Jamel Acosta-Lewis

Class:
Senior
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 198
Position:
SAF
Hometown:
Amarillo, Texas
High School:
Caprock HS
Last College:
West Texas A&M / Colorado Mesa

2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team (DB)
2025 All-Lone Star Conference First Team (DB)
2025 LSC All-Academic Team

2026 (SFA): Named a single-digit honoree and team captain as voted on by his Lumberjack peers during the spring and dons the #3 this fall as a result...

2025 (WEST TEXAS A&M): Played in all 12 games...One of five Buffs with 60+ tackles...Produced 63.0 total stops (37 solo, 26 assisted) with the second-most solo tackles on the team at 37...Registered 2.5 tackles for loss...Picked off two passes and broke up ten more...Blocked one kick...His two interceptions both came in a dramatic 53-48 victory over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Nov. 1, including a game-sealing pick with 30 seconds remaining...He finished that contest with seven tackles and two pass breakups...Delivered a career-high 11 tackles against Eastern New Mexico...Helped the Buffaloes to an 8-4 record and a Heritage Bowl victory...

2024 (WEST TEXAS A&M): Saw time in 10 games for the Buffaloes in 2024... Tallied 19 total tackles (six solo) to go along with a pair of fumble recoveries... Registered a season-best four tackled at Colorado School of Mines (Sept. 5) and at Angelo State (Nov. 16)... Recovered a pair of fumbles against Eastern New Mexico (Oct. 19) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (Nov. 2)...

2023 (COLORADO MESA): Played in nine games for the Mavericks during the 2023 season...Registered 11 total tackles (four solo)...Also returned 13 kickoffs for a total of 302 yards with a long of 45 yards...Tallied a season-high three tackles on two different road trips to San Diego and Colorado State-Pueblo...

PREP: Two-way All-District selection at Caprock High School (Texas) under former West Texas A&M standout Dan Sherwood...As a senior in 2022, Acosta-Lewis recorded 54 total tackles (27 solo) at 5.4 per game, along with 2 interceptions and 1 pass defended while primarily playing strong safety...He also contributed offensively as a running back and was the Longhorns’ touchdown leader that season, finishing with 12 total touchdowns...

PERSONAL: Son of Jamel Lewis and Veronica Acosta and he has five siblings: Aaron, Jayden, Taylan, Skai and Lavonte...