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Detroit Lions tackle Penei Sewell (58) during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 8, 2024 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)

Penei Sewell

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#58

Experience: 5 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 24

Weight: 335 lbs

College: Oregon

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Days

G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
Mondays 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Days (not Mon or Sun) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Sundays 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Months

G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
December 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
January 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
October 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
September 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Opponents by Group

G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
vs AFC Teams 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
vs NFC Teams 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Outside Own Division 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
vs Own Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Opponents by Team

G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
Buffalo Bills 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago Bears 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dallas Cowboys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Green Bay Packers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee Titans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston Texans 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indianapolis Colts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacksonville Jaguars 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles Rams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota Vikings 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Francisco 49ers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seattle Seahawks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Outcomes

G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
Losses 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wins 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Stadiums

G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
U.S. Bank Stadium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
State Farm Stadium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ford Field 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Levi's® Stadium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lambeau Field 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lucas Oil Stadium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NRG Stadium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soldier Field 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AT&T Stadium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.
  • Named First-Team AP All-Pro in 2023, becoming the Lions' second offensive lineman since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger to be named First-Team AP All-Pro.
  • Earned a Pro Bowl nod for the second-straight season in 2023, becoming the first Lions tackle to be named to back-to-back Pro Bowls since T Lomas Brown (1990-95).
  • 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.
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