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Troy football wide receiver Chris Lewis was diagnosed with cancer during the 2023 season, he told ESPN.
Lewis told ESPN that it started with tightness behind his left knee and delayed an MRI to after the Sun Belt title game win over Appalachian State. The MRI discovered Lewis had a mass behind the knee. He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive malignant bone tumor in his femur according to ESPN.
It all happened as Lewis was the team’s second-leading receiver with 32 catches for 735 yards, averaging less than 23 yards a catch. He had a team-high 10 receiving touchdowns, over a third of the teams total receiving touchdowns. He played in the Birmingham Bowl, following his diagnosis, but his only stat recorded was an 11-yard pass.
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Lewis told ESPN that he is going through a 10-week chemotherapy treatment plan in Birmingham at Children’s of Alabama. He will undergo offseason surgery, but the extent will be determined by scans before the procedure.
Lewis, the Trojans leading returning receiver, is trying to return for the season — which would be the start of the Gerad Parker era. Lewis is an in-state product who initially went to college at Kentucky before transferring to Troy ahead of the 2022 season, when former head coach Jon Sumrall also moved to coach the Trojans. He was a four-star recruit out of Pleasant Grove.
Maxwell Donaldson covers high school sports and Jacksonville State athletics for the Gadsden Times. Find him on Twitter/X @_Max_Donaldson and contact him at MDonaldson@gannett.com.
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