Gabriel Sewell

Senior linebacker for Nevada. 2019: 54 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Nevada · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 245 lb · St. George, UT

Nevada 2019 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Nevada. 2019: 54 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Nevada, 282 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Nevada

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Brian Polian

Nevada

2017–2019

Jay Norvell

Nevada

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Polian → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Nevada5-7HC: Brian Polian · Run-leaning

2017Nevada3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2018Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#577 / 2688 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

Solo tackles#857 / 2688 · 67th pct

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.1
Road6g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Nevada	54	26	5.5	0.0	2	--	--
2018	Nevada	91	49	7.5	3.0	2	--	--
2017	Nevada	59	35	3.0	0.5	1	--	--
2016	Nevada	78	48	5.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		282	158	21.5	3.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 19–13

vs Weber State

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 3 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With C. Strong — 299 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 27.7 · -15 rush yds (7 car) · J. Kincaide — 75 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Purdue	5	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 6-77@ Oregon	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 19-13vs Weber State	6	4	3.5	—	0	3.5 TFL
Wk 4	W 37-21@ UTEP	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 3-54vs Hawai'i	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-38vs San José State	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-36@ Utah State	4	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 3-31@ Wyoming	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 21-10vs New Mexico	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 17-13@ San Diego State	9	5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 13	W 35-28@ Fresno State	2	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 14	L 30-33vs UNLV	4	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 21-30vs Ohio	2	2	0.0	—	1
Total		54	26	5.5	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays