CMU WR Langston Lewis arrested overnight for OWI, suspended from team
Head coach Matt Drinkall didn't say it was Lewis, specifically, but it's not hard to connect the dots from an OWI arrest to a suspension.
MT. PLEASANT — Central Michigan head coach Matt Drinkall on Friday morning revealed a player would be suspended for a “very poor social decision,” hours after leading receiver Langston Lewis was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Drinkall did not specifically cite Lewis as he discussed the suspension. The length of the potential suspension is unclear.
“We had a player make a very poor social decision last night that would result, likely results in his — he has already been suspended,” Drinkall said during his weekly media availability.
An Isabella County Jail employee reached by phone on Friday morning confirmed to Mitten Football that Lewis had been arrested and booked and was still there as of approximately 11 a.m. on Friday morning.
CMU provided an official statement attributed to Drinkall early Friday afternoon.
"We are aware of the incident last night involving Langston Lewis," the statement said. "Lewis has been suspended from all team activities for a violation of team rules."
The Isabella County online jail records lookup shows that a Langston Charles Lewis was booked into the Isabella County Jail on Oct. 30, 2026, for operating while intoxicated. The record lookup shows Lewis has a $7,000 bond, paid with either 10% of the amount or via surety. Bond, per the jail records, has been posted.
The State police arrested Lewis, per that lookup, and he has a court date set for Nov. 17, 2026, in Michigan’s 76th district court in Isabella County.
Lewis’ arrest first got put into the public eye via a Facebook page, Isabella County Mugshots, which early on Friday morning posted his mugshot along with some basic details of the police contact, including that was reportedly booked just before 4 a.m. ET.
The potential penalties for Lewis, if convicted, are up to 93 days in jail, a fine, probation, suspension of his license for 180 days, community service and six points on his driving record.
Lewis, 22, is of legal drinking age.
“We'll address it briefly as a team,” Drinkall said. “And it's just different because it's every time a situation like that comes up as a head coach, there's the head coach part of it that you have to deal with from the organization, and then there is the personal part of it that you have to deal with emotionally because you care about the person so much.”
Lewis is CMU’s leading receiver in 2026, with 379 yards and two touchdowns in eight games. Lewis is coming off a career-best 163 yards with 10 catches and a touchdown vs. Miami (OH).
“I would like to think the culture of our program and the maturity of our guys can separate the human side from the business side, and the business side, and the work side of it is very frustrating and unfortunate,” Drinkall said. “The personal side of it is the same, but for a different reason.”
