Noah Sewell

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Noah Sewell
Oregon Ducks – No. 1
PositionLinebacker
ClassRedshirt freshman
Personal information
Born:Malaeimi, American Samoa
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight251 lb (114 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolOrem (Orem, Utah)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Pac-12 (2021)
  • Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (2020)
  • USA Today All-American (2019)

Noah Sewell is an American football linebacker for the Oregon Ducks. He is the younger brother of Penei Sewell, who also played college football at Oregon.

Early years[]

Sewell was born in Malaeimi, a village near Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa. He would begin playing American football alongside his three brothers as a child after his father Gabriel became a coach of the sport.[1] Seeing the potential for his children to make it to the National Football League (NFL), Gabriel would move his family to St. George, Utah in 2012.[1] There, he attended Desert Hills High School before transferring to Orem High School in Orem, Utah.[2]

During his high school career he had 224 tackles, 8.5 sacks and five interceptions as a linebacker and 2,316 yards and 40 touchdowns as a running back. He was named the Utah Valley Football Player of the Year as a senior in 2019.[3] A five-star recruit, Sewell committed to the University of Oregon to play college football.[4][5]

College career[]

Sewell was a starter his true freshman year at Oregon in 2020 and was named the Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year.[6][7][8]

Personal life[]

His brother, Penei, played offensive tackle at Oregon and was drafted by the Detroit Lions seventh overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.[9][10] Two other brothers, Nephi and Gabriel, also play college football.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Hummer, Chris. "Oregon's star tackle Penei Sewell was raised to do this". 247Sports.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ Gurney, Brandon (October 16, 2019). "Top of his class: Orem High's Noah Sewell rises to become the first in-state consensus 5-star prospect since Haloti Ngata". Deseret News.
  3. ^ Herald, Jared Lloyd Daily. "Orem senior linebacker/running back Noah Sewell honored as 2019 Utah Valley Football Player of the Year". Daily Herald.
  4. ^ "Noah Sewell, 5-star linebacker, commits to Oregon Ducks". oregonlive. November 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, James Crepea | The (December 24, 2019). "Oregon Ducks believe they've landed more than a linebacker in Noah Sewell". oregonlive.
  6. ^ "Freshman LB Noah Sewell is "just scratching the surface"". RSN.
  7. ^ Thorburn, Ryan. "Ducks freshman linebacker Noah Sewell off to a fast start at Oregon". The Register-Guard.
  8. ^ "Oregon's Noah Sewell named Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year". sports.yahoo.com.
  9. ^ Gurney, Brandon (December 17, 2019). "Family first: Noah Sewell takes strength from family in becoming 2019's Mr. Football". Deseret News.
  10. ^ Alger, Tyson. "'It's family over everything': Five-star LB Noah Sewell, headed to Oregon, is last of four brothers to play college ball". The Athletic.

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