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Keontez Lewis: Sooner to Buccaneers

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Undrafted but Determined: Keontez Lewis Joins Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Keontez Lewis, an undrafted wide receiver from the Oklahoma Sooners, has signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Despite not being selected in the NFL Draft, Lewis, who played for four different colleges, has a chance to make an impact with his former teammate, Baker Mayfield, at the helm. Lewis, who had a solid season with the Sooners, is ready to fight for a roster spot in the NFL.

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Keontez Lewis: Sooner to Buccaneers

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NFL News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Keontez Lewis: Sooner to Buccaneers. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 26. This is NFL News Today, your AI-powered source for everything NFL. Oklahoma Sooners sent seven players to the 2026 NFL Draft, the highest total undercoach Brent Venables. That's a solid haul, but not every eligible guy got the call. Why to receive her can't as Lewis didn't hear his name, yet he wasted no time signing as an undrafted free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Lewis bounced around college ball starting at UCLA, then Wisconsin, Southern Illinois, and wrapping up his last year at Oklahoma. He earned a starting spot at Whiteout for the Sooners last fall. Injuries limited him to nine games with seven starts, but when healthy he was a steady target in the offense. Folks missed his presence on the outside. He hauled in 21 catches for 243 yards and two touchdowns that 225 season. Now Lewis has to Tampa to battle for a roster spot. Catch this, he'll be throwing routes for former OU star Baker Mayfield, who runs that Bucks

attack. It's an uphill grind for undrafted guys like Lewis, but with his grit in that sooner to buck connection, he's got a real shot to stick around and make. Some noise in the league.

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