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Jersey Number 1
Nephi Sewell
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 228
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- St. George, Utah
- Prev School:
- Nevada
Twitter: @jungleboii02 | Instagram: @nephisewell2
SEWELL QUICK HITS
SEWELL QUICK HITS
- 2021 Associated Press Pac-12 All-Conference First Team.
- Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention in 2020 and 2021.
- 44 career games in FBS football, 37 starts (21 GP, 18 starts at Utah).
- Played safety at Nevada and in 2019 at Utah, switching to linebacker in 2020.
- Ranked second on the team with 89 tackles (7.5 TFL), adding one interception and a forced fumble.
- Was eighth in the Pac-12 with 6.8 tackles per game for the season.
- Three games with 10-plus tackles, including a career-high 14 vs. UCLA (Oct. 30). Sewell averaged 7.3 tackles in his final three games.
- Punched the ball out for a BYU fumble (Sept. 11) and set a personal best with 2.5 TFLs for 13 yards as well.
- Produced nine tackles in the game at San Diego State (Sept. 18).
- Also had an interception in the UCLA win.
- Capped the regular season with a 10-tackle game (one TFL) in the Colorado win (Nov. 26).
- Had four stops in the Pac-12 Championship vs. No. 10 Oregon (Dec. 3).
- Concluded the season in the Rose Bowl Game vs. No. 6 Ohio State (Jan. 1) with eight tackles.
- Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention.
- Second on the team in total tackles with 40 (6.0 TFL), adding one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries with one for a touchdown, a team-high tying two interceptions and two pass breakups.
- Two double-digit tackle games (11 vs. Colorado, 10 vs. USC).
- Career-high 11 tackles (1.0 TFL), an interception and a forced fumble against No. 21 Colorado.
- 10 tackles (2.0 TFL) against No. 20 USC, adding his first-career fumble recovery touchdown (23 yards) and an interception.
- Five tackles with a season-high three tackles for loss against Washington State, also recovering a fumble.
- 14 total tackles.
- Six tackles included an assisted TFL against Texas.
- Started in 11 games as a sophomore in 2018 with 53 tackles (6.0 TFL), an interception, pass breakup and fumble recovery in 2018.
- Played in all 12 games with eight starts as a true freshman in 2017 with 58 tackles (4.5 TFL), three pass breakups, an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery as a freshman.
- Earned the team’s Hustle Award for his efforts on special teams in 2017.
- Career-high 10 tackles against Washington State as a freshman
- Deseret News 3AA MVP and two-time first-team all-state.
- 2016 3AA South MVP and two-time first-team all-region.
- Missed his junior year with a broken neck.
- 17 tackles (3.0 TFL), an interception returned for a touchdown and a forced fumble as a senior, adding 114 carries for 1,262 yards (14 TD) and 10 receptions for 154 yards (1 TD).
- 48 tackles (4.0 TFL), five interceptions for 111 yards (2 TD), two fumble recoveries (1 TD) and two forced fumbles as a sophomore along with 22 carries for 207 yards and two touchdowns, 20 punt returns for 325 yards (3 TD) and 125 kickoff return yards in 2014.
- Desert Hills won the 2016 3AA state championship.
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