Below is the fifth in our series of "Getting to know you" features which we will be running on all the members of Marshall's 2025 recruiting class. Today we feature LB Cannon Lewis.
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What do you do in your spare time?
I enjoy lifting weights with my buddies in my spare time or when we have a few days off.
What food do you like the best?
Steak.
Do you have a favorite movie?
Big time movie guy, gotta go with Shawshank Redemption.
What type of music do you listen to and who is your favorite musical artist?
Love some Metallica, Creed, Foo Fighters anything like that.
Who is your celebrity crush?
Tony Gibson
Who has provided great inspiration to you in your life?
My High School coach Luke Salmons.
What person(s) from history or alive today would you most like to sit down and have dinner with?
Teddy Roosevelt
Do you have a nickname?
Mostly just Cannon.
What is something very few people know about you?
My main sport early on was wrestling.
If football wasn’t an option, what would your dream career be?
Body building.
Do you have a major picked out yet?
Business with a focus in Entrepreneurship
Who is your favorite football player of all-time?
Andy Katzenmoyer
What has been the most memorable moment on the football field so far in your career?
Playing Ironton on Marshalls field in highschool.
Which school are you most looking forward to playing against in college?
I’d love to bring back the friends of coal bowl with WVU.
Do you have a pre-game ritual?
I always wear my aviators into the stadium before games.
Did you play other sports growing up or in high school?
I wrestled from elementary school to middle school and played baseball.
What is the one thing you most need to work on to play at the next level?
Football intelligence, understanding how and why we play our schemes and how we can better match what an offense is running against us.
How often do you work out and what is your routine?
6 days a week sometimes twice a day if we have open weight room hours after morning lifts.
What did you know about the Marshall football program before they offered and started recruiting you?
I’ve grown up around Marshall, a lot of my family is going to Marshall or has gone to Marshall so I’ve always been familiar with the program and what it means to the community.
What were the major determining factors in your picking Marshall and signing with the Thundering Herd?
I committed to coach Gibson out of high school because he is an excellent coach and develops players at a high level. So to have a coach like that at a school 15 minutes away from my home was an opportunity I couldn’t pass on.
Which Marshall coach do you feel especially close to?
Coach Gibson and my position coach Jake Ellsworth were my coaches at NC State so I had built a good relationship with both of them before I even came to Marshall.
What was the best feature of your official visit to Marshall?
Meeting all the coaches and seeing the facility.
Did you make friends with any current players at Marshall or incoming freshmen during the process?
I enjoyed meeting a lot of teammates especially the ones I’d be playing with in the linebacker room.
What did you think of Marshall's season?
I think it was awesome to see them have success at the level they did and win the conference.
What is one thing you learned that you would share with a recruit going through the process now?
You can’t get distracted by which school is the flashiest, you have to find a way to really figure out which school presents you with the best opportunities or tools to reach your goals as a player and a person.
What position will you be playing at Marshall?
Inside Linebacker
Are you expecting to redshirt your first year?
No.
What number would you like to wear at Marshall?
I will be wearing number 27.
What are your goals for your first year in college?
Last year was my freshman year and I wanted to find a way onto special teams and contribute somehow which I ended up being able to do. I’m hoping this year I can take it a step further and help the team wherever I’m needed.
What will you bring to Marshall as far as a strong point?
I’d like to think I’m a competitor, I want to be the best that I can be and I want my teammates to be the best they can be. I think that fits the culture here at Marshall and will help us accomplish the goals we set for ourselves.
Anything you would you like to say to the Marshall fans?
I couldn’t be more proud to play for Marshall and represent the community I grew up in and all the history this program has.
