Penei Sewell
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Experience: 6 years
Height: 6-5
Age: 25
Weight: 335 lbs
College: Oregon
Preseason
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 08/27/2021 | Colts | L 17 - 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 08/21/2021 | @Steelers | L 20 - 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 08/13/2021 | Bills | L 15 - 16 | 1 | 1 |
Regular Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 01/09/2022 | Packers | W 37 - 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 01/02/2022 | @Seahawks | L 29 - 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 12/26/2021 | @Falcons | L 16 - 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 12/19/2021 | Cardinals | W 30 - 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 12/12/2021 | @Broncos | L 10 - 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 12/05/2021 | Vikings | W 29 - 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 11/25/2021 | Bears | L 14 - 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11/21/2021 | @Browns | L 10 - 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11/14/2021 | @Steelers | T 16 - 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 10/31/2021 | Eagles | L 6 - 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 10/24/2021 | @Rams | L 19 - 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 10/17/2021 | Bengals | L 11 - 34 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 10/10/2021 | @Vikings | L 17 - 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 10/03/2021 | @Bears | L 14 - 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 09/26/2021 | Ravens | L 17 - 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 09/20/2021 | @Packers | L 17 - 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 09/12/2021 | 49ers | L 33 - 41 | 1 | 1 |
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- AP First-Team All-Pro: 2023, 2024
- Pro Bowl: 2022, 2023, 2024
- 2021 PFWA All-Rookie Team
- 2021 Pro Football Focus All-Rookie Team
- Became the third tackle in Lions history to earn multiple First-Team AP All-Pro selections in 2024, joining Lou Creekmur (1954, 1956-57) and George Christensen (1931, 1934).
- Selected to his third-straight Pro Bowl in 2024, joining Lou Creekmur (1950-57) and Lomas Brown (1990-95) as the only Lions tackles to be named to at least three Pro Bowls.
- A second-time team captain in 2024, he started all 17 games and posted an 89.6 overall PFF grade on the season.
- Was named a team captain for the first time in 2023 and started all 17 games on the season.
- Led all NFL tackles with a 92.8 overall PFF grade in 2023. He also led all tackles with a 95.1 PFF run-blocking grade, the second-highest grade by a tackle since 2008.
- Played in 38-career games before his 23rd birthday, the second-most games played by an NFL offensive lineman before reaching the milestone. His 38-career starts are the fourth-most by an NFL player before their 23rd birthday.
- Started in all 17 games for the Lions in 2022, surrendering only 1.5 sacks en route to his first-career Pro Bowl berth.
- Recorded one reception for nine yards in Week 14 vs. Minnesota (12/11/22) for a first down late in the fourth quarter. It was the third-longest reception by an OL in franchise history and the longest since T Taylor Decker's 11-yard reception in 2018.
- Had Pro Football Focus' 10th-highest run-blocking grade among all NFL offensive tackles in 2021 (85.3).
- Started all 16 games in which he appeared in 2021, with his first eight starts coming at left tackle and his last eight coming at right tackle.
- At 20 years and 338 days old, he became the youngest player to start an NFL game at left tackle when he started vs. the San Francisco 49ers in Week 1 (9/12/21). He also became the second-youngest player to appear in a game in franchise history and the second player in franchise history to start a game before turning 21.
- Joined the Lions as a first-round selection (7th overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft out of Oregon. He became the second-highest drafted offensive tackle in franchise history and Detroit's youngest first-round pick in the common draft era (20 years and 202 days).
COLLEGE:
- Played at Oregon from 2018-19 and started 20 games at left tackle. In 1,376-career snaps, he only allowed 1.0 sack. In 2019, he joined RB LaMichael James (2010) and QB Marcus Mariota (2014) as the only Oregon players to be unanimous First-Team All-Americans. He also became the first Polynesian, first sophomore offensive lineman and first Duck to win the Outland Trophy in 2019. Oregon went 17-3 in two seasons with Sewell in the starting lineup.
- 2019: Started 13 of 14 games at left tackle.
- Outland Trophy Winner (NCAA's top interior lineman)
- Morris Trophy Winner (Pac-12's top offensive lineman)
- Polynesian College Football Co-Player of the Year
- AP Pac-12 Co-Offensive Player of the Year
- Unanimous All-American
- Finished as the top-graded offensive lineman in the FBS and in Pro Football Focus history at 95.5
- 2018: Started all seven games played (all at left tackle).
- Rated the top freshman offensive lineman overall, the No. 2 offensive lineman in the Pac-12 and the No. 7 tackle in the nation with an 84.0 grade from Pro Football Focus
- First Oregon true freshman offensive lineman to start the first game of the season since 1997
PERSONAL:
- Attended Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah.
- Played in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the 2018 Polynesian Bowl.
- Brothers Gabriel, Nephi and Noah all played Division I football before embarking on professional careers, which includes NFL stints for Nephi and Noah.
- Grew up on the main island of American Samoa before moving to the U.S. with his family in 2012.