Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the East Division of the Canad ...
of the
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
University of Akron
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and attended
Hargrave Military Academy
Hargrave Military Academy (HMA) is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Chatham, Virginia. Hargrave is affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia emphasizing Christian values that focuses on a col ...
before transferring to
Trenton Central High School
Trenton Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Trenton, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Trenton Public Schools.
As ...
in
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.Edmonton Eskimos and
Cleveland Gladiators
The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cava ...
of the
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
(AFL).
Professional career
Edmonton Eskimos
Sewell signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on May 27, 2011. He started the season on the reserve list and appeared in three games before being released on August 2, 2011.
Cleveland Gladiators
Almondo Sewell spent part of the 2012 season with the
Cleveland Gladiators
The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cava ...
of the
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
(AFL).
Edmonton Eskimos (II)
Sewell was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos on June 4, 2012. He signed a contract extension on December 19, 2013. Almondo Sewell established himself as one of the league's top defensive linemen: He was named a CFL All-Star in five consecutive seasons (
2013
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- 2017) and a CFL West All-Star in six consecutive seasons (
2012
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-2017). Sewell received multiple contract extensions while with the Eskimos, re-signing on December 19, 2013, December 22, 2015 and October 12, 2018. On February 2, 2021, at age 34, Sewell posted on Twitter that he would not be re-signing with Edmonton, and would become a free agent on February 9. Through his nine years with Edmonton, Sewell amassed 282 tackles and 60 sacks in 139 regular season games, and was named a CFL All-Star six times, and divisional All-Star seven times.
Montreal Alouettes
On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Sewell had signed with the
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the East Division of the Canad ...
. He played in all 14 regular season games where he had 19 defensive tackles and five sacks.
Personal life
He has a pet rabbit named Dusko. Sewell plans to join the
Edmonton Police Service
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is the municipal police force for the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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