St. George Local, Penei Sewell Makes NFL HISTORY!
Penei Sewell well known as the Offensive Lineman for the Detroit Lions. Maybe you know Penei as the Offensive Lineman for the Oregon Ducks. If you're from Southern Utah, you probably know Penei Sewell as the Offensive Lineman for the Desert Hills Thunder in St. George, Utah! Penei was the #7 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. His list of accomplishments are MASSIVE!
- First-team All-Pro (2023)
- 2× Pro Bowl (2022, 2023)
- PFWA All-Rookie Team (2021)
- Outland Trophy (2019)
- Polynesian Football Player of the Year (college) (2019)
- Morris Trophy (2019)
- Unanimous All-American (2019)
- First-team All-Pac-12 (2019)
But today, Sewell's accomplishments have reached an ALL-TIME high! Penei Sewell is now the HIGHEST PAID Offensive Lineman in NFL History! Sewell has signed an extension with the Lions for four years, $112 Million dollars! That comes out to about $28,000,000 per year! Penei Sewell is HANDS DOWN, the most successful athlete to ever come out of St. George, and possibly even Utah!
This contract extension is coming for good reason too! According to Next Gen Stats "Penei Sewell has allowed the 2nd-lowest sack rate (0.6%) when playing right tackle since entering the league in 2021 (min. 600 pass blocking snaps). Sewell has also allowed the 6th-lowest pressure rate (6.6%) at RT during his career."
Congrats to our St. George kid! We're all so proud!
WOW: NBA Legend, Dwyane Wade, Hits HUGE Investment In Utah!
The year was 2021 when recently retired NBA Legend shocks the basketball community when he announces that he's a minority owner of the Utah Jazz basketball team. Wade played in the NBA for 16 years for 3 different teams, but most everybody knows him as the greatest Miami Heat player in franchise history. Wade was reportedly in talks with Miami Heat owner about becoming a minority owner for his former team. That all changed when Wade announced he was now an owner for the Jazz.
When Dwyane Wade (or D-Wade) jumped into ownership of the Jazz, the team was valued at $1.75 Billion. Wade made the right choice. Now, a little over three years later, the Jazz are now valued at over $3.46 Billion! That's almost DOUBLE in under 5 years. Pretty unheard of in the world of sports ownership. What's even crazier is, shortly after buying into ownership, the Jazz sold off all their players and have been one of the worst teams in the league the past two years. Usually when teams get WORSE, the value doesn't reach double!
“Partnering with Ryan and the Utah Jazz is the perfect fit as we share the same vision and values,” said Wade per The Sporting News. “Not only is this group focused on building a championship franchise, but they are also committed to using their platform to do good and actively create a more inclusive, equitable world. We share a lot of the same goals and are trying to go to the same places in life.”
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