Noah Sewell Named Top Ten LB by On3
Oregon has a college football star on defense.
Last year they had Kayvon Thibodeaux on the EDGE. This year they have Noah Sewell at linebacker.
On3 has been going through the top players in college football by position group. So far, they have yet to list any Oregon Ducks in the top ten on offense, and at EDGE and defensive line.
However Noah Sewell has ended the streak.
On Wednesday Sewell was named the No. 2 linebacker in the nation by On3.
2. Noah Sewell, Oregon
An absolute tackling machine, Sewell has been a vacuum in the middle of the defense for the Ducks. He racked up 106 tackles in 2021 as a second-year player, becoming a Butkus Award semifinalist and first-team Coaches’ All-Pac-12 selection. The former five-star prospect’s NIL valuation is $645,000.
Dan Lanning and his defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi have inherited a tackling machine in the middle of its defense. Sewell will be counted on as a team leader in the locker room and on the field this season.
Sewell was the No. 20 ranked player in the 2020 class per the On3 Consensus Rankings.
Personal Life
Noah Sewell is the youngest of four football-playing brothers. His oldest brother, Gabriel Sewell, was a linebacker at Nevada from 2015-2019. Nephi Sewell played at Nevada from 2017-2018 before walking on at Utah in 2019, earning a scholarship and receiving honorable mention All-Pac-12 in 2020. And Penei Sewell played at Oregon from 2018-2019, won the 2019 Outland Trophy, opted out of the 2020 season and was drafted seventh overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. Sewell was born in American Samoa and lived in Malaeimi. The family moved to Utah in 2012. He was a five-star recruit coming out of Orem (Utah) High and was named Utah’s Mr. Football by The Deseret News. He continued his success on the field as a freshman. He won earned freshman All-American honors from multiple organizations and won the Pac-12 Coaches Freshman Defensive Player of the Year. He is the son of Gabriel and Arlene Sewell.
