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Oregon’s Sewell, Utah’s Barton carry on family legacies
FILE – Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell (1) waits to enter the sector earlier than an NCAA faculty soccer recreation in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. Sewell was named to the Related Press preseason All-America workforce, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Picture/Andy Nelson, File)
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Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell is actually conscious of the expectations that include the household title.
Noah is the youngest of the 4 Sewell brothers. Penei additionally went to Oregon and now performs for the Detroit Lions. Nephi went to Utah and spent the preseason with the New Orleans Saints this 12 months. Gabriel performed at Nevada and is with the USFL’s Philadelphia Stars.
So sure, that stress? It is there.
“I’ve simply acquired to place a stamp on it. I gotta be the most important Sewell on the market. I’ve acquired to be the most important title, since I am the youngest, I’ve simply acquired to do higher than all of the brothers earlier than me,” Noah mentioned.
In his third season with the Geese, Noah was named to The Related Press preseason All-America first workforce. Oregon, ranked No. 11, kicks off the season in opposition to No. 3 Georgia on Saturday in Atlanta.
Final season, Noah led all freshmen nationally and was second total within the Pac-12 with 114 tackles and 4 sacks. Total he has 159 whole tackles with 15 tackles for loss and 6 sacks in 21 video games.
Gabriel and Arlene Sewell have 5 kids, 4 sons and a daughter. From American Samoa, the household moved to Utah to assist their youngsters pursue soccer. Noah adopted his large brother Penei to Oregon.
“When it got here all the way down to it, my determination was my brother. I simply needed to study from my brother, his recreation, how he approached it. As you possibly can see, he is doing wonderful issues proper now, and I nonetheless wish to study from him,” Noah Sewell mentioned.
Penei performed for Oregon from 2018 to 2020. He gained the Morris and Outland trophies as a sophomore in 2019, then sat out the coronavirus-shortened season in 2020 earlier than declaring for the NFL draft.
The seventh-overall decide within the 2021 NFL draft, Penei began 16 video games for the Lions his rookie season.
Noah and Nephi performed on opposites sides final 12 months when Utah routed Oregon 38-7 within the common season, and once more when the Utes beat the Geese 38-10 within the Pac-12 championship recreation.
Nephi, named to the AP All-Pac-12 first workforce, was picked up by the Saints in Could as an undrafted free agent.
There are different household ties unfold throughout the Pac-12 this season:
LAST BARTON
Very similar to Noah is the final of the Sewell brothers, Utah freshman linebacker Lander Barton is the youngest of the Barton brothers, who have been all Utes. Cody is a linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks and Jackson is an offensive sort out for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Utah is actually a household affair for the Bartons: dad Paul additionally performed soccer and baseball for the Utes and mother Mikki was a standout on the basketball and volleyball groups. Sister Dani Drews performed volleyball for the Utes and was with the U.S. nationwide workforce on the current Pan American Cup.
“He has all of the instruments,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham instructed reporters throughout spring follow. “Once we recruited him, we felt like we knew precisely what we have been getting. He is 6-4 and 230 kilos and runs rather well. There’s nothing that is stunning us, but it surely’s fairly spectacular what he is doing at such an early stage.”
Lander is about to start out Saturday when the No. 7 Utes go to the Florida Gators.
STARTING SOELLES
Arizona State brothers Kyle and Connor Soelle are beginning at linebacker collectively for the primary time this season. The Solar Devils open Thursday night time at residence in opposition to Northern Arizona.
Kyle has been a starter the previous two seasons and has been in this system since 2017. Connor has been in this system since 2019 and noticed elevated enjoying time final 12 months earlier than coping with accidents.
Oh, they usually’re native youngsters. Each went to Saguaro Excessive College in Scottsdale.
However wait, there’s extra: The Markham brothers, Keon and Kejuan, are defensive backs for the Solar Devils.
ASU working again Daniyel Nagata is the brother of Clemson huge receiver Joseph Ngata and Sacramento State defensive lineman Ariel Ngata. The brothers are the sons of immigrants from Cameroon who settled in Nevada.
SEEING DOUBLE
UCLA has the Murphy twins — redshirt sophomores Gabriel and Grayson — who transferred from North Texas. Grayson had 8.5 sacks final season and Gabriel had 7.0.
Gabriel was listed as one of many starters at OLB on the preliminary depth chart for Saturday’s opener in opposition to Bowling Inexperienced, with Grayson backing him up.
Grayson joked that coaches seek advice from them each because the “Murphy Twin.”
Gabriel mentioned exterior linebackers coach Ikaika Malloe is the most effective at telling the 2 aside.
“He says (Grayson’s) construction’s just a little larger than mine, and mine’s just a little skinnier, when you can inform that. He has just a little scar behind his eye that lots of people inform us by, in order that’s a number of the issues,” Gabriel mentioned.
Washington State has a pair of 6-foot-5, 300-pound twin freshmen from Texas, Landon and Luke Roaten. Rival Washington has a pair of freshman twins, too: defensive linemen Armon and Jayvon Parker from Detroit. Armon missed fall camp with harm.
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AP Sports activities Writers Joe Reedy and John Marshall contributed to this report.
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