Lewis and Beal to Return to Sooners Next Season

Originally Published: Jan 15, 2010 4:20 PM CDT

Oklahoma Sports Staff

NORMAN, Oklahoma -- Off the heels of DeMarco Murray saying he would return for his senior season at Oklahoma and just before the deadline to declare for the 2010 NFL Draft, Jeremy Beal and Travis Lewis both have announced that they will be back next season.

Lewis, a redshirt sophomore out of San Antonio, TX, lead OU in tackles in the 2009 season with 109, including 9.5 tackles for loss, one interception and one forced fumble. Beal was a sack machine in 2009, leading the team with 11, in addition the junior defensive end notched 69 tackles and three forced fumbles.