Kip Lewis
A downhill WILL who arrives with bad intentions and finally added the coverage and pass-rush layers to a heavy tackle diet. Lewis started three years for Oklahoma and posted his best season in 2025: 76 tackles, four sacks, four pass breakups and a forced fumble across 12 games, the first year the splash production matched the every-down volume. He is durable, instinctive against the run and diagnoses gaps quickly, and the coverage snaps (two interceptions in 2024) show he is not a two-down thumper. The honest ceiling question is athletic testing: he wins with timing and physicality more than rare range, and that profile has to prove it holds against NFL speed in space. He bypassed the 2026 draft to return, betting on another year of tape. Projects as a Day 3-to-priority-free-agent linebacker whose special-teams value and run instincts give him a real roster path.
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NFL Mock Draft Database May 1, 2026Kip Lewis 2027 NFL Mock Draft Profile — LB - NFL Mock Draft Database
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Buccaneers Wire Jun 18, 20262027 NFL Draft Summer Scouting Report: Kip Lewis, LB, OU - Buccaneers Wire
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Sports Illustrated Jan 15, 2026Oklahoma QB John Mateer, LB Kip Lewis Not on List of Players Who Declared for NFL Draft - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Jan 2, 2026Kip Lewis and Owen Heinecke Headlined Oklahoma's Stellar Linebacker Group in 2025 - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Nov 20, 2025Kip Lewis Leads the Oklahoma Defense by Example With an 'Infectious' Passion - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Jul 2, 2025Oklahoma Linebacker Kip Lewis Keeping 'Head Down' After Big 2024 Season - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Dec 21, 2024Oklahoma LB Kip Lewis Sees Armed Forces Bowl as Growth Opportunity - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Nov 28, 2024Why Kip Lewis is Oklahoma's Next 'Really Special' Linebacker - Sports Illustrated
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Sports Illustrated Nov 25, 2024Oklahoma LB Kip Lewis Proved Again He's a 'True Gamer' With Alabama Pick Six - Sports Illustrated