Wyoming football player Xavier Lewis is alive today because of the fast action of his roommate.Lewis, 19, was having tests Friday in a Colorado hospital after falling ill Wednesday night in the Laramie apartment he shares with Eric Nzeocha. It was Nzeocha who Mikkel Boedker Jersey realized Lewis was having a stroke and rushed him to a hospital.Wyoming safety Xavier Lewis is recovering from a stroke Marc-Edouard Vlasic Jersey he suffered Wednesday night Sports Illustrated (@SInow) Doctors treated Lewis in Laramie and then had him transported by air to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., the reported.Lewis was a sophomore safety with the Cowboys football team this season. Teammates rallied to support him after receiving news Lewis had been stricken. Nzeocha and fellow wide receiver Justin Berger Paul Martin Jersey drove to Englewood to see Lewis. Coach Craig Bohl and others called or visited."Eric Nzeocha saved him," Quentin Lewis, the player Joe Pavelski Jersey 's father, told the Star-Tribune. "You have to give him the most accolades ever. The kids that have now stood behind Xavier, to me as a parent, thats the best thing in the world Martin Jones Jersey ."The Denver Post named Lewis its 2012 Gold Helmet Award winner, given annually to the top high school senior football player in Colorado. Lewis is from Aurora, Colo. In two seasons at Wyoming, he has 27 tackles.