MOBILE, Alabama (Aug. 22, 2019) – FIU football's Sage Lewis and James Morgan were named to the Senior Bowl Watch List, the committee announced this week. 
 
Lewis and Morgan join a list of 475 other seniors from nearly every level of college football looking to get an invitation to the prestigious all-star game. The dynamic duo become the first Panthers to be named to the preseason list since Greg Hickman and Paul Crawford in 2013.
 
It's been quite the preseason for Lewis and Morgan as the Senior Bowl is the third watch list for Lewis and seventh for Morgan.
 
The Senior Bowl will select 110 seniors to patriciate in the week-long event, with the game being played in Mobile, Alabama on Jan. 25, 2020.   
 
After making the move to middle linebacker in 2018, Lewis broke the school record in total tackles (132) and solos (83) while ranking first in the league for both of those categories. Lewis' 83 solos ranked 10th in the nation last season, with that same number ranking third in the country among 2019 returnees. Lewis was awarded C-USA First Team honors following his stellar junior campaign in 2018. 
 
In his first season at FIU, Morgan took the conference by storm as he earned C-USA Newcomer of the Year honors on his way to a record-breaking season. The Green Bay, Wisconsin native broke single-season school records for passing touchdowns (26), highest passer efficiency rating (157.6) and total offense per play (7.67). Morgan also garnered C-USA Honorable Mention, C-USA Spirit of Service Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List and Manning Stars of the Week to name a few distinctions. 
 
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Entering its 18th year of football in 2019, the FIU Panthers are coming off a program-best nine wins a season ago. FIU capped 2018 with a 35-32 victory over Toledo in the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl to finish the season 9-4 overall. Under legendary head coach Butch Davis, the Panthers have earned back-to-back bowl appearances and 17 wins in the last two years.
 
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