Giants sign G. Mason star

[BAMAPHIN 22]

Jai Lewis played a major role in George Mason basketball's improbable run during the NCAA basketball tournament this spring.
For his next trick, he'll try to make it in the NFL after not playing organized football for five years.

Lewis, a forward on the George Mason hoops team that stunned Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut on its way to the Final Four, agreed to a rookie free agent contract with the New York Giants on Monday.

"I'm very excited that somebody's taking a chance on me and giving me the opportunity to go out there and show what I can do," Lewis said by phone. He said the Giants project him at tight end, a position he played in high school, or offensive tackle, a position he has never played.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

[NastyNas]

jai has nice footwork, is a big body and could provide depth.

[footballer]

i live in VA ( 2 miles from GMU ), and Jai has been on numerous talk shows and such, and really seems like a mello, down2 earth guy...hes not going to be antonio gates though...