Brendon Lewis

Brendon Lewis (born December 8, 2001) is an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, the Nevada Wolf Pack, and the Memphis Tigers.

Early life Lewis grew up in Melissa, Texas and attended Melissa High School. He was a four-star recruit by ESPN and was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals and 247Sports and he committed to play college football at Colorado over numerous Power 4 offers.

College career Colorado During his true freshman season in 2020, Lewis played in only one game being the 2020 Alamo Bowl where he completed 6 out of 10 passes for 95 yards, nine rushes for 73 yards and a touchdown. During the 2021 season, he started all 12 games as a quarterback making him the second freshman quarterback to start a season opener at Colorado. He finished the season with completing 149 out of 257 passing attempts for 1,540 yards, 10 touchdowns with three interceptions. During the 2022 season, Lewis only played in two games and finished the season with 15 out of 24 passing attempts for 92 yards. On October 18, 2022, Lewis announced that he would be entering the transfer portal and will not finish the rest of the season. On December 26, 2022, he announced that he would transfer to Nevada.

Nevada During the 2023 season, Lewis was named as Nevada's starting quarterback.

In week seven of the 2024 season, Lewis led the Wolf Pack in passing, rushing and receiving yards in a victory over Oregon State. Lewis ran for a career-high 151 yards to go along with his 51 passing and 18 receiving yards.

Memphis On December 20, 2024, Lewis transferred to the Memphis Tigers.

Statistics Season Team Games Passing Rushing 2020 Colorado 1 0 — 6 10 60.0 95 9.5 0 0 139.8 9 73 8.1 1 2021 Colorado 12 12 4–8 149 257 58.0 1,540 6.0 10 3 118.8 98 188 1.9 2 2022 Colorado 2 1 0–1 15 24 62.2 92 3.8 0 0 94.7 12 43 3.6 0 2023 Nevada 12 10 2–8 131 236 55.5 1,313 5.6 2 6 100.0 120 495 4.1 4 2024 Nevada 12 12 3–9 211 312 67.6 2,290 7.3 16 7 141.7 157 775 4.9 8 2025 Memphis 13 13 8–5 253 368 68.8 2,673 7.3 16 7 140.3 151 665 4.4 9 Career 52 48 17–31 765 1,207 63.4 8,003 6.6 44 23 127.3 547 2,239 4.1 24

Professional career

In May 2026, he attended rookie minicamp with the Carolina Panthers.

Personal life Lewis is the nephew of former NFL linebacker and current film director, producer, and screenwriter, Jon Alston.