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SENIOR (2019) – Finished third on the team with 52 tackles as well as being named an All-Mountain West Honorable Mention … Earned the Golden Helmet Award, the team MVP award as well as one of the Wolf Pack’s Team Captain Awards  … Finished tied for second on the team with 5.5 tackles-for-loss that went for 14 yards … Recorded one pass breakup on the season at Utah State as well as a forced fumble against the Aggies … Had a career game against Weber State when he recorded six tackles and 3.5 for loss … Had a season-high nine tackles against San Diego State as well as a TFL … Earned Academic All-MW honors and was named a MW Scholar-Athlete.
 
JUNIOR (2018) – Led Nevada with 92 tackles in the season after starting in 12 of 13 games that he played in … Posted a career-high 13 tackles against Boise State … 50 of his 92 tackles were solo … Finished with 3.0 sacks on the year and 7.5 tackles for loss … Had a season-high 1.5 tackles for loss at Toledo to go along with 10 tackles … Totaled his only forced fumble on the season at San Jose State … Recovered fumbles in back-to-back games against Fresno State and Boise State … Recorded at least five tackles in 10 of 12 games played in the regular season … Broke up two passes on the season … Tied for the team lead with seven tackles in the 2018 Arizona Bowl victory, including a tackle for loss … Named to the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award watch list … Earned Academic All-MW honors.
 
SOPHOMORE (2017) – Appeared in 11 of Nevada’s 12 games, all of which were in a starting role … Ranked fourth on the team in tackles with 59, including 3.0 that went for a loss and totaled 13 yards … Of his 59 total tackles, 35 were solo … Had a half sack in the season opener at Northwestern (9/2) … Produced a season-high eight tackles twice, at Northwestern and in the season finale win over UNLV (11/25) … Notched at least two tackles in all 11 games in which he played … Recovered two fumbles during the season in back-to-back games at Fresno State (9/30) and in the win over Hawai’i (10/7) … Had one pass break up in the win over San Jose State (11/11) … Earned All-Mountain West academic honors.
 
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2016) - Set a career high with 10 tackles at San Jose State (10/15) … Finished the season third on the team with a total of 78 tackles, including 5.5 for loss … His two tackles for loss at Notre Dame (9/10) were a career high … Forced a fumble at New Mexico (11/5) … Blocked an extra point that was returned against San Diego State (11/12) … Started in all 12 games of the season … Letter winner.
 
FRESHMAN (2015) - Did not see action … Redshirted … Was named the co-winner of Nevada’s Scout Team Player of the Year Award … Named Nevada’s defensive scout team player of the week after the team’s victory against Hawai’i … Member of Nevada’s 2015 Arizona Bowl victory team.

HIGH SCHOOL - Graduated from Desert Hills High in St. George, Utah ... Was a three-year letter winner in football under head coach Carl Franke, playing numerous positions on both sides of the ball ... Led the Thunder to a 3AA State Championship in 2013 and two Region 9 conference titles ... Posted 70 tackles and two sacks as a senior ... Was a two-time first team all-state selection ... Named Desert Hill's special teams player of the year as a sophomore and their defensive player of the year as a junior ... Named Region 9's most valuable defensive player as a junior ... Posted 182 tackles, 8.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, three interceptions and five touchdowns in three years at Desert Hills.

PERSONAL - Born Gabriel James Sewell III ... Son of Gabriel and Arlene Sewell ... Has three brothers and one sister ... Has two uncles, Isa'ako Sopoago and Richard Brown, that played football in the NFL ... Majoring in kinesiology ... Chose Nevada because he believes the program is on the rise ... Also shown interest by Army, Colorado, Eastern Washington and UNLV ... Hobbies include longboarding, hiking and going to the lake ... Sports hero is Troy Polamalu.