/index.html