According to an announcement from Lewis on Wednesday, he will hold his first football camp this summer on June 14 for youth players ages 5 to 14 at Salem High School in his hometown of Salem, Virginia.Tennessee running back Peyton Lewis is hosting an event for youth football players in his hometown community this summer.The event will be free for those wanting to attend. Registration is available online at this website.While Lewis has a big event coming up this summer with his camp, he’s also getting ready for his second season in Knoxville with the Tennessee football program.
As a four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting cycle, Lewis committed to Tennessee in May 2023. The Virginia native stayed locked into Tennessee for the remainder of the year until he signed in December and enrolled in late January.
As a true freshman at Tennessee in 2024, Lewis racked up 64 carries for 339 yards and three touchdowns. While he did play in all 13 games last season, the bulk of Lewis’s carries came late in the season as backup running back DeSean Bishop was banged up for a few weeks in November. Lewis’s biggest game was in a 71-0 beatdown of Kent State, where the freshman ran for 99 yards on 10 carries.
“Him missing spring practice last year, and then having the opportunities that he did in the game last year, the speed of the game, he understands how the tempo the game flows,” UT RB coach De’Rail Sims said about Lewis this past spring. “You saw him get comfortable in the games he played, particularly in the Ohio State game in the second half. You saw him starting to get in his zone, to feel really good.”
