Darren Lewis ( American football ) Darren " Tank " Lewis ( born November 7 , 1968 ) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League . He was a 6th round selection ( 161st overall pick ) out of Texas A & M by the Chicago Bears in the 1991 NFL Draft . He would play for the Bears from 1991 - 1993 . He was a consensus All - American in 1990 . High school . Lewis was a star at Dallas football powerhouse Carter High School and was considered by some to be the top high school player in the class of 1987 . While at Carter , Lewis was reported to be avoiding colleges in the Southwest Conference . " I don ' t want my football career to end because some other guy takes money , " Lewis said . College . Lewis has the top two rushing seasons in Texas A & M history ( 1 , 692 in 1988 and 1 , 691 in 1990 ) and is the Aggie leader in career rushing yards ( 5 , 012 from 1987 – 1990 ) . Lewis ' 5 , 012 career rushing yards ranked him 5th on the NCAA ' s All - Time Career Rushing list at the conclusion of his college career , but currently rank him 15th . His college career was filled with highlights and culminated with a spot on the first - team All - America team in 1990 . 1987 season . As a freshman Lewis ran for 103 yards and two TDs against Baylor to lead the Aggies to a 34 - 10 victory , their first in Waco in 10 years . He ran for a freshman record 194 yards in a 42 - 24 whipping of TCU , which was broken four years later by fellow Carter High alum , Greg Hill . He capped off the season by throwing a 24 - yard halfback pass to Tony Thompson for a touchdown as the Aggies stomped Notre Dame 35 - 10 in the 1988 Cotton Bowl , and finished ranked in the NCAA top - 10 for the second time in three years . His 668 rushing yards were second at the time only to Curtis Dickey for an Aggie freshman . 1988 season . In his sophomore season of 1988 , the Aggies were ineligible for the Southwest Conference championship due to NCAA violations , but an undaunted Lewis enjoyed a record - breaking season . He rushed 100 yards or more in each of the last 10 games of the season , setting a mark for both consecutive 100 - yard games and most in one season , both still A & M records . His streak included strong road performances highlighted by a 192 yard showing in Fayetteville against the Razorbacks and a 201 yard effort at the Astrodome against Houston . Against Texas , Lewis helped the Aggies jump to a 28 - 0 lead by scoring a 15 - yard TD and adding a 36 - yard run to set up a second score . Lewis ran for 212 yards that day as the Aggies went on to beat the Longhorns 28 - 24 for their fifth consecutive win against their main rival . His 1 , 692 yards rushing that year is still a Texas A & M record and was second in the NCAA that year only to Oklahoma State ' s Barry Sanders . Lewis was named to the All - Southwest Conference team , his first of two such honors ( 1988 and 1990 ) . 1989 season . In 1989 , Lewis helped new head coach R . C . Slocum get off to a good start by rushing for three TDs in a tight road victory against Texas Tech . Lewis also rushed for 120 yards against Houston and along with fullback Robert Wilson ( 115 rushing yards ) , helped control the ball and hold a Cougar offense that averaged nearly 60 points in their other games to just 13 against the Wrecking Crew . His strongest performance of the season was against Rice , in which he ran for 201 yards . Although his 961 total rushing yards were a down year by Lewis ' standards , the total still ranked seventh best all - time at Texas A & M . 1990 season . In 1990 Lewis etched his name into the A & M record books by finishing his college career with perhaps his finest season , as he led the country in rushing and was named a first - team All American . He set a scoring benchmark against Houston , as he ran for 124 yards and four rushing touchdowns , breaking three tackles on a 12 - yard run for a score in the fourth quarter in a 36 - 31 loss to Houston . His 232 yards against Texas Tech is second all - time in Texas A & M history and was the highest total for an Aggie in 40 years . The Aggies would go on to demolish BYU and Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer 65 - 14 in the Holiday Bowl behind Lewis ' 104 rushing yards and two TDs , vaulting the Aggies from unranked to a No . 15 finish in the AP Poll . Lewis finished his college career with over 5 , 000 rushing yards , which at the time was fifth all - time in NCAA history . His 45 career rushing touchdowns were a Texas A & M record for nearly 20 years until being broken by Jorvorskie Lane in 2008 . His 27 career 100 yard games are still an A & M record and his five career 200 - yard rushing games are both a Texas A & M and Southwest Conference record . Professional career . Despite his spectacular college career , Lewis ' stock fell quickly after he tested positive for cocaine at the NFL Combine . He was selected in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL Draft ( 161st overall pick ) by the Chicago Bears . Lewis was the only player to test positive for drugs at the combine , and Chicago general manager Bill Tobin said that he thought a different player had tested positive . Tobin considered not inviting Lewis to minicamp . After recurring problems and limited playing time , the Bears released Lewis in late 1993 shortly after he was involved in a domestic dispute . He played in 33 games for the Bears , starting five of them and totaled 431 rushing yards in his career .