Ray Lewis

Ray Lewis is a retired American linebacker who spent all seventeen of his National Football League seasons with the Baltimore Ravens after earning All-America honors at Miami. The Ravens took him in the first round in 1996 and he led the team in tackles as a rookie, the first of fourteen times. In 2000 he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with two stabbing deaths and testified as a key witness at the trial, where a jury found the killings were self-defense. The next season he was Defensive Player of the Year and anchored a record-setting defense that allowed only 165 points in sixteen games. He is considered one of the greatest linebackers of all time.