# Josh Sewell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Josh_Sewell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Josh_Sewell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Sewell > Source revision: 1343399697 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American football player (born 1981)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|7|26|mf=y}} | birth_place = [Lincoln, Nebraska](/source/Lincoln%2C_Nebraska), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | team = | number = 79 | status = | position1 = [Center](/source/Center_(American_football)) | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 300 | high_school = [Lincoln Southeast](/source/Lincoln_Southeast_High_School) | college = [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football) | NFLDraftedYear = 2004 | NFLDraftedRound = 6 | NFLDraftedPick = 190 | NFLDraftedTeam = | playing_years1 = 2004–2005 | playing_team1 = [Denver Broncos](/source/Denver_Broncos)* | playing_years2 = 2007 | playing_team2 = [Frankfurt Galaxy](/source/Frankfurt_Galaxy_(NFL_Europe)) | career_highlights = }} '''Josh Sewell''' (born July 26, 1981) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) [center](/source/Center_(American_football)) and interior [offensive lineman](/source/offensive_lineman). ==Early life== Sewell was part of a [Lincoln Southeast High School](/source/Lincoln_Southeast_High_School) [football](/source/High_school_football) team that took consecutive state titles in 1997 and 1998, playing both [defense](/source/Defense_(sports)) ([nose tackle](/source/nose_tackle)) and [offense](/source/Offense_(sports)) ([offensive guard](/source/Guard_(American_football))), while earning all-city and all-state honors to accompany his Class A heavyweight [powerlifting](/source/powerlifting) championship. ==College career== Sewell committed to [Indiana State](/source/Indiana_State_University), [redshirting](/source/Redshirt_(college_sports)) for his freshman season of 1999, and ultimately played only one season, 2000, before transferring to the [University of Nebraska–Lincoln](/source/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln), and sitting out the 2001 season in compliance of [NCAA](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) transfer eligibility rules. He resumed in 2002 as a junior, playing in five games, as a reserve [center](/source/Center_(American_football)). A productive senior season saw Sewell [start](/source/Starting_lineup) all 13 [Cornhusker](/source/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football) games, and earn honorable mention All-[Big 12](/source/Big_12) and second-team academic All-Big 12 honors. ==Professional career== After being selected in the sixth round, 190th overall, by the [Denver Broncos](/source/Denver_Broncos) in the [2004 NFL draft](/source/2004_NFL_draft),{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2004/draft.htm |title=2004 NFL Draft Listing |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=2023-05-06}} Sewell was released on September 5, 2004, and re-signed to the [practice squad](/source/practice_squad), the following day. He inexplicably retired during [mini-camp](/source/National_Football_League_mini-camp) in 2005, and did not resurface, until his selection in the 10th round of the 2007 [NFL Europa](/source/NFL_Europa) Free Agent Draft by the [Frankfurt Galaxy](/source/Frankfurt_Galaxy_(NFL_Europe)), then coached by [Mike Jones](/source/Mike_Jones_(wide_receiver%2C_born_1960)). In the inaugural [All American Football League Draft in 2008](/source/2008_AAFL_Draft), Team Alabama, led by [head coach](/source/head_coach) Jones, selected Sewell with their first pick, the 6th overall in the first round. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=251&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=888 {{Broncos2004DraftPicks}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sewell, Josh}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from Lincoln, Nebraska Category:American football centers Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players Category:Frankfurt Galaxy players Category:Denver Broncos players Category:21st-century American sportsmen {{offensive-lineman-1980s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Josh Sewell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Sewell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Sewell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.