[3] Despite being a promising athlete, Lewis only played football during his freshman year before quitting to help his family with their rough financial situation by getting a job.

[4] He became a father during his senior year of high school and chose to focus on supporting his newborn child instead of playing football or going to college.

In his early 20's, a friend introduced Lewis to an amateur flag football league that was having open tryouts.

On December 21, 2003, he also played a role in the River City Relay as one of the receivers that would lateral a touchdown in a last second attempt to win the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars (in which the Saints lost).

The River City Relay won an ESPY, NFL play of the year, and an ESPN.com internet poll.

[19] In 2019, it was announced that biopic about Michael Lewis's life was being produced under the name "The Beer Man" with Aldis Hodge attached to the lead role.