Taylor Lewan

Taylor Curtis Lewan (born July 22, 1991) is an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent.

Lewan was born in Sacramento, California, on July 22, 1991, to Dave Lewan and Kelly Riley.

Dave was an offensive lineman at the University of Michigan.

Taylor played his first three years of high school football for Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona.

He was a defensive end before transferring to Chaparral High School for his senior season, where he became an offensive lineman.

Lewan was rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com.

Lewan enrolled at the University of Michigan in 2009, where he majored in general studies, and redshirted his freshman year.

Although Lewan did not play in the 2010 season opener, he appeared in 11 games, including nine as a starter, during the 2010 season.

In 2010, he took over the starting left tackle role from Mark Huyge in the fourth game versus Bowling Green.

Michigan's offense displayed one of the top rushing attacks in the country, with quarterback Denard Robinson as the team's leading rusher behind protection by Lewan and fellow offensive linemen David Molk, Patrick Omameh, Steven Schilling, and Perry Dorrestein.

However, Lewan also displayed a knack for ill-timed, drive-killing penalties, mostly for false starts and personal fouls.

These were attributed to his youth and aggressive nature on the field.

In the first quarter of the Purdue game, he recovered a fumble and returned it for 11 yards.

After the 2010 season, Lewan was named by CollegeFootballNews.com to its Freshman All-America second team.

As a redshirt sophomore in 2011, Lewan was a starting offensive tackle for the Wolverines.

After failing to draw a penalty in Michigan's early games, Lewan was praised for becoming a more intelligent player.

He was Michigan's starting left tackle in the first seven games of the season and was named to Phil Steele's Midseason All-Big Ten second team.

Following the 2011 Big Ten Conference football season, he earned second team All-conference recognition.

He was an honorable mention All-American selectee by the Pro Football Weekly.

Prior to the 2012 season, Lewan was selected by the media as one of five Big Ten Offensive players to watch along with teammate Denard Robinson as voted by the media.

Following the season, he was named the Big Ten Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year and named to the All-Big Ten first team by both the coaches and the media.

Lewan was a 2012 College Football All-America Team selection by the Associated Press (1st team), ESPN (1st team), Walter Camp Football Foundation (1st team), Lindy's Sports (1st team), Sports Illustrated (1st team), CBSSports.com (2nd team), FoxSportsNext.com (Scout.com 2nd team), and Pro Football Weekly (honorable mention).

CBSSports.com also named Lewan along with punter Will Hagerup to their All-Big Ten team.

In 2013, Lewan was named Big Ten Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year for the second season in a row.

He played college football at Michigan, where he twice received first-team All-American honors, and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft.

Lewan was selected by the Tennessee Titans as the eleventh pick of the first round of the 2014 NFL draft.

He signed a four-year $11.48 million fully guaranteed contract and a signing bonus of $6.67 million.

In his rookie year in 2014, Lewan played in 11 games starting six of them due to injuries, he was named to the PFWA All-Rookie team.

The Titans finished the season with a 2–14 record, tying them with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Coming into the 2015 season, Lewan was named the starting left tackle.

He started in 15 games and allowed five sacks.

The Titans finished with a league-worst record of 3–13.

During his NFL career, Lewan was named to three consecutive Pro Bowls from 2016 to 2018.

He was released by the Titans after the 2022 season after sustaining season-ending injuries in two of the previous three seasons.

In 2016, Lewan remained the starting left tackle, starting all 16 games and blocking for DeMarco Murray as he led the American Football Conference (AFC) in rushing yards and finished third in the league.

On October 23, 2016, Lewan scored his first NFL touchdown on a 10-yard pass from Marcus Mariota in a 34–26 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

He was selected as the fifth-best player in the state of Arizona and the 194th player nationally by Rivals.com.

He was listed as the No. 3 most athletic offensive lineman and the fifth-most agile offensive lineman according to Rivals.com.

He was a SuperPrep All-American and the nation's No. 10 overall offensive line prospect.

He was selected to participate in the Under Armour All-America Game.