2021 NFL Draft Prospect - OL Penei Sewell

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Player Description

Name: Penei Sewell Position: Offensive line

College: Oregon Uniform Number: #68

Class: Sophomore Height: 6-6

Weight: 325 lbs Projected Round: Top 5 pick

Strengths:

• Ideal size and strength

• High football IQ

• Excellent feet and lateral movement

• Explosive out of his stance - excellent jab step

• Consistently keeps his pad level low

• Uses his length effectively to keep defenders off his frame

• Great hips - know how to use them to seal opposing linemen

• Exceptional mobility for his size - overall great athlete

• Technically sound hand placement

• Able to use size and movement to seal of the edge effectively

• Excellent at staying balanced in his 'sit' - avoids leaning forward

• Able to reach the second level effectively

• Plays with an aggressive tenor - physically imposing

• Great awareness of stunts

• Can take on multiple blocking assignments

• Rarely is beaten by hand manipulation techniques from opposing linemen

Weaknesses:

On run blocking sequences, Sewell has somewhat of a tendency of getting lost in his movement; as a result, he sometimes fails to locate his man or loses balance and falls over. Overall as a run blocker, Sewell has some fine tuning to do if he wants to become effective in this domain at the next level.