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• Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis plays for the Baltimore Ravens. Lewis has been regarded as one of the best defensive players in NFL history, and he was the first linebacker to win the Super Bowl MVP since 1971, doing so in Super Bowl XXXVBaltimore Ravens: Ray Lewis

  Lewis' contract expired at the conclusion the 2008 season. Despite talks that he may be in demand by the Dallas Cowboys, Lewis re-signed with the Ravens to a three-year contract, worth $20-25 million, on March 4, 2009.ESPN.com: Lewis, Ravens Agree to Deal

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: May 15, 1975
  2. Height: 6'1"
  3. Weight: 251 lbs.
  4. Hometown: Bartow, Florida
  5. College: University of Miami, FL
  6. Drafted: 1st Round, 1996 (Baltimore)
  7. Pro Bowl selections: 9
  8. Super Bowl XXXV MVP

• Career

  Lewis has had a prolific career, being selected to the Pro Bowl nine times. He also led the Baltimore Ravens to the franchise's first and only Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl XXXV. Lewis is also one of only six linebackers to have recorded twenty interceptions and twenty sacks in a single season, making him a member of the "20/20" club.

• Controversy

  Lewis was the center of controversy when he lied to investigators about the 2000 murders of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Lewis was attending a Super Bowl after-party when a fight broke out and Baker and Lollar were stabbed. Lewis and two men, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting, were taken into custody for questioning, at which point Lewis denied knowing the two men. He plead guilty to obstruction of justice and testified against Oakley and Sweeting. Lewis was sentenced to one-year probation for lying to investigators. Oakley and Sweeting were acquitted of the charges in 2000.

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