Big Desert Hills Sophomore OT Penei Sewell adds BYU and Tennessee to his offer list (Class of 2018)

6-foot-4 319 pound offensive tackle Penei Sewell is the latest to receive a BYU football scholarship offer (Class of 2018).

sewell_penei_150pxSewell preps at Desert Hills High School, where as a sophomore he played in seven games and had 28 total tackles (15 solo).  He was a top 5 OL at Nike OL/DL Challenge in Los Angeles last month and has been steadily picking up scholarship offers from top programs. He currently holds nine scholarship offers, coming from Arizona State, BYU, Nevada, Oklahoma, Southern Utah, Tennessee, UCLA, Utah, and Utah State. Sewell has not yet been rated by Scout, Rivals, or ESPN.  Sewell’s father is the running backs coach at Desert Hills, and he has older brothers playing at Colorado and Nevada, with another on his team at Desert Hills.

Hometown: St. George, Utah High School: Desert Hills
Class: 2018 HT/WT: 6’4”, 319 lbs.
Position: Offensive Tackle, Defensive Tackle 40 time: 5.92
Profiles: MaxPreps, HUDL Bench/Squat:
Twitter: @peneisewell58 Vertical: 21.4 inches
[usrlist Rivals:2 Scout:2 ESPN:2 avg=”true”] Offers: Arizona State, BYU, Nevada, Oklahoma, Southern Utah, Tennessee, UCLA, Utah, and Utah State

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Penei Sewell is a recruit for the BYU Class of 2017.  For a comprehensive list of all of BYU’s c/o ’17 recruits and commitments click here. If you have any additional information or insight about this recruit, please include it in the comment section below.

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